Enrique Ramil (born 18 June 1984 in

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) is a Spanish singer, musician, songwriter and vocal coach. He took part as contestant on different Spanish TV shows such as ''

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'', '' The X Factor'' and won the second series of ''Tierra de Talento'' (2020). The singer is internationally well-known because of the quality of his voice and performance. He has released four studio albums: ''V. O.'' (2008), ''Juguetes Rotos'' (2011), ''Thank you'' (2015) and ''Ramil y una noches'' (2019), and more than twenty singles. He has performed in

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and United States.

Career

Enrique Ramil was born on 18 June 1984 in Ares

, Spain. When he was three he joined the parish choir of his home town in Galicia. At the age of nineteen he moved to

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where he attended singing and musical theatre lessons. His professional career started in 2005 and since then he has performed in lots of different stages such as streets of London, television, theatres... Between 2006 and 2007 he becomes co-protagonist of the musical ''PaquitaDora'' in the role of Coco Mandala

2008: ''V. O.''

During that year his first album ''V. O.'' ("versión original" in Spanish) was released by Enrique Ramil as an independent artist. Produced by Edu and Sergio Del Val, the album includes special versions of meaningful songs for the artist. The singles released were ''Remolino'', a cover of the famous song by Cuban singer

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, ''Creo en mí'', adaptation to Spanish of ''Believe'' by

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and ''El loco'' version of ''Il pazzo'' by Mina.

2009–2010: ''Battle of the Choirs'' and other projects

In 2009 Enrique joined the TV show ''La batalla de los coros'' on Cuatro, (the Spanish version of the Australian show the ''

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''). He was part of the choir coordinated by the Spanish singer

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During that year his song ''Es mi voluntad'' becomes part of the Spanish pre-selection for the

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2010 The song reached number 28 among more than three hundred songs. In 2010 he participated on the talent show ''Tu sí que vales'', on Telecinco television channel.

2011–2012: ''Operación Triunfo (Spanish TV series)'' and ''Juguetes Rotos''

Enrique took part in the castings for the eight season of the Spanish talent show '' OT 2011''. He became one of the 16 contestants in the famous TV Academy. This show and the OT tour granted Enrique Ramil some recognition in Spain. That year he released his second musical project ''Juguetes Rotos'' featuring duets with Maria do Ceo, Ainhoa Cantalapiedra and

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. In 2012 he released ''Believe in LOVE'', ''Pride Barcelona 2012'' anthem. He also funded ''Mandala Gospel'' choir in Ares, his home town, that he directs till 2015. He also started working as vocal coach. Between 2012 and 2013 he became a regular guest on the Galician TV show ''Heicho Cantar'' on TVG, featuring ''Mandala Gospel'' choir in one of the shows.

2012-2018: London, The X Factor and ''Ramil y una noches''

In 2015 he moved to London where he lived for two years. During his time in the capital city he became a street performer (

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). He joined the castings for the new seasons of

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, reaching the famous ''six chairs challenge''. Back in Spain, in 2017 he performed with the ''Black Light Gospel Choir'' in La Voz and La Voz Kids on Telecinco. But he decided to join the castings for

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. He was chosen and he went to the live shows on television, reaching the finals.

2019: ''Volcanes''

After his time on The X Factor he went on the ''Ramil y una noches tour'', singing versions of classic songs that he would release on a new musical project: ''Ramil y una noches''. He also launched a

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campaign to release ''Volcanes'', his new original song and videoclip. During 2019 he released several singles from ''Ramil y una noches'', including covers of songs such as ''Perdóname'' written by Beatriz Luengo and originally sung by Ricky Martin, or ''18 años'' an original song by Dalida firstly performed in Spanish by Luz Casal.

