Natalia (Spanish singer)

Natalia
Birth name	Natalia Rodríguez Gallego
Born	December 11, 1982 (1982-12-11)
Origin	Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz Province, Spain
Genres	Pop, dance
Years active	2001–present (solo)
Labels	Vale Music (2001–2003 Tool Music 2003–)
Website	Official Website

Natalia Rodríguez Gallego (born December 11, 1982) is the full name of the Spanish singer Natalia. She was a contestant on the successful Spanish TV show Operación Triunfo in 2001, where she finished 14th.

In 2002, she released her album No soy un ángel (I'm Not an Angel), produced by British dance producers Xenomania and the first single off the album, Vas a volverme loca.

In 2003, Natalia released Besa mi piel (Kiss My Skin). On this album, she included 4 of her own compositions (including the first single, also called 'Besa Mi Piel').

In 2004, she released Natalia, her third album. The first single was track penned by Lucie Silvas called Sombras (Shadows). The video (which featured Natalia in a haunted house being seduced by a ghost) was seemed too inappropriate for young children and it wasn't shown on Spanish TV until the late evening, which caused a flop in sales. Amid this, the second single, Que No Puede Ser (What You Can't Be), became a lot more successful than the first single, due to another expensive video (this time, based on the film Mean Girls) and a big promotional tour across Spain, where Natalia sang live on many important TV shows. This album, however, was mainly based on rock music. It included a version of AC/DC's Highway to Hell.

Natalia has appeared on many other artists albums. In 2004, she appeared on an album by Spanish singer Tony Aguilar on a song called Vuelve. With addition to this, Natalia has appeared on American rapper AT's album Electric Grease with the song “I Love This Game”.

Natalia took a break for a year. However, in September 2005, she made her comeback. First of all, she came third in the Spanish reality TV program Gente de Primera, where celebrities take a member of the public and transform them into pop stars.

In June 2006, Natalia released her fourth album, Nada es lo que crees (Nothing Is What You Believe). It got to number 9#, 4 places lower than 'Natalia'. The first single, “Loco por mí” (Mad for Me), got to number 1 in the Spanish chart, solely on Internet Downloads. In January 2007, half a year after the first single was released, it was announced that the second single would be A Tí (To You). However, without a promotional video, it did not make the Spanish chart.

In November 2007, Natalia returned with a new album, Radikal, and a new single, Rebelde en Libertad. Radikal debuted in the Spanish charts at 56, the lowest entry for any singer to come from Operación Triunfo.

In July 2010, her new album Edición Especial" will be released, including the single "Free Yourself".

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Chart positions	Sales/Certification
		Spain
2002	No Soy Un Ángel First studio album Released: March 5, 2002 Formats: CD & Cassette	#5	Sales Spain: +300,000 Cert. 1x Platinum
2003	Besa Mi Piel Second studio album Released: April 4, 2003 Formats: CD	#11	Sales Spain: +190,000 Cert. 1x Gold
2004	Natalia Third studio album Released: June 13, 2004 Formats:CD	#15	Sales Spain: +120,000
2006	Nada Es Lo Que Crees Fourth studio album Released: May 17, 2006 Formats: CD	#9	Sales Spain: +200,000
2007	Radikal Fifth studio album Released: November 13, 2007 Formats: CD	#55	Sales Spain: +90,000

Singles

• All regularly Singles and their chart peak position: Spain (SPA), United Kingdom (UK), Dominican Republic (DR).

Year	Title	Album	Chart positions
			SPA	UK	DR
2002	"Vas a Volverme Loca" "You Got Me Going Crazy"	No Soy Un Ángel	1
2002	"La Noche Llegó"	No Soy Un Ángel	1
2002	"No Soy Un Ángel"	No Soy Un Ángel	5
2003	"Besa Mi Piel"	Besa Mi Piel	1
2003	"Sólo Tu Amor"	Besa Mi Piel	4
2003	"No, No"	Besa Mi Piel	20
2004	"Sombras"	Natalia	1
2004	"Que No Puede Ser"	Natalia	1
2004	"Gasolina"	Natalia	34
2005	"I Love This Game (featuring. AT)"	–	7	49	4
2006	"Loco Por Mí"	Nada es lo que crees	1
2007	"A Tí"	Nada es lo que crees	89
2007	"Orden de Desalojo"	Radikal	19
2007	"Rebelde En Libertad"	Radikal	2
2008	"Ni un minuto más"	Radikal	9	-	-
2010	"Liberate"	-	1	16	-
		Top ten hits	9	0	1

Videography

• Vas a volverme loca (2002)
• La noche llegó (2002)
• No soy un ángel (2002)
• Besa mi piel (2003)
• Sólo tu amor (2003)
• Sombras (2004)
• Que no puede ser (2004)
• I love this game"(feat Lexter) (2005)
• Loco por mi (2006)
• Orden de desalojo (2007)
• Rebelde en libertad ( (2007)

Filmography

• La pelicula de OT(2002)
• Calles de fuego(2005)
• Nocturna(2007)-voice
• El Arca de Noé(2007) - voice.

Trivia

• Although she was 12th in the first edition of Spain's version of Fame Academy, Operación Triunfo, she was: the first contestant to receive a record deal, first to release 2, 3 then 4 albums and first to have a single in a non-Spanish speaking country (one week before David Bisbal released his debut in Germany), a duet with Joanne Zimmer.
• In May 2005, the video of I Love This Game got premiered on CD:UK, a British music program on ITV.

See also

• Operación Triunfo

External links

• Natalia Rodríguez at the Internet Movie Database
• Natalia at Allmusic
• (Spanish) Natalia Official Website
• (Spanish) Natalia Tour 2007
• (Spanish) MySpace
• Natalia Interview With Kiwibox.com

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