Vida is the latest album by Omara Portuondo, the great Cuban lady of emotion. in 1997, at the age of 67, Omara became the diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, crowning her fame after half a century of a great national and international solo career.

Omara won her first Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album as well as a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. In 2019, she received three Grammy Award nominations, and in 2021, Omara was awarded the Gold Medal for "Merit in the Fine Arts" by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports in a ceremony presided over by the King and Queen of Spain, and subsequently received the prestigious Songlines Pioneer Award for her lifetime contribution to Cuban music and culture. At the age of 90, Omara was stuck in Havana due to the pandemic and the busy lady, like everyone else, had to put her tours on hold.