Editing Celia Cruz (section)

== Tributes and legacy ==
[[File:9.7.14CeliaCruzParkByLuigiNovi.jpg|thumb|right|Celia Cruz Plaza in [[Union City, New Jersey]]]]
Cruz's legacy had been honored for years before her death, including a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] (1987), the asteroid name [[5212 Celiacruz]] (1989),<ref name=schmadel>{{cite book |last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D. |title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |date=2012 |publisher=Springer-Verlag|location=Berlín|isbn=9783642297175 |edition=6ª|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbKyuAAACAAJ | access-date=14 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> the [[Lo Nuestro Excellence Award|Excellence Awards]] at the [[Premio Lo Nuestro 1990|1990 Lo Nuestro Awards]],<ref name="Winners-archive">{{cite web |url=http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|title=Lo Nuestro – Historia |language=es |work=[[Univision]] |publisher=[[Univision Communications]]|access-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102925/http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|archive-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> and [[Calle Ocho, Miami|Celia Cruz Way]] in Miami (1991). She was also recognized with a star on Boulevard [[Amador Bendayán]] in [[Caracas]], Venezuela, and a figure in the [[Hollywood Wax Museum]]. Besides, Cruz received three Honoris Causa doctorates from three universities in the United States: [[Yale University]], [[Florida International University]] and the [[University of Miami]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmtv.com.ar/biografia/show.php?bnid=79&banda=Celia_Cruz|title=CMTV - Biografía de Celia Cruz|website=Cmtv.com.ar|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref> Cruz, along with fellow Afro-Cuban musician [[Cachao]], were inducted into the [[Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame|''Billboard'' Latin Music Hall of Fame]] in 1994.<ref name="lmba1994">{{cite magazine| last = Lannert| first = John| date = May 21, 1994| title = The Latin Music Hall of Fame Welcomes Celia and Cachao| magazine = Billboard| publisher = [[Nielsen Business Media]]| volume = 106| issue = 32| page =50|issn=0006-2510| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50| access-date = June 3, 2010}}</ref> She was also inducted into the [[International Latin Music Hall of Fame]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=de Fontenay|first1=Sounni|title=International Latin Music Hall of Fame|journal=Latin American Rhythm Magazine|date=7 December 1998|url=http://laritmo.com/mag/index.php3?id=253|access-date=18 October 2014|archive-date=18 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018225223/http://laritmo.com/mag/index.php3?id=253|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the same year, she was presented with the [[ASCAP Latin Heritage Award]] becoming the first recipient of the accolade.<ref name="ascaplatin">{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/news-events/awards/latin-heritage-award#:~:text=Awarded%20to%20songwriters%20and%20composers,and%20enduring%20contributions%20to%20music.|title=ASCAP Latin Heritage Award|publisher=ASCAP|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref>

Through a formidable work ethic, Cruz rose to the very top in her genre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music: The Definitive Visual History|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchId=R1&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&userGroupName=nysl_li_stj&inPS=true&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=&prodId=GVRL&contentSet=GALE%7CCX6509500141&&docId=GALE%7CCX6509500141&docType=GALE#|website=Gale Virtual Reference Library|publisher=New York: DK Publishing|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> In February 2004, her last album, {{lang|es|[[Regalo del Alma]]}}, she won a posthumous award at the [[Premios Lo Nuestro]] for best salsa release of the year. It was announced in December 2005 that a musical called {{lang|es|¡Azúcar!}} would open in [[Tenerife]] before touring the world. The name comes from Cruz's well-known catch phrase of "¡Azúcar!" (“Sugar!”).

