La Oreja de Van Gogh (Spanish pronunciation: [la oˈɾexa ðe βaŋ ˈɡoɣ]; English: Van Gogh's Ear, literally The Ear of Van Gogh) is a Spanishpop band from Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. The band's lyrics and compositions are written primarily by Xabi San Martín, and additionally by Pablo Benegas and Amaia Montero (who remained in the group until her departure in 2007). The lyrical themes of their songs typically include love, friendship and relationships. Since their debut, they have sold more than 8 million albums worldwide.^[2]

In November 2007, lead singer Amaia Montero announced that she would be leaving the group to begin a solo career.^[3] Her replacement, Leire Martínez, was announced in July 2008; the first single featuring the new singer, 'El Último Vals' (The Last Waltz), was released at the same time. The album from which the single was taken, A las cinco en el Astoria, followed in September 2008. Leire was discovered on the Spanish reality show Factor X.^[4]

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• 1History

History[edit]

Fronted by Amaia Montero (1996-2007)[edit]

The band was formed under the provisional name Los Sin Nombre (The Nameless) in 1996 by four college students from San Sebastián: Xabi San Martín (keyboard), Pablo Benegas (guitar), Álvaro Fuentes (bass guitar) and Haritz Garde (drums). They recorded covers of songs from international rock bands, such as U2, Pearl Jam and Nirvana, usually with San Martín providing lead vocals.

As they begun to write songs, the band wanted to recruit a female lead vocalist. They met Amaia Montero at a friend's party, and after listening to her sing 'Nothing Compares 2 U' by Sinéad O'Connor, Benegas convinced her to join the group. She subsequently became the lead singer and frontwoman of the band. After several meetings in local cafés, Montero suggested La Oreja de Van Gogh (Van Gogh's Ear) as the definitive name of the band, inspired by the story of Vincent Van Gogh severing one of his ears.

The band first rose to prominence when it won a local pop-rock music festival in San Sebastian, giving the group the chance to record a 4-song EP. This encouraged the band to send some of their songs to major record companies, with Sony Music-scout Jennifer Ces being the first one interested in the band after listening to only one of the band's songs. She urged them to send her more of their songs to see if they had enough material for an LP. After composing and submitting over 20 tracks in a very short period of time, Ces reacted very positively and signed the band to Epic Records, a subsidiary of Sony. Manolo Moreno, one of Epic's managers at the time, reportedly said after listening to some of the band's material: 'This is the new Mecano'.

In 1998, La Oreja de Van Gogh released its debut album Dile al sol (Tell the Sun), produced by Alejo Stivel, earning praise from contemporary critics and performing well in the Spanish Albums Chart. The album sold more than 800,000 copies and was certified 7-time platinum, and the band received an Ondas Award for Best New Act.

The success of the band was further increased with the release of El viaje de Copperpot (Copperpot's Journey, a reference to the character Chester Copperpot from the movie The Goonies) in 2000 and Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida (What I Told You While You Pretended to Be Asleep) in 2003. Both albums were produced by Nigel Walker and managed to sell more than 2 million copies worldwide each, establishing La Oreja de Van Gogh as one of the most popular bands in Spain as well as in Latin America. El viaje de Copperpot was certified diamond in Spain for shipments of over 1,000,000, and singles 'La Playa' ('The Beach'), 'Puedes Contar Conmigo' ('You Can Count on Me') and 'Rosas' ('Roses'), amongst others, were international hits in most Spanish-speaking countries.

In 2006, the band released what would be its fourth and last studio album with Amaia Montero. Guapa (Beautiful) was the best-selling album of 2006 in Spain and won a Latin Grammy for Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group and a 40 Principales Award for Best Spanish Album. Singles 'Muñeca de Trapo' ('Rag Doll') and 'Dulce Locura' ('Sweet Madness') were also very successful, peaking at number 1 in many charts, including the Mexican Singles Chart and the Argentinian Charts. Late in the same year, the band re-released the album as a new edition called Más Guapa (More Beautiful), which included a second CD with tracks made for but cut from all of the band's albums since 1998, including both unreleased songs and some alternative versions of previously-released tracks. One of the former was released as a single, 'En Mi Lado del Sofá' ('On My Side of the Sofa'), which has since become La Oreja de Van Gogh's last single before changing its line-up.

