Myriam Hernández
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Myriam Raquel Hernández Navarro (born May 2, 1967 in Ñuñoa
Ñuñoa
Ñuñoa is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Its inhabitants are primarily a middle and upper-middle class....

, Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

) is a Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and television presenter. She is known throughout Latin America for her romantic ballads.

Biography

Myriam Hernández began her career in the late 80's. Her first track was "Ay Amor." At age 11 she debuted on the program "Generación joven," followed soon after by "La Pandilla," both part of Televisión Nacional de Chile
Televisión Nacional de Chile
TVN is Chile's state-owned television station. Its inaugural transmission took place on 1969. TVN is owned, but not funded, by the state, and it functions independently from it; a very particular case of public television in South America...

. Based on this she was offered a role in the soap opera "De cara al mañana," where she appeared in five episodes. The following year, as a solo artist, she entered into the "Ranking Juvenil" (Juvenile Ranking) of Canal 13
Canal 13 (Chile)
Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...

's "Sábados Gigantes" program, hosted by Don Francisco
Don Francisco
Don Francisco may refer to:*Don Francisco *Don Francisco *Don Francisco de Paula Marin, Hawaiian*Don Francisco...

. At 18 she was named Artista Revelación (Best New Artist) by the Chilean press before having even recorded a single album.

In Chile, in December 1988, she released her first album under record label EMI entitled "Myriam Hernández".

In Chile the record got her the Disco de Oro, and would later go quadruple platinum in - among other countries - the United States, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and Panama. Thus began her international career. Two tracks on this album, "Ay Amor" (Oh My Love) and "El Hombre que Yo Amo" (The Man I Love), spent months at the top of music charts in Latin America and the U.S. In February 1989 she was a guest artist and jury member at the Festival de Viña del Mar.

In 1989, the Asociación de Periodistas de Espectáculos de Chile awarded her the APES award for Best Female Performer and her album received the Mejor Producción Discorgráfica (Best Record) award. In July 1989, Billboard's Hot Latin scored her first success with "El Hombre que Yo Amo," and soon after in December her album was among the 10 best selling albums in the Latin world.

In Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 in January 1990 she began recording a second album, produced by Humberto Gatica, and on which collaborated David Foster, Jason Scheff (Chicago Group) and Lucho Gatica as executive producer. Noteworthy songs included "Te Pareces Tanto a Él
Te Pareces Tanto a Él
"Te Pareces Tanto a Él" is a song written by Álvaro Torres, produced by Humberto Gatica and performed by Chilean singer Myriam Hernández. The song was released as the second single from her second studio album Dos and became her second number-one single in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart...

" (You Look so much like Him), "Tonto" (Fool), "Mío
Mio
Mio or MIO may refer to:*"My" or "mine" in Italian and Spanish* mio, a written abbreviation for "millions" as a unit indicator in the financial markets...

" (Mine), "Peligroso Amor
Peligroso Amor
"Peligroso Amor" is a song written by Gogo Muñoz, produced by Humberto Gatica and performed by Chilean singer Myriam Hernández. The song was released as the lead single form her second studio album Dos and became her first number-one single in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart...

" (Dangerous Love), and "Herida" (Hurt, composed by Myriam Hernández). The album remained on the Billboard charts from May 1990 to July 1991, with "Peligroso Amor" occupying the No. 1 spot for several weeks, followed by "Te Pareces Tanto a Él" and "Herida." This album held the No. 1 spot for Top Latin Albums for a record 18 consecutive weeks. "Peligroso Amor," whose video, produced by Luis de Lllano (Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

-Mexico), was nominated for Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

magazine's Best Latin Video.

Once again in 1991 she was invited to the Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
The Viña del Mar International Song Festival is a music festival held annually during February since 1960 in Viña del Mar, Chile. It is considered the most important musical event in Latin America....

 where she received both the Antorcha and Gaviota de Plata awards. In Los Angeles in 1992 she recorded her third album produced by Spaniard
Spain
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 Juan Carlos Calderón and mixed by Humberto Gatica
Humberto Gatica
Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American record producer, music mixer, audio engineer anda long-time collaborator with producer David Foster....

