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Pulsar Awards
The Premios Pulsar ( en, Pulsar Awards) is an award ceremony presented annually by the (SCD) to recognize the best in Chilean music releases. It includes categories for albums, songs, music videos and music-related books and other publications. The first awards ceremony was held on 25 July 2015, at Teatro Nescafé de las Artes in Santiago. Chilean television presented Ignacio Franzani served as host while La Red and Radio Cooperativa broadcast the ceremony on television and radio, respectively. Background The awards were created in 2015, intended to highlight musical releases in the country. The name comes from the "Feria Pulsar", an annual event organized by the Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de Autor that takes place in Santiago and includes activities such as concerts and music-related exhibitions. Prior to the awards inception, the Altazor Awards were presented, from 2000 to 2014, to recognize the best in Chilean literature, visual arts, theater, dance, music, cinema and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after declaring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vengo (album)
''Vengo'' is Chilean hip hop artist Ana Tijoux's fourth solo studio album, released in March 2014. Its debut single "Vengo" was released on ''Spin'' in January of the same year. ''Vengo'' was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album at the 2015 Ceremony. Reception Critical response A reviewer at NPR called it "virtually flawless", and MTV said it was "some of the most dazzling hip-hop this year". Several reviewers noted the inclusion of Andean music elements, especially the pan flute. NPR's reviewer said it was "refreshing" and noted Andean music has been "often done a disservice by " world music" labels." Of the flute, the MTV reviewer said "it's a bit challenging to extricate the instrument from its associations with corny new age compilations ... Tijoux is attempting a tough task to take back and breathe new life into music that has a rich heritage, but has been commercialized and marginalized into schlock." Reviewers also noted the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gepe
Daniel Alejandro Riveros Sepúlveda (born September 28, 1981), known as Gepe, is a Chilean singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has released five solo albums in addition to one album as a member of the band Taller Dejao. He has been described as the "new 'guru' of Chilean folk" for combining the sensibilities of 1960s and 1970s Chilean folk (especially the music of Víctor Jara) with a minimalist, electropop sound. Biography Gepe was born in San Miguel, a commune of Santiago, Chile.Allmusic/ref> Taller Dejao Taller Dejao, consisting of Gepe on drums and vocals and Javier Cruz on bass, released an album entitled ''El brillo que tiene es lo humano que le queda'' in 2004. Solo Gepe released his first solo recording, the EP ''5x5'', on Jacobino Discos in 2004. On November 4, 2005, he released his first full-length album, ''Gepinto'', on the Chilean label Quemasucabeza. The same year, a track from the album, "Namás," was included on the Chilean indie compilatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fortaleza (album)
''La Fortaleza'' (''The Fortress'') is the fourth studio album by Chilean-American singer-songwriter Francisca Valenzuela. It was digitally released on January 17, 2020, by Sony Music Chile. The album consists of fourteen tracks, including the singles "Tómame" and "Héroe". It won the Pulsar Award for Album of the Year. Promotion Valenzuela started promotions in the "Tómame Tour" that visited some casinos in Chile in October 2018. Two months later, she embarked in a promotional "summer tour" that visited different cities in Chile. She also was part of the 2019 edition of Lollapalooza Chile. On November 18, 2019, it was confirmed that she will take part at the 2020 Festival de Viña del Mar, performing on January 24. She performed for the first time in 2016, as part of the judge panel. Singles "Tómame" was released as a single on July 20, 2018. Francisca said that the song was "the first vertebra of a more ambitious album". It was described as a pop song that doesn't hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisca Valenzuela
Francisca Valenzuela (; born March 17, 1987 in San Francisco, California) is an American-born Chilean singer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist. Valenzuela was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where she resided until the age of 12, before moving to Santiago, Chile. She gained popularity in Chile and Latin America following the release of her debut album, '' Muérdete La Lengua'', in June 2007. Her second album, ''Buen Soldado'', followed in March 2011. Valenzuela has earned both gold and platinum album certification in Chile.http://www.latercera.com/noticia/entretencion/2013/01/661-504385-9-francisca-valenzuela-alcanza-disco-de-platino-y-prepara-nuevo-album.shtml Francisca Valenzuela receives platinum and gold album status Early life Francisca Valenzuela was born in San Francisco, California to Chilean-born scientists, Pablo Valenzuela Valdés and Bernardita Méndez Velasco. She is the fourth oldest and only daughter of five children. Valenzuela attended Park Day Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camila Gallardo
Camila Anastasia Gallardo Montalva (born November 2, 1996), known as Cami, is a Chilean singer and songwriter. She started her career after appearing in the Chilean vocal talent show '' The Voice Chile'', where she came second place. She has released two studio albums and has received a Grammy Award nomination as well as two Latin Grammy Award nominations. Career 2015-2017: Beginnings and The Voice Chile In 2015, Gallardo auditioned for the first season of the Chilean vocal talent show '' The Voice Chile'' with the song " The Story" by American singer Brandi Carlile, after her performance she chose Luis Fonsi as her coach, she would eventually end at second place in the competition. Later, she was signed with Universal Music and released her debut single "Más de la Mitad" in 2016, the song was written by Luis Fonsi and Claudia Brant and was produced by Andrés Saavedra in Miami, United States. The single became the most streamed single by a Chilean artist in 2016 achieving seven m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paloma Mami
