The main Spanish music radio station, 40 Principale,s has included Kate Ryan's smash hit Ella, Ell' l'a in the nominations for its annual awards Premios 40 Principales. The song runs in the category Best international non Spanish song (Mejor Canción Internacional En Lengua No Española) against the songs of some mega stars such as Amy Winehouse or Alicia Keys. The winner of this and all the other categories will be decided by public vote through the radio channel's webpage. Everybody can cast their vote until Friday 28th February.

Kate Ryan, the pop artist who competed for Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 reaching a 12th place in the semi finals, has become very popular in Spain. Her cover single Ella, Ell' l'a has been topping the official Spanish charts for some 11 weeks now. It has sold many hundreds thousands copies and it has already become multi platinum. In the past weeks Kate Ryan has made some live appearances on the Spanish TV and has sung two duets with the popular Spanish pop star Soraya Arnelas. The second one with the title Caminare will be released next week on the new album of Soraya with the title Sin Miedo. The other duet , Tonight We Ride / No Digas Que No is on Kate Ryan's fourth album entitled Free. In the first week of November the singer will be in Canada for the promotion of this album.

You can see all the nominations of the 40 principales radio station(in Spanish) and vote here.

An article by Nikolas Psomas