Chile ayuda a Chile was a charity

Charitable organization

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 telethon being held from March 5 to March 6, 2010. The event was broadcast from Teatro Teletón in Santiago, Chile

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...

.

The telethon's aim was to raise money to help those affected by the 2010 Chile earthquake

2010 Chile earthquake

The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34 local time , having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes. It ranks as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a...

 that struck the central-southern 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...

 on 27 February of that year. The event was organized by the Telethon Foundation and the Government of Chile, in coordination with Hogar de Cristo, Un Techo Para Chile, the Fundación para la Superación de la Pobreza and Caritas

Caritas (charity)

Caritas Internationalis is a confederate of 164 Roman Catholic relief, development and social service organisations operating in over 200 countries and territories worldwide....

, and was broadcast by all television stations affiliated with National Association of Television (Anatel) on national TV. The goal of the charity was to raise $

Chilean peso

The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...

15,000,000,000 for the construction of 30,000 emergency homes ("mediagua

Mediagua

Mediagua, is the name given in Chile to a type of prefabricated house, constructed of wood panels, which can be erected in less than a day. The traditional model has an area of ....

s") in the disaster area. Donations were to be deposited in account N° 2702 at Banco de Chile

Banco de Chile

Banco de Chile , is the second biggest banking group of Chile, behind Banco Santander-Chile and ahead of BBVA Chile...

 and Banco Santander.

During the event, over 46 billion pesos (90 million US dollars) were collected, and on March 9, 2010, Mario Kreutzberger said the event raised in total cash and species over $

Chilean peso

The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...

50,000,000,000 (96.5 million dollars

United States dollar

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), thus surpassing the money raised by the Hope for Haiti Now event held in the United States

United States

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 in relief of the also earthquake-struck Caribbean country

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

 earlier that year.

Background

TV host Mario Kreutzberger, better known as 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...

, has hosted a series of television campaigns since 1978, when he organized the first version of the Telethon. In 1985, during the earthquake that hit Chile on 3 March that year, Kreutzberger organized a campaign, broadcast on 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...

 called Chile helps Chile, which, after 30 hours of non-stop broadcasting, managed to fund hundreds of trucks with supplies for victims. The event was repeated in later years, after other natural disasters such as flash floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and others.

On February 27, 2010, the earthquake

2010 Chile earthquake

The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34 local time , having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes. It ranks as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a...

 devastated central and southern Chile, with its epicentre in Cobquecura

Cobquecura

Cobquecura is a town and commune in the Ñuble Province of Chile's eighth region of Biobío . The town is located on the northwest Pacific coast of the Ñuble Province about southwest of the national capital of Santiago.On February 27, 2010 Cobquecura was the epicenter of the huge earthquake and...

, Biobío Region, with a magnitude of 8.8 MW. The earthquake triggered a tsunami that affected a number of coastal towns from Valparaiso

Valparaíso

Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...

 to the region of Araucania

Araucanía Region

The IX Araucanía Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south....

. The most affected communities were Dichato

Dichato

Dichato is a town along the coast of Chile, part of the municipality of Tomé in the northest part of Greater Concepción. At the 2002 census it had 3,057 residents...

, Tomé

Tomé

Tomé is a port city and commune in the Biobío Region of Chile. It is bordered by Coelemu to the north, Ránquil and Florida to the east, Penco to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west...

, Pelluhue

Pelluhue

Pelluhue is a town and commune in the Cauquenes Province of central Chile's eighth region of Maule.-Geography:...

, Constitucion

Constitución

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, Duao, Iloca and Pichilemu

Pichilemu

Pichilemu , originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province. It is located southwest of Santiago, the capital of Chile, and comprises an urban center and twenty-three villages, such as Ciruelos, Cáhuil, and Espinillo...

, among others. At the time of the earthquake, Kreutzberger was in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, recording a new program (in the style of his classic "The camera passenger services Sabado Gigante

Sábado Gigante

Sábado Gigante is a Spanish-language television show that is Univision's longest-running program and the longest-running variety TV show in the world. Sábado Gigante is an eclectic and frenetic mix of various contests, human-interest stories, and live entertainment...

