María Isabel
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María Isabel is a Spanish singer, actress and the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
.
, Huelva Province, Spain
. She demonstrated an interest in dancing and singing from a very young age. As a child, she proved to be vivacious, hyperactive and dedicated to her hobbies of dancing and singing. She also developed a love for bird
s, which led her to begin a collection of birds that she still maintains.
Her love for singing and dancing took her to the 2004 Spanish "Eurojunior" competition, which was televised nationally in her native Spain. The purpose of this competition is to select Spain's representative for the relatively new, "Festival de Eurovision Junior" competition (Junior Eurovision Song Contest
), which began in 2003. This competition is the children's version of the famous Eurovision festival that has launched the careers of many European singing stars over many decades.
María Isabel won Spain's "Eurojunior" with her single "Antes Muerta que Sencilla
" ("I'd rather be Dead than Plain"). Susequently, she won the second "Junior Eurovision Song Contest
" using the same song, beating the second place contestant by a total of 171 points, which thus far constitutes the largest margin by which anyone has won the junior version of "Eurovision". This record can be explained in part due to the 2004 contest having the most amount of participants of any Junior Eurovision Song Contest, with eighteen participants.
Winning at the age of nine years, ten months and 16 days old, also made her the youngest person to win the contest to date (a few days younger than The Tolmachevy Twins
, the only other 9 year-old winners). In light of a rule change in 2007 which requires all performers to be 10 to 15 years old to participate, she may remain the youngest person ever to win the contest, unless new rule changes permit younger contestants to enter.
Several weeks before winning the festival she released her first CD, titled "No me Toques las Palmas que me Conozco" ("Don't clap Because I Know Myself"). This CD included "Antes Muerta que Sencilla", which launched her career in the Spanish show business world, making her a competitor of another Spaniard teen idol
, Melody Ruiz Gutiérrez
.
"Antes Muerta que Sencilla" became an instant radio hit in Spain, and was later promoted in Latin America
, where Maria Isabel's album was released in 2005. Milly Cangiano, a Puerto Rican
television show host, has made the song's name one of the phrases she uses daily during her show.
In addition, Maria Isabel began her first tour of Latin America and the United States
after the album's release. Her song has become a charttopper in Argentina
, Colombia
, Puerto Rico
and other places. In April 2005, she was interviewed on American national television for the first time, when she was presented on Univision
's "El Gordo y La Flaca
and spoke with Lily Estefan and Raul De Molina
.
Maria Isabel lists Chenoa
(David Bisbal
's ex-girlfriend) as one of her favorite singers. She plans to continue her show business career and possibly become a businesswoman when she becomes an adult. She has said she would like to open a clothing store. Although singing remains her main interest, she is also a musician. As a little girl, she studied the piano, but she left it because she became bored.
Maria Isabel continues to go to school from Monday-Friday, but on weekends and school holidays she travels throughout Spain giving concerts as well as interviews for the [media]. She is a regular on Malaga's Tivoli World
.
Her second album is titled "Número 2". It includes the hits "Pues Va A Ser Que No" and "En Mi Jardin". These songs are part of the soundtrack of the Spanish Barbie movie "Y La Magia De Pegaso". Her third album Capricornio was released on November 21, 2006 and has been a huge success. It is a double disk set which also includes a DVD with all of her videoclips and extras.
Her fourth studio album is collection of songs from the soundtrack of her first movie, Ángeles SA. Due to management and release problems, Ángeles SA entered the Spanish charts at number 35, however in the week commencing 20/12, it peaked at number 11, certifying it gold.
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the second Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on 20 November 2004, in Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, Norway and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. The theme of the competition was "Bright Nordic Winter Nights"...
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Biography
Maria Isabel was born María Isabel López Rodríguez in AyamonteAyamonte
Ayamonte is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 18,001 inhabitants.-Location and history:...
, Huelva Province, 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 demonstrated an interest in dancing and singing from a very young age. As a child, she proved to be vivacious, hyperactive and dedicated to her hobbies of dancing and singing. She also developed a love for bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s, which led her to begin a collection of birds that she still maintains.
