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List Of Best-selling Albums In Argentina
The following list include some of the best-selling albums in Argentina with at least 300,000 copies sold or Music recording certification, certified by CAPIF, Argentina's record industry association. Argentina has always remained as one of the largest List of largest recorded music markets, music markets in Latin America, being ranked at number 34 worldwide in 2008. Albums are listed in order of certification or reported sales (highest to lowest), and order of release date (earliest to most recent). This list contains any type of album, including studio album, studio, greatest hits, compilation album, compilation, various artists, soundtrack, DVDs and remix album, remix. According to one publication in 2000, some of most popular artists, notably rock groups reached half-million copies of their releases beginning in 1982 and throught the decade of the 1990s. In the album era, Argentine rock, ''rock nacional'' was a popular style in the country, and Fito Páez's ''El amor después ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Miguel (3x4 Cropped)
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (; born 19 April 1970) is a Mexican singer and record producer. Born in Puerto Rico to an Italian mother and a Spanish father, he is often referred to as ''El Sol de Mexico'' (The Sun of Mexico), derived from the nickname his mother gave him as a child: "Mi sol" (My sun). Luis Miguel has sung in multiple genres and styles, including pop songs, ballads, boleros, tangos, jazz, big band, and mariachi. Luis Miguel is also recognized as the only Latin singer of his generation not to cross over to the Anglo market during the "Latin Explosion" in the 1990s. Despite recording only in Spanish, Luis Miguel continued to be the best-selling Latin artist in the 1990s, and was credited for popularizing the bolero genre within the mainstream market. He has sold around 60 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Latin pop music, along with his personal life and showmanship on stage, has made Luis Miguel popular for ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soledad Pastorutti
Soledad "La Sole" Pastorutti (born October 12, 1980) is an Argentine folk singer, who brought the genre to the younger generations at the end of the 20th century, and the beginning of the 21st. She is also a film and TV actress. Soledad is the older sister of Argentine singer Natalia Pastorutti. Her first album, ''Poncho al Viento'', is Sony Music's best-selling album ever in Argentina according to Alberto Caldero, Sony Music's president in the late 90s, in an interview with ''La Nación'' newspaper. Career In 1995, when Pastorutti was only 15 years old, César Isella took her under his tutelage to participate in the Cosquín folklore festival. Her performance with her sister Natalia landed her a contract with Sony Music Argentina to record and release her first album, ''Poncho al Viento'', that very same year. After one year singing in over 181 villages and cities in Argentina, Soledad was already popular in the whole country. By the time her second album was released, her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organization Of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; ; ; ) is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, the OAS is a "multilateral regional body focused on human rights, electoral oversight, social and economic development, and security in the Western Hemisphere", according to the Council on Foreign Relations. As of November 2023, Member states of the Organization of American States, 32 states in the Americas are OAS members. Luis Almagro of Uruguay was inaugurated as OAS secretary general in 2015. His term ends in May 2025 and Albert Ramdin of Suriname has been elected as his successor. History 19th century The notion of an international union in the American continent was first put forward during the liberation of America by José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar who, at the 1826 Congress of Panama, still being part of Colombia, proposed cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Sosa En Argentina
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Mercedes Sosa
Haydée Mercedes "La Negra" Sosa (; 9 July 1935 at BrainyHistory.com – 4 October 2009) was an singer who was popular throughout and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of ''El nuevo cancionero''. She gave voice to songs written by many Latin American songwriters. Her music made people hail her as the "voice of the voiceless ones". She was often called "the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infobae
Infobae is an international Argentine online newspaper. It was launched in 2002 by businessman Daniel Hadad, with the original headquarters in Buenos Aires. The company expanded globally with local editions in New York City, Mexico City, Miami, Bogotá, São Paulo, Lima, and Madrid, all led by Marcos Stupenengo. The expansion increased Infobae's international audience, becoming one of the most read Spanish-language online newspapers worldwide. Censorship in Venezuela On 10 October 2014, Conatel, the Venezuelan National Commission of Telecommunications, blocked access to Infobae in Venezuela after Infobae published photos of the corpse of the recently murdered United Socialist Party of Venezuela The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (, PSUV, ) is a Socialism, socialist political party which has been the ruling party of Venezuela since 2007. It was formed from a merger of some of the political and social forces that support the Bolivar ... (PSUV) member Robert Serra. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Favio
