Karina
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Karina is a pop-ballad singer-songwriter and actress from Venezuela
.
Her first major appearance was singing one of the roles in Karol Wojtyla's (former Pope John Paul II) "El Taller del Orfebre", which was a Venezuelan made musical adaption of his play "The Jeweller's Shop", singing the song "Zapatos de tacón alto" (High-heeled shoes). On this version she was accompanied by other successful singers of the time, such as Guillermo Dávila, Melissa, Guillermo Carrasco, and more.
, and peaked high on the top ten radio list. After Amor a Millón, in 1987, she recorded her second album, Sin máscara, confirming her status as a serious singer not just in Venezuela
, but in Mexico, the country that turned out to be her launchpad as a music star. That same year, she was nominated in six categories of the Ronda Music Awards in Venezuela for her previous album, winning Best Female Breakthrough, Best soap opera song ("Sé Como duele"), Best Videoclip ("A Quién"), Best-selling album of the year ("Amor a Millón") and also Rudy La Scala
(writer and composer of "Sé Como Duele"), won an award for Best Composer of the Year. In 1988 she had the leading role in the successful telenovela
Alba Marina, broadcast by Venevisión
, with Xavier Serbia
, Johnny Lozada and Rene Farrait
, then members of Proyecto M and former members of the Puerto Rican band Menudo
, and with Venezuelan stars Elluz Peraza
and Daniel Alvarado
.
That same year she also won two Ronda Music Awards, one for Best Young Female Singer, and another for Best Videoclip ("La Noche es Mágica", composed by the former Mecano
member Nacho Cano
)
In 1989, she recorded a third album, Desde mi sueño, which showed her artistic evolution. With Desde Mi Sueño, Karina made her debut as a composer with the songs "Lamento de la Jungla" and "Soni". She also made hits out of the songs "Desde mi Sueño", "No Puedo Vivir Sin Amor", "En el Amor" and "No Sé".
In 1990, however, she left her music career to pursue other ambitions, only appearing briefly in the mid-90s participating in a play for the Hebrew community.
ian Jewish entrepreneur, in a religious ceremony broadcasted by Venevisión
. They have a daughter, Yasha Marcela, who was born in mid-1999. On June 15, 2006 her second daughter, Hanna, was born.
that she missed singing and acting very much. She also worked as her husband's representant, an idea she just came across; she thought he needed help and she started doing it with no previous experience while he continued creating and composing.
In July 2004, she presented her show, "Intimamente Karina", in which she performed acoustic versions of her hits, and on October of that same year, she recorded another album, with which she expected to return to all the success she experienced in the decade of the 1980s. The album Siempre Karina was introduced slowly in pubs and clubs and later in 2005 it was officially launched. This album was produced by her busband Azevedo, producer of other Latin American singers such as Chayanne
and Paulina Rubio
. This album contained new versions of her hits like "Se Como Duele", "Salvame" and "A Quien", plus seven new songs, among which "Sin Ti" was widely listened in Latin America
and she recently launched another single, named "Borrón y Cuenta Nueva"
, where she sang during more than an hour and a half. Nine months later, she returned to Mexico, where she currently participates as one of the judges-teachers in the Televisa
reality show Cantando por un sueño.
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...
.
Her first major appearance was singing one of the roles in Karol Wojtyla's (former Pope John Paul II) "El Taller del Orfebre", which was a Venezuelan made musical adaption of his play "The Jeweller's Shop", singing the song "Zapatos de tacón alto" (High-heeled shoes). On this version she was accompanied by other successful singers of the time, such as Guillermo Dávila, Melissa, Guillermo Carrasco, and more.
Her stardom
Amor a Millón was the title of Karina's first album. It was produced by the Venezuelan singer and producer Rudy La ScalaRudy La Scala
Rudy La Scala is a singer-songwriter and record producer, born in Rocca di Papa, Rome, Italy. La Scala began his career with a short lived band named Las Explosiones de Goma in the 1960s. In 1971 was presented as a solo artist under the name Flavio, to finally present himself as Rudy La Scala in...
, and peaked high on the top ten radio list. After Amor a Millón, in 1987, she recorded her second album, Sin máscara, confirming her status as a serious singer not just in 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...
, but in Mexico, the country that turned out to be her launchpad as a music star. That same year, she was nominated in six categories of the Ronda Music Awards in Venezuela for her previous album, winning Best Female Breakthrough, Best soap opera song ("Sé Como duele"), Best Videoclip ("A Quién"), Best-selling album of the year ("Amor a Millón") and also Rudy La Scala
Rudy La Scala
Rudy La Scala is a singer-songwriter and record producer, born in Rocca di Papa, Rome, Italy. La Scala began his career with a short lived band named Las Explosiones de Goma in the 1960s. In 1971 was presented as a solo artist under the name Flavio, to finally present himself as Rudy La Scala in...
(writer and composer of "Sé Como Duele"), won an award for Best Composer of the Year. In 1988 she had the leading role in the successful telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Alba Marina, broadcast by Venevisión
Venevisión
Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
, with Xavier Serbia
Xavier Serbia
Xavier Serbiá , is a former member of the boy band Menudo who is now financial commentator, syndicated columnist and personality.-Early years:...
, Johnny Lozada and Rene Farrait
Rene Farrait
Rene Farrait is a former member of the teen band Menudo. He was a member during the band's most successful period.Rene's trademark song was the hit Subete a mi Moto...
