Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez (born October 12, 1990 in Dos Hermanas

Dos Hermanas

Dos Hermanas is a Spanish city south of Seville in Andalusia, with a population of 125,086 as of 2010.The city's name, which means "two sisters", dates from its founding in 1248 by King Ferdinand III of Castile and honours the sisters of Gonzalo Nazareno, one of the king's principal military...

, Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

), better known in the Spanish music world

Music of Spain

The Music of Spain has a long history and has played an important part in the development of western music. It has had a particularly strong influence upon Latin American music. The music of Spain is often associated abroad with traditions like flamenco and the classical guitar but Spanish music...

 as Melody, is a pop singer. Some close relatives used to belong to a music group named Los Quillos. She has sold a combined 10 million copies of her albums worldwide.

Career

She released her first album, Melody in 2000. Her single El Baile Del Gorila (Gorilla Dance) became a number one hit all over Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

, even received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Children's Album in 2002. In 2001, she had a long and extended tour throughout South America

South America

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, Central America

Central America

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 and the Caribbean

Caribbean

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.

She released a second CD in December 2002 and she went on tour in Latin America again in 2003. For her new tour, it was said that some cities she visited have requested three concerts in a row to be performed by her at those locations.
Her third CD "T.Q.M" was released 2003, and became #1 in Spain and #7 in France. Later on she released "Melodía" in 2004 which showed much growth and maturity.
She waited three years to release another CD since she wanted to grow and for it to be reflected in her music. She released "Los Buenos Días" in 2008, a much more mature album with great lyrics and music. She co-wrote some of the tracks in it and was more involved in the process. She's currently working on her sixth studio album.

Her parents are former dancer Ana Gutierrez and singer Los Quillos Lorenzo Ruiz. She has travelled to Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

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, Venezuela

Venezuela

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, Peru

Peru

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, Chile

Chile

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, Texas, and Miami for concerts and award ceremonies. Melody was in the running to represent Spain

Spain

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 at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....

 in Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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. She won the first semifinal, and thus qualified for the final with her song "Amante de la luna", but ultimately came second to Soraya

Soraya Arnelas

Soraya Arnelas Rubiales , better known by her stage name Soraya, is a popular Spanish singer...

.

Discography

• De Pata Negra (October 30, 2001) #1 Spain (2 Weeks), #3 US: Latin, #7 France
• Muévete (October 29, 2002) #2 Spain, #9 US: Latin, #5 France
• T.Q.M. (October 7, 2003) #1 Spain (4 Weeks), #4 France
• Melodía (2004) #9 Spain, #14 France
• Los buenos dias (2008)

Singles

• El baile del gorila ("Gorilla Dance" in English) (2000) #1 Spain (9 Weeks), #1 US: Latin (2 Week), #1 Argentina (4 Weeks), #4 France
• De pata negra
  De Pata Negra
  De Pata Negra is the first studio album by Spanish pop singer and flamenco elements Melody was released in Spain two weeks after the single "El Baile del Gorilla."-Track listing:* 1 El Baile del Gorila 3:11* 2 Mi mejor amiga 3:05* 3 De pata negra 2:46...
  
  
• Muévete
• Será
• Dabadabada
• Y ese niño
• La novia es chiquita
• Te digo adiós
• Y yo no entiendo

External links

• Official Fan Club
• [ Melody] at Allmusic