Mestizos are descendants of interracial marriages. Mestizos are present in almost all countries of the Western Hemisphere, including in the world of stars.

Day.Az offers a selection of mestizo celebrities.

Adriana Lima: The beauty owes her beautiful appearance to French, Portuguese and Caribbean ancestors.

Milla Jovovich was born on December 17, 1975 in Kyiv. Father - Bogdan Jovovich, a doctor, a Serb by nationality, originally from Montenegro; mother - Galina Loginova, Russian.

Angelina Jolie acquired the blood of several peoples - Czech, English (by father), French-Canadian (Iroquois) and Greek (by mother).

Nicole Scherzinger, place of birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, June 29, 1978. Nationality: Hawaiian, Russian, Filipino.

Megan Denise Fox She was born on May 16, 1986 in the US state of Tennessee. She has Irish, French and Native American ancestry in her pedigree.

Shakira. An Arab-Lebanese father and a Colombian mother with Spanish and Italian blood gave her a name, which in Arabic means "grateful" and in Hindi - "goddess of light."

beyoncé. Knowles' father is African American, and his mother is Creole (there were African Americans, Native Americans and French in the family) by origin. Knowles was named after maiden name mother.

Salma Hayek She was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. She is the daughter of Diana Jiménez Medina, a Spanish-born opera singer, and Sami Hayek Dominguez, a Lebanese.

Charlize Theron.On the maternal side, the actress has German, and on the paternal side - French and Dutch roots.

Cameron Diaz. The parents are of mixed blood, mother is half German, half English and father is Cuban born in the USA. It also has Indian roots.

Kate Beckinsale Born in London in the family of theater and television actress Judy Lo and famous television actor Richard Beckinsale. Great-grandfather Beckinsale was a native of Burma.

Mariah Carey. She is the third and most youngest child Patricia Hickey, an Irish-born former opera singer, and Alfred Roy Carey, an Afro-Venezuelan aeronautical engineer.


Jessica Alba was born on April 28, 1981 to Katherine (née Jensen) and Mark Alba. Jessica's mother has Danish and French Canadian roots, and her father is Mexican American.

Natalie Portman was born on June 9, 1981 in Jerusalem. The maternal ancestors of the actress are Jews from Russia and Austria, and on the paternal side - from Romania and Poland.

Christina Maria Aguilera. Christina's mother, Shelley, is Irish by nationality and is a professional violinist and pianist. Her father is a native of Ecuador.

These beauties are beautiful, have achieved a lot in the professional field and they have armies of fans around the world. In our review, dark-skinned beauties who have driven the world crazy.

1. Keke Palmer


2. Kenya Moore



American film and television actress, producer, model, and writer.

3. Whitney Houston



American singer, producer, actress and former fashion model.



American actress.

5. Pam Grier


American actress.

6. Kerry Washington


American actress and political activist.

7. Thandie Newton



Very feminine and so graceful English film actress.

8. Rihanna


Barbadian artist, singer-songwriter, fashion model.

9 Paula Patton


American actress.

10. Vanessa Williams


American actress and singer.

11 Rosario Dawson



American actress, singer and writer.

12 Alicia Keys


American singer, pianist, songwriter, record producer, and actress.

13. Ciara



American singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress, model, music video director.

14. Zoe Saldana



American film actress.

15. Lupita Nyongo


Kenyan actress, director and producer.

16. Christina Milian



American actress and singer of Afro-Cuban origin.

17. Tamara Dobson



African-American actress and fashion model.

18. Katerina Graham


A young American celebrity who achieved popularity as an actress, model and singer.

19. Joy Bryant

Strong in spirit, great people always enthrall. And doubly rejoice, watching the success of the life of a beautiful and talented woman. In addition, it's great if it comes from an African-American environment, that segment of the population that has been oppressed for centuries. Black singers are a big and beautiful diamond in the crown of American musical art. These are powerful voices with a special African timbre, a separate culture brought from the shores of hot Africa by the ancestors of these great women.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to even closely consider the biographies of all pop-jazz and R'n'B stars in the article, so we will focus on the 7 most, in our opinion, the most popular and bright personalities of the past and current years of American show business.

Queen B came on the scene as a child. From the age of 9, the R'n'B singer took part in a super-popular girl band called Destiny's Child, and then continued her career as a solo singer. Every single Beyoncé album has been awarded the Grammy Award for Best R'n'B Album. No other singer in the world has such an achievement.

A girl was born in creative family. The mother of the future most popular American black singer is a fashion designer and stylist, and her father is a producer and sound engineer. The talents of the child manifested themselves in early childhood when little Beyoncé began to participate and win in all music competitions native Houston. Soon a group also gathered, which became known to all Americans as Destiny's Child (only the name changed several times in the course of work). Beyoncé hasn't always shone. For example, at one of the competitions, the musical group was defeated, because the producer of the girls focused on rapping, while, according to Beyonce herself, they just needed to sing.

However, the failure did not stop the group. Over the following years, the girls released several successful and well-selling albums. The first single was produced by the singer's father, which hit financial condition families. However, subsequently all the troubles with money were settled, since the group can be considered successful.

