Bebe is a Spanish

Spain

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 singer and actress.

Biography

Bebe was born María Nieves Rebolledo Vila in Valencia de Alcántara

Valencia de Alcántara

Valencia de Alcántara is a Spanish town near the Portuguese border . It is located in Cáceres province.Nuestra Señora de Rocamador is the most important church...

, Spain. Her parents were members of the Extremadura

Extremadura

Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...

n folk group Surberina. Her breakthrough album in Spain was entitled Pafuera Telarañas

Pafuera Telarañas

Pafuera Telarañas is the debut album by Spanish artist, Bebe. It was released in 2004 and contains six released singles along with other tracks.-Track listing:-Charts:-Sales and certifications:...

though she gained international recognition after winning the Best New Artist award at the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...

. She was nominated for five awards total. The first single from Pafuera Telarañas, "Malo" charted worldwide.

Her song Se Fue was chosen as the Starbucks

Starbucks

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 iTunes

ITunes

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 Pick of the Week for November 3, 2009.

Break

On 25 June 2006, Bebe announced that for now her album Pafuera Telarañas would be her debut and her farewell because she was retiring from the stage for a while. Bebe said that even if there is pressure to build up a discography, "I am not thinking of making another CD for quite some time. For a little more than two years I've promoted the same CD and I'm still not done." Nonetheless, she planned to continue touring the US and Mexico. "One has to recycle oneself or one becomes asphyxiated, one has to give oneself space or lose one's mind," she stated.

She released a new album, Y.

Y.

Y. is the second studio album released by Spanish singer-songwriter Bebe. Released on June 29, 2009, the album received positive critical reviews, and entered the Spanish Album Chart at number one. It was released after Bebe's four-year hiatus from the music business, following the success of her...

, in 2009.

Discography

• 2004: Pafuera Telarañas
  Pafuera Telarañas
  Pafuera Telarañas is the debut album by Spanish artist, Bebe. It was released in 2004 and contains six released singles along with other tracks.-Track listing:-Charts:-Sales and certifications:...
  
  (Out with the Cobwebs)
• 2009: Y.
  Y.
  Y. is the second studio album released by Spanish singer-songwriter Bebe. Released on June 29, 2009, the album received positive critical reviews, and entered the Spanish Album Chart at number one. It was released after Bebe's four-year hiatus from the music business, following the success of her...
  
  (And.)

Acting career

• 2006: Caótica Ana
• 2006: La educación de las hadas
• 2006: Busco
• 2003: El oro de Moscú
• 2003: Al sur de Granada
  Al sur de Granada
  Al sur de Granada is a 2003 film written and directed by Fernando Colomo, based on the book by Gerald Brenan...
  
  
• 2002: Entre cien fuegos (TV)

External links

Official Site

• Video of Appearance on Morning Becomes Eclectic
  Morning Becomes Eclectic
  Morning Becomes Eclectic is a three-hour adult album alternative radio program first aired in 1977 and broadcast live every weekday from KCRW in Santa Monica, California. The show's name is a play on the Eugene O'Neill trilogy of plays, Mourning Becomes Electra.The show is hosted by Jason Bentley,...