Miranda!

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Miranda!
Origin Argentina
Genre(s) Techno
Electropop
Electronica
Synthpop
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Pelo Music
Members
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
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)

  1. Bailarina
  2. Horoscopo
  3. Romix
  4. Imán
  5. Tu juego
  6. Agua
  7. Ven
  8. Mentira
  9. Tiempo
  10. Casualidad

Sin Restricciones (2004)

  1. Yo te diré
  2. Don
  3. Quiero
  4. Vuelve a ti
  5. El profe
  6. Otra vez
  7. Tu gurú
  8. Hoy
  9. El agente
  10. Navidad
  11. Traición
  12. Uno los dos

En Vivo Sin Restricciones! (2005)

  1. Otra Vez
  2. Tu gurú + Take on me
  3. Yo te diré
  4. Hoy
  5. Bailarina
  6. Mentira
  7. Traición
  8. Navidad
  9. Quiero
  10. El profe
  11. Tu juego
  12. Don
  13. Romix
  14. Casualidad

Quereme! [EP] (2006)

  1. Quereme...Tengo Frio
  2. Una lágrima sobre el teléfono
  3. Esa extraña dama
  4. Medley (Extendida)
  5. Medley (Radio Edit)

El Disco de tu Corazón (2007)

  1. Prisionero
  2. Hola
  3. Perfecta, en colaboración con Julieta Venegas
  4. Enamorada
  5. Nada es igual
  6. Dejame
  7. Amanece junto a mí
  8. Hasta hoy
  9. Vete de aquí, en colaboración con Fangoria
  10. No me celes
  11. Te atreviste y me morí
  12. Voces

[edit] Singles

From Es Mentira (2002):

  1. Bailarina
  2. Tu Juego
  3. Romix
  4. Agua

From Sin Restricciones (2004):

  1. Yo Te Diré (#4 Chile; #17 Argentina)
  2. Navidad
  3. Don (#2 Chile, Latin America, Mexico; #8 Argentina)
  4. El Profe (#17 Argentina)
  5. Uno Los Dos
  6. Traición (#12 Argentina)

From El Disco de tu Corazón (2007):

  1. Prisionero (#1 Argentina)
  2. Perfecta (#2 Latin America, Mexico; #4 Argentina)
  3. Hola
  4. Perfecta (Sonidero Nacional remix)
  5. Enamorada

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