Miranda!
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Miranda! | |
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Origin | Argentina |
Genre(s) | Techno Electropop Electronica Synthpop |
Years active | 2001–present |
Label(s) | Pelo Music |
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Alejandro Sergi Juliana Gattás Leandro "Lolo" Fuentes Nicolás "Monoto" Grimaldi |
Miranda! is an Argentine electro pop band, formed in 2001. Band members include Alejandro Sergi (vocals), Juliana Gattas (vocals), Lolo Fuentes (guitar), Bruno de Vincenti (programming) and since 2003 Nicolás Grimaldi (bass). Found fame in Europe, Latin America, and the United States among Spanish speakers.
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[edit] History
The History of Miranda! began in 2001, when Alejandro Sergi decided to join Juliana Gattas, Lolo Fuentes and Bruno de Vincenti to start a band. Their style would be catalogued by themselves as Melodramatic Electropop.
The band was named after Argentinian classic actor Osvaldo Miranda. Since the band began playing, they wanted to meet him. This finally took place during the Buen Dia Arriba festival, in December 2002, in a bar near a park at Palermo Viejo.
Their popularity grew around the Buenos Aires Underground music circuit, based on their peculiar music, style, and looks. Their unique live performances, in which the band members "acted out" the lyrics of their songs, gained them a great amount of followers, as well as a number of prizes on such publications as the Argentinian version of the Rolling Stone Magazine, which named them the Revelation Band of 2002.
The same year, they released their first album, Es Mentira, which would spawn five singles: Bailarina, Imán, Tu Juego, Agua and Romix.
In 2004 Miranda! edited their second album, entitled Sin Restricciones, which would mean the mainstream breakthrough of the band, with hits like Yo Te Diré or Don, which would go on to be one of the most downloaded ringtones in the world by 2005. Other singles out of this album were Navidad, El Profe, Uno los Dos and recently Traición.
They've just released their third album, containing three new songs that were formerly the soundtrack of very successful soap operas from Argentina, "Quereme...tengo frío" ("Love me, I'm cold") from Piel Naranja , starring Arnaldo André and Marilina Ross in 1975; "Una lágrima sobre el teléfono" from Una voz en el teléfono , starring Carolina Papaleo and Raúl Taibo in 1990; and "Esa extraña dama" from the soap opera with the same name, starring Luisa Kuliok and Jorge Martínez. This songs were performed at the 2006 Martín Fierro Awards TV Show, and then released as a single cd in Argentina.
Recently, they released "Prisionero", the first single of their new album "El Disco de tu Corazón".
[edit] Provocative Lyrics
Miranda!'s songs are sometimes explicit and taboo. For example, in El Profe, a male student fantasizes about being one of his female classmates' love teacher. The language used and the situations described are unusual for mainstream pop and some might find them offensive and of bad taste. The passages that better illustrate this controversy would be: "Quisiera que me mientas cuando pregunte tu edad" (I want you to lie to me when I ask your age) and also "Quiero que te toques para mi, quiero tocarme y acabar en ti" (I want you to touch yourself for me, I want to touch myself and come on you).
[edit] Awards
Year | Award | Category | Result |
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2002 | Rolling Stone Magazine | Revelation Band of 2002 | Won |
2003 | MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2003 | Best New Artist South - Best Independent Artist | Nominated |
2004 | MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2004 | Best Alternative Artist | Nominated |
2005 | Premios Gardel 2005 | Mejor Album Grupo Pop Sin restricciones | Won |
2005 | MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2005 | Best Group or Duet | Nominated |
2005 | MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2005 | Best Alternative Artist | Won |
2005 | MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2005 | Best Artist South | Won |
2005 | MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2005 | Video of the Year "Don" - Artist of the Year | Nominated |
2006 | Viña del Mar International Song Festival | Antorchas de Plata | Won |
2006 | Viña del Mar International Song Festival | Antorchas de Oro | Won |
2006 | Viña del Mar International Song Festival | Gaviota de Plata | Won |
2006 | Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2006 | Best Group or Duet | Nominated |
2006 | Premios MTV Latinoamerica 2006 | Video of the Year "El Profe" | Nominated |
2006 | Premios Toing 2006 | Ringtone Pop Nacional Don | Won |
2006 | Premios Toing 2006 | Ringtone Revelación | Won |
2006 | Premios Toing 2006 | Truetone Pop Nacional | Won |
2006 | Premios Toing 2006 | Truetone de Oro | Won |
2005 | Premios Gardel 2006 | Mejor DVD Sin restricciones en Vivo | Nominated |
2007 | Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2007 | Best Group or Duet - Best Pop Artist - Best Artist South | Nominated |
2007 | Latin Grammy Awards | Mejor albun Grupo o duo | Nominated |
2007 | Premios Principales 2007 | Mejor Artista Argentino | Won |
2007 | Premios Clarin Espectaculo | Mejor Figura de Rock | Nominated |
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
Es Mentira (2002)
- Bailarina
- Horoscopo
- Romix
- Imán
- Tu juego
- Agua
- Ven
- Mentira
- Tiempo
- Casualidad
Sin Restricciones (2004)
- Yo te diré
- Don
- Quiero
- Vuelve a ti
- El profe
- Otra vez
- Tu gurú
- Hoy
- El agente
- Navidad
- Traición
- Uno los dos
En Vivo Sin Restricciones! (2005)
- Otra Vez
- Tu gurú + Take on me
- Yo te diré
- Hoy
- Bailarina
- Mentira
- Traición
- Navidad
- Quiero
- El profe
- Tu juego
- Don
- Romix
- Casualidad
Quereme! [EP] (2006)
- Quereme...Tengo Frio
- Una lágrima sobre el teléfono
- Esa extraña dama
- Medley (Extendida)
- Medley (Radio Edit)
El Disco de tu Corazón (2007)
- Prisionero
- Hola
- Perfecta, en colaboración con Julieta Venegas
- Enamorada
- Nada es igual
- Dejame
- Amanece junto a mí
- Hasta hoy
- Vete de aquí, en colaboración con Fangoria
- No me celes
- Te atreviste y me morí
- Voces
[edit] Singles
From Es Mentira (2002):
- Bailarina
- Tu Juego
- Romix
- Agua
From Sin Restricciones (2004):
- Yo Te Diré (#4 Chile; #17 Argentina)
- Navidad
- Don (#2 Chile, Latin America, Mexico; #8 Argentina)
- El Profe (#17 Argentina)
- Uno Los Dos
- Traición (#12 Argentina)
From El Disco de tu Corazón (2007):
- Prisionero (#1 Argentina)
- Perfecta (#2 Latin America, Mexico; #4 Argentina)
- Hola
- Perfecta (Sonidero Nacional remix)
- Enamorada
[edit] External links
- Official Website (Spanish)
- "Foro Rosita" Unofficial Fans Forum (Spanish)