María del Sol
Marisol de las Mercedes Echánove Rojas, better known as María del Sol, is a Mexican singer. She is the daughter of lawyer Alonso Echánove and the actress/journalist Josefina Echánove and the younger sister of Peggy Echánove and actor Alonso Echánove.
In the 1970s, she auditioned with music producer Luis de Llano and got married at the age of 16 to Miguel Magaña, who was 14 years her senior. They divorced a year later. In 1979, she was named The Voice of Heraldo, starred in the musical La Pandilla and participated in the 8th Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival. In 1980, she recorded her first album and in 1981, she won the "Best Singer Award" at the Yamaha Festival in Japan. That same year, she married Raúl Canessa, the brother of Uruguayan football player, Julio Canessa. In 1984, she starred in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and recorded her second album, María del Sol. Mágico was her third album, released in 1985. In 1986, she had one of her best hits, "Un nuevo amor" with her husband acting as manager.
In 1988, she won the 17th Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival with the song "Contigo y con el mundo", and thus represented Mexico in the OTI Festival 1988 where she placed fifth. In 1991, she starred in Cats. She later recorded the album Llegó el amor.
Discography
RCA- * Maria Del Sol,
- * Quiero Tu Vida
- * Maria Del Sol
- * Magico
- * Un Nuevo Amor
- * Plenitud
- * Maria
- * Contigo Y Con El Mundo: Lo Mejor De Maria Del Sol
- * Volver Al Amor
- * Cats: Original Cast Recording
- * Llego El Amor
- * ''Soy Mama''
At the OTI Festival
María del Sol participated seven times in the Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival as a singer; winning the 17th edition with the song "Contigo y con el mundo", and thus representing Mexico in the OTI Festival 1988, where she placed fifth.| Year | Song | Performer | Songwriter | Result |
| 1979 | "Desde hoy he decidido" | María del Sol | Graciela González | Eliminated in the qualifying rounds |
| 1980 | "Como quisiera" | María del Sol | 4th in the final | |
| 1981 | "Barato" | María del Sol | Joan Sebastian | Eliminated in the qualifying rounds |
| 1984 | "Ya me cansé" | María del Sol | Eliminated in the third qualifying round | |
| 1985 | "Mágico" | María del Sol | Carlos Lara | 5th in the final |
| 1986 | "No prometas lo que no será" | María del Sol and Jorge Muñiz | Jorge Muñiz | 2nd in the final |
| 1988 | "Contigo y con el mundo" | María del Sol | 1st in the final |
| Year | Country | Song | Performer | Songwriter | Result |
| 1988 |  Mexicolang\|es|Contigo y con el mundo|i=nohlist||José María Frías |