Fey (singer)

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Fey

Background information
Birth name María Fernanda Blásquez Gil
Born July 21, 1973
Origin Mexico
Genre(s) Latin/Pop/Electronic
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1995–present
Label(s) Sony Music (1995–2003)
EMI Music (2004–present)
Website Fey.com.mx

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[edit] Biography

Fey (born María Fernanda Blásquez Gil in Mexico City, July 21, 1973), is a Mexican pop artist that became a symbol for her country by the middle of the 1990s. The daughter of parents dedicated to music, Fey has been involved with the music industry since she was a child. Fey became well-known in Latin America with her debut album, Fey. It was her next album, however, Tierna La Noche which brought her to worldwide fame.

The youthful female vocalist known as Fey has sold over a million records in her native Mexico (and many indeed throughout the worldwide Latin community), most of them produced by José Ramón Florez. Fey's self-titled debut was released in America in 1995, followed one year later by Tierna La Noche.

Fey, despite being a Mexican native, spent almost her entire childhood in Spain. She spent 19 years there, from the ages of 3 to 22. As a result, her accent sounds more Spanish than Mexican, especially in her early albums. This most famously appeared in her first single, Media Naranja, when she sang "toqué la luna graTHias a ti" with the stereotypical Castillian th sound.

She was especially popular among teenagers and kids and she sell-out over 20 concerts at Auditorio Nacional with her Tierna la Noche tour.

[edit] History

[edit] The 1990s and The Fey-Mania

Fey released her first album , titled Fey, in 1995, on the Sony Music Mexico record label. Within a couple of months of the album's release, Fey had scored several hits in her native Mexico, and had reached #1 with "Media naranja", "Gatos en el balcon", "Me enamoro de ti" and "La noche se mueve". Fey also had a massive tour in Mexico, including consecutive concerts in the Teatro Metropolitan, one of Mexico's well-known auditoriums, and all of Latin America, and reached Gold status sales by the end of the year. In 1996 Fey launched Tierna la Noche. Azucar Amargo, the CD's first single, lasted in the Billboard chart for more than 30 weeks. However, not only did Fey position all of her singles (9) in the international top 20 and the Mexican top 10, she also imposed a fashion period in Mexico and Latin America. Everything from shampoo to notebooks were endorsed by the artist, all becoming an instant hit. Her tour, Tierna la noche, was also very successful. With this tour, Fey proved that the Feymania was here to stay, by consecutively filling what is considered Latin America's biggest resitum, El Auditorio Nacional, in Mexico, with more than 10,000 people in each. Overall the tour consisted of more than 40 presentations in Mexico, the U.S. and Latin America, as well as some presentations in Europe. Point apart is Brazil, where the success of the Spanish-language production lead to the Brazilian version of the CD with songs in Portuguese, but the album flopped.

In 1998, and after more than 8 months of absence, Fey released her third album "El color de los sueños", which itself was different to the preceding two in that the album was a mix of different rhythms and styles. "Ni tu ni nadie", the album's first single, instantly reached number one in the Latin charts; "Diselo con flores", "Canela" and "Cielo Liquido" soon followed. Although the record did very well in sales, it did not compare to the over-the-top success of "Tierna la noche". In the overall period of the three first albums, Fey’s amazing popularity and promotion caused all but 4 of the singles released to hit #1 in Mexico, with the most important being Azucar Amargo, Media Naranja, Ni tu Ni Nadie, Muevelo and Te Pertenezco, all of them spending more than a month in the top position in Mexico. After almost a year of promotion and platinum record sales, Fey announced, in a 1999 charity concert, that: "everything has a cycle, and this is the end of mine". For the following days and weeks, Fey appeared in magazines and newspapers all over Latin America, U.S. and Europe, declaring that over-the-top promotion and excessive work were the causes of her retiring.

[edit] Retirement And Return

After 4 more years without Fey, she returned in 2002 with a new album. She renovated her image, and brought a new management team composed of Rebeca Mostow (Seal, Prince, and Salvage Garden) for the anglo market and Octavio Padilla for Latin America market. It was with this album, FEY, would strive to make her debut crossover. EPIC Records was to release this album in the UK, then in Germany, France, Asia, and in the US. Fey announced in "La Taquilla" that her first stop was the UK, then she confirmed that Sony Music Germany was preparing promotional work in that country for her English album. And she said that her songs from this album were being released in clubs to get her known. Vertigo, which wasn't as successful as the past ones, reintroduced Fey to a more grown-up crowd, which had waited four years for her return. Vertigo presented a new, more mature Fey, expressing what she was going through in the record. Vertigo was recorded in English, and it was produced by R. Jazayerí. As a present to her Mexican fans 'Vertigo' was released as a double edition with both an English and Spanish album. The English album contains three songs not included on the Spanish version. This album is considered by most Fey fans as her best to date. After 2 singles (The other side and Dressing to kill), both with really poor promotion, Fey leaves Sony and then retires for two years.

Fey relaunched her career with La Fuerza del destino, a tribute to the Spanish group Mecano. This album was successful with the three singles La Fuerza Del Destino, Barco a Venus and Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte Fey toured in support of this album at the Viña del Mar festival, the Selena Vive! festival. The record did amazingly sales-wise, and it gave Fey her very first Latin Grammy nomination for "Best Pop Female Vocal Album". Fey's newest album is called "Faltan Lunas" and was produced by Carlos Jean. It was slated for an August 1st, 2006, release, but was released on July 21st, Fey's birthday. Fans did not expect that the album would be released the same day as Fey's birthday, so they were confused but also very excited. It features a pop/dance sound along with acoustic elements, which fits Fey's voice perfectly. The first single of this material is "Y Aquí Estoy". It was announced by Fey herself that the second single would be "Me has vuelto loca", but it was changed to "Como un Angel". The album apparently didn't get as much attention from the public and the media because of a lack of promotion from the record company, it was released only in few countries of latin America. Although the second single was announced, it has not been released, and seemingly the promotion for the album is now over. The album has sold around 100,000 copies making it the lowest selling album by Fey.

