Belkis Concepción is a Dominican merengue and tropical artist from Santo Domingo whose career has contributed to the ongoing vitality of Dominican popular dance music. Working in two of the genres most central to Dominican musical identity, she has performed and recorded music that connects with the broad audience that has sustained merengue and tropical through decades of changing musical fashions. As a woman in the merengue tradition, Concepción participates in the long line of Dominican female artists who have contributed powerfully to a genre historically dominated by male voices, bringing their own perspective and vocal character to music that represents the national sound of the Dominican Republic.