La 5a Estación
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La Quinta Estación were a Spanish pop/rock band composed of two musicians from Madrid
: Natalia Jiménez
(lead singer and harmonica) and Ángel Reyero (guitar). Pablo Domínguez (2001–2008) (guitar and bass) was the third member until his recent split (Now in Varsovia). The band originated in Madrid with six members but the remaining three relocated to Mexico in 2001 after recording their first album Primera toma ("Take #1").
, one of the most popular telenovela
s of Televisa
in 2002. After touring the country to promote their album, they decided to stay permanently. In the same year, they performed Voy a pasármelo bien ("I'm going to have a good time") in the tribute-album to Hombres G
and Si yo fuera mujer ("If I were a woman") for the soundtrack of Dame tu cuerpo, a Mexican film starred by Rafael Sánchez Navarro
and Luis María Zetina.
In February 2004, the band released their second album Flores de Alquiler ("Leased Flowers") produced entirely in Mexico. The first single was El Sol No Regresa ("The Sun Doesn't Return") a rock song that begins with mariachi
trumpets. This song talks about someone who attempts to drink away their heartbreak. The title line of the chorus translates to, "after several tequila
s, the clouds go away but the sun doesn't come back". This song, as said by the band, is a tribute they made to Mexican people for being the start point of their careers.
Their second single Algo Más ("Something More", written by Natalia) talks about a feeling the author says is not love but it is "something more" that fulfills her and it is stronger than "distance, pain and nostalgia". The video for this song was recorded at a bar in the Historic District of Mexico City
.
The video was directed by Alejandro Hernández
, who also directed the video for El Sol No Regresa and its photography is in black and white. The scene and wardrobe are set in the 1950s and the band is seen performing at a nightclub with a couple enjoying the song and afterwards inspired by its lyrics leave their seats to caress each other.and friend of gricelda lozano the super model de la tribu maya.
The third single of the band was "Daría" ("I Would Give") which also met with great success, the video was filmed in Mexico City and reached No. 1 on the VH1 Latin America Top 20 and other charts in Latin America.
"Niña" ("Girl") was the latest single of the album. The video was quite controversial and also made it to the VH1's chart. This single was quite successful on Mexican radio. According to the band, this song was written for a handicapped girl.
The first two singles caused the album to become a triple platinum album in Mexico and double gold in United States. And gold also in Puerto Rico
and Spain. These two singles and Daría entered the Top 20 Billboard's Hot Latin Track list. This album was the first by the band released in Spain.
In 2005, they received more than 1.5 million votes to become Grupo Latino del año ("Latin band of the year") on the music video network Ritmoson of Televisa
. On November 1 of the same year, the band released a CD/DVD compilation of their hits called Acústico.
In 2006, they released "Tu Peor Error" (Your Worst Mistake) the first single to their 3rd album "El Mundo Se Equivoca
" (Everyone is Wrong). "Tu peor error" is also remarkable for being the band's first album publish in dual disc format, containing on the video side, the behind the cameras of the album's recording.
On March 16, 2007, the band performed for the first time at Mexico's most important venue, the National Auditorium (Auditorio Nacional), in Mexico City.
After seven years La Quinta Estación's guitarist, Pablo Domínguez, decided it was time for him leave te group and joined to Varsovia. La Quinta Estación's next studio album was released on March 3, 2009. The lead single is announced called ("Que Te Quería") and was released January 5, 2009.
The date of Sin Frenos, La Quinta Estacion's next CD, is March 17, 2009 for the US.
On February 20, 2010 Cadena Dial (a Spanish radio station) falsely announced the "exclusive" news of the final separation of La Quinta Estación, i.e. breaking the duo Angel and Natalia.
On November 12, 2010, day after the Latin Grammys, Natalia Jimenez said La Quinta Estacion will still exist and that the two are simply looking into individual projects, but "one day we will release another album (as La Quinta Estacion)".
Footnotes:
2007 Latin Grammy Awards
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...
