Natalia Altea Jiménez Sarmento (born 29 December 1981) is a Spanish singer-songwriter who started her musical career in the 2000s as vocalist of . Her first disc as a soloist was titled Natalia Jiménez. She has received

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Awards and has sold more than 3 million albums worldwide, during her solo career. She has recorded duets with the main stars of Latin music, including

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among others.

Career

Jimenez began her career playing in the subway and on the streets of Madrid at age 15. In 2001, she signed an agreement with BMG Entertainment and became the lead singer of La Quinta Estación, with which she managed to achieve success in Spain, Mexico and the United States thanks to the albums ''Flores de Alquiler'', ''El Mundo Se Equivoca'' y ''Sin Frenos''. Nathalia Jimenez Casandra2012

After living in Mexico for more than eight years, Natalia moved to

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to devote time to an album on which she debuted as a soloist, ''Natalia Jiménez'', released on 21 June 2011. The album debuted at the number one position on the

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Latin Pop list and with it, the singer received the “Female artist of the year” nomination for the

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. In early 2012 she won the Premio Lo Nuestro for "Revelation of the year ". Her second solo album, ''Creo en Mi'', was released on 17 March 2015 and reached the number one position in

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and number two on the Billboard Latin Albums chart. In addition, she received two Latin Grammy nominations in the categories Album of the Year ("Creo en mí") and Song of the year ("Quédate con ella"). In 2016, Jiménez celebrated the work of the Mexican-American diva,

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, in her third solo album: Tributo a la gran señora. In 2019, she released the single "Nunca Es Tarde", which she recorded with Jesús Navarro, vocalist of

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, and composed with

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and Jayson DeZuzio. The same theme became the main song of the second season of the

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serie, ''Amar Sin Ley''. In August 2019, Jiménez released an album of rancheras entitled ''México de mi corazón'', produced by Armando Ávila. In seven months, the material reached the top positions in the lists of musical successes in Mexico and the United States, and it has earned it a

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and more than 55 million reproductions worldwide. ''México de mi corazón'' is an album that honors the Mexican song and features duets with voices such as

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, Pedro Fernández, Paquita la del Barrio, Lila Downs, El Bebeto and

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. Mariachi Gama Mil provides musical accompaniment, and Natalia was granted permission to incorporate choirs with

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. Jiménez served as coach for three seasons of '' La Voz Kids USA'', where she won twice and also as coach of '' La Voz...Mexico''. In 2020, Natalia returned to Spain where she served as judge of the reality show '' Operación Triunfo.''. In 2021, she was on the Colombian Kids and Senior version of La Voz, winning both of the series. She is currently tied with the 2nd most wins female coach on The Voice, same as

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and Pelageya on Philippine, American and Russian series.

Personal life

Natalia Jiménez was born on 29 December 1981 in

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to a Spanish father and Portuguese mother (who were both musicians). In 2009, Jiménez had a wedding scheduled with her fiancé, businessman Antonio Alcol. The wedding was canceled and the couple broke up. In 2016, Jiménez announced her surprise wedding with Daniel Trueba. She has a daughter, Alessandra, from that Marriage who was born on 21 October 2016. On 8 January 2021, she announced the divorce from that relationship and that they had been separated for several months. Natalia is engaged to her fiancé and manager Arnold Hemkes. Jiménez resides between

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and

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with frequent visits to her family in

Discography

Studio albums

Studio albums with La Quinta Estacion

Compilations and live albums

Footnotes: *¹ Based on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart.

Special appearances

*2002 - '' Clase 406'' soundtrack *2002 - ''Tributo a los Hombres G'' *2003 - ''Dame Tu Cuerpo'' soundtrack *2006 - ''

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'' *2015 - ''

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'' *2018 - '' La Voz... México''

Singles

''As a solo artist:'' ''with La Quinta Estación:''

Featured singles

Awards and nominations

Latin ''Billboard'' Music Awards

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez, Natalia 1981 births Living people Grammy Award winners Latin Grammy Award winners Singers from Madrid Spanish people of Portuguese descent Spanish people of Romani descent Women in Latin music Sony Music Latin artists Latin music songwriters 21st-century Spanish singers 21st-century Spanish women singers