Natalia (Spanish singer)

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Natalia
Birth name Natalia Rodríguez Gallego
Born December 11, 1982 (1982-12-11) (age 25)
Origin Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain
Genre(s) Pop, dance
Years active 2001–present (solo)
Label(s) Vale Music (2001–2003
Tool Music 2003–)
Website Official Website

Natalia Rodríguez Gallego (born December 11, 1982) is the full name of the Spanish singer Natalia. She was a contestant on the successful Spanish TV show Operación Triunfo in 2001, where she finished 14th. She is the Spanish Pop Princess.

In 2002, she released her highly successful album No soy un ángel (I'm Not an Angel), which didn't journey out of the genre pop music. She was transformed into the Spanish Britney Spears, and the first single off the album, Vas a volverme loca was recorded into English and it was released all across Europe (apart from the UK).

In 2003, Natalia released Besa mi piel (Kiss My Skin), which equally was a success. On this album, she included 4 of her own compositions (including the first single, also called 'Besa Mi Piel').

In 2004, she released Natalia, her third album. The first single was track penned by Lucie Silvas called Sombras (Shadows). The video (which featured Natalia in a haunted house being seduced by a ghost) was seemed too inappropriate for young children and it wasn't shown on Spanish TV until the late evening, which caused a flop in sales. Amid this, the second single, Que No Puede Ser (What You Can't Be), became a lot more successful than the first single, due to another expensive video (this time, based on the film Mean Girls) and a big promotional tour across Spain, where Natalia sang live on many important TV shows. This album, however, was mainly based on rock music. It included a version of ACDC's Highway to Hell.

Natalia has appeared on many other artists albums. In 2004, she appeared on an album by Spanish singer Tony Aguilar on a song called Vuelve. Also, she is set to appear on his new album, with a track called “Le duele el corazón”. With addition to this, Natalia has appeared on AT's album Electric Grease with the song “I Love This Game”, which was released across Europe.

Natalia took a break for a year. However, in September 2005, she made her comeback in style. First of all, she came third in the Spanish reality TV program Gente de Primera, where celebrities take a member of the public and transform them into pop stars.

In June 2006, Natalia released her fourth album, Nada es lo que crees (Nothing Is What You Believe). It got to number 25#, 4 places lower than 'Natalia'. The first single, “Loco por mí” (Mad for Me), got to number 3 in the Spanish chart, solely on Internet Downloads. In January 2007, half a year after the first single was released, it was announced that the second single would be A Tí (To You). However, without a promotional video and CD maxi, it didn't make the Spanish chart.

In November 2007, Natalia returned with a new album, Radikal, and a new single, Rebelde en Libertad. Radikal debuted in the Spanish charts at 56, the lowest entry for any singer to come from Operación Triunfo.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Title Chart positions Sales/Certification
Spain
2002 No Soy Un Ángel
  • First studio album
  • Released: March 5, 2002
  • Formats: CD & Cassette
 #2 Sales Spain: 250.000
Cert. 2x Platinum
2003 Besa Mi Piel
  • Second studio album
  • Released: April 4, 2003
  • Formats: CD
 #7 Sales Spain: +100.000
Cert. Platinum
2004 Natalia
  • Third studio album
  • Released: June 13, 2004
  • Formats:CD
 #21 Sales Spain: +80.000
Cert. Gold
2006 Nada Es Lo Que Crees
  • Fourth studio album
  • Released: May 17, 2006
  • Formats: CD
 #24 Sales Spain: +35.000
2007 Radikal
 #55 Sales Spain:+15.000

[edit] Singles

Year Title Album Chart positions
SPA UK DR
2002 "Vas a Volverme Loca"
"You Got Me Going Crazy"		 No Soy Un Ángel 2
2002 "La Noche Llegó" No Soy Un Ángel 3
2002 "No Soy Un Ángel" No Soy Un Ángel 5
2003 "Besa Mi Piel" Besa Mi Piel 1
2003 "Sólo Tu Amor" Besa Mi Piel 4
2003 "No, No" Besa Mi Piel 20
2004 "Sombras" Natalia 6
2004 "Que No Puede Ser" Natalia 4
2004 "Gasolina" Natalia 34
2005 "I Love This Game (featuring. AT)" – 14 49 4
2006 "Loco Por Mí" Nada es lo que crees 3
2007 "A Tí" Nada es lo que crees -
2007 "Orden de Desalojo" Radikal 24
2007 "Rebelde En Libertad" Radikal 106
2008 "Ni un minuto más" Radikal - - -
Top ten hits 8 0 1

[edit] Videography

[edit] Filmography

  • La pelicula de OT(2002)
  • Calles de fuego(2005)
  • Nocturna(2007)-voice
  • El Arca de Noé(2007) - voice.

[edit] Trivia

  • Although she was 12th in the first edition of Spain's version of Fame Academy, Operación Triunfo, she was: the first contestant to receive a record deal, first to release 2, 3 then 4 albums and first to have a single in a non-Spanish speaking country (one week before David Bisbal released his debut in Germany, a duet with Joanne Zimmer.
  • In May 2005, the video of I Love This Game got premiered on CD:UK, a British music program on ITV.
  • She has been romantically linked to British actor Paul Danan

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