: Natalia Jiménez
Natalia Jiménez
Natalia Jiménez Sarmiento is a Spanish singer. She is the lead singer of the Spanish pop band La 5a Estacion.-Early life:Jiménez was born to a Spanish father who was a singer; and her mother is Portuguese.-Career:...
(lead singer and harmonica) and Ángel Reyero (guitar). Pablo Domínguez (2001–2008) (guitar and bass) was the third member until his recent split (Now in Varsovia). The band originated in Madrid with six members but the remaining three relocated to Mexico in 2001 after recording their first album Primera toma ("Take #1").
Career in Mexico
The first album of La Quinta Estación became popular in Mexico because one of the songs (¿Dónde Irán?, "Where will they go?") was chosen as theme song for Clase 406Clase 406
Clase 406 is a Mexican telenovela , which was produced by and broadcast by Televisa and aired in Canal De Las Estrellas in Mexico and Univision in the United States. The series aired from July 2, 2002 to October 2003 in Mexico. The series had four seasons and 344 one-hour episodes in total...
, one of the most popular 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"...
s of 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...
in 2002. After touring the country to promote their album, they decided to stay permanently. In the same year, they performed Voy a pasármelo bien ("I'm going to have a good time") in the tribute-album to Hombres G
Hombres G
Hombres G is a Spanish pop rock band, formed in Spain in 1982. They are widely considered one of Spain's most important groups of the late 1980s and 1990s...
and Si yo fuera mujer ("If I were a woman") for the soundtrack of Dame tu cuerpo, a Mexican film starred by Rafael Sánchez Navarro
Rafael Sánchez Navarro
Rafael Sánchez Navarro , is a famous Spanish-Mexican actor. He is the son of Manolo Fábregas, a famous actor from Spain who established himself in Mexico, who also acted in Puerto Rico and whose birthname is Ricardo Sánchez Navarro...
and Luis María Zetina.
In February 2004, the band released their second album Flores de Alquiler ("Leased Flowers") produced entirely in Mexico. The first single was El Sol No Regresa ("The Sun Doesn't Return") a rock song that begins with mariachi
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...
trumpets. This song talks about someone who attempts to drink away their heartbreak. The title line of the chorus translates to, "after several tequila
Tequila
Tequila is a spirit made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands of the western Mexican state of Jalisco....
s, the clouds go away but the sun doesn't come back". This song, as said by the band, is a tribute they made to Mexican people for being the start point of their careers.
Their second single Algo Más ("Something More", written by Natalia) talks about a feeling the author says is not love but it is "something more" that fulfills her and it is stronger than "distance, pain and nostalgia". The video for this song was recorded at a bar in the Historic District of 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...
.
The video was directed by Alejandro Hernández
Alejandro Hernández (director)
Alejandro Hernández is a Venezuelan filmmaker, photographer, singer-songwriter, film score composer and comedian....
, who also directed the video for El Sol No Regresa and its photography is in black and white. The scene and wardrobe are set in the 1950s and the band is seen performing at a nightclub with a couple enjoying the song and afterwards inspired by its lyrics leave their seats to caress each other.and friend of gricelda lozano the super model de la tribu maya.
The third single of the band was "Daría" ("I Would Give") which also met with great success, the video was filmed in Mexico City and reached No. 1 on the VH1 Latin America Top 20 and other charts in Latin America.
"Niña" ("Girl") was the latest single of the album. The video was quite controversial and also made it to the VH1's chart. This single was quite successful on Mexican radio. According to the band, this song was written for a handicapped girl.
The first two singles caused the album to become a triple platinum album in Mexico and double gold in United States. And gold also in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
and Spain. These two singles and Daría entered the Top 20 Billboard's Hot Latin Track list. This album was the first by the band released in Spain.
In 2005, they received more than 1.5 million votes to become Grupo Latino del año ("Latin band of the year") on the music video network Ritmoson of 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...
. On November 1 of the same year, the band released a CD/DVD compilation of their hits called Acústico.
