Today on 26 August is the day of anniversary of Amaia Montero Amaia Montero Saldías, best known as the vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh between 1996 and 2007, is a singer/songwriter from Basque Country, Spain. Including her work with the band, Montero has sold more than 6.5 million albums worldwide.
Amaia is the younger of two girls. She attended UPV/EHU studying Chemistry, where she met the rest of the band members. When the band became famous, she switched studies to Psychology at the UNED. She later stopped studying.
Although Montero has played for crowds of over 120,000 she claims to be very shy. Her personality has been described as sociable, fun and very accessible
She has a vocal instructor, and although she cannot attend classes regularly due to lack of time, the benefit to her voice is evident. Montero had nodules in the throat when in 1998 recorded Dile al sol but after the first tour the nodules were removed.
In 2007, the band said that they would be on hiatus so that Amaia could release her solo album. Amaia announced her departure from the group on November 19, 2007, hoping to launch a solo career. The other members of the group remain active and have not broken up the band.
Montero recorded her first solo album in the Italian cities of Genoa and Milan, and mixed the songs at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles CA. It was released on November 18, 2008 in Spain and went to number one there selling 40,000 copies in its first week.
The self-titled album contains 11 songs composed by Montero. She dedicates a song to her former bandmates (Tulipan) and to her father (407) who was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. "Quiero Ser". was the first single released from the album, which peaked at number one in Spain, in its first week. On January 2009, "Quiero Ser" became the longest charting number one single in the spanish airplay history with 13 consecutive weeks in the number one spot.
The same month, Montero started the international promotion of her debut solo album. After three weeks of promotion she had to stop the tour, and cited personal reasons for stopping it. A few days later Diariovasco.com confirmed death of Amaia's Father.
Amaia Montero performed for the first time in her solo tour with Kudai & 84 in the Peruvian city Cusco, She also said that she would never forget this concert because it was the first one. Movistar promoted her tour 2009 that continues in Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Spain.
Happy Birthday Amaia Montero!
¡Feliz Cumpleaños!
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