Fronted by Leire Martínez (2008-present)[edit]

In 2007, Amaia Montero left the group and Xabi, Pablo, Álvaro and Haritz held an audition looking for a new vocalist. In July 2008 they presented Leire Martínez as the new vocalist and the new song 'El Último Vals' as the first single of their new album A las cinco en el Astoria (At Five O'Clock At the Astoria).

In 2009, they released Nuestra casa a la izquierda del tiempo (Our home on the left side of time), which consisted of re-recordings of their older songs with Martinez, the new vocalist, plus one traditional song.

Their next studio album proper was Cometas por el cielo (Kites in the sky), released in 2011, with the first single sharing the name of the album.

In 2013, they released a new album called Primera Fila (First Row), a live recording of previous songs as well as some new tracks including the single El Primer Día del Resto de mi Vida (The First Day of the Rest of my Life).

In 2016, they released El Planeta Imaginario (The Imaginary Planet), and in December of that same year, started a tour showcasing its songs.

Discography[edit]

Studio albums

• 1998: Dile al sol
• 2000: El viaje de Copperpot
• 2003: Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida
• 2006: Guapa/Más guapa
• 2008: A las cinco en el Astoria
• 2011: Cometas por el cielo
• 2016: El planeta imaginario

Compilations

• 2003: La Oreja de Van Gogh - Gira 2003
• 2004: París (Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida French edition)
• 2006: LOVG 1996-2006
• 2008: LOVG - Grandes éxitos
• 2009: Nuestra casa a la izquierda del tiempo

Filmography[edit]

• 1999: Dile al sol - VHS
• 2002: El viaje de Copperpot - VHS & DVD
• 2003: Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida, Gira 2003 CD+DVD
• 2010: Un viaje por el Mar Muerto, their first full-length feature film, which was filmed in Israel in collaboration with other artists. Included as a bonus disc in the special edition of Nuestra casa a la izquierda del tiempo.
• 2012: Cometas por el Cielo - En directo desde America: Second CD-DVD filmed in Mexico and in Argentina.

Songs for other artists[edit]

• 'Ni Una Sola Palabra' - Paulina Rubio
• 'Amores Dormidos' - Edurne
• 'Qué Va A Ser' - Fran Perea
• 'Adelante' (BBVA theme song) - Naiara
• 'El Primer Día Sin Ti' - Danna Paola

References[edit]

1. ^http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll
2. ^'La Oreja de Van Gogh estrena nuevo single La niña que llora en tus fiestas'. EuropaFm. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
3. ^'Amaia Montero leaves La Oreja de Van Gogh (in Spanish)'. ElMundo.es. 2007-10-19.
4. ^Leire Martínez, nueva cantante de La Oreja de Van Gogh · ELPAÍS.com

The discography of Spanish pop rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh consists of six studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one extended play, one box set, thirty five singles and twenty six music videos. The band have sold over 8 million records worldwide,^[1][2] making them the best selling pop band in Spain and the country's most influential pop group since Mecano.^[3] La Oreja de Van Gogh released their debut studio album Dile Al Sol on May 18 of 1998. It was a commercial success in Spain, eventually peaking at number 1 and being certified 7 times Platinum in the country.^[4] The band's second studio album, El viaje de Copperpot, was released on September 11, 2000. It is the band's most successful album in Spain; selling more than 1,200,000 copies there, becoming Sony's Spain second highest selling album in history.^[3] It also catapulted the band's fame and success in Latin America. The first three singles reached number 1 in Spain, Mexico and most Latin American countries.

