Melendi
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ramón Melendi Espina |
| Also known as | Melendi |
| Born | January 21, 1979 Oviedo, Spain |
| Origin | Oviedo, Spain |
| Genres | Pop, rumba, pop rock |
| Labels | Carlito, EMI |
| Website | Official website |
Ramón Melendi Espina (born in Oviedo, Spain, in 21 January the 1979), known as Melendi, is a Spanish pop singer-songwriter that has sold more than 3,500,000 discs [citation needed] during his career. His specialties are rock, flamenco, and rumba styles.[1]
Biography
He was born in Oviedo, Asturias.[2] He went to class with Formula One race car driver Fernando Alonso, to whom he dedicated the song "Magic Alonso". He also did racing for a while but he realized very quickly that he was not made for racing nor studying, but he was good at football. He played in the lower ranks of Astur CF, at the time a reserve team for Real Oviedo.[3][4] Afterwards, he worked as a waiter in several bars and spent all night out, living experiences that would later go on to make up the lyrics of his songs. In 2001, he joined a group called "El bosque de Sherwood", and soon after recorded a demo with only three songs, "Sin noticias de Holanda", "El informe del forense", and "Vuelvo a traficar".
In February 2003, Melendi released his first solo disc called "Sin noticias de Holanda", with twelve songs. In December 2003, this disc was rereleased with two new songs, "Asturias" and "Moratalá". However, he reached true fame with the 2004 Vuelta a España chose his song "Con la luna llena" as its official theme. In May 2004, he started a small tour around Spain, selling 50,000 copies of his CD, making it a Gold Album.
In 2005, he released his second solo CD, "Que el cielo espere sentao", which has sold more than 200,000 copies. Later that same year, he rereleased the album with three new songs, "El Nano", "La dama y el vagabundo" and "Carlota", and a Live concert DVD recorded in Oviedo. He also became a father that year, and received the Onda award for Best Song of the Year for "Caminando por la vida".
In November 2005, he received seven Platinum Discs for his two albums. "Sin noticias..." received four and "Que el cielo..." three.
In 2006, it was announced that he would be one of the main stars in the PSP game "Gangs of London". Melendi played Mr. Big, an evil gangster. He also wrote the song "Gangs of London" for the occasion, going on to film a video amidst police lights and sirens. The videogame was launched on August 1 of that year in the UK and on September 6 in Spain; EMI stepped in to distribute his CDs worldwide.
He also wrote the song "Volveremos" (We Shall Return) for Real Oviedo. The singer is also involved in the production of the film "Vuelvo a traficar: The Film" (I'm Dealing Again).
"Mientras no cueste trabajo" was released on November 13, 2006, in two formats: a normal CD with 12 songs, and a special edition, with 16 songs and a DVD with extras. The disc was rereleased on October 29, 2009, with four new songs, "Firmes", "El rey de la baraja", "La aceituna", and "Me gusta el fútbol".
In 2007, he received the "Best Tour" award from the "Premios de la Música" ceremony held in Cordoba. He also did an advertising campaign for Canal+ Spain entitled "Me gusta el fútbol" (I Like Football), for which he wrote a song of the same name.
In 2007, he stood trial for provoking an incident while under the influence of alcohol on a flight from Madrid to Mexico City that required the pilot to return to Madrid two hours after takeoff.[5][6] He was released after testifying. Soon after, he was given the "Left Foot" award from Spanish radio station Cadena 100 for this incident.
Currently, Melendi directs his Blue Donkey Music company, helping young singers start their careers. He's offered contracts to four groups, Algunos Hombres Buenos, Rasel, La Dama y Belo, and Los Susodichos. This last group was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Rock Vocals. Algunos Hombres Buenos left the label in 2008.
On August 9, 2008, he presented his new single, "Un violinista en tu tejado" from his album Curiosa la cara de tu padre on Spanish radio station Los 40 Principales. The album was released on September 16, 2008. On December 12, Los 40 Principales awarded him their award for this album.
On December 17, 2009, he released a new double CD, Aún más curiosa la cara de tu padre, including the original disc and another with nine new songs and links to exclusive content on his website.
