Alaska (singer)

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Alaska
Alaska in 2016
Born	Olvido Gara Jova (1963-06-13) 13 June 1963 (age 61) Mexico City, Mexico
Other names	The Mexican Acid Queen
Occupations	Singer songwriter actress record producer television host author DJ businesswoman
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Mario Vaquerizo ​ (m. 1999)​
Musical career
Origin	Madrid, Spain
Genres	Pop electronica rock dance
Labels	Chapa Discos Zafiro Hispavox DRO GASA Metal Sonic Disco Running Circle Subterfuge Warner Music Spain
Member of	Fangoria
Formerly of	Kaka de Luxe Alaska y los Pegamoides Negros S. A. Alaska y Dinarama
Musical artist

Olvido Gara Jova (born June 13, 1963), known professionaly as Alaska, is a Spanish-Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, television host and DJ. She was born and raised in Mexico City, where she spent her first ten years, until she moved to Spain with her family. In Spain, she was a guitarist in the group Kaka de Luxe, until 1979, when she became the vocalist and composer of Alaska y los Pegamoides, a group with which she reached her first number one thanks to "Bailando", acquiring great recognition at a national level and in some Spanish-speaking countries. From 1983, she was the vocalist and composer of Alaska y Dinarama; group with which she continued releasing albums that reached a wide popularity. Many of her songs have reached number one on the music charts in Spain and wide recognition in several Spanish-speaking countries; her biggest hits include songs such as "Perlas ensangrentadas", "Rey del Glam", "Cómo pudiste hacerme esto a mí", "Ni tú ni nadie", "A quién le importa", "La funcionaria asesina", "Mi novio es un zombi" and "Quiero ser santa".

Her career has been reinforced by her appearances in different series, films, television and radio programs, for which she has received varied comments. Her best known participation was in La bola de cristal (1984-1988), a television program broadcast on Televisión Española during the eighties, which was committed to treating children as adults and reflected the socio-political change brought about by the Spanish transition, as well as the cultural and musical explosion known as the “movida madrileña”. As an actress, her most recognized role was in Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap (1980), a feature film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Among her work in television stands out her participation as a juror in Lluvia de estrellas (2001), as a presenter in Alaska y Segura (2014-2015), the Benidorm Fest 2022 and starring in the reality show Alaska y Mario (2011-2018), with her husband.

Since 1989 she has been a member of Fangoria, an electronic music group that she leads together with Nacho Canut, who has accompanied her since her musical beginnings. The group began as part of the underground movement, and gained popularity with the release of their second album, Una temporada en el infierno (1999). Their greatest hits include songs such as "No sé qué me das", "Eternamente inocente", "Retorciendo palabras", "Miro la vida pasar", "Entre mil dudas", "Criticar por criticar", "Absolutamente", "Dramas y comedias", "Geometría polisentimental" and "Espectacular".

Influenced by several personalities, Alaska is recognized for her changing and transgressive aesthetic sense with respect to music, fashion, live performances and music videos.