Raquel Arias
Raquel Arias is a Dominican singer, songwriter, and accordionist known for her work in Merengue típico, a genre of traditional Dominican merengue. She recorded the track "No Me Olvides Corazón" (also known as "¿Por qué te fuiste dulce amor?") in 1998. The song did not achieve widespread popularity until its resurgence in 2016, when it became heavily played on radio and at community events. The music site Remezcla has associated the song with Arias’s rise in the late 1990s.
Arias has been described by multiple sources as a prominent figure in merengue típico, including Hoy (Dominican newspaper), which in 2007 called her “una de las más afamadas exponentes del género típico a nivel nacional,” and Listín Diario, which has covered her as a leading performer in the genre. In the same Remezcla feature, she was listed among “six women leading merengue típico bands you should know.”
At the 2023 ceremony, she was named Conjunto Típico winner for the 2021 cycle of the Premios Soberano.
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