The musical project thus existed from 1997 to 2000. From that moment on, the group broke up into solo performers, each of which successfully worked and is working in its own direction. But in 2004 the girls gathered in last time, recorded a new album and already during the concert tour officially announced the breakup of the trio.

Leaving the team, Beyonce took up, in addition to music, a career as an actress and was successful in this field, having won 2 Golden Globe awards. Over time, the singer's musical style has become more diverse.

Beyonce's personal life is almost cloudless, except for the only public conflict between the singer's husband, rapper Jay-Z, and her sister Solange Piaget. However, over time, the world returned to this musical family, in which, in addition, the next generation is growing up - in total, the couple has three children.

Dorothy Dandridge

Short (only 42 years old), but the brightest life lived a black singer with a strong voice, actress and dancer - Dorothy Jean Dandridge.

Many talented performers are helped to stand on musical way their parents. Dorothy is no exception. When Miss Dandridge was still a child, her mother organized a musical duet for her and her sister, which was called the Amazing Children. Dorothy turned out to be strong in spirit and began to earn money on radio and in cinema. Still, music remained her main love.

Despite this, the singer became popular precisely because of the work of the actress. Success and recognition came to her in 1954 after filming in the film "Carmen Jones", where she performed leading role. In addition to this film, the woman starred in a number of other recognizable paintings.

The world lost a talented singer in September 1965, when she was at the peak of her creative powers. Dorothy Dandridge died at her home after drinking a large dose of antidepressants. It was hardly suicide, because the singer had creative plans for the near future. In particular, she was going to perform one of these days in one of the New York cabarets.

In honor of the memory of this amazing woman, the film "Meet Dorothy Dandridge" was made, in which the incomparable Halle Berry played the main role.

Katerina is best known as an actress, and her most popular role is that of Bonnie Bennet from The Vampire Diaries. Unusual appearance the girl owes a mixture of Liberian and Polish blood (Katerina's mother is Polish, and her father is Liberian). In addition, this actress, singer and dancer is a polyglot and speaks Spanish, Polish and French in addition to English.

Since we are considering the biographies of black singers, Katerina has the most direct relation to this. This hard-working young woman manages to combine filming with her own musical concerts. A few years ago, she released a music album that she recorded in her personal studio. In addition, she was for some time a backing vocalist in the band Black and Peace.

The girl does not single out for herself a more or less important part of creativity. She likes to act in films, and dance, and make music. She does not plan to deny herself one of these activities. The press, among other things, closely follows the style of Katerina in clothes, which they consider quite cool.

Ciara

Ciara Princess Harris is one of the popular black singers who do more than just music. In addition to R'n'B and hip-hop, the girl is fond of dancing and works as a model. She has released several successful albums, and many of her singles have received prestigious music awards like the Grammy.

most iconic and successful work Ciara's albums are Goodies, Ciara: The Evolution and Ciara (the latest to date). But even not the most successful albums of the singer were awarded high music awards. Ciara writes songs herself, being a talented poetess. Her creations are recognized far beyond the United States and the English-speaking world.

The personal life of the singer has not yet developed somehow. But she has a son with her ex-boyfriend Future. In addition to being creative, a woman leads an active public life helping terminally ill children realize their dreams.

Rihanna

The work of one of the most famous black singers Rihanna is a mixture of R'n'B, reggae and pop music. Thanks to this musical symbiosis, the girl has developed a unique and recognizable style throughout the world. In addition to music, Rihanna is busy acting and designing.

The girl began to sing quite early, in her teens. And she was able to please at the age of 16 successful producer Ivan Rogers. And at that moment she moved from Barbados to America to build her career without even graduating high school. In the USA, the popular rapper Jay-Z began to patronize the talented girl, who saw prospects in her.

So, 17-year-old Rihanna in 2005 "blew up" the music world with her composition Pon de Replay. And in the same year, her first album Music of the Sun was released, which went platinum. The prolific composer Rihanna did not make the public wait long for her second brainchild and in 2006 released an album called A girl like me, the best composition of which was the song SOS, which has been in the TOP-5 of the world's leading charts for a long time.

The next year was marked for Rihanna by the release of another album, which included the song Umbrella, which made her a superstar literally all over the world and revealed the girl's vocal abilities to the maximum. The next album was released two years later, and critics noted the gloominess and aggression poured into the songs by Rihanna due to severe mental trauma resulting from a difficult break with her lover Chris Brown. But literally next year she releases an already lively and explosive album Loud. This creative project also became a landmark, as Rihanna clearly reconsidered her priorities and showed the world her self-sufficiency and audacity.

In total, Rihanna has released 8 music albums to date, sang in a duet with such stars as Shakira, Eminem, Jay-Z, Paul McCartney, etc. For her songs, she has been awarded the cool Grammy award more than once.

Another great black singer who died early and tragically, Whitney Houston, lived only 48 years. Nevertheless, she left a huge ingenious creative legacy behind her. It's no secret that she had problems with drugs and from time to time she appeared in various scandalous stories. But this does not change the fact that Whitney Houston was a real gem in the world of music.