. All the songs were written by Juan Carlos Calderón, with the exception of "Mira" (Look), co-written by Myriam and Juan Carlos. The album's hits were "Un Hombre Secreto" (A Secret Man), "Se Me Fue" (He Left Me), and "Si no Fueras Tú" (If You Weren't You). The album went Gold and Platinum in the U.S.
United States
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, Mexico
Mexico
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, Central America
Central America
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, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

, Colombia
Colombia
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, Ecuador
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, Peru
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, and Chile. She also released albums in Japan
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, Thailand
Thailand
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, Taiwan
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, and the United Arab Emirates
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.

In May 1992, Hernández performed at the Acapulco Festival, accompanied on the piano by Juan Carlos Calderón. The video for the song "Se me Fue" was filmed in Los Angeles and was directed by U.S.-based Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 director Gustavo Garzón
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Gustavo Garzón is an Argentine film and television actor.He works in the cinema of Argentina.-Filmography:* Cosa de locos * Tacos altos * Los Días de junio aka Days in June...

.

Also in 1992, she began a new project by founding the "School of Vocal Arts" along with her voice instructor, speech therapist Ricardo Álvarez. Among the professional artists to have gone through this School are Beto Cuevas, Lucybell, and Kudai. Her fourth album, released in 1994, was also produced in Los Angeles where she worked again with producer Humberto Gatica. From this album the song "Ese Hombre" (That Man), by Chilean songwriter María Angélica Ramírez, won ASCAP's "Best Pop Ballad" of the year, as well as first place on the Billboard charts. In 1996, artist Paul Anka
Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"...

 invited her to collaborate on an album of all-time Spanish hits called "Amigos" (Friends), on which they performed together the song "Tu Cabeza en Mi Hombro" (a Spanglish
Spanglish
.Spanglish refers to the blend of Spanish and English, in the speech of people who speak parts of two languages, or whose normal language is different from that of the country where they live. The Hispanic population of the United States and the British population in Argentina use varieties of...

 cover of Put Your Head on My Shoulder
Put Your Head on My Shoulder
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka. Anka's version, released as a single in 1959, became very successful, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100....

). Figures such as Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

, Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

, Julio Iglesias
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,...

, and Juan Gabriel
Juan Gabriel
Alberto Aguilera Valadez , better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel , is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representatives of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music....

 also collaborated on that album, which was released by Sony.

In 1998, she released "Todo el Amor" (All the Love), her newest and fifth album. Produced by Humberto Gatica and achieving success in all Spanish-language markets, including once again the United States, where the first single, "Huele a Peligro" (It Smells Like Danger), by Armando Manzanero, quickly climbed to the first spot of Billboard magazine's Hot Latin Tracks. It also included hits such as "Deseo
Deseo
Deseo is a solo album by Jon Anderson of progressive rock band Yes.-Track listing:#Amor Real 04:17#A-DE-O 03:19#Bridges 03:32#Seasons 03:34#Floresta 03:04#Cafe 03:19#This Child 02:14#Danca Do Ouro 04:29#Midnight Dancing 03:50...

" (I Wish), by Mónica Naranjo, and "La Fuerza del Amor" (The Strength of Love), by Estéfano
Estéfano
Fabio Alonso Salgado, better known as Estéfano, born in Cali, Colombia is a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Along with Donato Poveda formed the duo Donato & Estéfano, releasing three studio albums through 1995-1999...

. The music video for the song "Huele a Peligro" was directed in Chile by director Germán Bobe.

In 1998 she was a guest on the Chilean program "Gigante y Ud.," along with Don Francisco
Don Francisco (television host)
Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld , better known by his stage name, Don Francisco, is a Chilean television personality, and a popular television personality on the Univision network reaching Spanish-speaking viewers in the United States...

, for two months. In the June 1999 issue of People En Español
People en Español
People en Español is a Spanish-language American magazine published by Time Inc. that debuted in 1996, originally as the Spanish-language edition of its publication People...

 she was elected one of 25 Latin beauties, together with Ricky Martin and Spanish actor Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Banderas , better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer...

. In 2000 she released "+ y Más" (+ and More) with a large selection of producers and authors such as Kike Santander
Kike Santander
Dr. Flavio Enrique Santander Lora, commonly known as Kike Santander, is a Colombian composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Christian Castro, Thalía, Chayanne,...

, Rudy Perez, Estéfano, Humberto Gatica, and Lester Mendez
Lester Mendez
Lester Mendez is an American record producer and songwriter. His production/writing credits include a multitude of successful hits including Shakira's "Underneath Your Clothes" and "La Tortura", Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair", and Nelly Furtado's "Te Busqué".Mendez worked with Carlos Santana...

