Las Ketchup
Las Ketchup | |
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Las Ketchup 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Córdoba, Spain |
| Years active | 2002–today |
| Members | (From Left to right) Rocío Muñoz (new member) Lucía Muñoz Lola Muñoz Pilar Muñoz |
Las Ketchup is a 4-girl group (previously consisting of three sisters), whose members are Lola, Pilar, Lucía and Rocio Muñoz from Córdoba in Andalucia, Spain. A fourth sister Rocío is the most recent addition to the group. They're the daughters of Juan Muñoz, a flamenco guitarist known as El Tomate (The Tomato).
Career
In the summer of 2002 they had a major flamenco Europop fusion hit with "Aserejé" (released as "The Ketchup Song" in the UK and other countries), which reached or almost reached the top of the charts in many countries including Spain, the UK, Italy, Greece, France, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Romania, Argentina, Mexico and the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The title and part of the lyrics were gibberish. The hit also had an accompanying dance. The sound of the lyrics in the chorus resembled the first few lines of the song Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang.
Rather opportunistically the group re-released the Ketchup Song, with a new video, as a Christmas song.
The name of the group is a reference to their father Juan Muñoz, a flamenco guitarist known as El Tomate (The Tomato). This also explains why their debut album carried the title Las Hijas Del Tomate (Tomato's daughters).
In 2006 they were joined by Rocio, their fourth sister, to represent Spain in Eurovision 2006.
Cover version
The winners of Brazilian reality show Popstars, who called themselves Rouge, released their own version of The Ketchup Song called Ragatanga, a duet with Las Ketchup translating the lyrics from Spanish to Portuguese. The song, the second single for Las Ketchup, was a big hit and went to number 1 in the Brazilian charts. The dance also became popular with tweens and teens in Brazil and the song was one of the main reason Las Hijas Del Tomate sold 1 million copies (Diamond Disc in Brazil).
Recent Events
Las Ketchup are coming back as a 4-girl group, with a new album titled Bloody Mary. Their long absence was due to them writing the songs for the album and Pilar's pregnancy. The album release was delayed till the beginning of 2006. They are planning to release 1 million copies and their producer "Queco", whom also produced and wrote their world-wide single "Asereje", promises that this album retains their original sound. Their first single will be titled "Bloody Mary" like the name of the CD. This song was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The song did not perform as well as expected, ending 21st with only 18 points.
Discography
Albums
- 2002 La Hijas del Tomate — #1 Spain
- World Certification: 12.000.000 unites (12x Platinium)
- 2006 Un Blodymary (Release May 2006) - #250 Spain
Singles
- 2002 Asereje (The Ketchup Song) — #1 Spain, #1 France, #1 Finland, #1 Belgium, #1 Italy, #1 Sweden, #1 Germany, #1 Australia, #1 UK, #1 Ireland
- 2002 Kusha Las Payas — #2 Spain
- 2006 Un Blodymary — #76 Spain, #10 Belarus, #15 Armenia, #125 Finland, #158 Sweden, #198 France
Awards
- 2002 'Ondas awards'
- Best New Artist/group
- 2003 Billboard Latinos awards
- Best pop album from new generation ("Las hijas del tomate")
- Most tropical-salsa song played by Duo or Group ("The Ketchup Song" (Aserejé))
- 2003 Record fair MIDEM (Cannes)
- Best New Artist/group
- 2003 Amigo awards
- Best New Group
- Best New Artist
- 2004 Record fair MIDEM (Cannes)
- Breakers of borders (Best-selling Album out of its country and inside of europe with "Las hijas del tomate")
Parody
In 2002 the German comedian Elmar Brandt wrote using the tune of Asereje a Gerhard Schröder parody called "Der Steuersong" (The Tax Song)[1]