Antonio Carmona Amaya (born 21 May 1965) is a Spanish gypsy singer of flamenco. He also has French nationality. From the early 1980s, he was a member of the Spanish flamenco-fusion group

Ketama Ketama is a Spanish musical group in the new flamenco tradition. Fusing flamenco with other musical forms (salsa, Brazilian music, reggae, funk, jazz), they created a style that lies somewhere between flamenco and pop salsa. Their music drew as ...

.De Noche, el nuevo disco de Antonio Carmona
that he joined after main vocalist Ray Heredia left. The band also included José Soto also known as "Sorderita". Ketama in its latest set-up included Antonio Carmona as main vocalist along with his brother, Juan José Carmona Amaya known as "El Camborio", and his cousin, José Miguel Carmona Niño known as "Josemi". After break-up of the band in 2004, Carmona developed his own solo career and a series of solo albums including the debut album ''Vengo Venenoso'' published in 2006 by UNiversal Records and had collaborations with La Mala Rodriguez, Juanes and

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. This was followed by the album ''De Noche'' in 2011 which included the single "El Camino De Los Sueños" featuring

Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado (; ; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She first gained fame with her trip hop-inspired deb ...

. It also had collaborations with Spanish singer

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. He appeared in 1988 in ''Berlín Blues'' directed by

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. He had a lead role with Portuguese actress

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in the 1997 film '' Go for Gold!'' directed by Lucien Segura. In 2000, he appeared in a role in the film ''Gitano'' starring Joaquin Cortés,

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and

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. In 1996, he wrote the song " ¡Ay, qué deseo! that represented Spain in the

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. The song was interpreted by

Antonio Carbonell Antonio Carbonell Muñoz (born 21 August 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish singer-songwriter of Romani heritage, known for his participation in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest. He belongs to a family involved in flamenco music: he's the son of si ...

during the contest. In 2017, he appeared in a collaboration with

that included also the Spanish singers

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and

Manuel Carrasco Manuel Carrasco Galloso (born January 15, 1981) is a Spanish pop singer (of romani descent) from Isla Cristina (Huelva), Spain. He rose to fame during his participation in the second edition of the reality talent competition ''Operación Tri ...

with additional participation of Jesse & Joy, Juanes, Pablo López, Malú, Vanesa Martín, India Martínez, Antonio Orozco, Niña Pastori, Laura Pausini, Abel Pintos, Rozalen, Shakira, Tommy Torresin in the song "Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella?". The song topped the Spanish Singles Chart at number one.

Discography

;Solo albums *''Vengo Venenoso'' (2006) *''De Noche'' (2011) *''

Obras Son Amores ''Obras Son Amores'' is the third studio album by Spanish singer Antonio Carmona. It was released on March 31, 2017, through Universal Music Latin Entertainment. Carmona spent five years working with different artists on songs for the album. Alex ...

'' (2017)

Filmography

*1988: ''Berlín Blues'' *1997: ''Go for Gold!'' as Quillo *2000: ''Gitano'' (English title ''Gipsy'') as Romero

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carmona, Antonio Spanish male singers 1965 births Living people People from Granada Spanish Romani people Romani singers