Julieta Venegas

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Julieta Venegas

Background information
Birth name	Julieta Venegas Percevault
Born	November 24, 1970 (1970-11-24) (age 37) Long Beach, California, United States
Origin	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Genre(s)	Pop music Rock en español
Instrument(s)	Vocals Piano Accordion Guitar Keyboards Wurlitzer Vibraphone Caja Cello
Years active	1992 - present
Label(s)	RCA International Sony International
Website	www.julietavenegas.net

Julieta Venegas (born November 24, 1970 in Long Beach, California^[1]) is a Mexican singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter who performs Spanish-language rock and pop music. Venegas, who grew up in Tijuana, began studying music at the age of eight and went on to join several bands, including Tijuana No!, before starting a career on her own. In addition to singing and writing her own songs, she plays numerous instruments including acoustic guitar, accordion, and keyboard. She has won two Latin Grammys and one Grammy. She fluently speaks both English and Spanish and has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer.

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Awards
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Biography

singer Julieta Venegas, participated on the 2006 “Mujeres sin miedo, todas somos Atenco” event.

She started playing music at the age of 8, when her parents first sent her to piano lessons. Since then, music grew to be her passion, eventually leading her to become a vocal artist and songwriter. Before her solo career, she collaborated with a few bands in Tijuana, and then later in Mexico D.F. Her first album, Aqui, emerged in 1998 with the collaboration of Gustavo Santaolalla. The appearance of this album initiated her first experience with the many facets of the music industry, some of which included recording, touring, and playing live while a mass of people sang-along to her songs for the first time. In 2000, she recorded her second album, Bueninvento, where she experimented with the electric guitar, and cooperated with producers and musicians: (Gustavo Santaolalla, Meme de Real, Quique Rangel, Toy Hernandez, Joe Chiccarelli and other great musicians.) In 2003 she made her third album, Si, which she recorded and produced between Buenos Aires and Madrid with the company of Cachorro Lopez and Coti Sorokin. In 2006, her 4th album, Limon y Sal, debuted with the help of producer Cachorro. In 2007, she collaborated with Miranda! to make Perfecta, which in 2008 became a chart-topping single in Latin America. In 2008 she made her MTV Unplugged, from which she has released one video, titled 'El Presente.'

[edit] Discography

Julieta Venegas

[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio

Title	Date of release
Aquí	March 24, 1998
Bueninvento	August 21, 2000
Sí	November 11, 2003
Limón y Sal	May 30, 2006

[edit] Other

Title	Date of release	Type
Realmente lo Mejor	December 18, 2007	Compilation
Cosas Raras	January 26, 2008 (failed to be released)	Compilation
MTV Unplugged	June 17, 2008	Live

[edit] Singles

From the album Aquí:
- 1997: "De Mis Pasos"
- 1997: "Cómo Sé"

From the album Bueninvento:
- 2000: "Sería Feliz"
- 2000: "Hoy No Quiero"

From the album Sí:
- 2003: "Andar Conmigo" — #1 (MEX) (5 Weeks),
- 2004: "Lento" — #1 (MEX) (4 Weeks),
- 2004: "Algo Está Cambiando" — #4 (MEX), #4 (US LATIN), #1 (US LATIN POP)
- 2005: "Oleada" — #15 (MEX), #31 (US LATIN POP)

From the album Limón y Sal:
- 2006: "Me Voy" — #1 (MEX - 12 weeks), #8 (US Latin), #1 (SPA - 1 week), #12 (Euro Airplay), #3 (ITA), #2 (Ibero America),
- 2006: "Limón y Sal" — #2 (MEX), #2 (Colombia), #3 (Ibero America), #12 (SPA)
- 2007: "Eres Para Mí" (featuring Anita Tijoux) — #1 (MEX), #1 (Colombia - 2 weeks), #2 (US Latin) ,#26 (SPA)
- 2007: "Primer Día" (featuring Dante Spinetta) — #13 (SPA)