Fuad Jorge Jury (28 May 1938 – 5 November 2012), better known by his stage name Leonardo Favio (), was an Argentine singer, actor and filmmaker. He is considered one of Argentina's best film directors and one of the country's most enduring cultural figures, as well as a popular singer-songwriter throughout Latin America. Much beloved in Latin America, Favio was one of the most successful Argentine singers in the 1960s and 1970s, with big hits like (with Carola Leyton), , , , , , , , , , , and . He also starred in many films before establishing himself as a director. At the time he began his singing career (mid-1960s), Favio was already an established film director. His first feature movie – '' Chronicle of a Boy Alone'' – and the second one – – are considered to be some of the best Argentine movies of all times. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Colombiano
''El Colombiano'' () is the leading newspaper in Antioquia Department in Colombia whose headquarters are located in Medellín. The first edition of this newspaper was published on February 6, 1912, which only had one page, 13 advertisements, but no news articles. In 1976, the first color pictures were added and in 1980, the content of this newspaper changed from 8 to 6 columns. On February 16, 2001, it was released with its current layout. ''El Colombiano'' is part of Periódicos Asociados Latinoamericanos ( Latin American Newspaper Association), an organization of fourteen leading newspapers in South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o .... See also * '' El Mundo'' External links El Colombiano official website El Colombiano / English Antioquia section New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Página 12
''Página 12'' (sometimes stylised as ''Página/12'', ''Página, 12'' or ''Página12'') is a newspaper published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded on 25 May 1987 by journalist Jorge Lanata and writers Osvaldo Soriano and Alberto Elizalde Leal. Its first president was businessman Fernando Sokolowicz, in 1994 '' Grupo Clarín'' supposedly owned a share. The publishers also distribute a supplement covering Rosario area news, Rosario 12', since 1991. Since 2016 the newspaper is property of Grupo Octubre, a multimedia company created by Víctor Santa María, president of the Justicialist Party in the Buenos Aires. According to in-house surveys, 58% of the newspaper's readership is between 18 and 52 years old and belong to the medium and medium high socio economic groups: AB and C1/C2. History The name of the paper comes from the fact that its preliminary editions as it was being developed had 12 pages. The name had already been chosen, thus the publishers opted to res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cámara Argentina De Productores De Fonogramas Y Videogramas
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Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 as a merger of local bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band's "classic" line-up consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash (musician), Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. The current line-up consists of Rose, Slash, McKagan, guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Isaac Carpenter (drummer), Isaac Carpenter, and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese. Guns N' Roses heavily toured the West Coast of the United States, West Coast club circuit during their early years. Their debut album ''Appetite for Destruction'' (1987), supported by the Appetite for Destruction Tour, eponymous tour, failed to gain traction, debuting at number 182 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, until a year after its release when a grassroots campaign for the "Welcome to the Jungle" music video brought the band ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone ( ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Queen of Pop", she has been recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting and visual presentation. Madonna's works, which incorporate social, political, Madonna and sexuality, sexual, and Madonna and religion, religious themes, have generated both controversy and critical acclaim. A Cultural impact of Madonna, cultural icon spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries, Madonna has become the subject of various List of academic publishing works on Madonna, scholarly, Bibliography of works on Madonna, literary and Madonna and contemporary arts, artistic works, as well as a mini academic sub-discipline called Madonna studies. Madonna moved to New York City in 1978 to pursue a career in dance. After performing as a drummer, guitarist, and vocalist in the rock bands Breakfast Club (band), Breakfast Club and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
