Azul Azul is a pop-rock-dance group formed in
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; ), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz department.
Situated on the Pirai River (Bolivia), Pirai River in the eastern Tropical ...
,
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
in the early 1990s. Azul Azul had their major breakthrough in 1995 with a song called ''El Huevo'' (Spanish for "The Egg"). Azul Azul launched albums the following years 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2006.
Azul Azul's second breakthrough in
Latin America
Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...
came with the hit song "
La Bomba", which was later covered by
King Africa. King Africa's cover became a massive hit in
Spain
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and many other European countries.
[Billboard]
page 77. The Azul Azul album "El Sapo" has sold about 300,000 copies worldwide according to
Sony Latin America.
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References
Musical groups established in 1990
Bolivian musical groups
Latin pop music groups
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