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          In 2010, Melina and approximately more than 600
          dancers broke the Guinness Record for the largest
          number of people dancing Salsa at the same time a
          song. The idea got with her former manager Frank
          Nieves. The theme was "Lista pa' Impresionar" of her
          authorship and doesn’t rule in the near future to do
          it again. "We were there seeing how we could do
          something different for an event that he was doing
          here for the Broward County Patron Festivities and
          we said why we did not try to break the Guinness
          Record. Establish a Guinness Record of the greatest
          number of dancers dancing a song and then we did
          it and it was spectacular", said Melina.

          In 2016, she released to the national and
          international market the salsa version single
          “Estoy aquí” of the popular Pop singer Shakira,
          whose arrangement was made by Seferino Cavan.
          The video of "Estoy Aquí" was shot on the famous
          beaches of Miami Beach and already has almost
          1 million views.






 In all her productions this Puerto Rican   She has developed a successful musical
 singer based in Miami, likes to sing to the   career of 20 uninterrupted years that has
 love in a very positive way. Each song is a   led her to perform at the biggest annual
 tropical proposal of Latin culture, passion,   festivals and daily events in the country.
 celebration, dance and happiness that   For nine years "La Muñeca de la Salsa"
 invites the dancer to enjoy. "I like to talk   performed live shows in South Florida at
 positively about things that make me   Tapas y Tintos club located in Miami's South
 happy. I do not like to shoot men ...   Beach with el maestro Ricky Torres, where
 Because it's not what happened to me.  thousands of dancers from all over the
 "She added: "I have a bolero that's   world gathered every Tuesday to dance and
 called Mi Nueva Página de Amor, but it's   enjoy her music.
 very positive.”


 Although the Salsa is a genre dominated by
 men, Melina has shown to take rm steps
 and open eld solidly in the music industry,
 she has sung alongside major gures such
 as: The Great Combo of Puerto Rico, Andy
 Montanez, Bobby Cruz, Gilberto Santa
 Rosa, Marlo Rosa, Tito Puente Jr., el maestro
 Larry Harlow and Tromboranga.



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