Natalia (Spanish singer)

Spanish singer (born 1982)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is  Gallego.

Natalia

Natalia at the commemoration concert of the 15th anniversary of OT. Palau Sant Jordi. Barcelona. 31-10-2016.

Background information
Birth name| Natalia Rodríguez Gallego
Born|  (1982-12-11) 11 December 1982 (age 42)
Origin| Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), Spain
Genres| Pop, dance
Years active| 2001-present (solo)
Labels| Vale Music (2001-2003). Tool Music (2003-2005). Antena 3 (2003-2007). Universal Music (2006-2009). Independent (2009-Act)
Website| Official Website

Musical artist

Natalia Rodríguez Gallego (born 11 December 1982) better known as Natalia is a Spanish singer. She was a contestant on the successful Spanish TV show Operación Triunfo in 2001, where she finished 13th.

In 2002, she released her album No soy un ángel (I'm Not an Angel), produced by British dance producers Xenomania and the first single off the album, Vas a volverme loca, a cover version of Charlotte Nielsen's hit "You Got Me Going Crazy".

In 2003, Natalia released Besa mi piel (Kiss My Skin). On this album, she included 4 of her own compositions (including the first single, also called 'Besa Mi Piel').

In 2004, she released Natalia, her third album. The first single was track penned by Lucie Silvas called Sombras (Shadows). The video (which featured Natalia in a haunted house being seduced by a ghost) was regarded as too inappropriate for young children and wasn't shown on Spanish TV until the late evening, which caused a flop in sales. Amid this, the second single, Que No Puede Ser (No, It Can't Be), became a lot more successful than the first single, due to another expensive video (this time, based on the film Mean Girls) and a big promotional tour across Spain, where Natalia sang live on many important TV shows. This album, however, was mainly based on rock music. It included a version of AC/DC's Highway to Hell.

Natalia has appeared on many other artists albums. In 2004, she appeared on an album by Spanish singer Tony Aguilar on a song called Vuelve. With addition to this, Natalia has appeared on American rapper AT's album Electric Grease with the song “I Love This Game”.

Natalia took a break for a year. However, in September 2005, she made her comeback. First of all, she came first in the Spanish reality TV program Gente de Primera, where celebrities take a member of the public and transform them into pop stars.

In June 2006, Natalia released her fourth album, Nada es lo que crees (Nothing's What You Think). It got to number No.9, four places lower than 'Natalia'. The first single, “Loco por mí” (Mad About Me), got to No.1 in the Spanish chart, solely on Internet Downloads. In January 2007, half a year after the first single was released, it was announced that the second single would be A Tí (To You). However, without a promotional video, it did not make the Spanish chart.

In November 2007, Natalia returned with a new album, Radikal, and a new single, Rebelde en Libertad. Radikal debuted in the Spanish charts at 56.

## Discography

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### Albums

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Year  | Title  | Chart position  | Sales/Certification

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Spain
2002  | No Soy Un Ángel

* First studio album
* Released: 5 March 2002
* Formats: CD, cassette

| 5  | Spain sales: 100,000
Platinum
2003  | Besa Mi Piel

* Second studio album
* Released: 4 April 2003
* Formats: CD

| 11  | Spain sales: 50,000
Gold
2004  | Natalia

* Third studio album
* Released: 13 June 2004
* Formats: CD

| 15  |
2006  | Nada Es Lo Que Crees

* Fourth studio album
* Released: 17 May 2006
* Formats: CD

| 9  |
2007  | Radikal

* Fifth studio album
* Released: 13 November 2007
* Formats: CD

| 55  |

### Singles

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* All singles and their peak chart positions: Spain (SPA), United Kingdom (UK), and the Dominican Republic (DR).

Year  | Title  | Album  | Chart positions

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SPA | UK | DR
2002  | "Vas a Volverme Loca"
"You Got Me Going Crazy"  | No Soy Un Ángel | 1  |  |
2002  | "La Noche Llegó"  | No Soy Un Ángel | 1  |  |
2002  | "No Soy Un Ángel"  | No Soy Un Ángel | 5  |  |
2003  | "Besa Mi Piel"  | Besa Mi Piel | 1  |  |
2003  | "Sólo Tu Amor"  | Besa Mi Piel | 4  |  |
2003  | "No, No"  | Besa Mi Piel | 20  |  |
2004  | "Sombras"  | Natalia | 1  |  |
2004  | "Que No Puede Ser"  | Natalia | 1  |  |
2004  | "Gasolina"  | Natalia | 34  |  |
2005  | "I Love This Game (featuring AT)"  | –  | 7  | 49  | 4
2006  | "Loco Por Mí"  | Nada es lo que crees | 1  |  |
2007  | "A Tí"  | Nada es lo que crees | 89  |  |
2007  | "Orden de Desalojo"  | Radikal | 19  |  |
2007  | "Rebelde En Libertad"  | Radikal | 2  |  |
2008  | "Ni un minuto más"  | Radikal | 9  | \-  | \-

