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Ramón Melendi Espina (born 21 January 1979), known as Melendi, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. His specialties are rock,
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, and
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styles.


Early life

He was born in
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, Asturias. He went to class with
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race car driver
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, to whom he dedicated the song "Magic Alonso". He also did racing for a while but he realized very quickly that he was not made for racing nor studying, but he was good at
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. He played in the lower ranks of
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, at the time a reserve team for
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. Afterwards, he worked as a waiter in several bars and spent all night out, living experiences that would later go on to make up the lyrics of his songs. In 2001, he joined a group called "El bosque de Sherwood", and soon after recorded a demo with only three songs, "Sin noticias de Holanda", "El informe del forense", and "Vuelvo a traficar".


Career


2003–2006: Career beginnings

In February 2003, Melendi released his first solo disc called "
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", with twelve songs. In December 2003, this disc was rereleased with two new songs, "Asturias" and "Moratalá". However, he reached true fame with the 2004
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chose his song "Con la luna llena" as its official theme. In May 2004, he started a small tour around Spain, selling 50,000 copies of his CD, making it a
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. In 2005, he released his second solo CD, "
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", which has sold more than 200,000 copies. Later that same year, he rereleased the album with three new songs, "El Nano", "La dama y el vagabundo" and "Carlota", and a Live concert DVD recorded in Oviedo. He also became a father that year, and received the Onda award for Best Song of the Year for "Caminando por la vida". In November 2005, he received seven Platinum Discs for his two albums. "Sin noticias..." received four and "Que el cielo..." three. In 2006, it was announced that he would be one of the main stars in the PSP game " Gangs of London". Melendi played Mr. Big, an evil gangster. He also wrote the song "Gangs of London" for the occasion, going on to film a video amidst police lights and sirens. The videogame was launched on 1 August of that year in the UK and on 6 September in Spain;
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stepped in to distribute his CDs worldwide. He also wrote the song "Volveremos" (We Shall Return) for
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. The singer is also involved in the production of the film "Vuelvo a traficar: The Film" (I'm Dealing Again). "
Mientras no cueste trabajo ''Mientras no cueste trabajo'' (in English: ''While No Trouble'') is Asturian pop singer Melendi's third studio album. The disc includes the song ''Arriba Extremoduro'', which was an homage that Extremaduran group A group is a number of persons ...
" was released on 13 November 2006, in two formats: a normal CD with 12 songs, and a special edition, with 16 songs and a DVD with extras. The disc was rereleased on 29 October 2009, with four new songs, "Firmes", "El rey de la baraja", "La aceituna", and "Me gusta el fútbol".


2007–2010: ''Curiosa la cara de tu padre'' and ''Volvamos a empezar''

In 2007, he received the "Best Tour" award from the "Premios de la Música" ceremony held in Cordoba. He also did an advertising campaign for
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entitled "Me gusta el fútbol" (I Like Football), for which he wrote a song of the same name. In 2007, he stood trial for provoking an incident while under the influence of alcohol on a flight from
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to
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that required the pilot to return to Madrid two hours after takeoff. He was released after testifying. Soon after, he was given the "Left Foot" award from Spanish radio station Cadena 100 for this incident. Currently, Melendi directs his Blue Donkey Music company, helping young singers start their careers. He's offered contracts to four groups, Algunos Hombres Buenos, Rasel, La Dama y Belo, and Los Susodichos. This last group was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Rock Vocals. Algunos Hombres Buenos left the label in 2008. On 9 August 2008, he presented his new single, "Un violinista en tu tejado" from his album
Curiosa la cara de tu padre ''Curiosa la cara de tu padre'' (in English: ''It Was Curious Your Father's Face'') is the fourth studio album by Asturian pop singer Melendi, produced by José de Castro. It was released September 16, 2008, and its first single was "Un violinist ...
on Spanish radio station
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. The album was released on 16 September 2008. On 12 December, Los 40 Principales awarded him their award for this album. On 17 December 2009, he released a new double CD, ''Aún más curiosa la cara de tu padre'', including the original disc and another with nine new songs and links to exclusive content on his website.


