Olga Tañón
"La Mujer de Fuego" will be honored with a special accolade at the Telemundo award show named after "La Diva de la Banda." GettyImages

Olga Tañón is one of the biggest representatives of Latino music and is known as "La Mujer De Fuego". She will be honored with a special award at Premios Tu Mundo 2017. The tropical superstar is set to take Jenni Rivera Legacy award that recognizes an outstanding individual, who has made a career in the performing arts, for their cumulative national and international philanthropic achievements over a period of several years.

Olga Tañón has a proven record of exceptional financial generosity and charitable responsibility and has demonstrated the dedication, innovation and vision to help others that are in serious need. Olga Tañon has been a trendsetting force in Latin music entertaining audiences for over twenty-five years with her unmistakable voice, electrifying stage performances and catalog of hit songs. The iconic Puerto Rican superstar singer-songwriter has sold millions of albums worldwide, charted an incredible thirty-eight singles on Billboard Hot Latin Songs, and holds the record for most top 10 hits (27) for a female artist on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart.

Olga Tañon has always used her voice to seek change, serving as a UNICEF Good Will Ambassador and lending her talent for charitable causes including her participation on the benefit songs, “Somos El Mundo,” “El Ultimo Ádios” and “Nuestro Himno.” She has championed immigration reform and has been influential through her participation in the Concierto de Paz: Sin Fronteras Cuba, returning to give two historic mega concerts Promesa Cumplida 2015. Olga Tañon recently released “Olga Tañón y Punto,” her 14th studio album.

Miguel Bosé will take the El Poder De Ti honor, which is an award that recognizes artists who use the unlimited power of their fame for good, through their art and generosity; artists who are willing to create, give and be an example, a Super Hero not only in the music industry but especially in the community. This artist carries a history of humanitarian endeavors, committing their time and resources to numerous causes at a local, national and international level.

Telemundo's "Al Rojo Vivo" television journalist, María Celeste Arrarás, is set to receive the Estrella De Tu Mundo honor. The Emmy Award-winning journalist and host, is one of the most respected and best-known Spanish-language television news personalities. She hosts “Al Rojo Vivo con Maria Celeste,” the most talked about newsmagazine in Hispanic television. María Celeste has been a Noticias Telemundo anchor, guest host for NBC’s “Today” show and has collaborated with “Dateline” and “NBC Nightly News.” She has been featured on the cover of People en Español more than 14 times and was selected by Newsweek magazine to appear on the cover of its “20 Most Powerful Women of the Next Generation” issue of 2009.

María Celeste has been profiled in numerous articles on a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and the Miami Herald. People en Español recognized her as the best news anchor of 2012 in its end of year issue. This year she has received several accolades in recognition of her 30 years in television, including a lifetime achievement award by the Hispanic Association of Corporate Responsibility (HACR) and the prestigious National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Rubén Salazar Award for Communications. Maria Celeste began her broadcasting career as a reporter in her native Puerto Rico with local station Canal 24 (Channel 24) in 1986. She was subsequently hired by Telemundo’s station in New York and in 1994 became a national host of Univision’s news magazine “Primer Impacto”. In 2002, María Celeste joined the Telemundo network for her current role.

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