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Discography

* ''Puedes ser tú'' (1986) * ''Tantas veces'' (1987) * ''Nunca les creí'' (1989) * ''Akundún'' (1992) * ''Miki González'' (1995) * ''González blues'' (1996) * ''Mikongo y su kachanga'' (1998) * ''Café Inkaterra'' (2004) * ''Etno Tronics: Apu Sessions'' (2005) * ''Inka Beats: Apu Sessions'' (2006) * ''Inka Beats: Iskay'' (2006) * ''Hi-Fi Stereo'' (2007) * ''Landó por bulerías'' (2009) * ''Caitro & Félix'' (2016) * ''Perú Ethno Beats'' (2017)

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1952 births 21st-century Peruvian male singers 21st-century Peruvian singers Spanish emigrants to Peru 20th-century Peruvian male singers 20th-century Peruvian singers Living people Musicians from Madrid Berklee College of Music alumni {{Peru-musician-stub

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