Miranda!

Miranda!
Origin	Argentina
Genre(s)	Techno Electropop Electronica Synthpop
Years active	2001–present
Label(s)	Pelo Music
Members
Alejandro Sergi Juliana Gattás Leandro "Lolo" Fuentes Nicolás "Monoto" Grimaldi

Miranda! is an Argentine electro pop band, formed in 2001. Band members include Alejandro Sergi (vocals), Juliana Gattas (vocals), Lolo Fuentes (guitar), Bruno de Vincenti (programming) and since 2003 Nicolás Grimaldi (bass). Found fame in Europe, Latin America, and the United States among Spanish speakers.

Contents 1 History 2 Awards 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 4 Singles 5 External links

History

The History of Miranda! began in 2001, when Alejandro Sergi decided to join Juliana Gattas, Lolo Fuentes and Bruno de Vincenti to start a band. Their style would be catalogued by themselves as Melodramatic Electropop. The band was named after Argentinian classic actor Osvaldo Miranda. Since the band began playing, they wanted to meet him. This finally took place during the Buen Dia Arriba festival, in December 2002, in a bar near a park at Palermo Viejo. Their popularity grew around the Buenos Aires Underground music circuit, based on their peculiar music, style, and looks. Their unique live performances, in which the band members "acted out" the lyrics of their songs, gained them a great amount of followers, as well as a number of prizes on such publications as the Argentinian version of the Rolling Stone Magazine, which named them the Revelation Band of 2002. The same year, they released their first album, Es Mentira, which would spawn five singles: Bailarina, Imán, Tu Juego, Agua and Romix. In 2004 Miranda! edited their second album, entitled Sin Restricciones, which would mean the mainstream breakthrough of the band, with hits like Yo Te Diré or Don, which would go on to be one of the most downloaded ringtones in the world by 2005. Other singles out of this album were Navidad, El Profe, Uno los Dos and recently Traición. They've just released their third album, containing three new songs that were formerly the soundtrack of very successful soap operas from Argentina, "Quereme...tengo frío" ("Love me, I'm cold") from Piel Naranja (Orange Skin), starring Arnaldo André and Marilina Ross in 1975; "Una lágrima sobre el teléfono" ("A tear over the telephone") from Una voz en el teléfono ("A voice over the phone"), starring Carolina Papaleo and Raúl Taibo in 1990; and "Esa extraña dama" ("That strange lady") from the soap opera with the same name, starring Luisa Kuliok and Jorge Martínez. This songs were performed at the 2006 Martín Fierro Awards TV Show, and then released as a single cd in Argentina. Recently, they released "Prisionero", the first single of their new album "El Disco de tu Corazón".

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result
2004	MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2003	Best New Artist South - Best Independent Artist	Nominated
2004	MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2004	Best Alternative Artist	Nominated
2005	Premios Gardel 2005	Mejor Album Grupo Pop Sin restricciones	Nominated
2005	MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2005	Best Group or Duet	Nominated
2005	MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2005	Best Alternative Artist	Won
2005	MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2005	Best Artist South	Won
2005	MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2005	Video of the Year "Don" - Artist of the Year	Nominated
2006	Viña del Mar International Song Festival	Antorchas de Plata	Won
2006	Viña del Mar International Song Festival	Antorchas de Oro	Won
2006	Viña del Mar International Song Festival	Gaviota de Plata	Won
2006	Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2006	Best Group or Duet	Nominated
2006	Premios MTV Latinoamerica 2006	Video of the Year "El Profe"	Nominated
2006	Premios Toing 2006	Ringtone Pop Nacional Don	Won
2006	Premios Toing 2006	Ringtone Revelación	Won
2006	Premios Toing 2006	Truetone Pop Nacional	Won
2006	Premios Toing 2006	Truetone de Oro	Won
2005	Premios Gardel 2006	Mejor DVD Sin restricciones en Vivo	Nominated
2007	Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2007	Best Group or Duet - Best Pop Artist - Best Artist South	Nominated
2007	Latin Grammy Awards	Mejor albun Grupo o duo	Nominated
2007	Premios Principales 2007	Mejor Artista Argentino	Won

Discography

Albums

Es Mentira (2002)

1. Bailarina (Dancer)
2. Horoscopo (Horoscope)
3. Romix (Romix)
4. Imán (Magnet)
5. Tu juego (Your Game)
6. Agua (Water)
7. Ven (Come)
8. Mentira (Lie)
9. Tiempo (Time)
10. Casualidad (Coincidence)

Sin Restricciones (2004)

1. Yo te diré (I will tell you)
2. Don (Natural gift)
3. Quiero (I want)
4. Vuelve a ti (It goes back to you)
5. El profe (The teacher)
6. Otra vez (Again)
7. Tu gurú (Your guru)
8. Hoy (Today)
9. El agente (The agent)
10. Navidad (Christmas)
11. Traición (Betrayal)
12. Uno los dos ([Being] One both of us)

En Vivo Sin Restricciones! (2005)

1. Otra Vez (Again)
2. Tu gurú + Take on me (Your guru + Take on me)
3. Yo te diré (I will tell you)
4. Hoy (Today)
5. Bailarina (Dancer)
6. Mentira (Lie)
7. Traición (Betrayal)
8. Navidad (Christmas)
9. Quiero (I Want)
10. El profe (The Teacher)
11. Tu juego (Your Game)
12. Don (Gift)
13. Romix (Romix)
14. Casualidad (Coincidence)

Quereme! [EP] (2006)

1. Quereme...Tengo Frio (Love me... I'm cold)
2. Una lágrima sobre el teléfono (A tear over the telephone)
3. Esa extraña dama (That strange lady)
4. Medley (Extendida)
5. Medley (Radio Edit)

El Disco de tu Corazón (2007)

1. Prisionero (Prisoner)
2. Hola (Hello)
3. Perfecta, en colaboración con Julieta Venegas (Perfect, featuring Julieta Venegas)
4. Enamorada (In Love)
5. Nada es igual (Nothing is the Same)
6. Dejame (Let Me)
7. Amanece junto a mí (Dawn next to me)
8. Hasta hoy (Until today)
9. Vete de aquí, en colaboración con Fangoria (Go Away, featuring Fangoria)
10. No me celes (Don't be jealous of me)
11. Te atreviste y me morí (You dared and I died)
12. Voces (Voices)

Singles

From Es Mentira (2002):

1. Bailarina
2. Tu Juego
3. Romix
4. Agua

From Sin Restricciones (2004):

1. Yo Te Diré (#4 Chile; #17 Argentina)
2. Navidad
3. Don (#2 Chile, Latin America; #8 Argentina)
4. El Profe (#17 Argentina)
5. Uno Los Dos
6. Traición (#12 Argentina)

From El Disco de tu Corazón (2007):

1. Prisionero (#1 Argentina)
2. Perfecta (#2 Latin America, #4 Argentina, Mexico)

External links

• Official Website (Spanish)
• "Foro Rosita" Unofficial Fans Forum (Spanish)