- Awarded a Latin Grammy in 2007 for a career of musical excellence.
- Major Mexican singer.
- She had a difficult childhood: her parents divorced and left her under the care of an uncle.
- At age 17 she abandoned her native country due to lack of opportunities for a musical career, seeking refuge in Mexico, where an entertainment industry was burgeoning.
- Vargas sang the canción ranchera in her own peculiar style. The ranchera was sung from a man's perspective and with a mariachi accompaniment. Chavela sang this type of song as a solo, using only guitar and voice. She often slowed down the tempo of melodies to draw more dramatic tension out of songs, so they could be taken as naughtily humorous.
- She was an influential interpreter in the Americas and Europe, muse to figures such as Pedro Almodóvar.
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