María Villalón
María Villalón (born 1 April 1989 in Ronda, Málaga, Spain), is a Spanish singer and most notably the winner of the first series of Spanish version of The X Factor in 2007.[1]
Biography
Maria grew singing from an early age. She studied at the music conservatory learning to play the cello when she was 10. In 2006 she took part in Bienvenidos on Canal Sur and in selection rounds of Operación Triunfo where she reached the top 90 of the Spanish singing competition before being dropped.
X Factor
Maria rose to fame in 2007 when she applied to take part in the musical reality show Factor-X, the Spanish version of The X Factor broadcast on Cuatro television channel. Only 17, she went on to win the contest singing "Cançao do mar" from Dulce Pontes and "María se bebe las calles" from Pasión Vega.
After X Factor
Her album after her win was Te espero aquí by Sony BMG, although she had two pre-X Factor albums through a small Andalusian record label. The album was released on 13 November 2007. First and only single from the album was "Agüita de abril".
Her second album Los tejados donde fuimos más que amigos gave her another Top 40 single entitled La Lluvia
In her childhood, Rondo, in 2014, she recorded two songs in Esperanto, including La Pluvo (La Lluvia).
Discography
Albums
- 2000: Entre sueños
- 2002: Rompe
- 2007: Las mejores canciones de María en Factor X
- 2008: Te espero aquí
- 2009: Los tejados donde fuimos más que amigos
- 2012: Historias de una cantonta
Singles
- 2007: "Agüita de abril"
- 2008: "Amores que matan"
- 2009: "La lluvia"
- 2010: Cosas que no se de ti
- 2012: "La ciudad de las bicicletas"
- 2013: "Todo arde"
References
External links
| Preceded by None |
Factor X (Spain) Winner 2007 |
Succeeded by Vocal Tempo |