In 2006, they released "Tu Peor Error" (Your Worst Mistake) the first single to their 3rd album "El Mundo Se Equivoca
El Mundo Se Equivoca
El Mundo Se Equivoca is the third studio album release from Spanish music trio, La 5ª Estación. For this album, the group received a Latin Grammy Award on November 8, 2007 for Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals....
" (Everyone is Wrong). "Tu peor error" is also remarkable for being the band's first album publish in dual disc format, containing on the video side, the behind the cameras of the album's recording.
On March 16, 2007, the band performed for the first time at Mexico's most important venue, the National Auditorium (Auditorio Nacional), in Mexico City.
After seven years La Quinta Estación's guitarist, Pablo Domínguez, decided it was time for him leave te group and joined to Varsovia. La Quinta Estación's next studio album was released on March 3, 2009. The lead single is announced called ("Que Te Quería") and was released January 5, 2009.
The date of Sin Frenos, La Quinta Estacion's next CD, is March 17, 2009 for the US.
On February 20, 2010 Cadena Dial (a Spanish radio station) falsely announced the "exclusive" news of the final separation of La Quinta Estación, i.e. breaking the duo Angel and Natalia.
On November 12, 2010, day after the Latin Grammys, Natalia Jimenez said La Quinta Estacion will still exist and that the two are simply looking into individual projects, but "one day we will release another album (as La Quinta Estacion)".
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Sales/Certifications | ||
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| United States | Mexico | Spain | |||
| 2001 | Primera Toma Primera Toma Primera Toma is the first studio album release from Spanish music trio, La 5ª Estación. It was released in 2002 in Mexico only. At first the album was not well received due to a lack of knowledge of who La 5ª Estación was at the time...
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| 2004 | Flores de Alquiler Flores de Alquiler -Production:*Producer: Armando Avila*Production assistant: Carlos "Patato" Valdes*Production coordination: Emilio Avila*A&R: Gilda Oropeza*A&R: Guillermo Gutierrez*Mastering: Vlado Meller*Photography: Fernando Velasco| width="30%" |-Music:... |
7 | 5 | - | USA: 2x Multi-Platino Mexico: 3x Platinum Spain: Gold |
| 2006 | El Mundo Se Equivoca
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13 | 4 | 3 | USA: Platino Mexico: Platinum + Gold Spain: 2xPlatinum |
| 2009 | Sin Frenos Sin Frenos Sin Frenos is the fourth studio album release from Spanish music duo, La Quinta Estación. The album received the Grammy Award for "Best Latin Pop Album" in 2010.-Album information:... |
1 | 3 | 2 | Mexico: Gold Spain: Gold |
Compilations and live albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Sales/Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Mexico | Spain | |||
| 2005 | Acústico Acústico (La 5ª Estación album) Acústico is a studio album/DVD combination from Spanish/Mexican pop rock group La 5ª Estación. The album features acoustic renditions of songs that were originally recorded on the band's first two albums, Primera Toma and Flores De Alquiler....
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| 2007 | La Quinta Estación (La Caja)
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Footnotes:
- 1 Based on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.
Special appearances
- 2002 – Clase 406 Soundtrack
- 2002 – Tributo a los Hombres G
- 2003 – Dame Tu Cuerpo Soundtrack
- 2006 – Now Esto Es Musica! LatinoNow Esto Es Musica! LatinoNow Esto Es Musica! Latino is a music compilation album that was released on March 21, 2006 as part of the U.S. Now That's What I Call Music! series...
