Lhasa de Sela
Lhasa de Sela was an American singer. Born September 27, 1972, in Big Indian. Died January 1, 2010, in Montreal. Educated at St. John's College and The Urban School of San Francisco. Awards include Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year.
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- Described as
- American singer
- Born
- September 27, 1972 · 3 references
- Died
- January 1, 2010 · 4 references
- Born in
- Big Indian · 2 references
- Died in
- Montreal · 1 reference
- Buried in
- Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
- Cause of death
- breast cancer
- Citizen of
- United States · 2 references; Mexico; Canada · 1 reference
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter · 1 reference; singer · 1 reference; composer; musician · 1 reference
- Education
- St. John's College; The Urban School of San Francisco · 1 reference
- Genre
- alternative rock; world music · 1 reference; folk music · 1 reference
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Audiogram
- Awards
- Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year (1998)
- Field
- music composing
- Religion
- Judaism
- Lived in
- Montreal
- Website
- http://www.lhasadesela.com/
- Wikipedias with a page
- 39
Wikidata item Q464097 (wikidata.org/wiki/Q464097), public domain (CC0). Copied November 14, 2026.
What Wikipedia says · copied November 14, 2026 · revision 1378188074
Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-Mexican-Canadian singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States and divided her adult life between Canada and France. Her first album, La Llorona, went Platinum in Canada and brought Lhasa a Félix Award and a Juno Award.
Following this success, Lhasa toured with Lilith Fair and then joined her sisters in a French circus troupe, contributing her husky voice to the musical backdrop. She lived in Marseille and began to write more songs, then she moved back to Montreal and produced a second album, The Living Road. Once again, she toured in support of her album and collaborated with other musicians on their projects. During this time, BBC Radio 3 honoured her as the best world music artist of the Americas in 2005. She published a book about her impressions of life on the road.
In 2008, Lhasa was diagnosed with breast cancer. During treatment, she wrote and recorded her third and final album, titled Lhasa, which was released in April 2009. After 21 months of treatment, she died on New Year's Day 2010. A memorial program of her music was produced in January 2012, performed in Montreal by artists who had worked with her.
- Born, in its opening lines
- September 27, 1972
- Died, in its opening lines
- January 1, 2010
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