Paloma Rocío Castillo Astorga (born November 11, 1999), known professionally as Paloma Mami, is a Chilean-American singer-songwriter. She began her musical career in 2018, and her first studio album, ''Sueños de Dalí'', was released in March 2021. Early life Paloma Castillo was born in Manhattan, New York, to Jorge Luis Eduardo Castillo Jiménez and Andrea Miriam Astorga Valdivia, both from Doñihue, Chile. She has an older sister, Sofía, who works as a make-up artist. She chose her stage name, Paloma Mami, in high school, inspired by Drake's Instagram username. After her parents separated, Castillo, alongside her mother and sister, moved to Santiago, where she began her musical career. Career Castillo was a participant in the first season of the Chilean talent show, '' Rojo, el color del talento,'' on Televisión Nacional de Chile. In July 2018, she entered the competition. However, due to the terms of the contract offered by the channel, Castillo left the show after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma (album)
''Norma'' is the sixth studio album by Chilean singer Mon Laferte, released on November 9, 2018. The album was published through Universal Music México. At the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards ''Norma'' won in the category Best Alternative Music Album. Background ''Norma'' is a conceptual album that tells the different stages of love, each song will tell part of a story of the relationship, all of them have a music video. The name ''Norma'' comes from the artist's first name (Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte), that she did not like but she used it to show that in her life love always follows the same "norma" (norm). ''Norma'' was recorded in a single session at Studio A of Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, California, on June 16, 2018. The recording was made in a single shot, without using the overdubbing technique of layers of audio, but all the instruments playing simultaneously to give the material the sensation of live recording. 13 musicians participated in this record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amárrame
"Amárrame" is a song by Chilean singer Mon Laferte featuring Colombian singer Juanes. It released on February 10, 2017 through Universal Music Group as part of Laferte's fifth studio album ''La Trenza''. The song was written by Laferte, produced by herself and Manuel Soto. The song reached number two in Chile, only after Luis Fonsi's "Despacito", becoming her second best-ranking song after " El Beso", and also reached number two in Mexico, becoming her best-ranking song on that chart. It also became a success in Latin American pop charts. "Amárrame" won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song in 2017. It was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Background The song originally was written in 2015 originally for her previous album '' Mon Laferte Vol. 1'', but she decided not to include it because she felt the album was complete. When she was recording her fifth studio album, ''La Trenza'', she decided to put "Amárrame" in it. and when Universal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon Laferte
Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (born 2 May 1983) is a Chilean musician, singer, composer and painter. She is known for her musical versatility, having composed songs in a wide variety of genres such as pop, rock, bolero, cumbia and salsa. In the 2010s she gained acclaim for her melodramatics and "captivating stage persona". By 2019, she was the Chilean artist with the most listeners on Spotify worldwide, as well as being the Chilean artist with the most nominations in a single edition of the Latin Grammy Awards (5 in 2017). To date she has sold over 1,5 million digital records in Latin America between albums and singles, making her the best-selling Chilean artist in the digital era. Some of her successes include "Tormento", "Amor completo", "Si tú me quisieras", "Tu falta de querer", " Amárrame", and "Mi buen amor". She received a Latin Grammy in 2017 for Best Alternative Song for " Amárrame". Early life and education Mon Laferte was born Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congreso
() is a musical band from Chile. Founded in 1969 in Quilpué, it is a highly acclaimed band with over 50 years of experience fusioning and developing Latin American music. Began their career in the late 1960s linked to New Chilean Song movement, however with the advent of the military dictatorship and cultural constraints of the time, added to the great instrumental vocation of its members, they evolved into a progressive rock style, and later to a fusion sound that incorporated elements also from jazz fusion, contemporary music, pop music, and world music, in a style named by them as ''The New Latinamerican Music''. It is one of the most important bands in the history of the Chilean music, both for his refined musical compositions with lyrics of social and ethnic content, as well as by the good reception of the national and international public and critics. Formed together with Los Jaivas and Los Blops, is one of the cornerstones in the new Chilean progressive sound a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los 40
Los 40 (The 40, stylized as LOS40 and formerly ''Los 40 Principales'', es, Los Cuarenta) is a Top 40 music radio network and radio station brand in many Spanish-speaking countries from PRISA Radio. The station has its origins as a music show at Radio Madrid, today Cadena SER in 1966, where the 40 Principales chart was born, then evolved into a standalone radio station in 1979. LOS40 is the number one music station in most of the regions it serves. Some stations under this brand name are owned and operated or are licensed by PRISA to use the brand. Some LOS40 stations are operated by a local broadcasting company and affiliated with the company that holds a license to use the brand from Grupo PRISA. Each LOS40 network typically broadcasts its own national feed from its respective country. LOS40 stations broadcast in: Most LOS40 networks generally air Spanish and English contemporary hit music that mostly includes American, Latin American, Pan-European and British singers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
