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María Laura Corradini Falomir, popularly known as Chenoa (born June 25, 1975 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, but raised in Mallorca, Spain) is a famous Argentine-Spanish female music artist who became successful after appearing on TV contest Operación Triunfo. Her music style could be described in the United States mostly as "pop". Most of her music is in Spanish, although a few tracks on each album were recorded in English. Although her albums are not readily available in the US record shelves as they are in Spain and Latin America, they can be found on the Internet. She sold more than 1,000,000 records since 2002.
Biography
Chenoa was born in Mar del Plata (Argentina) on June 25, 1975, although her family moved to Majorca (Spain) when she was 7. Her parents were both musicians and they used to work in hotels as singers in live music shows, so Chenoa has lived and breathed music since birth.
At the age of 16, Chenoa began to sing professionally taking part in her parent's show. Her mother fell ill and Chenoa had to stand in for her.
She graduated as a teacher in nursery school, and started performing in the Casino de Mallorca shows when she was 20. There, Chenoa acquired a good stage presence before entering the first edition of the Spanish TV show Operación Triunfo (contest to Eurovision) in 2001.
Her first album was “Chenoa”, released in April 2002 in Spain. The first single was Atrévete, a song whose English version is also included in the album as Mystify, but the greatest hit of this CD was Cuando tú vas, danced all over Spain in the summer of '02. “Chenoa” sold over 500,000 copies in Spain after 61 weeks in Top 100 chart, and she was nominated for the Spanish music industry awards Premios Amigo as best female new artist, and best female artist. Year 2002 finished with a Spanish tour that included more than 90 dates.
In April 2003 Chenoa took part in Eurobest, a European song contest in which she performed It's raining men. Her great stage presence led her to victory.
The unplugged album “Mis canciones favoritas” was Chenoa’s second CD. It was recorded in Barcelona in April 2003, and included some of her favorite songs, such as Man in the mirror, Respect, Chain of fools or Love of my life. This CD+DVD was released on a limited edition of 100,000 copies for fans.
“Soy Mujer” was the chosen title for her second studio album, recorded in Miami and Madrid in 2003. Pop, rock, and Latin, Arab and anglosaxon sounds are mixed in this CD, which reached number one in the Spanish album chart, and sold more than 250,000 copies after 47 weeks in the Top 100. The album also charted at Venezuela's albums chart reaching number two position.
En tu cruz me clavaste, Soy lo que me das, Siete Pétalos, Dame (which topped the Spanish charts for three consecutive weeks in 2004) and Soy Mujer were the singles released. Chenoa was nominated again for the Premios Amigo award as best female artist and completed an 80-date tour in Spain. In 2004 she was nominated for the Tu Música award as best new artist, in Puerto Rico.
In May and June 2004 she started “Soy Mujer” promotional tour around Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Argentina. In December she visited Panama, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic.
In April 2005 the Spanish Radio and Television Associations Federation awarded her the Micrófono de Oro 2005. Venezuela has also awarded Chenoa in 2005 with the Mara de Oro 2005 to the best new international artist of the year.
November was the month chosen for the release of Chenoa's third studio album "Nada es igual". In this pop-rock CD we find a new direction in Chenoa’s music, as it has been produced by Dado Parisini (Laura Pausini, Nek, Tears for Fears), and recorded in Milan. “Nada es igual" it's not only a sample of her musical evolution, but also of her new personal challenge. Rutinas ("Routines") was the first single, which again reached number 1 in the Spanish charts. The album sold more than 150.000 copies in Spain after 21 weeks in TOP 100, and it is being promoted in Mexico and other Latin-American countries. The following singles were Tengo para ti and Donde estés. Year 2006 finished with a Spanish tour that included more than 40 dates. "Me enamoro del dolor" was covered in English by Maria Arredondo and is called "Even when you're with me"
On October 9th Chenoa released her 5th studio album called Absurda Cenicienta, with all the songs written by herself. The first single it's Todo Irá Bien. The album peaked #1 in the iTunes Latin Albums and went straight up to the #2 position in the Spanish Albums Charts.
Current projects
- Chenoa appeared at Premios Gardel Awards ceremony in Argentina on April 17th, she was nominated as Best Female Pop Album.
- Chenoa's 5th album is called Absurda Cenicienta with all the songs written by her. It got Gold certification in its first week in the Spanish Album Chart. The brand new single Todo Irá Bien has topped the charts of Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Spain.
- Absurda Cenicienta is nominated in the Premios de la música 2008 Awards, Spain, as best female pop album.
- Chenoa's American Tour 2008: Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, México, USA (Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco).
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak | Sales | Certification |
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| 2002 | Chenoa (album) | 500,000 | ||
| 2003 | "Mis Canciones Favoritas" (unplugged) | 50,000 | ||
| 2003 | Soy Mujer | 220,000 | ||
| 2005 | Nada Es Igual | 100,000 | ||
| 2007 | Absurda Cenicienta | 80,000 |
Singles
- 2002 - "Atrévete (Mystify)" - #1 (SPA), #5 (ARG)
- 2002 - "Cuando Tu Vas" - #1 (SPA)
- 2002 - "Yo Te Daré" – #18 (SPA)
- 2003 - "El Centro De Mi Amor" - #28 (SPA)
- 2003 - "Desnuda Frente A Tí" - (promo only)
- 2003 - "En Tu Cruz Me Clavaste" - #1 (SPA), #1 (VEN)
- 2004 - "Soy Lo Que Me Das" - #13 (SPA)
- 2004 - "Siete Pétalos" - #10 (SPA)
- 2004 - "Dame" - #25 (SPA)
- 2004 - "Soy Mujer" - (promo only)
- 2005 - "Rutinas" - #1 (SPA), #25 (LA), #100 (MEX)
- 2006 - "Tengo Para Ti" — #21 (SPA), #7 (ARG)
- 2006 - "Donde Estés..."-
- 2007 - "Todo Irá Bien" - #1 (SPA), #1 (PR), #3 (VEN), #1 (CR), #21 (COL), #23 (ARG), #22 (MEX), #14 (ECU), #33 (Latin America)
- 2008 - "El Bolsillo del Revés" - #18 (SPA)
DVDs
| Year | Cover | DVD information | DVD contents |
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Contigo Donde Estés |
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Notes
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