## Videography

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* Vas a volverme loca (2002)
* La noche llegó (2002)
* No soy un ángel (2002)
* Besa mi piel (2003)
* Sólo tu amor (2003)
* Sombras (2004)
* Que no puede ser (2004)
* I love this game"(feat Lexter) (2005)
* Loco por mi (2006)
* Orden de desalojo (2007)
* Rebelde en libertad (2007)

## Filmography

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* OT: La película (2002)
* Arde la calle (2005)
* Nocturna (2007) - voice
* El Arca de Noé (2007) - voice

## Trivia

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* Although she was 12th in the first edition of Spain's version of Fame Academy, Operación Triunfo, she was: the first contestant to receive a record deal, first to release 2, 3 then 4 albums and first to have a single in a non-Spanish speaking country (one week before David Bisbal released his debut in Germany), a duet with Joanne Zimmer.
* In May 2005, the video of I Love This Game got premiered on CD:UK, a British music program on ITV.
* In November 2012 Natalia made her international debut at a private Gala function for Action Care a humanitarian focused company in Dubai. The prominent multicultural audience greatly enjoyed Natalia's lively performance. As well she debuted her new heart touching song "Find My Own Way".
* She was one of the Spanish national Jury at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 held at Kyiv, Ukraine.

## See also

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* Operación Triunfo

## References

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## External links

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* Natalia Rodríguez at IMDb
* Natalia at AllMusic
* (in Spanish) Natalia Official Website
* (in Spanish) Natalia Tour 2007
* (in Spanish) MySpace
* Natalia Interview With Kiwibox.com

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Operación Triunfo

Series

Winners / finalists|

| Series 1|

* Rosa López
* David Bisbal
* David Bustamante
* Chenoa
* Manu Tenorio
* Verónica Romero

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Series 2|

* Ainhoa Cantalapiedra
* Manuel Carrasco
* Beth
* Miguel Nández
* Hugo Salazar
* Joan Tena

Series 3|

* Vicente Seguí
* Ramón
* Miguel Cadenas
* Davinia Cuevas
* Mario Martínez
* Leticia Pérez

Series 4|

* Sergio Rivero
* Soraya Arnelas
* Víctor Estévez
* Idaira
* Fran Dieli
* Edurne

Series 5|

* Lorena Gómez
* Daniel Zueras
* Leo Segarra
* Saray Ramírez
* Moritz Weisskopf
* José Galisteo

Series 6|

* Virginia Maestro
* Pablo López
* Chipper Cooke
* Manu Castellano
* Sandra Criado
* Mimi

Series 7|

* Mario Álvarez
* Brenda Mau
* Jon Allende
* Ángel Capel
* Patricia Navarro
* Silvia Parejo

Series 8|

* Nahuel Sachak
* Álex Forriols
* Mario Jefferson
* Alexandra
* Niccó
* Josh

Series 9|

* Amaia Romero
* Aitana Ocaña
* Miriam Rodríguez
* Alfred García
* Ana Guerra
* Agoney Hernández

Series 10|

* Famous Oberogo
* Alba Reche
* Natalia Lacunza
* Sabela Ramil
* Julia Medina
* Miki Núñez

Series 11|

* Nía Correia
* Flavio Fernández
* Eva Barreiro
* Anaju Calavia
* Hugo Cobo
* Maialen Gurbindo

Series 12|

* Naiara Moreno
* Paul Thin
* Ruslana Panchyshyna
* Juanjo Bona
* Lucas Curotto
* Martin Urrutia

Other contestants|

* Àlex Casademunt
* Nuria Fergó
* Gisela
* Naím Thomas
* Natalia Rodríguez
* Tony Santos
* Vega
* Elena Gadel
* Cristie
* Mai Meneses
* Guillermo Martín
* Jorge González
* Mayte Macanás
* Lola Índigo
* Chiara Oliver

Hosts|

* Carlos Lozano (series 1–3)
* Jesús Vázquez Martínez (series 4–7)
* Pilar Rubio (series 8)
* Roberto Leal (series 9–11)
* Chenoa (series 12–)

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Note: Finalists shown in order of final ranking from first to sixth. In italics, the winner of each series.

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* Spain

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