2011–2015: ''Lágrimas desordenadas'', ''Un alumno más'' and ''Directo a septiembre''

In 2011, he recorded a cover of " True colours" by
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called "Ulls dolços", for the CD of
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'' La Marató''. On 13 November 2012, he released a new album called ''Lágrimas desordenadas'' and went on a tour of Spain and Latin America later that same year to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his first solo album. His latest album, ''Un alumno más'' was released on 25 November 2014. Over the four months before the album was released, two songs from the album were released as lyrics videos, one was released as a single (''Tocado y hundido''), and one was released in an acoustic version.


2016–2018: ''Quítate las gafas'' and ''Ahora''

In 2016, he issued ''Quítate las gafas'', which featuring collaboration with ChocQuibTown. The first single from the album was "Desde Que Estamos Juntos"; released on 23 September 2016. The other songs released were "La Casa No Es Igual", "Destino o Casualidad" and "Yo Me Veo Contigo". On 2 June 2017, he released remix version of "
Destino o Casualidad "Destino o Casualidad" is a song by Spanish singer Melendi featuring American duo Ha*Ash. It was released on June 2, 2017 as the third single from his eighth studio album ''Quítate las Gafas'' (2017) and then included on Ha*Ash's live album '' H ...
" with American duo
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, along with the music video. On 8 December 2017, he released a second compilations albums ''Yo me veo contigo.'' The album includes a set of 11 songs, and would be made available on 4 CD and DVD. Qúitate las gafas album: * Flores de agua y plomo * Destino o casualidad * Hijos del mal * Desde que estamos juntos * La casa no es igual * Mi mayor fortuna – Feat. Choc quib town * Soy tu superhéroe * Existen los ángeles * Quítate las gafas * Yo me veo contigo Ahora album: * Mírame * El arrepentido (con Carlos Vives) * Lo que nos merecemos * Para que no se escapen tus mariposas * Tiempos de re-evolución * Déjala que baile (con Alejandro Sanz y Arkano) * Mi código postal * Negro sin ti * Habitaciones de un mismo planeta * Lo nuestro fue muy top * Como el agua y el aceite


2019–present: ''10:20:40''

In October 2019, the singer joined as coach of the second Mexican season of ''
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'' by
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. On 29 November 2019, he released a new album called ''10:20:40,'' which featuring collaboration with
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.


Private life

In his early years, the fake news announcing his alleged death from an overdose or in the middle of shootings were also known. In 2005, Melendi became the father for the first time of a girl named Carlota. In 2014 he met the Argentine actress and dancer Julia Nakamatsu, who later appeared in the singer's video ''"La promesa"''.


Discography


Albums


Studio albums


Live albums


Compilations albums


Extended plays


Singles


Collaborations

* José Avilés Bas: "Volveremos Real Oviedo" (2013) *
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: "Con la luna llena" (2004). *
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: "María" (2005). * Algunos Hombres Buenos: "Salta" (2006). * Seguridad Social: "Quiero tener tu presencia" (live, unedited). * Belo: "Al gallo que me cante" (live, unedited). * Un tributo a Brasil: "Adiós tristeza". * Rasel "Mil razas" (2007). *
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: "De lao a lao" (2008). *
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: "Estoy enfermo" (2009). *
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: "So payaso" (2010). * Porretas: "Dos pulgas en un perro" (2011). *
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: "Me enamora" (2011; live, unedited). * Mojinos Escozíos y
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: "Al carajo" (2011). *
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: "Marco" (2011). *
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: El apagón (2011) (live, unedited). *
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: "Para empezar" (2011; live, unedited). *
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, Dani Martín,
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,
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, Rasel y
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: "Cuestión de prioridades por el cuerno de África" (2012). *
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: "Amigo" (2012). *
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: "Arriba los corazones", by Antonio Flores (live, unedited). *
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: "Con solo una sonrisa" (live, unedited). *
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: "Corazón de peón" (live, unedited). * Rasel: "Por qué" (2013). *
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: "Estrella fugaz" (2014). * Margarett: "Por ti" (2014). *
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: "Entre tú y mil mares" (2014). * Antonio Orozco,
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,
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: "Mi Héroe" (2016) *
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Destino o Casualidad "Destino o Casualidad" is a song by Spanish singer Melendi featuring American duo Ha*Ash. It was released on June 2, 2017 as the third single from his eighth studio album ''Quítate las Gafas'' (2017) and then included on Ha*Ash's live album '' H ...
" (2017) *
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: "El Arrepentido" (2018) *
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:"Desde Cero" (2019)


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