Las Ketchup
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Las Ketchup is a Latin Grammy Award nominated 4-girl group
Girl group
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 composed of sisters Lola Muñoz, Pilar Muñoz, Lucía Muñoz and Rocío Muñoz from Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain
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 in Andalucia, Spain
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. They are the daughters of Juan Muñoz, a flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....

 guitarist known as Tomatito (Small Tomato), which is not the same as famous and virtuoso flamenco guitarist José Fernández Torres, Tomatito (Almería, Spain. 1958) . Before Rocío's addition to the group in 2006, the other three girls had success with their worldwide hit "Aserejé", also known as "The Ketchup Song
The Ketchup Song
"The Ketchup Song" is the English title of the song "Aserejé", performed by the Andalusian-Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in three versions, Spanish, a version in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as "Spanglish", and a version in...

".

Career

Las Ketchup was originally discovered by the noted flamenco producer Manuel “Queco” Ruiz, who signed them to his newly formed independent Córdoba-based label Shaketown Music, which he ran together with Manuel Illán. They recorded the songs “Asereje” and “Kusha Las Payas" with Ruiz producing, and shopped the demo to a number of large record companies with the intention of securing a distribution deal. The demo was received by Columbia/Sony A&R Javier Portugués and director Raúl López who, on listening the recordings, stared at each other in delight exclaiming, "Wow, this is fantastic!". At first the intention was to arrange a distribution deal with Shaketown Music but on hearing the song they realised its international potential and so negotiated for Las Ketchup to sign with Sony.

In the summer of 2002 they had a major flamenco Europop
Europop
Europop refers to a style of pop music that first developed in today's form in Europe, throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and ’90s...

 fusion hit with "Aserejé" (released as "The Ketchup Song
The Ketchup Song
"The Ketchup Song" is the English title of the song "Aserejé", performed by the Andalusian-Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in three versions, Spanish, a version in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as "Spanglish", and a version in...

" in the UK
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 and other countries), which reached the top of the charts in many countries including Spain
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, Portugal
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, Colombia
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, UK
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, Italy
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, Greece
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, France
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, Finland
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, Turkey
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, Syria
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, Sweden
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, Norway
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, Belgium
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, Netherlands
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, Philippines
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, Switzerland
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, Germany
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, Argentina
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, Hungary
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, Poland
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, Venezuela
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, Mexico
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, Peru
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, Canada
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, India
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, Malaysia, Australia
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, Egypt
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 and Puerto Rico
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. However, it failed to hit the Top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
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. Still worldwide, the trio became instant rivals to another Spanish female trio, Lunae
Lunae
Lunae was a short-lived Spanish pop group built upon the success of Operación Triunfo a reality show talent contest popular on Spain's TVE network....

, who released their debut single in Europe at the same time in 2003. The title and part of the lyrics were in Spanish. The hit also had an accompanying dance.

The group re-released the Ketchup Song later in the same year, with a new video, as a Christmas song.

The name of the group is a reference to their father Juan Muñoz, a flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....

 guitarist known as Tomatito (Small Tomato
Tomato
The word "tomato" may refer to the plant or the edible, typically red, fruit which it bears. Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas, and its many varieties are now widely grown, often in greenhouses in cooler...

). This also explains why their debut album carried the title Las hijas del Tomate (Daughters of Tomato).

In 2006 they were joined by Rocío, their fourth sister, to represent Spain
Spain
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 in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...

. The girls have said themselves that Rocío has always been a member of Las Ketchup, but she wasn't in the photographs, videos or performances because she was pregnant.

The group sold over 12 million copies with the first album, but the second did not achieve the same success.

Recent events

Las Ketchup came back as a 4-girl group, with a new album titled Un Blodymary (Bloody Mary
Bloody Mary
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). Their long absence was due to their writing songs for the album and Pilar's pregnancy. The album release was delayed till the beginning of 2006. They planned to release 1 million copies and their producer "Queco", who also produced and wrote their worldwide single "Asereje", indicated that this album retains their original sound. Their first single from the CD was also titled "Un Blodymary". This song was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...

. The song did not perform as well as expected, ending 21st with only 18 points.

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions
AUT
Ö3 Austria Top 40
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AUS
ARIA Charts
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BEL (Vl)
Ultratop
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BEL (Wa)
Ultratop
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DEN
Tracklisten
Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl...

NET
Dutch Top 40
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FIN
Mitä hittiä
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FRA
Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique
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GER HU
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IRE
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ITA
Federation of the Italian Music Industry
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NZ
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
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NOR
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ESP
Spain
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SWE
Sverigetopplistan
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SWI
Swiss Music Charts
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UK
United Kingdom
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US
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WW
World
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2002 "Aserejé/The Ketchup Song
The Ketchup Song
"The Ketchup Song" is the English title of the song "Aserejé", performed by the Andalusian-Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in three versions, Spanish, a version in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as "Spanglish", and a version in...

"
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 54 1
2002 "Kusha Las Payas" 36 - - - - - - 38 76 - - 59 - - - - 29 - - -
2006 "Un Blodymary
Un Blodymary (song)
"Un Blodymary" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, performed in Spanish by Las Ketchup.Spain's status as one of the "Big Four" guaranteed the song a final berth...

"
- - - - - - 8 - - - 10 - - - 7 38 82 - - -

Awards

  • 2002 'Ondas awards'


- Best New Artist/group
  • 2004 Billboard Latinos awards


- Best pop album from new generation ("Las hijas del Tomate")

- Most tropical-salsa song played by Duo or Group ("The Ketchup Song
The Ketchup Song
"The Ketchup Song" is the English title of the song "Aserejé", performed by the Andalusian-Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in three versions, Spanish, a version in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as "Spanglish", and a version in...

" (Aserejé)
  • 2003 Latin Grammy Award


- Best Pop Album By a Duo or Group with Vocals Las hijas del Tomate (Nominated, lost to Bacilos Caraluna.)
  • 2003 Record Fair MIDEM (Cannes)


- Best New Artist/group
  • 2003 Amigo Awards


- Best New Group

- Best New Artist
  • 2004 Record fair MIDEM (Cannes)


- Breakers of borders (Best-selling Album out of its country and inside of Europe with "Las hijas del Tomate")
Song)

Parody

In 2002, the German comedian Elmar Brandt wrote (using the tune of Aserejé) a Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder is a German politician, and was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full-time politician, he was a lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor...

 parody called "Der Steuersong" (The Tax Song) for the radio program The Gerd Show.

In 2002, a satirical version to the tune of Aserejé by El Groupo Mayonessa circulated in Gibraltar prior to the referendum on a proposal of joint sovereignty, entitled 'Vota Que No, Que No, Que No No No'

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