Lydia Rodríguez Fernández (born 1980 in Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

), better known as Lydia, is a Spanish

Spain

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 pop singer.

Career

When Fernández was 16 years old, she released her first album, Lydia, which went platinum in Spain

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...

. She became famous after dedicating a song to her musical idol Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...

. In 1999 she represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 with the song "No quiero escuchar", finishing last with one point. Her colorful dress, designed by Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada

Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada

Ágatha Ruíz de la Prada, was born 22 July 1960, she is a Spanish fashion designer who is one of her country's best-known personalities in the clothing industry.-Biography:...

, attracted much attention. In 2007 she starred in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...

in several Spanish cities. In 2008 she replaced Sole Giménez as singer for the Spanish multi-platinum band Presuntos Implicados

Presuntos Implicados

Presuntos Implicados is a Spanish pop band, created in March 1983 in Yecla, Murcia.- About the band :The band was originally composed of the siblings Sole and Juan Luis Giménez, and their friend Pablo Gómez. In the same year 1983, they won a radio contest and their first recording, Danzad, Danzad...

. The album that she released with this band, Será was nominated to the Latin Grammy Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...

2009.

Solo studio albums

• 1996 Lydia (x1 Platinum)
• 1998 Cien veces al día (x1 Gold)
• 1999 Cien veces al día, Edición Eurovisión (Eurovision Edition)
• 2002 Si no me pides la vida

Compilations

• 1999 Lydia: el tacto de tu piel y otros grandes éxitos (Greatest Hits)
• 2002 Discografía básica (Discography Box)
• 2003 Lydia: grandes éxitos (Best of)

Solo singles

• 1996 De la amistad al amor
• 1996 Fueron buenos tiempos
• 1996 El tacto de tu piel
• 1996 No sé si es amor
• 1997 Sin ti no puedo
• 1998 No sé vivir sin ti
• 1998 Cien veces al día
• 1998 Aún no quiero enamorarme
• 1998 Pienso en tí
• 1999 No quiero escuchar (Eurovision)
• 2001 Across the universe
• 2002 Esta vez no caeré
• 2002 A través de mi ventana
• 2002 Ansiedad
• 2002 Si no me pides la vida (with Nacho Campillo)