) for Canal 13. From South Africa, he began to organize the telethon, and on 1 March, the Government of Chile met with the Telethon Foundation to formally organize the new edition.

On March 2, 2010, at a press conference, Pilar Armanet, Minister Secretary General of the Government of Chile, officially announced the relaunched campaign, along with representatives of organizations to be involved in the event: Ximena Casarejos (Telethon Foundation), Felipe Berrios SJ (Un techo para Chile), Benito Baranda (Hogar de Cristo), Rodrigo Tupper (Caritas

Caritas (charity)

Caritas Internationalis is a confederate of 164 Roman Catholic relief, development and social service organisations operating in over 200 countries and territories worldwide....

), Rodrigo Jordan (Foundation for Overcoming Poverty) and Bernardo Donoso (Anatel).

International response to the event

Due to the telethon broadcast, TVN did not air the first day of Davis Cup

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

 clash by teams of 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...

 and Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, played in Coquimbo

Coquimbo

Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo lies in a valley south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than 400,000 inhabitants. The commune spans an area around the...

 from March 6, and since tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 stars Fernando González

Fernando González

----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...

 and Nicolas Massú

Nicolás Massú

Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...

 were playing the matches, they weren't able to be part of the charity event. However, Gonzalez played exhibition games in the later Sony Ericsson Open with Roger Federer

Roger Federer

Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...

 and Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal

Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...

 to help the earthquake victims in 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...

. Cristián de la Fuente

Cristián de la Fuente

Cristián de la Fuente Sabarots is a Chilean-American actor.-Early life:De la Fuente was born in Santiago, Chile, as the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente and Adriana Sabarots, a homemaker of French descent...

 and his wife Angélica Castro, were organizing a parallel telethon from Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 with the Chilean community on March 7, 2010. At the same time in Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Spain

Spain

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, Chilean actor Benjamín Vicuña

Benjamín Vicuña

Benjamín Vicuña Luco is a Chilean television actor. He studied theatre at the University of Chile. He is a descendant of Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, a Chilean historian and politician of Basque and Irish descent....

 led the charity event "Un poema para Chile" on March 6.

In Argentina

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...

, the then trainer of Argentinos Juniors

Argentinos Juniors

Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...

 Claudio Borghi

Claudio Borghi

Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos, , nicknamed Bichi, is an Argentine former footballer and current football manager of Chile.-Club:Borghi started his career as an Attacking midfielder for Argentinos Juniors in the early 1980s...

 led the charity campaign with the rest of the technical team, where he collected the aid donated by the soccer team's fans, and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is an Argentine ska band from Buenos Aires. Formed in 1985, they released their first album, Bares y Fondas in 1986...

 along with Gustavo Cerati

Gustavo Cerati

Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...

 leds a festival for Chile in Argentina, called "Argentina abraza a Chile", the event brought over 100,000 people, grossing more than 60 tons of donations.

In Italy

Italy

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, Chilean football player Luis Antonio Jiménez donated his Parma F.C.

Parma F.C.

Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...

 shirt to raise money to support those affected by the earthquake. Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...

 pledged her support at 1,5 million Chilean peso

Chilean peso

The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...

s in aid to the victims.

Participants

Mario Kreutzberger hosted the main show from Teatro Teletón and other celebrities broadcast live from the most devastated areas, including former Chilean Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 Cecilia Bolocco, Felipe Camiroaga

Felipe Camiroaga

Felipe Humberto Camiroaga Fernández was a Chilean TV presenter and occasional actor. He was co-host of TVN's morning talk show Buenos días a todos since 2005. He also presented the late-night talk show Animal nocturno on the same station...

, Soledad Onetto, among others. Celebrities, athletes, TV presenters, comedians, actors and musicians co-hosted the main show, including: Tonka Tomicic

Tonka Tomicic

Tonka Tomicic Petric is a Chilean model and television presenter of Croat origin.-Career:She first came to public attention as the Chilean representative to the 1995 Miss World pageant. Soon after she was invited to the program Pase lo que Pase of TVN as a fashion commentator...