, then members of Proyecto M and former members of the Puerto Rican band Menudo
Menudo (band)
Menudo was a Puerto Rican boy band that was formed in the 1970s by producer Edgardo Díaz, releasing their first album in 1977. The band achieved much success, especially during the 1980s, becoming the most popular Latin American teen musical group of the era....
, and with Venezuelan stars Elluz Peraza
Elluz Peraza
Elluz Coromoto Peraza González is a Venezuelan pageant titleholder and actress. Peraza was Miss Venezuela 1976, but she resigned on May 24, 1976, because she married two days after her coronation...
and Daniel Alvarado
Daniel Alvarado
Daniel Alvarado is Venezuelan actor. He has been married three times. He has two sons from his first marriage, Daniel and Luis. From second marriage with Carmen Julia Álvarez , he has a daughter Daniela and son Carlos Daniel...
.
That same year she also won two Ronda Music Awards, one for Best Young Female Singer, and another for Best Videoclip ("La Noche es Mágica", composed by the former Mecano
Mecano
Mecano was a Spanish pop band whose debut coincided with La Movida Madrileña , a sociocultural movement that occurred in Madrid, Spain during the 1980s...
member Nacho Cano
Nacho Cano
Ignacio Cano Andrés, aka Nacho Cano, is a Spanish arranger, composer, musician and record producer. He studied solfège and was one of the members of the Spanish group Mecano along with his brother José María Cano and Ana Torroja.He has released 4 solo albums, including Vivimos siempre juntos with...
)
In 1989, she recorded a third album, Desde mi sueño, which showed her artistic evolution. With Desde Mi Sueño, Karina made her debut as a composer with the songs "Lamento de la Jungla" and "Soni". She also made hits out of the songs "Desde mi Sueño", "No Puedo Vivir Sin Amor", "En el Amor" and "No Sé".
In 1990, however, she left her music career to pursue other ambitions, only appearing briefly in the mid-90s participating in a play for the Hebrew community.
Marriage and a new family
Karina got married on June 21, 1998 to Marcello Azevedo, a BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian Jewish entrepreneur, in a religious ceremony broadcasted by Venevisión
Venevisión
Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
. They have a daughter, Yasha Marcela, who was born in mid-1999. On June 15, 2006 her second daughter, Hanna, was born.
Four years later
Years after her huge success portraying an image of a good girl with a warm smile, she made a comeback on June 13, 2002, declaring to the newspaper Ultimas NoticiasÚltimas Noticias
Últimas Noticias is the highest selling daily newspaper in Venezuela. It was founded in Caracas in 1941 after the pro-freedom measures implemented by President Medina Angarita.In 2008 it publishes 170,000 copies a day ....
that she missed singing and acting very much. She also worked as her husband's representant, an idea she just came across; she thought he needed help and she started doing it with no previous experience while he continued creating and composing.
In July 2004, she presented her show, "Intimamente Karina", in which she performed acoustic versions of her hits, and on October of that same year, she recorded another album, with which she expected to return to all the success she experienced in the decade of the 1980s. The album Siempre Karina was introduced slowly in pubs and clubs and later in 2005 it was officially launched. This album was produced by her busband Azevedo, producer of other Latin American singers such as Chayanne
Chayanne
Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...
and Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
. This album contained new versions of her hits like "Se Como Duele", "Salvame" and "A Quien", plus seven new songs, among which "Sin Ti" was widely listened in 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 she recently launched another single, named "Borrón y Cuenta Nueva"
Comeback
Her comeback to the stage was on April 30, 2005 at the Lia Bermudez Arts Center in MaracaiboMaracaibo
Maracaibo is a city and municipality located in northwestern Venezuela off the western coast of the Lake Maracaibo. It is the second-largest city in the country after the national capital Caracas and the capital of Zulia state...
, where she sang during more than an hour and a half. Nine months later, she returned to Mexico, where she currently participates as one of the judges-teachers in the 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...
reality show Cantando por un sueño.
External links
- Official site
- Siempre Karina
- fanskarina
- Karina - Greatest Hits - Lyrics
- Karina - Unofficial page
- Karina in VenCOR
Discography
- 1985 Amor a millón (Sonorodven)
- 1987 Sin máscara (Sonorodven)
- 1988 A Millón (TH-Rodven) (in the US) (#11 Billboard Latin Pop Albums)
- 1989 Desde mi sueño (Rodven Discos)
- 1993 Esta es mi vida (Sonorodven)
- 1996 Renacer (independent label)
- 1998 Karina (Caimán Music)
- 2005 Siempre Karina (Maxximusic Producciones (in Venezuela) *)
- 2009 De Pie (Sonográfica, Maxximusic)
Singles
| Year | Song | Hot Latin Songs Hot Latin Songs Hot Latin Songs is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. It is often recognized as the most important music chart for Spanish language Latin music in the American music market. It was established by the magazine on September 6, 1986 with La Guirnalda by Rocío Dúrcal being the first song... |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "Sé Como Duele" | 11 | Amor A Millón |
| 1986 | "A Quién" | 19 | |
| 1987 | "Salta" | 37 | Sin Máscara |
| 1993 | "Nunca Te Olvidaré" | 23 | Ésta Es Mi Vida |