Mecano was a Spanish pop band formed in 1981 and active until 1992. Mecano became one of the most successful Spanish pop bands of all time. The band is still the best-selling Spanish band, with over 20 million records worldwide. They were considered by some to be avant-garde for their time and part of la Movida Madrileña countercultural movement. They had a brief comeback in 1998.
Julieta Venegas Percevault is an American-born Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer who sings pop-rock-indie in Spanish. She went on to join several bands including Mexican ska band Tijuana No!. Venegas plays 17 instruments including acoustic guitar, accordion, and keyboard.
Radio Futura was a Spanish pop rock group. They rose to become one of the most popular bands in Spain during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1989 they were voted the best Spanish act of the 1980s.
Pau-Latina is the seventh studio album by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio, released on February 10, 2004, by Universal Latino. Musically, Rubio wanted to make a "futuristic folk" or a "cocktail of different music genres", thus incorporating eclectic latin music in its sound with instrumentation from techno beats, guitars, drums, synthesizers, strings and Spanish guitars musical instruments. Its themes range from love, dancing, friendship and feminist. Contributions to the album's production came from a wide range of producers, including Emilio Estefan, Chris Rodríguez, Toy Hernández, Marcello Acevedo and Sergio George.
Licking Fingers is a Swedish independent record label run by and affiliated with The Concretes, a Swedish indie-pop band. It was formed in Stockholm sometime between 1997 and 1999. The Concretes and Frida Hyvönen have released music through this imprint.
Founded in 2004, Hybris is an independent record label located in Sweden. The Stockholm department is run by Mattias Lövkvist and John Gadnert and the Malmö department by Kalle Magnusson. A sister company to Hybris is Aloaded, working with complete distribution, label services and release promotion.
Jesse & Joy is a Mexican pop duo formed in 2005 by brother and sister Jesse and Joy, in Mexico City. The duo have released five studio albums, one live album and one EP on Warner Music Latin, have toured internationally, and have accumulated a Best Latin Pop Album Grammy Award and six Latin Grammy Awards in various categories.
Mexican singer-songwriter Paulina Rubio has released eleven studio albums, fifteen compilation albums, 62 singles, ten promotional singles, and has made some eleven guest appearances. In 1992, Rubio signed a recording contract with record label Capitol Latin in order to launch her career as a solo artist, after recording ten albums with Timbiriche between 1982 and 1990.
The discography of Mexican recording artist Thalía, consists of 18 studio albums, 24 compilation albums, two live albums and 70 singles. She has also sung in Portuguese, French and Tagalog, apart from Spanish and English, in order to promote her music in other music markets. Thalía's popularity was further enhanced by her telenovelas, that were broadcast in over 180 countries, giving her the chance to create a solid fan base in many countries and gain stardom mainly by Spanish recording records. Her records have sold in markets that Latin stars don't normally sell such as China, Yemen, and the Philippines.
The Control Group is an independent record label, founded by Nabil Ayers in Seattle, Washington in 2002. Notable artists who have released albums on The Control Group include El Perro del Mar, Lykke Li, Cate Le Bon, Alice Boman and Wildbirds & Peacedrums. The Control Group is also known for vinyl releases and reissues by Spinal Tap, Grandaddy, The Killers, Kings Of Leon, Giorgio Moroder and PJ Harvey.
Look! It's El Perro del Mar! is the first album by El Perro del Mar. It was released by Hybris Records in 2005. The album is a compilation of singles and EPs recorded between January 2004 and February 2005. The Look! album was revised into Sarah's following self-titled album, which was released to wider audiences across the world than this album.
El Perro del Mar is the second album by Swedish musician Sarah Assbring, a.k.a. El Perro del Mar. It was first released in Sweden on 10 April 2006 by Hybris Records, in Europe by Memphis Industries, in Australasia on 6 November 2006 by Rogue Records, and in the United States on 7 November 2006 by The Control Group. The album is a revised version of her 2005 compilation Look! It's El Perro del Mar!.
Love Is Not Pop is an album by El Perro del Mar. It was released in Sweden on 1 April 2009 and in the US on 20 October. The first single, "Change of Heart", was released on 23 February 2009.
Noemí Carrión Pérez, is a Spanish singer, dancer, and actress, known also as Naymi and Noemí. Her work encompasses studio recording, songwriting, live performance, and television presenting.
The discography of Mexican singer Julieta Venegas consists of eight studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, and 16 singles. Venegas' breakthrough came in 2003 with the song "Andar Conmigo", from the album Sí, which reached number-one in the Mexican Singles Chart. The following year, she reached #4 in the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart with "Algo Está Cambiando". In 2006, she released the critically acclaimed Grammy Award-winning Limón y Sal for Best Latin Pop Album, which spanned the hits "Me Voy" and "Eres Para Mí". In 2008, her first live album, MTV Unplugged, peaked at #162 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2010, she released her fifth studio release entitled "Otra Cosa" a week achieved a gold record for high sales and as a first single launches "Bien o Mal."
"Soy rebelde" is a Spanish pop ballad written by Manuel Alejandro and Ana Magdalena. It was released by British-born singer Jeanette in 1971, and was her debut solo single. It has been re-recorded by Jeanette in English, French, and Japanese, and has inspired cover versions in diverse genres from flamenco to punk rock and rap.
Ingrid is a Swedish artist collective and record label founded in 2012. They released their first compilation on Record Store Day in 2012. The collective's musical work is notable for containing multiple side-projects by its members that do not adhere to the line-ups of their primary ventures; for example, Björn Yttling has a track entitled "Cuban Lips" under the stage name Yttling Jazz on the Ingrid Volym 1 compilation; however, he is also featured as a member of the band Smile along with Teddybears member Joakim Åhlund. All of the bands featured on the compilation are of this nature or are solo works. The record label has been managed by Niklas Hallberg since March 2013.
Pale Fire is the fifth studio album by El Perro Del Mar released on 13 November 2012 on Memphis Industries, The Control Group and INGRID.
Sing into My Mouth is a covers album by Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses that was released on July 17, 2015. The album's title is a lyric from the Talking Heads song "This Must Be the Place ".
"Perro Fiel" is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring American singer Nicky Jam. It was written by Shakira, Nicky Jam, Saga WhiteBlack and Juan Medina, and produced by the former three. The song was released on 29 September 2017 as the sixth single from Shakira's eleventh studio album, El Dorado (2017).