, Diana Bolocco

Diana Bolocco

Diana Catalina Bolocco Fonck is a journalist from Chile, known as sister of Cecilia Bolocco, Miss Universe 1987.-Biography:Bolocco was born in Santiago, Chile, to businessman Enzo Bolocco Cintolesi, of Italian descent, and Rose Marie Fonck Assler, of German descent. She attended primary and...

, Rafael Araneda

Rafael Araneda

Rafael Luis Domingo Araneda Maturana is a popular Chilean TV presenter, best known for his participation in the show Rojo Fama Contrafama as the host. Also he was the host of Estrellas en el Hielo, Sin Prejuicios, Rojo VIP, Noche de Juegos, El Baile en TVN...

, Karen Doggenweiler

Karen Doggenweiler

Karen Sylvia Doggenweiler Lapuente is a popular Chilean journalist and TV presenter.Doggenweiler is the daughter of Félix Doggenweiler Heim, of Swiss-German descent and Silvia Lapuente, of Spanish-Aragonese descent. She is married to the Chilean politician Marco Enríquez-Ominami. The marriage...

, Eva Gómez, Leo Caprile, José Miguel Viñuela, Vivi Kreutzberger, and Juan Carlos Valdivia.

Oscar winner

Academy Awards

An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...

 Jorge Drexler

Jorge Drexler

Jorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award...

 wrote a poem with Chilean musician Nano Stern, titled "Quien en Chile un día vibró, tiembla cuando Chile tiembla", dedicated to the country in response to the earthquake. Ricardo Arjona

Ricardo Arjona

Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...

, whose participation in the event was later cancelled, decided to send a letter to the Chilean people

Chilean people

Chilean people, or simply Chileans, are the native citizens and long-term immigrants of Chile. Chileans are mainly of Spanish and Amerindian descent, with small but significant traces of 19th and 20th century European immigrant origin...

. Former Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...

 member Roger Waters

Roger Waters

George Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...

 also sent a letter to the country to pledge his solidarity and his support. The Killers donated their drumsticks to be auctioned during the event, while David Beckham

David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...

 donated his soccer team t-shirt, such as Fernando González

Fernando González

----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...

 and Nicolas Massú

Nicolás Massú

Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...

 did.

Recorded messages

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• Ricardo Montaner
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• Joan Manuel Serrat
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• Miguel Bosé
  Miguel Bosé
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• Laura Pausini
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• Leonor Varela
  Leonor Varela
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• Daddy Yankee
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• Gustavo Cerati
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• Tito El Bambino
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• Amaia Montero
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• Amy Lee
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• Fanny Lú
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• Ricky Martin
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Performers

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• Beto Cuevas
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  Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
  
  
• Américo y La Nueva Alegría
  Américo
  Domingo Jonhy Vega Urzúa , commonly known as Américo, is a Chilean singer.He became known when he started leading the band Américo y la Nueva Alegría...
  
  
• Chico Trujillo
• La Noche
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  Difuntos Correa is a Chilean rock band composed of six members: Andrés Olivos , Sergio Gómez , Miguel Rodríguez , Carlos Gómez , César Fuentes and Erasmo Menares . The band was formed in Santiago in 2004...
  
  
• Los Jaivas
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  Los Jaivas are a Chilean musical group who perform in folk, rock, and progressive rock styles.-History:Los Jaivas appeared in Chilean music in 1963 as a progressive-rock-andino group, mixing rock with South American ancestral music...
  
  
• Chancho en Piedra
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• Las Capitalinas
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• Juanes
  Juanes
  Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...
  
  
• DJ Méndez
  DJ Méndez
  Leopoldo Méndez Alcayaga is a Chilean-Swedish DJ, singer and producer, known by his stage name Méndez, formerly DJ Méndez. He won the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica Awards for Best Southwest New Artist.-Early life:...
  
  
• Daniela Castillo
  Daniela Castillo
  Daniela Castillo Vicuña is a Chilean female pop singer and actress born in Santiago. She debuted in 2002 as a solo artist on the Chilean TV show Rojo: Fama Contra Fama. She studied four years at the Alicia Puccio Academy where she met the casting crew for the TV show Rojo...
  
