Early Years
At the age of 15, Corretjer hosted a Puerto Rican television show named La Ola Nueva (The New Wave). In 1995, she released the album Sola (Alone), which sent three of her songs to the Billboard lists and the album featured two Spanish versions of Selena songs "Where Did the Feeling Go? which was called Donde Te Has Ido Amor and "Only Love" called Solo Tu. In 1997, Corretjer released her second album, Emociones (Emotions). Her third album, 1999's Amar es un Juego earned her a golden album in Puerto Rico, her song De Hoy en Adelante (From Today On) ranked number one on Billboard for more than six weeks. Millie has a very soft, low and angelic singing voice when she sang. Corretjer and her music became well known in Puerto Rico, Latin American countries, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (where she lived for six months) and the United States.
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