In 2003, a music school was opened in the Bronx, named the [[Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music]]. Pedro Knight visited this school before his death to meet the students and share stories about her life.
On June 4, 2004, the heavily Cuban-American community of [[Union City, New Jersey]] heralded its annual Cuban Day Parade by dedicating its new Celia Cruz Park (also known as Celia Cruz Plaza), which features a sidewalk star in her honor, at 31st Street and [[Bergenline Avenue]], with Cruz's widower, [[Pedro Knight]], present. There are four other similar dedications to Cruz around the world.<ref>Rosero, Jessica (June 2, 2004). [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2398550/article-Homage-to-Celia-Cruz-UC-to-pay-tribute-to-Queen-of-Salsa-with-events--park-dedication?instance=search_results "Homage to Celia Cruz: UC to pay tribute to Queen of Salsa with events, park dedication"]. ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]''.</ref> Cruz's star has expanded into Union City's "Walk of Fame",<ref name=UCPictures>Fernandez, Lucio; Karabin, Gerard (2010). ''Union City in Pictures''. Book Press NY. p. 74</ref> as new marble stars are added each spring to honor Latin entertainment and media personalities, such as [[merengue (music)|merengue]] singer Joseíto Mateo, salsa singer [[La India]], Cachao, Cuban [[tenor]] [[Beny Moré]],<ref>Rosero, Jessica (18 June 2006). [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2408953/article-Viva-la-comunidad-Cubano-North-Hudson-celebrates-at-the-annual-Cuban-Day-Parade? "Viva la comunidad Cubano North Hudson celebrates at the annual Cuban Day Parade"]. ''The Hudson Reporter''.</ref> [[Tito Puente]], Spanish language [[television news]] anchor [[Rafael Pineda (television journalist)|Rafael Pineda]], salsa pioneer [[Johnny Pacheco]],<ref>Rosero, Jessica (26 May 2006). [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2405226/article--La-vida-es-un-carnaval--North-Hudson-celebrates-6th-annual-Cuban-Day-Parade? "'La vida es un carnaval' North Hudson celebrates 6th annual Cuban Day Parade"]. ''The Hudson Reporter''.</ref> singer/bandleader [[Gilberto Santa Rosa]] and music promoter [[Ralph Mercado]].<ref>Staab, Amanda (5 October 2008). "UC first stop for Latin Grammies". ''The Union City Reporter''. pp. 1, 21</ref>
[[File:2024 Celia Cruz Womens Quarter.jpg|thumb|Cruz featured on a 2024 [[American Women quarter]]]]
On 18 May 2005, the [[National Museum of American History]], administered by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] and located in [[Washington, D.C.]], opened {{lang|es|"¡Azúcar!"}}, an exhibit celebrating the life and music of Celia Cruz. The exhibit highlights important moments in Cruz's life and career through photographs, personal documents, costumes, videos, and music. Her biography {{lang|es|Celia: Mi vida}} was also published in 2005, based on more than 500 hours of interviews with the Mexican journalist Ana Cristina Reymundo. The journalist and TV presenter [[Cristina Saralegui]] planned to take the story of her life to the cinema and the American actress [[Whoopi Goldberg]], admirer of the singer, expressed her interest in representing her, but the project was cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/cine/whoopi-goldberg-en-la-piel-de-celia-cruz-nid357433|title=Whoopi Goldberg, en la piel de Celia Cruz|date=December 8, 2001|website=Lanacion.com.ar|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref> From 26 September 2007 to 25 May 2008, ''Celia'', a musical based on the life of Celia Cruz, played at the [[Off-Broadway]] venue [[New World Stages]]. The show won four 2008 HOLA Awards from the [[Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors]].<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=Celia ''Celia''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011144909/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=Celia |date=2012-10-11 }} at Lortel Archives; accessed August 24, 2010</ref>

On 16 March 2011, Celia Cruz was honored by the [[United States Postal Service]] with a commemorative postage stamp.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forever Latin Music Legends: Celia Cruz single|url=https://www.si.edu/object/forever-latin-music-legends-celia-cruz-single%3Anpm_2011.2025.63|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Smithsonian Institution|language=en}}</ref> The Cruz stamp was one of a group of five stamps honoring Latin music greats, also including [[Selena]], [[Tito Puente]], [[Carmen Miranda]], and [[Carlos Gardel]]. The Smithsonian's [[National Museum of American History]] collaborated with photographer Robert Weingarten to create an object-based portrait of Celia Cruz featuring artifacts in the museum. The portrait was unveiled on 3 October 2012.<ref>[http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/national-museum-american-history-reveals-celia-cruz-portrait "National Museum of American History Reveals Celia Cruz Portrait"]. Newsdesk. [[Smithsonian Institution]]. October 3, 2012</ref>