  
• María Jimena Pereyra
• María José Quintanilla
• Natalino
• Joe Vasconcellos
• Illapu
  Illapu
  Illapu , are a Chilean folk and andean musical ensemble that was formed in 1971 in Antofagasta, in northern Chile, by the brothers José Miguel, Jaime, Andrés and Roberto Márquez Bugueño. A later addition to the group was Osvaldo Torres. Illapu comes from the Quechua word meaning "Lightning Bolt"....
  
  
• Catalina Palacios
• Lucybell
  Lucybell
  Lucybell is a Chilean rock band formed by four students from the Universidad de Chile's Faculty of Art in 1991, in Santiago de Chile. The original four members were:* Francisco González: drums, bass, percussion, keyboards...
  
  
• Congreso
• Croni-K
• Francisca Valenzuela
  Francisca Valenzuela
  Francisca Valenzuela is an American born Chilean singer, songwriter, poet, instrumentalist, and composer of Pop and Rock songs. She was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where she resided until the age of 12, before moving to Chile. She is considered to be one of the singing...
  
  
• Sonora de Tommy Rey
• Los Charros de Lumaco
• Inti-Illimani
  Inti-Illimani
  Inti-Illimani is an instrumental and vocal Latin American folk music ensemble from Chile. The group was formed in 1967 by a group of university students and it acquired widespread popularity in Chile for their song Venceremos which became the anthem of the Popular Unity government of Salvador...
  
  
• Buddy Richard
• Carolina Molina
• Nicole

Celebrity phone operators

• Marcelo Bielsa
  Marcelo Bielsa
  Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera is an Argentine association football coach and former defender, born in Rosario, Santa Fe...
  
  
• Benito Baranda
• Belipe Berríos
• Harold Mayne-Nicholls
  Harold Mayne-Nicholls
  Harold Alfred Mayne-Nicholls Secul is a Chilean journalist and former president of the National Professional Football Association and of the Chilean Football Federation . He was replaced as president of the ANFP by Jorge Segovia in November 2010. He is also a FIFA official.-References:...
  
  
• Carolina Arregui
  Carolina Arregui
  María Carolina Arregui Vuskovic is a Chilean television actress of Croatian and Basque descent. Although she never attended drama school, Arregui is considered to be one of Chile's most popular and gifted actresses....
  
  
• Ignacio Garmendia
• Fernando Paulsen
• Cristian Sánchez
• Carmen Gloria Arroyo
• Kike Morandé
• Luis Jara
• Martín Cárcamo
  Martín Cárcamo
  Martín Andrés Cárcamo Papic is a Chilean television presenter and actor and was the host of Pasiones and El Último Pasajero....
  
  
• Katherine Salosny
• Janis Pope
• Ivan Zamorano
  Iván Zamorano
  Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora is a retired Chilean football striker. Along with former world-class forward Marcelo Salas and former world player of the year Elias Figueroa he is regarded as one of Chile's most recognized footballers.He was a member of the Chilean national team and played in the 1998...
  
  
• Claudia Conserva
  Claudia Conserva
  Claudia Marcela Conserva Pérez is a Chilean actress, model and television presenter of Italian-Albanian descent....
  
  
• Savka Pollak
• Fernando Godoy
• Jean Paul Luksic

• Ana María Polo
  Ana María Polo
  Ana María Polo is a Cuban American lawyer and Hispanic television judge on Caso Cerrado.Born in Havana, Cuba, Ana, moved to Miami at a young age accompanied by her family...
  
  
• Horst Paulmann
• Stefan Kramer
• Bombo Fica
• Isabel Allende
  Isabel Allende
  Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean writer with American citizenship. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts , which have been commercially successful...
  
  
• Dino Gordillo
• Álvaro Salas
• Francisco López Contardo
  Francisco López Contardo
  Francisco "Chaleco" López is a Rally-Cross-Enduro motorcycle rider. He was a winner of one stage of the 2009 Dakar Rally, three stages of the 2010 Dakar Rally finishing third overall, and one stage in the 2011 Dakar Rally finishing fourth overall.López began riding motorcycles at 4 years of age...
  
