Anasol
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Anasol Escobar known professionally as Anasol is a Colombian
pop
singer. Anasol's father was a student of astrology, and before she was born, he declared his daughter would be an artist and must be born closer to the sun. That's why the Colombian family traveled to Buenos Aires
, Argentina
, for her birth and why she is named Anasol or "Daughter of the Sun." Born Anasol Escobar, the future pop singer grew up primarily in Colombia but often traveled, soaking in the cultures of Italy, Portugal, Brazil, and Spain. College life was filled with music studies and working on writing her own music. Homemade demos brought her to the attention of Luis Fernando Ochoa, the Grammy-winning producer who had worked with Ricky Martin
and Shakira
. Blending pop and dance sounds, Ochoa and Anasol created her self-titled debut, which was released by the Univision Records
label in 2005.
By the time Anasol reached the University, she became interested in music and spent much of her University career studying all aspects of music inculding sound engineering and piano. It was there that she learned the importance of an artist creating her own material. It was during those days that Anasol began to write her own songs.
(Shakira, Ricky Martin, Bacilos). The album was highly successful in Colombia. It was certified gold during its first week of sales and was certified platinum. The album spawned Three official singles, Sin Miedo A Caer was released in Agust 2002 to critical acclaim and a successful run in Colombia.
“Anasol”, which comprises 11 tracks and a bonus dance mix track of Sentimiento, is a “virtual pop” album; “virtual pop because my music contains visual electronic elements, combined with other elements normally found in the pop genre, such as guitars and drums”.
Her words are inspired by such literary giants as Ernesto Sabato, Marguerite Yourcenar and Julio Cortázar. Anasol expresses in her songs Scorpio’s passion and sensibility. Musically she has being influenced by the work of Everything But The Girl, Tori Amos, Madonna, Gustavo Ceratti and Index ID just to name a few.
Among some of the stand-out tracks from “Anasol”, we find: Nace: “it is the power of an outrageous laugh in the middle of a splendorous afternoon;” Dame: “in this song a very special person gives me the wings to ask him for a surreal moment; and Sube el Alma, which “talks about how vulnerable we become when we face those things that makes one uplift their soul.”
With regard to the subject matter of this CD, Anasol says that she wishes to transmit to people the will to live. “Sometimes when we are young we think we are immortal, that everything will last forever. We forget that we can get invent life in the dawn of every day”.
She states that she is always trying to find herself, maybe because she dreams, like her name, that the sun will always shine upon her. Her greatest wish with this production is “to express myself, with the freedom provided by the elements, to create, surprise, and invent things for others”.
Colombian
Colombian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to the country of Colombia* Colombian people...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer. Anasol's father was a student of astrology, and before she was born, he declared his daughter would be an artist and must be born closer to the sun. That's why the Colombian family traveled to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, for her birth and why she is named Anasol or "Daughter of the Sun." Born Anasol Escobar, the future pop singer grew up primarily in Colombia but often traveled, soaking in the cultures of Italy, Portugal, Brazil, and Spain. College life was filled with music studies and working on writing her own music. Homemade demos brought her to the attention of Luis Fernando Ochoa, the Grammy-winning producer who had worked with Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
and Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
. Blending pop and dance sounds, Ochoa and Anasol created her self-titled debut, which was released by the Univision Records
Univision Music Group
For the successor to this company, go to Universal Music Latin Entertainment.Univision Music Group was a Latin music company in the United States with approximately 45% market share...
label in 2005.
Biography
Anasol Escobar was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although living in Colombia, Anasol’s parents wanted her to be born closer to the Sun, so they traveled to Argentina where Anasol was born. At birth, Anasol’s (Sun’s Daughter) father, an astrology devotee, analyzed her natal astrological chart and proclaimed that his daughter was going to be an artist. And she proved him right, beginning serious dance instruction at the age of five. Spending most of her childhood in Colombia, Anasol nevertheless traveled the globe with her parents traversing Italy, Portugal and Spain. They even spent time exploring Africa. All of these travels and exposure to other cultures has helped evolve Anasol into a person curious about the entire world around her with a definite impact on the music she would eventually write and perform.By the time Anasol reached the University, she became interested in music and spent much of her University career studying all aspects of music inculding sound engineering and piano. It was there that she learned the importance of an artist creating her own material. It was during those days that Anasol began to write her own songs.
1999: Escorpion De Primavera
In 1999, Anasol released his solo debut Escorpion De Primavera (Scorpion Spring). The album fared well in Colombia, but was unsuccessful in other countries.2002: Astros
Anasol's second studio album Astros was released in 2002, it was released under Sony Music Colombia, produced by Luis Fernando OchoaShakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
(Shakira, Ricky Martin, Bacilos). The album was highly successful in Colombia. It was certified gold during its first week of sales and was certified platinum. The album spawned Three official singles, Sin Miedo A Caer was released in Agust 2002 to critical acclaim and a successful run in Colombia.
2005–07: Sentimiento and Anasol
The first single “Sentimiento”, music and lyrics by the artist, expresses the power of emotion to move. It is an homage to life, encouraging people to be able to take risks and to not be afraid to feel. “I am proud of this work because I explored different aspects of my musical personality, connecting my poetry with my thoughts regarding life”.“Anasol”, which comprises 11 tracks and a bonus dance mix track of Sentimiento, is a “virtual pop” album; “virtual pop because my music contains visual electronic elements, combined with other elements normally found in the pop genre, such as guitars and drums”.
