Darina Márquez Uribe (
Pachuca,
Hidalgo; born 28 July 1980) known as Darina, is a Mexican
singer-
songwriter,
record producer,
politician,
activist
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,
voice actress and former professional
soccer
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player; after her professional debut in 1996 as a
radio host and
frontwoman in a rock band in 1996, she was named as the first place winner on the
interactive reality show ''
Operación Triunfo México'' on November 10, 2002; becoming the first winner ever of a
singing competition television series in LatinAmerica.
She has been working with multiple mass media companies including
The Walt Disney Company,
Televisa,
NBC,
Endemol
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and
Fox Sports amomg others; Darina also provided the main soundtracks for different television series including
''Velo de Novia'' and ''
Big Brother 2
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* ''Big Brother 2'' (Netherlands), the 2000 edition of the Dutch version of ''Big Brother''
* ''Big Brother Germany'' (season 2), the 2000 version ...
'' in Mexico. She was finalist at the ''Worldbest International Contest'' in
Cannes,
France in 2004, representing her country and performing alongside others singers like
Phil Collins
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and
Lionel Richie
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.
On the other hand, before she became an artist, Darina was a founding member of the
Women´s Pachuca Football Club in 1994; besides, she was a candidate for the
Mexican Senate of the Republic in 2018, and a candidate for the city council of
Pachuca in 2020.
Career
1994–2001: Early life and professional debut
Darina was born in
Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico. She has an older brother, Jorge; they were raised by their mother. From 1994 to 2002, Darina was a professional soccer player and founding member of the women´s soccer club "Tuzas del Pachuca"; she also co-captained the Mexico women's national soccer team during the mid-90s. In 1996, Darina began working in the music industry as a soloist. She later worked at a radio station in Mexico; on the other hand, she was the founding member of the rock band Sol & Luna, in 1996; at the time, Darina attended
National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature in Mexico city. In 2001, she began studying on the University of Pachuca; at the time she auditioned for ''Operación Triunfo México''.
2002–present: Operación Triunfo, breakthrough, Cannes and resurgence
In 2002, after several auditions, Darina was selected to join the reality musical contest ''
Operación Triunfo
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Format
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'', for which, she won the first place of that reality show, becoming the first winner of a
singing competition television series in LatinAmerica; immediately, she signed to
Universal Music Group and released her second album ''Darina'' in 2003, which was certified Double Platinum; her eponymous album was recorded in Madrid and México city with the collaboration of
David Bisbal,
Mario Domm,
Sabo Romo
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Interested in music since childhood, he played drums, wrote songs and sang on his first band. At eighteen he discovered the bass, and formed “Ma ...
and
Áureo Baqueiro.
Her first single ''De corazón a corazón'' was the principal theme of the soap opera ''Velo de Novia'' by
Juan Osorio. In 2004 she went to France, to being part of ''World Best'', another reality show, representing Mexico, but she won 4th place with 66 points. Recently, she has been working on her second album, which is planned to be released in 2008. Last year she had a few presentations in Canada, singing in local bars and clubs. Nowadays she performs in Mexico. In 2008, she released her album, ''
Hoy Como Ayer
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''. The album was produced by Vladimir Arredondo, and it was recorded in Mexico City. The first single "Cansada" was originally released in 2008, and later re-realesed worldwide in 2010.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles discography
References
External links
Darina's Official Myspace Site*
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1980 births
Living people
Star Academy winners
People from Pachuca
Musicians from Hidalgo (state)
Operación Triunfo contestants
21st-century Mexican singers
21st-century Mexican women singers