  
• Tomás González
  Tomás González (gymnast)
  Enrique Tomás González Sepúlveda is a Chilean gymnast, the first in his country to win medals at the Pan American Games and World Cup events.-External links:...
  
  
• Felipe Aguilar
  Felipe Aguilar
  Felipe Aguilar Schuller is a Chilean professional golfer who has won over 30 events in Chile.Aguilar is currently a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he became the second Chilean, after Roy Mackenzie to earn full membership to the European Tour but failed to retain full playing rights at the...
  
  
• Carlo de Gavardo
• Juan Andrés Salfate
• Mey Santamaría
• Javiera Acevedo
• René Naranjo
• René O'Ryan
• Américo
  Américo
  Domingo Jonhy Vega Urzúa , commonly known as Américo, is a Chilean singer.He became known when he started leading the band Américo y la Nueva Alegría...
  
  
• Christopher Toselli
• Cecilia Bolocco

Transmission from different cities

• Cecilia Bolocco (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...
  
  )
• Felipe Camiroaga
  Felipe Camiroaga
  Felipe Humberto Camiroaga Fernández was a Chilean TV presenter and occasional actor. He was co-host of TVN's morning talk show Buenos días a todos since 2005. He also presented the late-night talk show Animal nocturno on the same station...
  
   (Concepción
  Concepción, Chile
  Concepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...
  
  )
• Soledad Onetto (Constitución
  Constitución, Chile
  Constitución is a seaside resort, industrial city, minor port and commune in Chile, located in the Maule Region, Talca Province.-History:-8.8 magnitude 2010 earthquake:...
  
  )
• Felipe Vidal (Lota
  Lota, Chile
  Lota is a city and commune located in the center of the Chile on the Gulf of Arauco. It lies within the Concepción Province of the Biobío Region.-History:...
  
  , Talca
  Talca
  Talca is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region . As of the 2002 census, the city had a population of 193,755....
  
  )
• Javiera Contador
  Javiera Contador
  Javiera Isabel Contador Valenzuela is a Chilean actress, comedian and television hostess. She is best known for her role Quena Gómez de Larraín on the Television show Casado con Hijos....
  
   (Concepción
  Concepción, Chile
  Concepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...
  
  , Dichato
  Dichato
  Dichato is a town along the coast of Chile, part of the municipality of Tomé in the northest part of Greater Concepción. At the 2002 census it had 3,057 residents...
  
  )
• Julián Elfelbein (Arica
  Arica
  Arica is a city in northern Chile. "Arica" may also refer to:Places* Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile* Arica Airport , Chile* Arica, Amazonas, town in Colombia* Rio Aricá-açu, tributary of the Cuiabá River south of Cuiabá, BrazilOther...
  
  , Iquique
  Iquique
  Iquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal. It had a population of 216,419 as of the 2002 census...
  
  , Antofagasta
  Antofagasta
  Antofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2002 census, the city has a population of 296,905...
  
  , Calama
  Calama, Chile
  Calama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It is the capital of El Loa Province, part of the Antofagasta Region. Calama is one of the driest cities in the world with average annual precipitation of just . The River Loa, Chile's longest, flows through the city...
  
  , La Serena)
• Sebastián Jiménez (Talca
  Talca
  Talca is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region . As of the 2002 census, the city had a population of 193,755....
  
  )
• Myriam Hernández
  Myriam Hernández
  Myriam Raquel Hernández Navarro is a Chilean singer-songwriter and television presenter. She is known throughout Latin America for her romantic ballads.-Biography:Myriam Hernández began her career in the late 80's...
  
   (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...
  
  )

Programming

Unlike the traditional Chilean Telethon events, the organization decided not to include comedian segments, adult strip known as "Vedettón", and massive closure in National Stadium.
The blocks in which transmission will be split:

• Overture (22:00 — 01:00)

Speech by President Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...

 and President-elect Sebastián Piñera

Sebastián Piñera

Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique is a Chilean businessman and politician. He was elected President of Chile in January 2010, taking office in March 2010.- Education :...