. Notable songs included "Mañana" (Tomorrow), "Quién Cuidará de Mí" (Who Will Take Care of Me), "Si yo me Vuelvo a Enamorar" (If I Turn Around to Fall in Love), and "Leña y Fuego" (Wood and Fire). The record went Gold and Platinum in various Latin American countries. The video for the song "Quién Cuidará de Mí" was directed by Mexican director Carlos Markovic. In February 2001, at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, she was awarded the Gaviota de Plata and Oro (Silver and Golden Seagull) by the public.

In October 2001 she gave two concerts at Santiago de Chile's Municipal Theater, a recording of which, "El Amor en Concierto" The Love at Concert, was released in Chile where it went Gold and Platinum. Based in Miami since 2000, she decided to make a foray into designer modeling photography for Italian
Italy
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 brand Santini Mavardi and also agreed for the first time to associate her name with a commercial brand and act in an ad campaign for Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....

's "Head & Shoulders
Head & Shoulders
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."

In 2002, she debuted as host of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, a competition held every year in Chile and in which she participated until 2006 alongside entertainers Antonio Vodanovic, Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has already released more than 15 albums with numerous successful singles and has sold over 22 million record worldwide.-Early years:Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in...

, and Sergio Lagos. She became the only woman to host for 25 nights with 3 different entertainers. She also was an entertainer on Chilean television programs such as "La Movida del Festival," "Con Mucho Cariño," "Protagonistas de la Música," and "La Noche del Mundial."

In 2004 she released Huellas (Traces), a collection of her greatest hits including three never before-released songs. Armando Manzanero composed a new hit for her, "No te He Robado Nada" (I Took Nothing From You), and Myriam Hernández and her son Jorge Ignacio, then only eight, composed the song "He Vuelto por Ti" (I Have Come Back for You). The album included a new version of the song "Mio" recorded with Argentine group Los Nocheros
Los Nocheros
Los Nocheros is a pop/folk music group from Salta, Argentina. Composed of Mario Teruel, Rubén Ehizaguirre, Kike Teruel and Álvaro Teruel , their 1994 debut album was titled Con El Alma. Los Nocheros gained fame during appearances at the National Folklore Festival in Cosquín, Córdoba...

 as well as the song "El Amor de mi Vida
El Amor De Mi Vida
El Amor De Mi Vida is a 2006 album by Ronnie Drew and Eleanor Shanley, featuring traditional songs as well as compositions by Warren Zevon , Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Paul Brady.-Track list:#El Amor De Mi Vida...

" (The Love of my Life) (written by Myriam and Chilean hip-hop band Los Tetas
Los Tetas
Los Tetas was a Chilean Funk band formed in 1995 by four musicians: Pepino , Rulo , C-Funk and Tea Time ....

) recorded with that band. Huellas was released across 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...

 and went Gold and Platinum. She also released her first DVD. At the end of 2005 she produced her first DVD-CD of a live performance entitled Contigo en Concierto (With You in Concert).

In 2007 she released the covers' album Enamorándome (Falling In Love). In February 2010 Myriam sang "Rescátame" in Festival Antofagasta Junto al Mar. This song will be appear in her new album.

Studio albums

  • 1989: Myriam Hernandez I
  • 1990: Dos
    Dos (Myriam Hernández album)
    Dos , also known as Myriam Hernández 2, is the title of the second studio album released by Chilean singer Myriam Hernández in 1990. The album became very successful in Latin America and the United States where it peaked at number-one in the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart...

  • 1992: Myriam Hernandez III
  • 1994: Myriam Hernandez IV
  • 1998: Todo El Amor
  • 2000: + Y Más
  • 2004: Huellas
  • 2007: Enamorándome
  • 2011: Seducción

Live albums

  • 2001: El Amor En Concierto
  • 2005: Contigo En Concierto
  • 2008: The Best of the Best (DVD only)

Compilation albums

  • 1992: Todo Lo Mío
  • 1996: Éxitos y Recuerdos
    Exitos y Recuerdos
    Exitos y Recuerdos is a greatest hits collection by Selena, released a year after she was killed. This album has been released with different covers and also with the name Exitos del Recuerdos the titles were "Madacy", "Rain", "Pink", "Sun", and "Special Markets". The release with the flower shirt...

  • 1997: Todo Lo Mío
  • 1998: Simplemente Humana

External links

  • Billboard.com (history in Billboard magazine website).
  • [ All Music.com]
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