On 21 October 2013, Google honored her with a [[Google Doodle]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news | first = Otis | last = Gowens | title = Celia Cruz, queen of Salsa, gets Google Doodle | date = 2013-10-21 | publisher = Cox Media Group | work = AJC.com }}</ref> [[Jennifer Lopez]] honored Cruz with her presentation at the [[American Music Awards of 2013|41st American Music Awards]] ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voces.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/24/jennifer-lopez-celia-cruz-american-music-awards_n_4334875.html|title=Jennifer Lopez rinde tributo a Celia Cruz en los American Music Awards|language=es|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|date=November 24, 2013|access-date=November 25, 2013|archive-date=28 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128175948/http://voces.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/24/jennifer-lopez-celia-cruz-american-music-awards_n_4334875.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The singers [[Yuri (Mexican singer)|Yuri]], La India, [[Maluma (singer)|Maluma]] and [[Aymée Nuviola]] did the same at the [[Latin American Music Awards]]. Also in 2013, Cruz was inducted into the New Jersey Hall Fame.<ref name="auto"/> In October 2015, [[Telemundo]] premiered an 80-episode docu-drama based on Cruz's life, ''[[Celia (telenovela)|Celia]]''.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6722633/celia-cruz-series-telemundo-empire|title=Telemundo Goes the 'Empire' Route With Celia Cruz 80-Episode Docudrama Series Other Musical Soap Operas|website=Billboard.com|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref>

In 2015, the television networks [[RCN Televisión]] and Telemundo produced the TV series ''[[Celia (2015 TV series)|Celia]]'' based on the life of Crus. Cruz was played by the actresses [[Jeimy Osorio]] and Aymée Nuviola and counted on the voice of Patty Padilla.<ref name="auto1"/> In 2019, [[Angélique Kidjo]] released a tribute album to Cruz, entitled ''Celia'', including songs spanning all of Cruz's career reinvented with an Afrobeat feel. It features [[Tony Allen (musician)]], [[Meshell Ndegeocello]] and the [[Gangbé Brass Band]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kidjo.com/celia|title=Celia|website=Kidjo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref>

In 2018, a monument to Cruz was unveiled in the Cuban Heritage Park in [[Hialeah, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monument Park|url=https://www.hialeahfl.gov/facilities/facility/details/Monument-Park-27|website=Hialeah, FL|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts {{!}} Facts About Cuban Exiles|url=https://www.facecuba.org/blog/page/24|website=FACE|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> Also in 2018, the Celia Cruz Estate launched a brand inspired by Cruz which featured merchandise inspired and about Cruz.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-01|title=Singer Celia Cruz Inspires New Brand|url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/entertainment/singer-celia-cruz-inspires-new-brand|access-date=2020-12-08|website=licenseglobal.com|language=en}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Chileans|Chilean]]-American poet [[Marjorie Agosín|Marjorie Agosin]] created a [[chamber music]] theatre performance titled "Las Magníficas" (The Magnificent Ones), based on the life of Celia Cruz and Chilean singer-songwriter [[Violeta Parra]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Core Ensemble: "Las Magnificas"|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/events/node/166831|website=Wellesley College|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=LAS MAGNIFICAS {{!}} CORE ENSEMBLE|url=https://www.coreensemble.com/shows-on-tour/las-magnificas/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>

On 2 June 2021, New York City honored Celia Cruz by co-naming the intersection of Reservoir Avenue and East 195th Street in the Kingsbridge Heights section of The Bronx, near the high school that is the named in her honor, "Celia Cruz Way".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-02|title=Bronx Street Co-Named For Late Queen Of Salsa Music, Celia Cruz|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/06/02/celia-cruz-way-the-bronx/|access-date=2021-06-03|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-02|title=Nueva York homenajea a Celia Cruz y le da el nombre de una calle|url=https://holanews.com/nueva-york-homenajea-a-celia-cruz-y-le-da-el-nombre-de-una-calle/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Hola News|language=en-GB|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603040733/https://holanews.com/nueva-york-homenajea-a-celia-cruz-y-le-da-el-nombre-de-una-calle/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Los Angeles]] has also named the intersection of [[Hollywood Boulevard]] and Argyle Avenue after her.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

In 2023, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Cruz at No. 18 on their list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=January 1, 2023|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/celia-cruz-1234643183/|access-date=October 10, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2023, Cruz was selected as an honoree in the 2024 [[American Women quarters|American Women quarter]] program, making her the first Afro-Latina to appear on a U.S quarter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 American Women Quarters™ Program Honorees Announced |url=https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/mint-announces-2024-american-women-quarters-program-honorees |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=United States Mint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Gelpi-Ufret |first=Rebecca |date=2023-02-07 |title='Queen of Salsa' Celia Cruz to appear on US quarter |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/queen-salsa-celia-cruz-us-quarter/story?id=96948745 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>