Colombian singer Charlie Zaa is an internationally renowned Latin pop artist especially known for his readings of boleros, bachatas, and salsas. He started singing for tropical acts such as Grupo Niche and Guayacán. He went solo and signed with Sony, which released Sentimientos in 1996, and became a bolero performer, singing classics from prominent Latin American artists such as Olimpo Cárdenas and Julio Jaramillo. After climbing onto the Latin charts throughout America, Zaa recorded Segundo Sentimiento in 1998, followed by 2000's Ciego de Amor. The album sold over half a million copies in Mexico and eventually over a million globally. Zaa went back to studying the classics and in 2001 issued the best-seller De un Solo Sentimiento, which was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2002 and also hit the top spot on the charts. Just as the entertainment media and radio programmers tried to pin him down as one kind of singer, Zaa returned to a more pop tropical style for Grandes Sentimientos in 2002. The "feeling" theme continued with 2004's audio and video package Puro Sentimiento, and he delivered his first all-bachata offering in 2005 with Bachata con Puro Sentimiento. In late 2009, he made De Bohemia. This comeback album hit the top spot on the Latin albums chart. Mi Mejor Regalo, was issued in November of 2015 and scored the top spot on the tropical albums chart. In 2017 Zaa released Celebracion, a collection of new live versions of songs from his 1996 debut, Sentimientos.