, and performances of Américo y La Nueva Alegría

Américo

Domingo Jonhy Vega Urzúa , commonly known as Américo, is a Chilean singer.He became known when he started leading the band Américo y la Nueva Alegría...

, Beto Cuevas

Beto Cuevas

Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...

 and Los Tres

Los Tres

Los Tres is a Chilean rock band composed of four members: a rock/folk singer and three jazzmen. It was one of the noted bands in the Chilean nineties, together with La Ley and Lucybell....

. These are preceded by the opening number paying tribute to Chile's Bicentennial Year of Independence.

• Chile canta a Chile (01:00 — 06:00)

Music performances of La Noche, Croni-K, Chancho en Piedra

Chancho en Piedra

Chancho en Piedra is a Chilean Funk-Rock band, considered influential in the popularization of alternative rock in Latin America. They are commonly described as similar to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but are also known for their unique sound and goofy style...

 and others.

• Viva Chile y su Cueca
  Cueca
  Cueca is a family of musical styles and associated dances from Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina. In Chile, the cueca holds the status of national dance, where it was officially selected on September 18, 1979.- Origins :...
  
  (06:00 — 08:00)

Music performances of Los Truqueros, Las Capitalinas, Los Quincheros and 3X7 Veintiuna.

• News block (08:00 — 10:00)

• Chile en familia (10:00 — 13:00)

Kids motivate their parents in "Chile en familia" and guest performances by La Banda Corazón Rebelde

Denise Rosenthal

Denise Rosenthal is a Chilean actress, singer, songwriter, and model who became famous as one of the young protagonists in the Chilean television series Amango, which aired on Canal 13 during 2007 and 2008...

, María José Quintanilla, Magic Twins, BKN and Natalino.

• Young block (13:00 — 18:00)

Presented by television shows Yingo and Calle 7

Calle 7 (TVN)

Calle 7 is a Chilean Television program, shown by TVN from Monday to Friday at 6 pm. It is hosted by Jean Philippe Cretton and its plot has to do with a group of youngsters who play and dance, and participate to win a top prize at the end of competition.-Early months:Calle 7 began airing on...

, with musical performances by Rigeo and Francisca Valenzuela

Francisca Valenzuela

Francisca Valenzuela is an American born Chilean singer, songwriter, poet, instrumentalist, and composer of Pop and Rock songs. She was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where she resided until the age of 12, before moving to Chile. She is considered to be one of the singing...

.

• Closure (18:00 — 22:00)

Includes performances by Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

, Luis Jara, Tito El Bambino

Tito El Bambino

Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....

, Los Jaivas

Los Jaivas

Los Jaivas are a Chilean musical group who perform in folk, rock, and progressive rock styles.-History:Los Jaivas appeared in Chilean music in 1963 as a progressive-rock-andino group, mixing rock with South American ancestral music...

 and Diego Torres

Diego Torres

Diego Antonio Caccia Torres , is an Argentine Grammy Award-nominated pop singer and composer.-Biography:Diego Torres was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of Argentine singer Lolita Torres...

.

Notes:

At 20:30 (UTC-4) a pre-event transmission via Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 in the official site has held, hosted by TV journalist Juan Manuel Astorga, TV news anchorman Fernando Paulsen, and media personality Nicolás Copano.

