Kany García
Encarnita "Kany" García de Jesús (born September 25, 1982) is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on Objetivo Fama. She is widely considered the most successful non-winner in the history of the show.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is de Jesús.
Kany García
Encarnita García de Jesús
September 25, 1982
- Singer
- songwriter
- Vocals
- guitar
- cello
2006–present
Sony BMG (2006–present)
In 2006, García signed a recording contract with Sony BMG, releasing her debut album Cualquier Día (2007), which was a commercial success, spawning four top 40 singles on the Billboard Latin Tracks. She has won six Latin Grammy Awards out of twenty nominations and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards.[1]
Biography[edit]
Encarnita García de Jesús was born on September 25, 1982, in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Her father, Antonio García, was a Roman Catholic priest from Spain. He left the priesthood when he fell in love with Kany's mother, Puerto Rican choir director Shela de Jesús. [2][3] She has two uncles on her father's side who are also priests. García has two older siblings: Marishela and José Antonio, who is the lead double-bass player at the Sinfónica de Puerto Rico. She began studying classical music when she was a child, learning cello, musical theory, solfeggio and chorus.[1] At 13, she attended the school Escuela Libre de Música, where the guitar would win her heart.[1] This was followed by studies at Puerto Rico's Conservatorio de Música.
In her early twenties, following a successful audition for the Puerto Rican television program Objectivo Fama, García fell asleep behind the wheel, barely surviving a near-fatal car accident. The hospital stay cost her the opportunity to appear on Objetivo Fama. She suffered fractures of the pelvis and clavicle and needed forty stitches on her face.[4] She was in intensive care for some time and managed to recover, although sensation in her left toe is limited. This setback did not keep García from the craft that she loved. Continuing to write and perform led to talks with Sony BMG some years later. While García was still being courted by the music industry superpower, Sony invited her to share the stage with Franco De Vita at an engagement in Puerto Rico. Her performance was met so warmly, garnering the evening's only standing ovation, that an offer from Sony was quickly forthcoming. She released her first studio album in 2007 titled Cualquier Dia, which she wrote all songs. The album was certified gold in both, United States and Mexico. The album was released to critical acclaim. Kany's second album "Boleto De Entrada" was released in September 2009.
Personal life[edit]
García married her guitarist and boyfriend of seven years, Carlos Padial, on December 19, 2010. The wedding was a private ceremony held at the Parroquia Santa Clara in Carolina, Puerto Rico, followed by a reception at an estate in the same city.[51][52] However, the couple divorced in September 2013.[53]
On February 13, 2016, García publicly announced she is in a same sex relationship with her personal trainer, Jocelyn Troche.[54] On December 25, 2019, Garcia announced that she and Joceylyn Troche were married.[55]
Other ventures[edit]
Product and endorsements[edit]
Kany released her first line of girl's jeans in 2015. The jeans were distributed though Kress Kids, in Puerto Rico.[56] The following year, in 2016, she launched a collection of jeans for women with Kress Stores, Kress Kids' parent company.[57] In 2016, she also released her first perfume, Up by Kany García.[58]