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Biography
Ramón Melendi Espina is a Spanish pop singer with rock, flamenco , and rumba fluences.
He was born on January 21, 1979 in Oviedo, Asturias. -
In 2001...
n 2001, he joined a group called "El bosque de Sherwood", and soon after recorded a demo with only three songs, "Sin noticias de Holanda", "El informe del forense", and "Vuelvo a traficar". -
in 2003...
In February 2003, Melendi released his first solo disc called "Sin noticias de Holanda", with twelve songs. In December 2003, this disc was rereleased with two new songs, "Asturias" and "Moratalá". -
In 2004...
In May 2004, he started a small tour around Spain, selling 50,000 copies of his CD, making it a Gold Album. -
In 2005..
In 2005, he released his second solo CD, "Que el cielo espere sentao ", which has sold more than 200,000 copies. Later that same year, he rereleased the album with three new songs, "El Nano", "La dama, and "El vagabundo y Carlota", and a Live concert DVD recorded in Oviedo. He also became a father that year, and received the Onda award for Best Song of the Year for "Caminando por la vida". -
In 2006....
"Mientras no cueste trabajo " was released on November 13, 2006 in two formats: a normal CD with 12 songs, and a special edition, with 16 songs and a DVD with extras. The disc was rereleased on October 29, 2009 with four new songs, "Firmes", "El rey de la baraja", "La aceituna", and "Me gusta el fútbol". -
In 2007...
In 2007, he received the "Best Tour" award from the "Premios de la Música" ceremony held in Cordoba. He also did an advertising campaign for Canal + Spain entitled "Me gusta el fútbol" (I Like Football), for which he wrote a song of the same name. -
In 2009...
On August 9, 2008 he presented his new single, "Un violinista en tu tejado" from his album Curiosa la cara de tu padre on Spanish radio station Los 40 principales. The album was released on September 16, 2008. On December 12, Los 40 Principales awarded him their award for this album. -
In 2012...
lágrimas desordenadashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbADVar8tjYOn February 23, 2012 he released a new album called Lágrimas desordenadas and went on a tour of Spain and Latin America later that same year to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his first solo album. -
In 2014...
His latest album, Un alumno más was released on November 25, 2014. Over the four months before the album was released, two songs from the album were released as lyrics videos, one was released as a single (Tocado y hundido), and one was released in an acoustic version.
