Natalia Jiménez

Natalia Jiménez
Background information
Birth name Natalia Jiménez Sarmiento
Also known as Natalia Jiménez
Born December 29, 1981 (1981-12-29) (age 30)
Origin Madrid, Spain
Genres Pop, Latin pop, rock
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Years active 2000–present
Labels Sony Music
Website La 5ª Estación

Natalia Jiménez Sarmiento (Born December 29, 1981 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish singer. She is the lead singer of the Spanish pop band La 5a Estacion.

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Early life

Jiménez was born to a Spanish father who was a singer; and her mother is Portuguese.

Career

In 2007, Natalia had a participation (featuring) in the album "Real" of the Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario, performed a duet song "No", (composed by Armando Avila and self Natalia). This song only appears on the album Ednita Nazario.[1]

"The Best Thing About Me Is You" is Ricky Martin's new single with the original English version of the song features singer Joss Stone, while its Spanish version, "Lo Mejor De Mi Vida Eres Tú", replaces Stone's vocals with Natalia Jiménez.[2]

On November 12, 2010, after appearing and performing at the 2010 Latin Grammys with Ricky Martin, Natalia announced her solo album and said she hopes to release her first single in January. She also announced that the band, La Quinta Estacion was not broken up and that her and Angel Reyero, her bandmate, were focusing on solo projects. She said "The band is still there, everything is still there, one day we will release another album [as La Quinta Estacion]".[3]

Natalia's first single as a solo artist "Por Ser Tu Mujer" was released on April 5, 2011. Her self-titled debut album "Natalia Jimenez" was released on June 21, 2011 in the United States.

First Solo Concert

On June 10, 2011 Natalia made her debut solo concert in "Bonaire". She was welcomed at the airport by a big crowd and tweeted :

"Estoy en Bonaire y lo único que puedo decir es que no me quiero ir! Me encanta! Gracias por el recibimiento en el aeropuerto!" :)

After giving a big and beautiful performance on June 10, 2011 at the plaza resort hotel, Her twitter followers count grew with a lot of Bonairean Fans.

Discography

Studio albums

Natalia Jimenez
  • Debut as Solo Artist
  • Released: June 21, 2011[4]
  • Formats: CD

Studio albums with La Quinta Estacion

Year Title Chart positions Sales/certifications
United States Mexico Spain
2001 Primera Toma
  • 1st Studio album
  • Released: December 3, 2001
  • Formats: CD
- - -
2004 Flores de Alquiler
  • 2nd Studio album
  • Released: June 22, 2004
  • Formats: CD, digital
7 5 - USA: 2x Multi-Platino
Mexico: 3x Platinum
Spain: Gold
2006 El Mundo Se Equivoca
  • 3rd Studio album
  • Released: August 22, 2006
  • Formats: CD, digital
13 4 3 USA: Platino
Mexico: Platinum + Gold
Spain: 2xPlatinum
2009 Sin Frenos
  • 4th Studio album
  • Released: March 17, 2009
  • Formats: CD, digital
1 3 2 Mexico: Gold
Spain: Gold

Compilations and live albums

Year Title Chart positions Sales/certifications
United States Mexico Spain
2005 Acústico
  • 1st Live album
  • Released: November 1, 2005
  • Formats: CD/DVD
28 - -
2007 La Quinta Estación (La Caja)
  • Greatest Hits Collection
  • Released: November 27, 2007
  • Formats: CD, digital
- - - USA:
Mexico:
Spain:

Footnotes:

Special appearances

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
HLT LPA MEX SPA PER COL
2002 "Dónde Irán" Primera Toma
"Perdición" 24 6
2003 "No Quiero Perderte"
2004 "El Sol No Regresa" 37 21 10 19 Flores de Alquiler
2005 "Algo Más" 3 2 1 32
"Daría" 13 3 9 15
"Niña" 36 19
2006 "Tu Peor Error" 18 17 3 16 64 El Mundo Se Equivoca
"Me Muero" 10 2 1 1 3 3
2007 "Sueños Rotos" 27 6 1
"Ahora Que Te Vas" 26 6 60
2008 "La Frase Tonta De La Semana" 73 10
2009 "Que te Quería" 4 1 1 1 18
  • SPA: 1× Platinum
Sin Frenos
"Recuérdame" ft. Marc Anthony 5 3 28 8
"Me Dueles"

Featured singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
HLT LPA LTA MEX SPA
2008 "No"
(Ednita Nazario featuring Natalia Jiménez)
22 Real
2010 "Lo Mejor De Mi Vida Eres Tu"
(Ricky Martin featuring Natalia Jiménez)
1 1 28 3 27 Música + Alma + Sexo

References