Her words are inspired by such literary giants as Ernesto Sabato, Marguerite Yourcenar and Julio Cortázar. Anasol expresses in her songs Scorpio’s passion and sensibility. Musically she has being influenced by the work of Everything But The Girl, Tori Amos, Madonna, Gustavo Ceratti and Index ID just to name a few.
Among some of the stand-out tracks from “Anasol”, we find: Nace: “it is the power of an outrageous laugh in the middle of a splendorous afternoon;” Dame: “in this song a very special person gives me the wings to ask him for a surreal moment; and Sube el Alma, which “talks about how vulnerable we become when we face those things that makes one uplift their soul.”
With regard to the subject matter of this CD, Anasol says that she wishes to transmit to people the will to live. “Sometimes when we are young we think we are immortal, that everything will last forever. We forget that we can get invent life in the dawn of every day”.
She states that she is always trying to find herself, maybe because she dreams, like her name, that the sun will always shine upon her. Her greatest wish with this production is “to express myself, with the freedom provided by the elements, to create, surprise, and invent things for others”.
Studio albums
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| U.S. Top Latin Billboard Top Latin Albums Latin Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all Billboard album charts, the chart is based on sales... |
U.S. Latin Pop Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full length albums and like all album charts on Billboard, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen... |
COL Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the... |
MEX Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
ARG Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
SPA Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
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| Astros Anasol Anasol Escobar known professionally as Anasol is a Colombian pop singer. Anasol's father was a student of astrology, and before she was born, he declared his daughter would be an artist and must be born closer to the sun... |
Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... , Sony Music Colombia Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
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| Anasol Anasol (album) Anasol is the third album by Colombian pop singer Anasol.The album debuted on August 30, 2005. The album contains 12 songs including her first hit single "Sentimiento", which reached #31 on the Billboard Hot Latin chart.-Track listing:#Sentimiento... |
Univision Music Group For the successor to this company, go to Universal Music Latin Entertainment.Univision Music Group was a Latin music company in the United States with approximately 45% market share... /Universal Music Latino Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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Other releases
Soundtracks
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Extended plays
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Singles
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| COL Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the... |
MEX Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
SPA PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry... |
U.S. Pop Latin Pop Airplay Latin Pop Airplay is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information from pop music usually in Spanish. It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994 with Mañana by Cristian Castro being the first song to reach number-one... |
U.S. Latin |
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| 1999 | "Pensando En Desorden" | 3 | - | - | - | - | Escorpion De Primavera | ||||||||||||
| "Pasion Por Un Sueño" | 15 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| "No Dejes, No Dejes" | 7 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | "Sin Miedo A Caer" | 1 | - | - | 40 | - | Astros | ||||||||||||
| "Buscame" | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | "Voy Volando" | 20 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | "Sentimiento Sentimiento "Sentimiento" is the debut single for Colombian pop singer Anasol.-Song information:The song reached #31 on the Billboard Latin Pop chart.-Video:... " |
1 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 31 | Anasol Anasol (album) Anasol is the third album by Colombian pop singer Anasol.The album debuted on August 30, 2005. The album contains 12 songs including her first hit single "Sentimiento", which reached #31 on the Billboard Hot Latin chart.-Track listing:#Sentimiento... |
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| 2006 | "Nace" | 1 | 9 | - | 24 | 37 | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | "Vampira" | - | - | - | - | - | Fabulas De Accion EP | ||||||||||||
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Promotional Songs
| Song | Year | COL Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the... |
Album |
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| "A 25 Mil.. Pies De Altura" | 2000 | - | Escorpion De Primavera |
| "Amantes Invisibles" | 2003 | 17 | Astros |
| "Hace Calor" | 2009 | - | Fabulas De Accion |
| "Para Vivir Mas" | 2011 | - |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director |
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| "Sin Miedo A Caer" | 2003 | Anasol Escobar |
| "Sin Miedo A Caer (Version two)" | 2005 | Unknow |
| "Sentimiento" | 2005 | Gustavo Garzon Gustavo Garzón Gustavo Garzón is an Argentine film and television actor.He works in the cinema of Argentina.-Filmography:* Cosa de locos * Tacos altos * Los Días de junio aka Days in June... |
| "Nace" | 2007 | Gustavo Garzon Gustavo Garzón Gustavo Garzón is an Argentine film and television actor.He works in the cinema of Argentina.-Filmography:* Cosa de locos * Tacos altos * Los Días de junio aka Days in June... |
| "Yo No Te Pido La Luna" | 2010 | Caracol TV Caracol TV Caracol Televisión is a Colombian private national television network, owned by Julio Mario Santo Domingo.- History :Caracol Televisión started in 1954 when Organización de Radiodifusora Caracol offered to afford national television costs, then state-run, through commercial spots... |
External links
Sources
- Anasol (Official Website)
- (Anasol Colombia)
- (Anasol Mexico)
- (Astros de Anasol)
- http://fotolog.terra.com.co/anasolfans (fotolog)