| Nena Daconte | |
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Mai Meneses & Kim Fanlo |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Madrid, Barcelona (Spain) |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2003–Today |
| Labels | Daconte Music / Universal Music (spain) |
| Website | www.nenadaconte.com |
| Members | |
| Mai Meneses (Vocals, Writer) | |
| Past members | |
| Kim Fanlo (2003-2010) (Guitar, Producer) | |
Nena Daconte are a Spanish pop group. Originally, the group consisted of Mai Meneses (on Vocals and principal song-writer), and Kim Fanlo (on guitar and as principal producer). The band takes its name from a character in the short story "The Trail Of Your Blood On The Snow", by Gabriel García Márquez.
Mai Meneses first found fame in 2002 when she entered the second series of the Spanish reality TV show Operación Triunfo. However, in the first week, she was put up for eviction against the overall winner, Ainhoa, and was voted out. This is also her third musical project since being evicted. In 2002, she released a single called Vuelve (which reached Number 1 in Spain), and in 2003, she featured on Inma Serrano's single, Mi Amor.
The duo met on the Operación Triunfo tour, where Fanlo was the bassist for the programme's live tour, and shortly afterwards they started working together, playing in clubs around Barcelona and Madrid. In 2005 they released their debut album He Perdido Los Zapatos under their own label Daconte Music. The next year Universal Music signed them and re-released the album with a bonus track (a remix of the song Idiota)
In 2006 and 2009, they were nominated for an MTV Europe Music Awards.
Their music is a mix of classic pop and rock, talking about worries such as love, loneliness and a search for what's real.
Their second album, titled "Retales De Carnaval", was released on 30 September 2008. The first single, "Tenia Tanto Que Darte", premiered on 23 August and became Spain's Best Selling song of 2008 on iTunes
In August 2010, Kim decided to quit the group in order to avoid the media spotlight. However, Mai will continue as the only member of the group, planning to release Nena Daconte's 3rd album in November.
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| Album Information |
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He perdido los zapatos
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Retales de carnaval
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| Year | Title | Chart positions | |||||
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| SPA | SPA Digital | Los40 | Cadena 100 | Ibero America | Europe | ||
| 2006 | "Idiota" | 8 | 2 | 25 | 11 | - | - |
| "En Qué Estrella Estará" (Vuelta Ciclista España Theme) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | - | |
| 2007 | "Marta" | 16 | 9 | 20 | 3 | - | - |
| 2008 | "Tenía Tanto Que Darte" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 47 |
| 2009 | "El Aleph" | 4 | - | 5 | 6 | 26 | 120 |
| "Ay! Amor" | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | |
| Number one songs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Top ten hits | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
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