Her love for singing and dancing took her to the 2004 Spanish "Eurojunior" competition, which was televised nationally in her native Spain. The purpose of this competition is to select Spain's representative for the relatively new, "Festival de Eurovision Junior" competition (Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest , is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union annually since 2003 and is open exclusively to broadcasters that are members of the EBU. It is held in a different European city each year.The competition has many...
), which began in 2003. This competition is the children's version of the famous Eurovision festival that has launched the careers of many European singing stars over many decades.
María Isabel won Spain's "Eurojunior" with her single "Antes Muerta que Sencilla
Antes Muerta que Sencilla
"Antes Muerta Que Sencilla" is a song composed and written by Spanish singer Maria Isabel in 2004. Maria Isabel sang it in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and won the competition with a record total of 171 points. It later became a huge hit in Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, was also a...
" ("I'd rather be Dead than Plain"). Susequently, she won the second "Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest , is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union annually since 2003 and is open exclusively to broadcasters that are members of the EBU. It is held in a different European city each year.The competition has many...
" using the same song, beating the second place contestant by a total of 171 points, which thus far constitutes the largest margin by which anyone has won the junior version of "Eurovision". This record can be explained in part due to the 2004 contest having the most amount of participants of any Junior Eurovision Song Contest, with eighteen participants.
Winning at the age of nine years, ten months and 16 days old, also made her the youngest person to win the contest to date (a few days younger than The Tolmachevy Twins
The Tolmachevy Twins
Anastasiya and Maria Tolmachovy are twins and child singers from the Russian city of Kursk...
, the only other 9 year-old winners). In light of a rule change in 2007 which requires all performers to be 10 to 15 years old to participate, she may remain the youngest person ever to win the contest, unless new rule changes permit younger contestants to enter.
Several weeks before winning the festival she released her first CD, titled "No me Toques las Palmas que me Conozco" ("Don't clap Because I Know Myself"). This CD included "Antes Muerta que Sencilla", which launched her career in the Spanish show business world, making her a competitor of another Spaniard teen idol
Teen idol
A teen idol is a celebrity who is widely idolized by teenagers; he or she is often young but not necessarily teenaged. Often teen idols are actors or pop singers, but some sports figures have an appeal to teenagers. Some teen idols began their careers as child actors...
, Melody Ruiz Gutiérrez
Melody (singer)
Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez , better known in the Spanish music world as Melody, is a pop singer. Some close relatives used to belong to a music group named Los Quillos. She has sold a combined 10 million copies of her albums worldwide.- Career :She released her first album, Melody in 2000...
.
"Antes Muerta que Sencilla" became an instant radio hit in Spain, and was later promoted in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, where Maria Isabel's album was released in 2005. Milly Cangiano, a Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
television show host, has made the song's name one of the phrases she uses daily during her show.
In addition, Maria Isabel began her first tour of Latin America and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
after the album's release. Her song has become a charttopper in 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...
, Colombia
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...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
and other places. In April 2005, she was interviewed on American national television for the first time, when she was presented on Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
's "El Gordo y La Flaca
El Gordo y la Flaca
El Gordo y la Flaca is a Spanish-language entertainment news show...
and spoke with Lily Estefan and Raul De Molina
Raúl De Molina
Raúl “El Gordo” De Molina is the multiple Emmy award winning co-host of Univision Networks #1 rated entertainment news show El Gordo y la Flaca.-Biography:Raul de molina was born in Cuba but left at the age of 10...
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Maria Isabel lists Chenoa
Chenoa
María Laura Corradini Falomir, popularly known as Chenoa is a famous Argentine-Spanish female music artist who became successful after appearing on the TV contest Operación Triunfo. Her music style could be described in the United States as pop...
(David Bisbal
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....