La Oreja de Van Gogh's third album was releasead in April 28, 2003. Internationally, it is the most successful album of the band and it is said to be their consolidation album in the music industry. Like their previous work, its first three singles; 'Puedes contar conmigo', '20 de Enero' and 'Rosas' peaked #1 in Spain and most latinamerican charts.^[5] After three years, the band released their fourth album, Guapa and the extended play Más guapa, the last to feature Amaia Montero. The first single 'Muñeca de Trapo' manage to reach #1 position on the Spanish and Mexican charts and while the rest of the singles reached high positions in Spain, they had modest impact in latinamerica. After the separation of former vocalist Amaia Montero, they released their first compilation album 'LOVG - Grandes éxitos'. Their fifth studio album A las cinco en el Astoria features new vocalist of the band Leire Martínez. Four singles were released from the album. The first, 'El Último Vals', had average success in Spain and latinamerica. On September 13, 2011 the band released Cometas por el cielo. The two first singles, 'La Niña que Llora en tus Fiestas' and 'Cometas por el Cielo', reached the top 20 in Spain and Latin America.^[6][7]

• 1Albums
• 3Singles
• 4Videography

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Live albums[edit]

Box sets[edit]

Remix albums[edit]

Extended plays[edit]

Singles[edit]

As lead artist[edit]

As featured artist[edit]

Videography[edit]

Video albums[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'La Oreja de Van Gogh estrena nuevo single La niña que llora en tus fiestas'. EuropaFm. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
2. ^'Lanzará La Oreja de Van Gogh en México su CD 'Cometas por el cielo''. Yahoo.com. Retrieved January 6, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. ^ ^abcdefgCobo, Leila (March 13, 2004). 'U.S. Open Hears to La Oreja de Van Gogh'. Billboard (magazine). Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
4. ^ ^ab'Top 100 álbumes'(PDF). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
5. ^'La Oreja de Van Gogh Biografía'. Los40. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
6. ^ ^abcd'La Oreja de Van Gogh Mexican Charts'. mexicancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 3, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
7. ^http://spanishcharts.com/
8. ^
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   • El viaje de Copperpot: 'LISTAS DE AFYVE: 2001 (1ª parte)'. Promusicae. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
   • Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida: 'LISTAS DE AFYVE: 2003 Albumes (2ª parte)'. Promusicae. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
   • 'Spanish Albums Chart'. PROMUSICAE. Spanish Charts. August 27, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
9. ^'Ranking Semanal Pop' (in Spanish). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. November 11, 2012. Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2013. Note: Reader must define search parameters as 'Ranking Semanal Pop' and '11/11/2012'.
10. ^'La Oreja de Van Gogh Album & Song Chart History: Latin Albums'. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
11. ^'Top 100 álbumes'(PDF). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
12. ^ ^abcd'Certificaciones Encontradas: La Oreja de Van Gogh'. Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Archived from the original(AMPROFON updates its database every so often, so some albums do not appear) on July 10, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
13. ^ ^ab'Gold & Platinum: La Oreja de Van Gogh'. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
14. ^'LODVG biografía'. Musica.com. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
15. ^'Top 100 álbumes 2004'(PDF). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original(PDF) on June 18, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
16. ^ ^ab'Discos de Oro y Platino' [Gold and Platinum discs]. capif.org.ar. Archived from the original on June 1, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
17. ^ ^abcde'La Oreja de Van Gogh conquista América'. Nosotras Magazine. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
18. ^'Amaia Montero Biografía'. Caracol Radio. Retrieved January 6, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
19. ^Williamson, Nigel (June 28, 2003). 'Spain Lends Ear'. Billboard (magazine). Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
20. ^'Predestinados a triunfar'. El Mundo (Spain). Pedro J. Ramírez. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
21. ^'Conoce los discos más vendidos del siglo XXI en Chile'. Radioagricultura.cl. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
22. ^Cobo, Leila (July 15, 2006). 'Hearing Van Gogh's Ear'. Billboard (magazine). Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
23. ^'Top 100 álbumes 2006'(PDF). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
24. ^ ^ab'La Oreja de Van Gogh obtiene disco de Platino'. Los 40 Mex. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
25. ^'LA OREJA DE VAN GOGH Un poco de música en la vida'. digitaltraduc. December 12, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
26. ^'La Oreja de Van Gogh celebra sus 10 años con 'Más guapa', una edición especial de 'Guapa''. El Mundo (Spain). December 12, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
27. ^Cobo, Leila (November 19, 2007). 'Montero Splits From La Oreja de Van Gogh'. Billboard (magazine). Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
28. ^ ^ab'Top 100 álbumes 2009'(PDF). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
29. ^'La Oreja de Van Gogh Biografía'. Ritmosonlatino. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
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37. ^'Top 100 Canciones – Semana 43: del 19.10.2018 al 25.10.2018'(PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
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