In 2011, he recorded a cover of "True colours" by Cyndi Lauper in Catalan called "Ulls dolços", for the CD of TV3's telethon La Marató.[7]
On November 13, 2012, he released a new album called Lágrimas desordenadas[8] and went on a tour of Spain and Latin America later that same year to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his first solo album.[9]
His latest album, Un alumno más was released on November 25, 2014.[10] Over the four months before the album was released, two songs from the album were released as lyrics videos, one was released as a single (Tocado y hundido), and one was released in an acoustic version.
On June 2, 2017, he released “Destino o Casualidad” with American duo Ha*Ash, along with the music video.[11]
On October 2019, the singer joined as coach of the second Mexican season of La Voz Kids by Televisa.[12]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak position SPA [13] |
Sales | Certifications |
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| Sin noticias de Holanda |
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11 |
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| Que el cielo espere sentao |
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1 |
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| Mientras no cueste trabajo |
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2 |
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| Curiosa la cara de tu padre |
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1 |
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| Volvamos a empezar |
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2 |
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| Lágrimas desordenadas |
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2 |
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| Un alumno más |
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1 |
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| Directo a septiembre |
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6 |
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| Quítate las gafas |
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1 [14] |
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| Ahora |
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1 [15] |
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| 10:20:40 |
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1 [16] |
Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
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| Aún más curiosa la cara de tu padre |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak position SPA [13] |
Certifications | Album |
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| 2003 | "Mi Rumbita Pa Tus Pies" | * | Sin noticias de Holanda | |
| "Desde Mi Ventana" | ||||
| "Sé Lo Que Hicisteis" | ||||
| 2004 | "Con La Luna Llena" | |||
| "Hablando En Plata" | ||||
| 2005 | "Caminando Por La Vida" | Que El Cielo Espere Sentao | ||
| "Con Sólo Una Sonrisa" | ||||
| 2006 | "Novia A La Fuga" | — | ||
| "Kisiera Yo Saber" | 17 | Mientras No Cueste Trabajo | ||
| 2007 | "Calle La Pantomima" | — | ||
| "Por Amarte Tanto" | — | |||
| 2008 | "Un Violinista En Tu Tejado" | 1 | Curiosa La Cara De Tu Padre | |
| 2009 | "Piratas Del Bar Caribe" | 33 | ||
| "Estoy Enfermo"
(with Pignoise) |
12 |
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| 2010 | "Como Una Vela" | 13 | Aún Más Curiosa La Cara De Tu Padre | |
| "Barbie De Extrarradio" | 10 |
|
Volvamos A Empezar | |
| 2011 | "Canción De Amor Caducada" | 10 | ||
| "Perdóname ángel" | 22 | |||
| 2012 | "Cuestión De Príoridades Por El Cuerno De África" (with Carlos Baute) |
36 | Charity Single | |
| "Lágrimas Desordenadas" | 3 |
|
Lágrimas Desordenadas | |
| "Cheque Al Portamor" | 36 | |||
| 2013 | "Tu Jardín Con Enanitos" | 10 | ||
| "Cheque Al Portamor" | 36 | |||
| 2014 | "Tocado Y Hundido" | 4 |
|
Un Alumno Más |
| 2015 | "Más Allá De Nuestros Recuerdos" | 19 | ||
| "La Promesa" | 21 | |||
| 2016 | "Desde Que Estamos Juntos" | 5 | Quítate Las Gafas | |
| "Soy Tu Superhéroe" | 28 | |||
| 2017 | "La Casa No Es Igual" | 41 | ||
| "Destino o Casualidad" (with Ha*Ash) |
56 | |||
| 2018 | "El Arrepentido" (with Carlos Vives) |
33 [19] |
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Ahora |
| "Déjala Que Baile" (with Alejandro Sanz)y Arkano) |
15 [20] |
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| "Besos a la Lona" | 88 [21] |
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| 2019 | "Por encima de la bruma" | 83 [22] |
TBA |
- No reliable data before 2006.
Collaborations
- José Avilés Bas: «Volveremos Real Oviedo» (2013)
- Los Chunguitos: «Con la luna llena» (2004).
- Pablo Moro: «María» (2005).
- Algunos Hombres Buenos: «Salta» (2006).
- Seguridad Social: «Quiero tener tu presencia» (live, unedited).