The poor results of this album in terms of sales are a consequence of a really bad planned promotion. 1. There was a confusion around the release date, wich turned to be two months before than announced with no advice. 2. The name of the first single has never been clear: "Quiza mañana", "Aquí estoy", "Aqui no estoy", "Estoy aqui" and "One suitcase" were some of the names that the record company divulged, and none of them was the real one. 3. The official site was never launched. 4. The promo singles were never sent to a lot of radio station, so that the single got no airplay. 5. The track list of the album included 2 tracks in English that were announced but never released. 6. The great video of the first single was never included in music channel play lists. Seemingly the choice of the record company was to leave all possible promotion in hands of the hardcore fans which keep hopelessly voting for the single and the video. The future of Fey remains uncertain, it is possible that the record deal with EMI will be ended soon.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Cover Album Chart positions [1] Certification
Mexico Hot Latin Latin Pop
Fey 1 – – 14X Gold, 2X Platinum
Tierna La Noche 1 10 6 26X Gold, 10X Platinum, 1X Diamond
El Color de los Sueños 1 16 9 20X Gold, 5X Platinum
Vértigo 5 – – 1X Gold
La Fuerza Del Destino 1 41 8 2X Platinum, 2X Gold
Faltan lunas 10 – – 1X Gold

[edit] Singles

All regularly released music single and their chart peak position: Mexico (MEX), Hot Latin Tracks (HLT), Latin Pop Airplay (LPA), and Latin Tropical Airplay (LTA).

Year Single Chart positions[2] Album
MEX HLT LPA LTA
1995 Media Naranja 1 – – – Fey
1995 Me Enamoro de Ti 1 – – – Fey
1995 Gatos en El Balcon 8 – – – Fey
1996 La Noche Se Mueve 7 – – – Fey
1996 Fiebre De Sábado 10 – – – Fey
1996 Azucar Amargo 1 8 1 – Tierna La Noche
1996 Muevelo 1 9 3 – Tierna La Noche
1996 Te Pertenezco 1 – – – Tierna La Noche
1996 Subidon 1 20 7 – Tierna La Noche
1997 Bajo El Arcoiris 5 – – – Tierna La Noche
1997 Popocatepetl 1 – – – Tierna La Noche
1997 Las Lagrimas de mi Almohada 4 13 7 13 Tierna La Noche
1998 Desmargaritando El Corazón 8 – – – Tierna La Noche
1998 Ni Tú Ni Nadie 1 22 10 – El Color de los Sueños
1998 Cielo Líquido 7 – – – El Color de los Sueños
1998 Díselo Con Flores 1 – – – El Color de los Sueños
1998 Él 8 – – – El Color de los Sueños
1999 Canela 2 – 22 – El Color de los Sueños
1999 No Tengo Novio 10 – – – El Color de los Sueños
2002 Sé Lo Que Vendra 1 – – – Vértigo
2002 The Other Side 1 – – – Vértigo
2002 Noche Ideal - Dressing To Kill 67 – – – Vértigo
2002 Loca Por Amarte 196 – – – Vértigo
2004 La Fuerza Del Destino 1 – 29 – La Fuerza Del Destino
2005 Barco A Venus 3 – – – La Fuerza Del Destino
2005 Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte 13 – – – La Fuerza Del Destino
2006 Y Aquí Estoy 10 – – – Faltan Lunas

[edit] Recopilations

    • Fey pistas ( Sony Music )
    • Colección de oro ( Sony Music Inc )
    • Éxitos ( Sony Music Inc)
    • Antología ( Sony BMG Latin ) CD+DVD
    • Originales: 20 éxitos ( Sony BMG Latin )
    • Siempre rebelde ( Sony BMG Latin )

[edit] Soundtracks and others

    • Navidad con las estrellas -La edad de la inocencia- 1997
    • Allez olla olle! (Music Of The World Cup)- Tamborada - 1998
    • Amarte duele (Soundtrack) -The other side- (Dj Grego E-Latin Club)
    • Big brother VIP 3 - Todo Cambió - 2005
    • La última noche(Soundtrack)- Hoy no me puedo levantar -2005
    • Selena ¡vive! - Donde quiera que estés/ft Aleks Syntek - 2005
    • El bar provoca...-Y aqui estoy- 2006

[edit] The Videos

    • Media naranja (1995)
    • Gatos en el balcón (1995)
    • Me enamoro de ti (1996)
    • Azúcar amargo (1996)
    • Subidón (1997)
    • En concierto "Tierna la noche" VHS (1997)
    • Ni tú ni nadie (1998)
    • Díselo con flores (1998)
    • Canela (1999)
    • Sé lo que vendrá (2002)
    • The other side (2002)
    • La fuerza del destino (2004)
    • Barco a Venus (2005)
    • Me cuesta tanto olvidarte (2005)
    • Y aquí estoy (2006)
    • Como un ángel (TBA)

[edit] External links

Fey
Discography
Albums: Fey | Tierna La Noche | El Color de los Sueños | Vértigo | La Fuerza Del Destino | Faltan lunas
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