Lilian Garcia

Lilián Annette Garcia (born August 19, 1966) is a Spanish-American ring announcer, singer and podcaster best known for her time with WWE.

She is currently announcing for the Professional Fighters League (PFL).

García was born on August 19, 1966, in the Panama Canal Zone.

At three months old she went to Spain.

She then spent eight years of her life in Spain due to her Puerto Rican father's employment with the American Embassy, and was educated on an American military base, leading her to describe herself as a "military brat".

She is fluent in English and Spanish.

Upon returning to the United States, Garcia graduated from Irmo High School in Columbia, South Carolina.

She went on to attend the University of South Carolina, graduating cum laude.

García was a top-ten finalist in the Miss South Carolina beauty pageant.

Garcia was also one-half of a popular morning show on radio station WYYS,"YES 97" in Columbia, South Carolina, with Chuck Finley in the early '90s and later had her own drive time show.

She was a VJ in Atlanta, Georgia for WTLK-TV.

She also served as karaoke host at the Nitelites nightclub in the Embassy Suites Hotel in Columbia, South Carolina.

García began singing when she was a child in Madrid, Spain.

She participated in singing contests with her sister starting when she was five years old.

In her early teens, she sang with a band at clubs around Columbia, South Carolina.

Garcia's mother chaperoned so she could sing.

She appeared in the 1990 film Modern Love as a singer.

She also performed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Dancing with the Stars and as an opening act for James Brown.

In addition to her announcing duties with WWE, García sang the national anthem of the United States of America before most Monday Night Raw shows from February 14, 2000, until her departure on August 1, 2016.

She sang "America the Beautiful" at WrestleMania 2000, WrestleMania 21 and WrestleMania XXVIII, joining a list of recording artists that includes Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Reba McEntire, Gladys Knight and Willie Nelson.

With her performance at WrestleMania XXVIII, she surpassed Franklin for most musical performances at WrestleMania.

Garcia now holds the record for most musical performances at WrestleMania with three.

After joining WWE, García became a fixture in professional sports with performances for the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball.

García's first single, "Shout", debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2002.

Garcia recorded Torrie Wilson's entrance theme, "Need A Little Time", for WWE Anthology, a compilation album WWE released in November 2002.

She co-wrote "You Just Don't Know Me At All" with producers Doug Kistner and Anthony Krizan, which WWE released in January 2004 on the WWE Originals album and became her entrance theme.

García began work on a solo album in 2005 with Grammy award-winning record producers George Noriega and Tim Mitchell, who worked with multi-platinum artists such as Shakira, Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez.

On her reaction to the news, Garcia said in 2007, "When my single came out years ago, and it was just a single, I remember the very first week it charted No. 69, and I was screaming as I grabbed Billboard, running down the streets of New York, holding it up and screaming, 'I made Billboard! I made Billboard!' I'm dreaming for that moment again."

Her album ¡Quiero Vivir!, which is Spanish for "I Want to Live!," got released on October 9, 2007, via Universal Music Latino.

Garcia co-wrote 11 songs on the album, including three with Jon Secada, who she duets with on "Adonde".

The album features 10 Spanish language tracks, and two English translations; "Under in Love" ("Desenamorada") and "Where Did Love Go?"

("Adonde").

The title track, "¡Quiero Vivir!", became her entrance theme.

She reunited with Noriega and Mitchell to record the first song in Miami, Florida in February 2011.

Garcia also recorded tracks with Grammy-nominated producer Oh, Hush!.

To promote the release of My Time, Garcia made her music video debut in December 2011 with "U Drive Me Loca."

The second song off the album, "Ur Girl ('Til the End of the World)", was her entrance theme during her return to WWE.

On August 17, 2012, Garcia released an EP titled My Time.

The EP features six English tracks: "U Drive Me Loca", "Ur Girl (til the end of the world)", "Fix You", "Over & Over", "Tell Me", and "My Time."

After leaving WWE in August 2016, García began work on a follow-up album.