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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| HLT | LPA Latin Pop Airplay Latin Pop Airplay is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information from pop music usually in Spanish. It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994 with Mañana by Cristian Castro being the first song to reach number-one... |
MEX Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
SPA 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... |
ARG 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... |
PER Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.... |
COL Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the... |
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| 2002 | "Dónde Irán Dónde Irán "Dónde Irán" is La 5ª Estación's first single release from their first studio album, Primera toma.The song was used as the theme to the Mexican Novela, Clase 406, the soap opera before Rebelde.... " |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Primera Toma Primera Toma Primera Toma is the first studio album release from Spanish music trio, La 5ª Estación. It was released in 2002 in Mexico only. At first the album was not well received due to a lack of knowledge of who La 5ª Estación was at the time... |
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| "Perdición Perdición "Perdición" is a song recorded and performed by Spanish/Mexican pop rock group La 5ª Estación. The song is the second of three radio singles from the band's debut studio album, Primera Toma. An acoustic version was later released as a single for the band's Acústico album.... " |
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| 2003 | "No Quiero Perderte" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | "El Sol No Regresa" | 37 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 16 | — | — | Flores de Alquiler Flores de Alquiler -Production:*Producer: Armando Avila*Production assistant: Carlos "Patato" Valdes*Production coordination: Emilio Avila*A&R: Gilda Oropeza*A&R: Guillermo Gutierrez*Mastering: Vlado Meller*Photography: Fernando Velasco| width="30%" |-Music:... |
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| 2005 | "Algo Más Algo Más "Algo más" is La 5ª Estación's second single release from their second studio album, Flores de alquiler.-Song information:Algo más was written by Natalia Jimenez the lead singer... " |
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| "Daría Daría "Daría" is a song recorded and performed by Spanish/Mexican pop rock group La 5ª Estación. The song is the third of four radio singles from the band's second studio album, Flores de Alquiler. The track can also be found on the compilation album Now Esto Es Musica! Latino... " |
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| 2006 | "Niña Niña (song) "Niña" is a song recorded and performed by Spanish/Mexican pop rock group La 5ª Estación. The song is the fourth and final radio single from the band's second studio album, Flores de Alquiler. It reached number 36 on the U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart.-Track listing:#"Niña" – 4:00... " |
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| "Tu Peor Error Tu Peor Error "Tu Peor Error" is a song recorded and performed by Spanish pop rock group La 5ª Estación. The song is the first radio single from the band's third studio album, El Mundo Se Equivoca. "Tu Peor Error" reached the #1 position on the Spanish singles chart in 2006.-Charts:... " |
18 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 64 | — | El Mundo Se Equivoca El Mundo Se Equivoca El Mundo Se Equivoca is the third studio album release from Spanish music trio, La 5ª Estación. For this album, the group received a Latin Grammy Award on November 8, 2007 for Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals.... |
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| "Me Muero Me Muero "Me Muero" is La 5ª Estación's second single release from their third studio album, El mundo se equivoca.-Song information:... " |
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| 2007 | "Sueños Rotos Sueños Rotos "Sueños Rotos" is La 5ª Estación's third single released from their third studio album, El mundo se equivoca.- Song information :"Sueños Rotos" was released in May 2007 and was released in Mexico and Spain only, meanwhile "Ahora Que Te Vas" was as the third American single. In Spain, the song was... " |
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| "Ahora Que Te Vas" | 26 | 6 | — | — | — | 60 | — | |||
| 2008 | "La Frase Tonta de la Semana" | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | 10 | ||
| 2009 | "Que Te Quería Que te Quería "Que te Quería" is La 5ª Estación's first single released from their fourth studio album, Sin Frenos.-Song information:This was La Quinta Estacion's first single as a duo.Angel Reyero, composer and band member, comments:... " |
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Sin Frenos Sin Frenos Sin Frenos is the fourth studio album release from Spanish music duo, La Quinta Estación. The album received the Grammy Award for "Best Latin Pop Album" in 2010.-Album information:... |
| "Recuérdame Recuérdame Recuérdame is the third album by Puerto Rican singer Yolandita Monge. It was released in 1971.-Track listing:# “Tu No Crees Más”# “Alegría”# “Campanitas”# “Esperando”# “Beisbol”# “Recuérdame”# “La Chiapaneca”# “Entonces”... " ft. Marc Anthony Marc Anthony Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads... |
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| "Me Dueles" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2007 Latin Grammy AwardsLatin Grammy AwardsA Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...
- Best Pop Album By a Duo or Group -(El Mundo Se Equivoca) WON