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Braulio

A Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter from Spain, Braulio (aka Braulio García) is known for a career that has navigated rousing orchestral balladry, romantic boleros, sleeker contemporary pop/rock, and combinations thereof. After emerging in the early '70s, he was chosen to represent Spain in Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with his ballad "Sobran las Palabras," a song that doubled as the title track to his second album. His commercial peak was yet to come, commencing with 1986's Lo Bello y lo Prohibido, which topped Billboard's Latin Pop Albums chart while garnering a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Pop Album. Hits like "En Bancarrota" kicked off a string of over 20 appearances on the Latin singles charts over the next ten years, as he incorporated more boleros into his repertoire. After this run of releases on CBS and Sony came to an end in the mid-'90s, he focused even more on Latin music and boleros for independent releases like 2001's Distintos and 2009's Boleros, con los Que Me Enamoré. Still recording into his seventies, he delivered Sie7e Décadas in 2016, and the single "Nunca la Culpa Es de uno Sólo" appeared in 2023. Along the way, Braulio wrote dozens of songs for other artists, among them Cheo Feliciano, José José, and Lissette. Born in Gran Canaria in 1945, Braulio Antonio García Bautista launched his music career in 1971 with a performance of his song "Mi Amigo el Pastor" at a local festival. His first albums, Braulio and Dejalo Volver, appeared in 1975. However, it was in 1976 that he enjoyed a significant career boost when his song "Sobran las Palabras" ("Words Are Unnecessary") was voted in as Spain's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. Although he finished near the bottom of the 18-member field, the soaring ballad, with its orchestral pop arrangement, served as the title track to his 1976 LP. Those early albums were all released on the Spanish label Belter, and he signed with labels including CBS/Indica (depending on region) for 1978's Vivir Sintiendo. Braulio went on to win the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in 1979, and returned to smaller labels for 1979's Canto a Canarias and 1981's Flor de Discoteca, which featured just a couple forays into disco. After he signed with CBS, the title track of his 1985 album, En la Carcel de Tu Piel, was used as the theme to the Colombian telenovela Por Ti, Laura. A year later, CBS issued Lo Bello y lo Prohibido. Behind charting singles including the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart-topper "En Bancarrota," the record became a Billboard Latin Pop Albums number one and earned Braulio a nomination in the category of Best Latin Pop Performance at the 1988 Grammys. Braulio maintained a presence on Latin singles charts for the next ten years or so, across albums like 1988's Con Todos los Sentidos and 1990's Sobrevivientes del Amor, as the singer continued to mix adult contemporary pop balladry and boleros. By that time, he had relocated to the United States. 1992's Entre el Amor y el Deseo marked a move to Sony after they acquired CBS, and Braulio released two more albums with Sony -- Apenas 20 Años (1994) and Amar Es lo Que Importa (1995) -- before falling sales left him without a record deal. The songwriter eventually regrouped and, now in his mid-fifties and in a new millennium, released the album Distintos ("Distinctive") with an emphasis on Latin folk tradition. It arrived in 2002 on Gran Canaria-based label Santana Alonso. El Regreso ("The Return") constituted a shift to pop balladry in 2002. After another recording hiatus, he returned with Boleros, con los Que Me Enamoré in 2009, and two years later, he and Puerto Rican singer Lourdes Robles released the duets album Quizás Fuera el Amor (G & A Productions). The newly recorded solo album Sie7e Décadas arrived in 2016, after Braulio had entered his seventies. The singer continued perform well into the 2020s, and in 2023, he released the single "Nunca la Culpa Es de uno Sólo."
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