Massiel
The Spanish winner of the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest, Massiel was born María de los Ángeles Santamaría Espinosa on August 2, 1947, and went on to become one of the most popular singing stars both at home and across Latin America. Elsewhere, however, she is best remembered for the song that beat out that year's runaway favorite, Cliff Richards' "Congratulations." She has, in fact, enjoyed something of a stop-start career, originally retiring from show business in the mid-'70s following the birth of her first son, Aitor. Her return in 1981, however, prompted a massive boom in Mexican music, as she recorded the works of songwriters José María Napoleón and Juan Gabriel on her album Tiemos Dificiles. Her next album, Corazon de Hierro, was an even bigger hit, and spawned the international hit "Brindaremos por El." Massiel announced her second retirement in the mid-'90s, although she remained active for at least a couple more years. The year 1997 brought both a hip-hop re-recording of her Eurovision victor "La La La" and a Spanish-language tribute to the music of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, Baladas y Canciones de Bertolt Brecht, while 1998 saw her both star in and record the soundtrack to the movie Cantando a la Vida, the story of a Eurovision Song Contest winner who mysteriously disappears. Massiel herself would reappear on stage in 2007, as one of the judges for that year's Spanish entry to Eurovision. Although she was not participating in the competition itself, she agreed to perform one of the entries, "Busco un Hombre."
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Lo Mejor de Massiel
Pop - Released by Parlophone Spain on 19 Apr 2013
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Autorretrato. Lo mejor de Massiel
Pop - Released by WM Spain on 17 Feb 1997
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Lo Mejor de Massiel
Pop - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 1 Jan 1966
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Massiel - The 20 Greatest Hits
Pop - Released by Brisa Records on 18 Jan 2012
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Massiel En Des. Concierto
Pop - Released by Parlophone Spain on 1 Jan 1985
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Masiel Canta Bertolt Brecht
Classical - Released by Rama Lama on 1 Jan 1973
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Cheque en Blanco
Pop - Released by Cargo Music Entertainment on 1 Jan 1993
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Massiel Vol.4: Sus Dos Grandes Álbumes Viva (1975) y Deslizes (1990)
Pop - Released by Rama Lama on 1 Jan 2007
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Massiel: Sus Grandes Éxitos
Pop - Released by Cargo Music Entertainment on 1 Jan 1997
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En Vina en Vivo (En Vivo)
Latin America - Released by Buenissimo Records on 26 Feb 2016
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Sus Grandes Exitos
World - Released by MSM Agency, Inc. on 20 Feb 1990
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SPECTRUM EP
House - Released by Oceanic Recordings on 9 Feb 2024
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