- Belo: «Al gallo que me cante» (live, unedited).
- Un tributo a Brasil: «Adiós tristeza».
- Rasel «Mil razas» (2007).
- Guaraná: «De lao a lao» (2008).
- Pignoise: «Estoy enfermo» (2009).
- Fernando Tejero: «So payaso» (2010).
- Porretas: «Dos pulgas en un perro» (2011).
- Juanes: «Me enamora» (2011; live, unedited).
- Mojinos Escozíos y Ariel Rot: «Al carajo» (2011).
- Pablo Motos: «Marco» (2011).
- Malú: El apagón (2011) (live, unedited).
- Leonel García: «Para empezar» (2011; live, unedited).
- Pablo Alborán, Dani Martín, Malú, Carlos Baute, Rasel y La Dama: «Cuestión de prioridades por el cuerno de África» (2012).
- Malú: «Amigo» (2012).
- Lolita Flores: «Arriba los corazones», by Antonio Flores (live, unedited).
- Malú: «Con solo una sonrisa» (live, unedited).
- La Dama: «Corazón de peón» (live, unedited).
- Rasel: «Por qué» (2013).
- La Dama: «Estrella fugaz» (2014).
- Margarett: «Por ti» (2014).
- Laura Pausini: «Entre tú y mil mares» (2014).
- Antonio Orozco, Manuel Carrasco, Malú, Alejandro Sanz: «Mi Héroe» (2016)
- Ha*Ash: «Destino o Casualidad» (2017)
- Carlos Vives: «El Arrepentido» (2018)
- Beret :«Desde Cero» (2019)
References
- ^ "Melendi biografía, canciones y discografia | Melendi". Melendioficial.com. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ "Biografía de Melendi". Coveralia.com. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ Digital, Periodista (2018-05-23). "Melendi confiesa el motivo real de su cambio radical". Periodista Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ 20Minutos (2008-09-16). "Melendi: "Gracias al incidente del avión me planteé muchas cosas de la vida"". 20minutos.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Melendi, detenido por alterar el orden público en pleno vuelo Madrid-México | elmundo.es". Elmundo.es.
- ^ "Melendi: "Pido disculpas"". Elpais.com. November 14, 2007.
- ^ "El disc". Ccma.cat.
- ^ "Melendi estrena portada para su nuevo disco 'Lágrimas desordenadas', que verá la luz el 13 de noviembre". Bekia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "Melendi estrena 'Tocado y hundido', anticipo del álbum 'Un alumno más'". Elcomercio.es (in European Spanish). 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ EFE. "Melendi estrena anticipo del álbum "Un alumno más"". Cubasi.cu. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ Jun 5; Música, 2017 | (2017-06-05). "MELENDI LANZA SINGLE Y VIDEO "DESTINO O CASUALIDAD" feat. HA*ASH". OSSOM! (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-17.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Diezminutos.es, Por (2019-10-23). "Melendi triunfa en México por su papel como coach en 'La Voz Kids'". Diez Minutos (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ a b "Melendi in spanishcharts.com". spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "TOP 100 ALBUMES — SEMANA 46: del 11.11.2016 al 17.11.2016" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ^ "Top 100 Álbumes – Semana 11: del 09.03.2018 al 15.03.2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 49: del 29.11.2019 al 5.12.2019" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "Melendi cierra la gira Quítate las gafas en Barcelona y Madrid". Sony Music España (in European Spanish). 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Melendi in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Destino o casualidad in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
- ^ "Top 100 Canciones – Semana 12: Del 16.03.2018 Al 22.03.2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores De Música De España. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ^ "Top 100 Canciones – Semana 36: Del 31.08.2018 Al 06.09.2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores De Música De España. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ "Top 100 Canciones – Semana 49: Del 30.11.2018 Al 6.12.2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores De Música De España. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ^ "Top 100 Canciones: Semana 42". Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
External links
| International | |
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| National | |
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- Melendi
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Asturian singers
- EMI Records artists
- Sony Music Spain artists
- Flamenco singers
- People from Oviedo
- Pop rock singers
- Rock en Español musicians
- Spanish male singers
- Spanish pop singers
- Spanish rock singers
- Spanish television personalities
- 21st-century Spanish singers
- 21st-century male singers