C. Tangana

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C. Tangana
C. Tangana at the 37th Goya Awards in 2023
Background information
Birth name	Antón Álvarez Alfaro
Also known as	Crema El Madrileño Puchito
Born	(1990-07-16) July 16, 1990 (age 34) Madrid, Spain
Genres	Hip hop new flamenco pop rap
Occupations	Rapper singer songwriter
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Sony Spain[1] Sony Latin[2]
Website	www.ctangana.com

Antón Álvarez Alfaro (born July 16, 1990), known professionally as C. Tangana, is a Spanish rapper.^[3] He began his musical career while in high school, rapping under the pseudonym Crema and releasing a seven-track EP titled Él Es Crema (2005). He gained recognition in Spain as a member of the band Agorazein. In 2016, Tangana began performing as a solo act under the stage name C. Tangana.

After releasing a number of singles in 2016, including "Lo Hace Conmigo", "Los Chikos de Madriz" and "Antes de morirme", Tangana attained mainstream success in Spain with the release of "Mala Mujer", later included in his debut studio album Ídolo (2017). He continued to explore urbano and hip hop music on his mixtape Avida Dollars (2018), which spawned the top twenty single "Llorando en la Limo". Tangana continued to release standalone singles to commercial success such as "Bien Duro", "Booty" and "Nunca Estoy". He experimented with flamenco and Latin music on his second studio album El Madrileño (2021), which was nominated for the Premio Ruido and received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year. El Madrileño became the best-selling album in Spain in 2021.

Throughout his career, C. Tangana has won nine Latin Grammy Awards as songwriter and as performer, two Premios Odeón and a LOS40 Music Award among others. He has also been nominated for a Grammy Award, two MTV Europe Music Awards and two UK Music Video Awards.