Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas
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Background information
Birth name	Julieta Venegas Percevault
Born	November 24, 1970 (age 38); Long Beach, California, USA
Origin	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Genre(s)	Latin pop / Mexican pop; Pop rock; Folk rock
Occupation(s)	singer
Instrument(s)	vocals; Piano; Accordion; guitars; keyboards; Wurlitzer; Vibraphone; Caja; Cello
Years active	1986 - present
Label(s)	RCA International; Sony International
Website	www.julietavenegas.net

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Julieta Venegas (born November 24, 1970 in Long Beach, California, United States^[1]) is a Mexican-American singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter who performs Spanish-language rock and pop music. Venegas, who grew up in Tijuana, began studying music at the age of eight and went on to join several bands, including Tijuana No!, before starting a career on her own. In addition to singing and writing her own songs, she plays instruments including acoustic guitar, accordion, and keyboard. She has won two Latin Grammys and one Grammy. She speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish fluently.

She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer.

[edit] Biography

Singer Julieta Venegas participated in the 2006 “Mujeres sin miedo, todas somos Atenco” event.

Julieta started playing music at the age of 8, when her parents first sent her to piano lessons. Since then, music grew to be her passion, eventually leading her to become a vocal artist and songwriter. Before her solo career, she collaborated with a few bands in Tijuana, and then later in Mexico D.F. Her first album, Aqui, emerged in 1998 with the collaboration of Gustavo Santaolalla. She recorded, toured and played live. In 2000, she recorded her second album, Bueninvento, where she experimented with the electric guitar, and cooperated with producers and musicians including Gustavo Santaolalla, Meme de Real, Quique Rangel, Toy Hernandez and Joe Chiccarelli. In 2003 she made her third album, Si, which she recorded and produced between Buenos Aires and Madrid with the company of Cachorro Lopez and Coti Sorokin. In 2006, her 4th album, Limon y Sal, debuted with the help of producer Cachorro. In 2007, she collaborated with Miranda! to make Perfecta, which in 2008 became a chart-topping single in Latin America. In 2008 she made her MTV Unplugged, from which she has released one video, titled 'El Presente.

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[edit] Albums

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Title	Release date	US Sales	Mexico Sales
Aquí	March 24, 1998	-	-
Bueninvento	August 21, 2000	-	-
Sí	November 11, 2003	400,000	250,000
Limón y Sal	May 30, 2006	200,000	100,000

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Title	Release date	Type	Mexico Sales
Realmente lo Mejor	December 18, 2007	Compilation	-
Cosas Raras	January 26, 2008 (unreleased)	Compilation	-
MTV Unplugged	June 17, 2008	Live album	250,000

[edit] Singles

From the album Aquí:
- 1997: "De Mis Pasos"
- 1997: "Cómo Sé"

From the album Bueninvento:
- 2000: "Sería Feliz"
- 2000: "Hoy No Quiero"

From the album Sí:
- 2003: "Andar Conmigo" — #1 (MEX)
- 2004: "Lento" — #1 (MEX)
- 2004: "Algo Está Cambiando" — #4 (MEX), #4 (US LATIN), #1 (US LATIN POP)
- 2005: "Oleada" — #15 (MEX), #31 (US LATIN POP)

From the album Limón y Sal:
- 2006: "Me Voy" — #1 (MEX), #8 (US Latin), #1 (SPA), #12 (Euro Airplay), #3 (ITA), #2 (Ibero America),
- 2006: "Limón y Sal" — #2 (MEX), #2 (Colombia), #3 (Ibero America), #7 (SPA)
- 2007: "Eres Para Mí" (featuring Anita Tijoux) — #1 (MEX), #1 (Colombia), #2 (US Latin) ,#26 (SPA)
- 2007: "Primer Día" (featuring Dante Spinetta) — #13 (SPA)