Partial collecting

Hour (UTC-4 UTC-4 UTC−04-00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −04.This offset is used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada and the North American Eastern Time Zone during daylight saving time , in the Caribbean region this is considered as the Eastern Caribbean timezone... )	Amount (CLP Chilean peso The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins... )	Total %	Amount (USD United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... )	Amount (EUR Euro The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,... )
22:24	$21,000	0.01 %	$41	30€
00:16	$1,799,301,435	12.00%	$3,531,851	2,592,945€
02:18	$3,537,942,371	23.59%	$6,944,631	5,098,473€
05:39	$4,467,316,867	29.78%	$8,768,901	6,437,780€
09:23	$5,764,826,058	38.43%	$11,315,784	8,307,600€
12:00	$6,505,532,161	43.37%	$12,769,717	9,375,019€
15:10	$7,200,984,876	48.00%	$14,134,822	10,377,225€
16:11	$9,894,914,282	65.97%	$19,422,739	14,259,404€
17:23	$11,193,470,821	74.62%	$21,971,680	16,130,733€
19:09	$12,687,240,955	84.58%	$24,903,800	18,283,382€
20:20	$13,470,489,741	89.80%	$26,441,240	19,412,109€
20:50	$14,801,897,982	98.67%	$29,054,663	21,330,781€
21:23	$17,920,090,309	114.61%	$33,746,374	24,775,249€
22:07	$24,684,042,645	164.56%	$48,452,336	35,571,783€
23:06	$30,212,775,555	201.42%	$59,304,692	43,539,152€
Total	$45,974,813,684	306.49%	$90,224,386	66,341,722€

Music

Chilean singer Beto Cuevas

Beto Cuevas

Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...

, former leader of pop/rock band La Ley

La Ley (band)

La Ley was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Beto Cuevas and Luciano Rojas. After a failed first album, Desiertos , they released Doble Opuesto , which appears as the official first album...

, recruited artists such Mexican Fher

Fernando Olvera

José Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera, in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico as José Fernando Emilio Olvera Sierra, is the secondary guitarist, composer, and lead singer for the Mexican rock band Maná. Olvera studied communications in the Universidad Iberoamericana...

, vocalist of Maná, Spanish Miguel Bosé

Miguel Bosé

Miguel Dominguín Bosé is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor.-Early life:Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen...

 and Colombian Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

, to record a new version of the song "Gracias a la Vida

Gracias a la Vida

"Gracias a la vida" is the name of a song composed and first performed by Chilean musician Violeta Parra, one of the artists who set the basis for the movement known as Nueva Canción...

", originally performed by legendary 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 folklorist Violeta Parra

Violeta Parra

Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a notable Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist...

. Sales of the single were donated to the victims of the earthquake. International stars Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...

, Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...

, Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

, Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...

, and Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra is a singer, songwriter and producer from the Dominican Republic who has sold over 30 million records, and won numerous awards including 12 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards...

 also participated in the single, which was released on March 22, 2010 via Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

.

Chilean songwriter Alberto Plaza re-record his song "Que Cante La Vida" with other artists, such as Belinda, Marta Sánchez

Marta Sánchez

Marta Sánchez López is a Spanish female vocalist. She was born on 8 May 1966 in Madrid. Her father, Antonio Sánchez Camporro, was a Galician opera singer.- Biography :...

, Carlos Baute

Carlos Baute

Carlos Roberto Baute Jiménez , best known as Carlos Baute, is a Venezuelan singer and television host...

, Alexandre Pires

Alexandre Pires

Alexandre Pires do Nascimento is a Brazilian singer. Pires was previously the singer of group Só Pra Contrariar which he joined in the late 80s....

, Kudai

Kudai

Kudai was a Latin Grammy Award-Nominated Chilean pop group was founded in Santiago, Chile. Its original members were Tomás Cañas Manzi, Pablo Holman Concha, Nicole Natalino and Bárbara Sepúlveda Labra. In 2006 Nicole Natalino left the group citing personal reasons, and was replaced by Ecuadorian...

, 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...

, Christian Chávez

Christian Chávez

For the Argentine footballer, see Cristian Manuel Chávez.Christian Chávez is a singer and actor best known for his role as Giovanni Méndez López in the telenovela Rebelde and its spin off teen band RBD...

, Franco De Vita

Franco De Vita

Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award...

, Fonseca

Fonseca

Fonseca is a common Portuguese, Galician and Italian surname, whilst the variation Fonseka is common in Sri Lanka. A habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, from fonte seca ‘dry well.’...

, among others. Aleks Syntek

Aleks Syntek

Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña , better known as Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and producer. He is married to Karen Coronado, sister of talkshow host Ingrid Coronado.-Biography:...

, Alejandra Guzmán

Alejandra Guzmán

Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...

