Cristal Marie (born May 26, 1986) is a Dominican singer, songwriter, actress and performer who is best known for singing the opening theme of the North American

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Pecados Ajenos ''Pecados ajenos'' (''A Chance to Love'', literally "Other people's sins") is a Spanish-language telenovela written by Eric Vonn and produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. This limited-run series was shot in Florida b ...

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alongside

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singer

Jencarlos Canela Jencarlos Canela (born April 21, 1988) is an American actor and singer. Canela starred in the telenovela ''Mi corazón insiste en Lola Volcán'', and two other telenovelas. In September 2013, he began a new project called "Scan Me" on his offic ...

. She has won the Casandra Award (Dominican Republic's highest Honor in the music industry) a

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Award and her song "Confieso" was selected as a winner by the 17th Annual Billboard World Song Contest and as a finalist of the

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(ISC). She also wrote the soundtrack for the independent film "Sin Social", winner of the Platinum Reel Award at the Nevada Film Festival of 2009.Sin Social Film In 2010 she won the Youth Achievement Latin Pride National Award.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marie, Cristal Living people People from Santo Domingo 21st-century Dominican Republic women singers 1986 births