La 5ª Estación

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La 5ª Estación
Lead singer Natalia Jiménez
Background information
Origin	Madrid, Spain
Genre(s)	Latin Pop/Rock
Years active	2001–present
Label(s)	Sony BMG
Website	La 5ª Estación.com
Members
Natalia Jiménez Ángel Reynero Pablo Domínguez

La 5ª Estación (often spelled as La Quinta Estación) is a Spanish pop/rock band composed of three musicians from Madrid: Natalia Jiménez (lead singer and harmonica), Ángel Reyero (guitar), and Pablo Domínguez (guitar and bass). This band originated in Madrid with six members but the remaining three relocated to Mexico in 2001 after recording their first album Primera toma ("Take #1").

"La quinta estación" in English translates to the "The fifth season".

1 Career in Mexico
2 Come back home: Spain
3 Albums
4 Award nominations
- 4.1 MTV Video Music Awards-Latinoamérica
- 4.2 Oye! Awards
5 Footnotes
6 External links

[edit] Career in Mexico

The first album of La Quinta Estación became popular in Mexico because one of the songs (¿Dónde Irán?, "Where will they go?") was chosen as theme song for Clase 406, one of the most popular telenovelas of Televisa in 2002. After touring the country to promote their album, they decided to stay permanently. In the same year, they performed Voy a pasármelo bien ("I'm going to have a good time") in the tribute-album to Hombres G and Si yo fuera mujer ("If I were a woman") for the soundtrack of Dame tu cuerpo, a Mexican film starred by Rafael Sánchez Navarro and Luis María Zetina.

In February 2004, the band released their second album Flores de Alquiler ("Flowers on lease") produced entirely in Mexico. The first single was El Sol No Regresa ("The Sun Doesn't Come Back") a rock song that begins with mariachi trumpets. This song talks about someone who attempts to drink away their heartbreak. The title line of the chorus translates to, "after several tequilas, the clouds go away but the sun doesn't come back". This song, as said by the band, is a tribute they made to Mexican people for being the start point of their careers.

Natalia and Pablo in the video for Algo Más

Their second single Algo Más ("Something More", written by Natalia) talks about a feeling the author says is not love but it is "something more" that fulfills her and it is stronger than "distance, pain and nostalgia". The video for this song was recorded at a bar in the Historic District of Mexico City ^[1].

The video was directed by Alejandro Hernández, who also directed the video for El Sol No Regresa and its photography is in black and white. The scene and wardrobe are set in the 1950s and the band is seen performing at a nightclub with a couple enjoying the song and afterwards inspired by its lyrics leave their seats to caress each other.

The third single of the band was "Daría" ("I Would Give") which also met with great success, the video was filmed in Mexico City and reached #1 in VH1 Latinamerica Top 20 and other charts in Latinamerica.

"Niña" ("Girl") was the latest single of the album. The video was so controversial and also did it in VH1's chart. This single had a quite successful on Mexican radios. According to the band, this song was written for a handicapped girl.

The first two singles caused the album to become a triple platinum album in Mexico and double gold in United States. ^[2] And gold also in Puerto Rico and Spain ^[3]. These two singles and Daría entered the Top 20 Billboard's Hot Latin Track list ^[4]. This album was the first by the band released in Spain ^[1].

In 2005, they received more than 1.5 million votes to become Grupo Latino del año ("Latin band of the year") on the music video network Ritmoson of Televisa ^[5]. On November 1 of the same year, the band released a CD/DVD compilation of their hits called Acústico.

In 2006 they released "Tu Peor Error" (Your Worst Error) the first single to their 3rd album "El Mundo Se Equivoca" (The World Makes Mistakes). "Tu peor error" is also remarkable for being the band's first album publish in dual disc format, containing on the video side, the behind the cameras of the album's recording.

On March 16 2007 the band performed for the first time in Mexico's most important recint, the "Auditorio Nacional" (National Auditorium) located Mexico City.

[edit] Come back home: Spain

Tha band has had a great success with their last album in Spain, their home country. "El mundo se equivoca" peaked #3 at spanish sales charts. It was announced that La 5a Estación would tour Spain sometime in 2007.