, Olga Tañon

Olga Tañón

Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...

, Luis Fonsi

Luis Fonsi

Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...

, Jorge Villamizar

Jorge Villamizar

Jorge Villamizar is a Colombian musician; singer and composer, leader of the band Bacilos, and one of the most representative Latin American singers. He has lived in Miami since 1992.- Early life:...

, Alex Ubago

Álex Ubago

Álex Ubago is a Spanish singer-songwriter. He is especially known for his heartfelt voice and his ballads. He rose to stardom in 2001, when he appeared as a guest on a hit TV show in Spain. Alex started to tour national radios with his guitar to sing his songs live and be interviewed...

, A.B Quintanilla, Noel Schajris

Noel Schajris

Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez is a naturalized Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo Sin Bandera until he and fellow singer-songwriter Leonel García concluded their partnership in 2007...

, Pee Wee

Pee Wee (entertainer)

Irvin Salinas Mártinez better known as Pee Wee, is a Mexican American singer and actor. He is a former singer for the band Kumbia Kings and was a lead singer for Kumbia All Starz, both created by A.B. Quintanilla. In early 2008 he left Kumbia All Starz to become a solo artist...

, Lena Burke, Marciano Cantero

Marciano Cantero

Marciano Cantero is an Argentine singer and musician. He is the lead singer and bassist of Los Enanitos Verdes, an Argentinean pop/rock band....

, Juan Fernando Velasco

Juan Fernando Velasco

Juan Fernando Velasco is an Ecuadorian musician.-Biography:Juan Fernando Velasco was born January 17, 1972 in Quito, Ecuador. He never planned to be a musician, he was preparing to become an economist like his father...

, Fausto Miño

Fausto Miño

Fausto Miño won the Quinde de Oro Award-Biography:Fausto Miño was born in 1981 in Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador, son of a Quiteño father and a manabita mother. He began to compose and play music at the age of 15, thanks to a neighbor's influence, with whom he learned to play the guitar. With only...

, Gianmarco, the Chileans Pablo Herrera

Pablo Herrera

Pablo Herrera may refer to:*Pablo Herrera , former Vice President of Ecuador*Pablo Herrera , Olympic silver medalist*Pablo Herrera Barrantes, Costa Rican footballer*Pablo Herrera , Cuban rap music producer...

 and Mario Guerrero

Mario Guerrero

Mario Miguel Guerrero Abud is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for four teams in an eight-year career from to .Guerrero signed with the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in...

 also joined the musical effort. The project was led by EMI Music and Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 with the assistance of other record companies like Warner Music, Sony Music and Universal Music, among others in conjunction with major Latin music channel HTV

Hispanic Television

Hispanic TV is a Latin American cable television channel that broadcasts Hispanic music videos. It is owned by Turner Broadcasting System Latin America and is available in the United States, Latin America and Europe. It is a 24-hour all-Spanish-language television music channel providing a mix of...

. The song was released commercially in late March 2010.

Album

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds)
		US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	CHI 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...	MEX AMPROFON Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico...	SPA PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry...	CHI
2009	Música por Chile Released: March 24, 2010 Label: Independent Genre: Pop Pop music Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop... , alternative rock Alternative rock Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s... , folk Folk music Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....	—	—	—	—	—

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					Album
		US Latin	CHI 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...	ARG	MEX AMPROFON Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico...	SPA PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry...
2010	"Que Cante la Vida Que Cante la Vida "Que Cante la Vida" is a song and charity single recorded by the supergroup Artists for Chile in 2010. It is a remake of the 1985 hit song "Que Cante la Vida", which was written and performed by Alberto Plaza... "	—	52	—	—	—	Non-album single
	"Yo Voy Contigo"	—	99	—	—	—
	"Gracias a la Vida Gracias a la Vida (charity song) "Gracias a la Vida" is a song and charity single recorded by the supergroup Artists for Chile, called too Voces Unidas por Chile in 2010. It is a cover of the 1966 hit song "Gracias a la Vida", which was written and performed by the legendary Chilean folklorist Violeta Parra... "	—	20	—	—	—

External links

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