2020: ''Tierra de Talento'' and the American Adventure

In 2020 Enrique Ramil became a contestant on the

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show ''Tierra de Talento''. Judges such as India Martínez,

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, Diana Navarro,

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, Carlos Álvarez and Jesús Reina showed great admiration for his performances. He sang covers of songs originally performed by India Martínez,

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or a medley from the

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original soundtracks (on the role of the ''Genie''). On 25 July he became winner of that season after singing

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's ''Mi soledad y yo'' Enrique Ramil 03

During September that same year international media announced that the artist would be flying to the US to record his new album. He would be collaborating with ''SanLuis'', writers of songs for

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, Prince Royce, among others. He has also recorded duets in Spain with Diana Navarro, India Martínez and

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produced by Alejandro Romero. In October he releases the single "Soy lo prohibido", originally performed by Olga Guillot, but also other artists such as Natalia Lafourcade or

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. During his time in Miami, Enrique collaborates with Latin Grammy artist writing song for his new project. The Spanish Consulate in

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invited him to a showcase in 'Roommate

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'. He also performed the best of his repertoire in another showcase in Miami. Back in Spain, the artist takes part in a homage to

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, musician and writer of very famous Latin songs. National press highlighted his performance. A the beginning of December, the singer releases "A tu vera", song written by Rafael de León and Juan Solano, originally performed by Spanish Lola Flores. This release was a present to his fans just before the release of the new song.

2021: United States and Latin America - ''Mentira'', ''Prefiero ser la otra'' and more

On 22 January the singer will release his new song and videoclip, recorded and filmed in

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. Canal Sur television invites Enrique Ramil to the New Year's special ''Tierra 2021''. The artist sang in Galizian a duet with

. The chosen song was ''Lela'', previously performed by Dulce Pontes . On the 29 of January Enrique Ramil released ''Mentira'', the first single in latinamerica. The song and videoclip were recorded in

and produced by the prestigious duet San Luis. ''Tierra de Talento'' (

) was the first stage for the first performance of the song. Promotion of the song continued in

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and United States. In March, Enrique Ramil was performed ''Mentira'' and was interviewed on "Hoy día", a tv show of

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, where he also received a message from his admired Olga Tañón. His new single, ''Prefiero ser la otra'' was released on April 2 that year. being popular in

. Its videoclip was directed by Alexander Escorcia, same director of his previous videoclip "Mentira". The song was considered on the "most risky singles", because the singer performed it on the original gender it was written for: female. Esta canción fue presentada en el programa matutino estadounidense

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. TV shows in USA and Latin America ( Mega TV and

), prove the internacional interest for his music. A ''ranchera'' version of ''Prefiero ser la otra'' was released featuring the Venezuelan singer Karina. Enrique Ramil homages

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with this version. El artista sigue produciendo nuevos proyectos en Miami que irán conformando su siguiente disco. On the 11 of June ''Qué trabajo me da'' is released. The singer describes this song as a mixture of Craig David and Juan Luis Guerra'' styles. At the end of the year he performed in

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and

. Then he started a tour on

on voice and piano format. He visits

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, México and

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. As a pre-tour promotion two live videoclips were released, directed by David León: ''El triste'' and original of

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famously sung by

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and''Farsante'', written by Amaro Ferreiro, Iván Ferreiro and Miguel Conejo Torres.

Discography

Albums

EP

Singles

Collaborations

Soundtracks

* ''Believe in Love'' (Tercera Planta), ''Pride Barcelona 2012'' official anthem. * Scrooge: A Christmas Carol,

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, Galician version 2022

Filmography

* 2019: ''Volcanes: el documental'' produced by Funny Boys. * 2023: ''VisitAres'' docu-series about Ares (La Coruña) with special guests.

Videoclips

Tours

* 2007–2009: Cocó Mandala y Jazz Kidding * 2009–2010: Enrique Ramil Quartet ( Galicia) * 2011: Gira OT 2011 (

) * 2017–2020: Ramil y una noches (

) * 2021: 2021 Tour (

) * 2023: Señoras de la canción (

) * 2023: Con el corazón en la mano (

)

Musicals

* PaquitaDora – as Coco Mandala, co-protagonist – Spain, 2006 and 2007

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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