's ex-girlfriend) as one of her favorite singers. She plans to continue her show business career and possibly become a businesswoman when she becomes an adult. She has said she would like to open a clothing store. Although singing remains her main interest, she is also a musician. As a little girl, she studied the piano, but she left it because she became bored.
Maria Isabel continues to go to school from Monday-Friday, but on weekends and school holidays she travels throughout Spain giving concerts as well as interviews for the [media]. She is a regular on Malaga's Tivoli World
Tivoli World
Tivoli World is an amusement park located in Benalmadena, Malaga, Spain, where the popular Spanish singer, Maria Isabel, performs regularly, with tickets selling for about 8 euros....
.
Her second album is titled "Número 2". It includes the hits "Pues Va A Ser Que No" and "En Mi Jardin". These songs are part of the soundtrack of the Spanish Barbie movie "Y La Magia De Pegaso". Her third album Capricornio was released on November 21, 2006 and has been a huge success. It is a double disk set which also includes a DVD with all of her videoclips and extras.
Her fourth studio album is collection of songs from the soundtrack of her first movie, Ángeles SA. Due to management and release problems, Ángeles SA entered the Spanish charts at number 35, however in the week commencing 20/12, it peaked at number 11, certifying it gold.
Albums
| Year | Information | Chart positions | Sales and certifications | ||
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GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
TUR Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
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| 2004 | No Me Toques Las Palmas Que Me Conozco No Me Toques Las Palmas Que Me Conozco ¡No Me Toques Las Palmas Que Me Conozco! is María Isabel's first album and was released in 2004.-Track listing:#"Antes muerta que sencilla"#"La vida es bella"#"Un muchacho"#"¡No Me Toques Las Palmas Que Me Conozco!"#"Mi limusin"#"La noche y tu voz"...
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500.000 (5x Platinum) | |||
| 2005 | Número 2 Número 2 Número 2 is María Isabel's second album and was released in 2005.-Track listing:#"Pues va a ser que no"#"Quién da la vez"#"Mi abuela"#"María Isabel número 2"#"Tu libertad"#"3x2"#"Me enamoro"#"Original"#"La reina de la fiesta"#"Piel de chocolate"... |
300.000 (3x Platinum) | |||
| 2006 | Capricornio Capricornio Capricornio is María Isabel's third album and was released in 2006.-Track listing:#"De Qué Vas"#"Súper Guay"#"Vampira"#"Washisnein"#"Cometas De Cristal"#"Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompañada"#"Comba María"#"Fantástica"#"La Maleta Del Abuelo"... |
80.000 (1x Platinum) | |||
| 2007 | Ángeles S.A. Ángeles S.A. Ángeles S.A. is a Spanish film released on December 21, 2007. It stars María Isabel in her first film.-Plot:Carlos is a happily married man and father of two children, María Isabel and Dani. On the way to China for a business conference, he dies in a plane crash and goes to heaven...
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100.000 (1x Platinum) | |||
| 2009 | Los Lunnis con María Isabel
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Singles
- 2004: "Antes Muerta que SencillaAntes Muerta que Sencilla"Antes Muerta Que Sencilla" is a song composed and written by Spanish singer Maria Isabel in 2004. Maria Isabel sang it in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and won the competition with a record total of 171 points. It later became a huge hit in Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, was also a...
" — #36 BEL, #8 CH, #6 FR, #1 SP - 2004: "No Me Toques Las Palmas Que Me Conozco" — #2 SP
- 2004: "La Vida Es Bella" — #8 SP
- 2005: "Pues Va A Ser Que No" — #1 SP
- 2006: "En Mi Jardín (Hope Has Wings)" — #6 SP Is Brie LarsonBrie LarsonBrie Larson is an American actress and pop rock singer/songwriter. She is best known for her roles in United States of Tara, Sleepover, Remember The Daze and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World...
's Cover from Barbie & The Magic of Pegasus - 2006: "Quién Da La Vez" — promo only
- 2006: "De Qué Vas" — #56 SP
- 2007: "Cuando No Estás"
- 2009: "Cosquillitas"