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Julieta Venegas
Julieta Venegas at Central Park Summer 2008
Background information
Birth name	Julieta Venegas Percevault
Born	November 24, 1970 (1970-11-24) (age 39) Long Beach, California, USA
Origin	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Genres	Latin pop / Mexican pop Pop rock Folk rock
Occupations	singer
Instruments	vocals Piano Accordion guitars keyboards Wurlitzer Vibraphone Caja Cello
Years active	1986 - present
Labels	RCA International Sony International
Website	www.julietavenegas.net

Julieta Venegas (born November 24, 1970 ¹) is a Mexican singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter who performs Spanish-language rock and pop music. Venegas, who grew up in Tijuana, began studying music at the age of eight and went on to join several bands, including Tijuana No!, before starting a career on her own. In addition to singing and writing her own songs, she plays instruments including acoustic guitar, accordion, and keyboard. She has won two Latin Grammys and one Grammy. She speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish fluently.

She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer.

Biography

Singer Julieta Venegas participated in the 2006 “Mujeres sin miedo, todas somos Atenco” event.

Julieta started playing music at the age of 10, when her parents first sent her to piano lessons. Since then, music grew to be her passion, eventually leading her to become a vocal artist and songwriter. Before her solo career, she collaborated with a few bands in Tijuana, and then later in Mexico D.F. Her first album, Aqui, emerged in 1998 with the collaboration of Gustavo Santaolalla. She recorded, toured and played live. In 2000, she recorded her second album, Bueninvento, where she experimented with the electric guitar, and cooperated with producers and musicians including Gustavo Santaolalla, Meme de Real, Quique Rangel, Toy Hernandez and Joe Chiccarelli. In 2003 she made her third album, Si, which she recorded and produced between Buenos Aires and Madrid with the company of Cachorro Lopez and Coti Sorokin. In 2006, her 4th album, Limon y Sal, debuted with the help of producer Cachorro. In 2007, she collaborated with Miranda! to make Perfecta, which in 2008 becopping single in Latin America. In 2008 she made the MTV Unplugged record, from which she has released one video, titled "El Presente" [1]. Her new album titled Otra Cosa is scheduled to be released on March 2010. ²

Discography

Albums

Studio

Other

Singles

• From the album Aquí:
  • 1997: "De Mis Pasos"
  • 1997: "Cómo Sé"

• From the album Bueninvento:
  • 2000: "Sería Feliz"
  • 2000: "Hoy No Quiero"

• From the album Sí:
  • 2003: "Andar Conmigo" — #1 (MEX)
  • 2004: "Lento" — #1 (MEX)
  • 2004: "Algo Está Cambiando" — #4 (MEX), #4 (US LATIN), #1 (US LATIN POP)
  • 2005: "Oleada" — #15 (MEX), #31 (US LATIN POP)

• From the album Limón y Sal:
  • 2006: "Me Voy" — #1 (MEX), #8 (US Latin), #1 (SPA), #12 (Euro Airplay), #3 (ITA), #2 (Ibero America),
  • 2006: "Limón y Sal" — #2 (MEX), #2 (Colombia), #3 (Ibero America), #7 (SPA)
  • 2007: "Eres Para Mí" (featuring Anita Tijoux) — #1 (MEX), #1 (Colombia), #2 (US Latin) ,#26 (SPA)
  • 2007: "Primer Día" (featuring Dante Spinetta) — #13 (SPA)

• From the album Cosas Raras:
  • 2008: "Mi principio"

• From the album MTV Unplugged:
  • 2008: "El presente" — #12* (SPA), — #1 (MEX), — #1 (ARG) - #1 (CHI) #8 US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks

• From the album Otra Cosa:
  • 2010: "Bien o Mal"

Other Songs

List of other songs by Julieta Venegas

Awards

• Latin Grammy Awards of 2004:

• Best Rock Solo Vocal Album (Sí).

• MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2004:

• Best Solo Artist
• Best Artist (Mexico)
• Artist of the Year

• MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2006:

• Best Solo Artist

• Latin Grammy Awards of 2006:

• Best Alternative Music Album (Limón y Sal).

• Grammy Awards 2007

• Best Latin Pop Album (Limón y Sal).

• MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2007:

• Best Pop Artist

• Latin Grammy Awards of 2008:

• Best Alternative Album (MTV Unplugged)
• Best Music Video Long Form (MTV Unplugged)

References