Her childhood was spent among musicians. Firstly, the singer's mother and aunt were notable figures in the rhythm and blues world of the 60s and 70s of the XX century. And secondly, the girl grew up among the musicians of the Baptist choir. Moreover, her unique talent allowed her to be a soloist in the church choir at the age of 11.

The girl was engaged in touring activities throughout her youth and led a bohemian lifestyle. In the 80s, she had 2 contracts with record companies, but the collaboration with Arista Records brought the girl popularity.

Whitney released her first album in 1985. Popularity did not immediately fall on her head, but after America heard the song You Give Good Love, the young woman became famous. Her talent was so overwhelming that she broke into those shows on television, where black artists had not even thought of inviting before. And, it would seem, the first not very successful album of the singer diverges from the shelves in the amount of 13,000,000 copies, although a year after the release.

The second collection was so liked by the world community that it surpassed the work of The Beatles themselves in popularity. Less successful was Whitney's third album, but this did not plunge her into depression, as she wisely believed that this was the path for a long career. But the next collection of songs, released in 1990, went platinum, and fans bought 10,000,000 copies of it. However, a live tour in support of this project is considered a failure.

a separate chapter in creative life this most talented African American was the release of the film "The Bodyguard" (1992). The singer performed 6 songs that became hits. And the single I Will Always Love You became the main one in Whitney's career. In addition to "The Bodyguard", the singer recorded several more soundtracks for other films.

After success in the cinema, Whitney releases another album, which was received favorably by critics and the public. The name of this brainchild of the singer is My Love Is Your Love.

But now the singer's career began to decline, and only in 2000 did she release a collection of songs. Everything, it would seem, begins to improve, Whitney concludes contracts for the next few albums. But they fail.

In 2004, Whitney Houston went on tour, during which she also performed in Russia. Then, in the work of the singer, complete silence sets in, lasting several years. And only in 2009 she released her seventh and, unfortunately, the last album.

The real name of this famous black singer is Anna May Bullock. Despite the fact that the girl’s childhood passed in such conditions that she could not expect any musical success, over time, this strong and outstanding woman with her singing, composing, acting and dancing talent was recognized as the Queen of Rock and Roll.

The premonition of success gave the girl a move to St. Louis and an acquaintance with rock musician Ike Turner. It was Hayk who saw Anna's talent and passion for music and helped create form style Tina Turner.

The group "Kings of Rhythm", in which Anna was the soloist, was quite popular in the USA in the 60-70s of the XX century. And this passionate vocalist even earned a Grammy award while being part of the team. In 1962, Ike and Tina started a family, and thus a soloist appeared on the stage under the pseudonym Tina Turner.

At that time, Mr. Turner left the team, and his wife began to solo in a new group with him. So the world saw The team Ike & Tina Turner Revue. The musicians worked tirelessly, being in a creative search for their hit. And one day they met Phil Specter, who organized a special project for Tina called River Deep Mountain Hight. At the same time, the cult group Rolling Stones made an offer to Revue to participate in one of their tours.

But problems began in paradise, and once Tina, unable to withstand the growing tyranny, beatings and drug addiction of her husband, literally left him into the unknown. And the singer receives her first success during one of her tours in Europe, performing the song Let's Stay Together. In addition, Tina met manager Roger Davis, who convinced the singer to build a successful solo career.

The total success covered the artist after meeting with David Bowie and recording his songs 1984 and Let's Stay Together, turning a talented and ambitious woman into a world-class star in just a matter of days. And, of course, Tina Turner's best hit was Simply the best.

In just her 78 years, the black singer released 10 studio albums, got into the Guinness Book of Records after she collected the largest paid concert (188,000 people), which took place at one of the venues in Rio de Janeiro, and also deservedly took home 8 Grammy awards. In addition, the singer sang songs for several films, in particular, for one of the James Bond movies and is still actively working and acting in music videos.

Russian black singers

Russia is a multinational country, and its inhabitants also include people with African roots. There are several wonderful Russian mulattos who have chosen singing as their career. Imagine a photo of black singers living and creating in Russia.

Above you can see singer Cornelia Mango. The girl broke into the domestic show business not so long ago and has already managed to win the love of an entire army of fans. Cornelia is 32 years old, her participation in the Star Factory project brought her popularity.

Tina Ogunleye was born on May 17, 1979. DJ, singer, former member of the Slivki group. Father is Nigerian, mother is Russian.

Alice Edun is a singer. Born in St. Petersburg. Father is Nigerian, mother is Russian. Now he lives and works in Italy.

Victoria Pierre-Marie is a blues and jazz singer. Born in Moscow on April 17, 1979. Her father is a Cameroonian, her mother is Russian. In 1996, Victoria was awarded the title of "Russian Queen of Blues" by the president of the Association of Jazz Musicians, Yuri Saulsky.

It remains only to note that Russian singers with black roots have undeniable talents and are an adornment of our stage.