Ashley Colón, nicknamed La Chica Bomba (b. October 27, 1975, in Puerto Rico), is a Puerto Rican merengue singer. Mostly influenced by popular Puerto Rican singer and actress

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, Ashley began her successful career as a member of

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band Las Chicas del Clan (The Girls of the Clan). Her debut as a solo artist came in 1997 with the release of the album '' Yo Soy la Bomba''. The hit song "Yo Soy La Reina" from the album of the same name followed that same year. She performed with

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at the annual Tu Música awards ceremony. In 1999 ''Abrázame'', meaning "hug me", became her international breakthrough, supported by a Latin American and U.S. tour. In 1999 she released a

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album called '' Sabor a dulce'', followed by a greatest hits album in 2000 called ''

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''. She also released ''

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''. Her most recent album, ''

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'', was released in 2003. Ashley has charted on the

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Latin charts. She is nicknamed ''la chica bomba'' (the bomb girl).

Discography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashley 1975 births Living people 21st-century Puerto Rican women singers Merengue musicians 20th-century Puerto Rican women singers Women in Latin music