María Nieves Rebolledo Vila (born 9 May 1978), known professionally as Bebe, is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actress who rose to international fame with the singles "Malo" and "Ella".
Biography
María Nieves Rebolledo Vila was born in
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
, Spain, although very soon she moved to
Extremadura
Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...
, where she spent her entire childhood. Her parents were members of the Extremaduran folk group Surberina. Her breakthrough album in Spain was entitled ''
Pafuera Telarañas
''Pafuera Telarañas'' (English: ''Out with the Spiderwebs'') is the debut album by Spanish artist Bebe. It was released in 2004 and contains six released singles along with other tracks.
Composition
The album was noted for its combination of m ...
'' though she gained international recognition after winning the
Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960 (except in 1967) "for a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that ar ...
award at the 2005
Latin Grammy Awards
The Latin Grammy Awards (stylized as Latin GRAMMYs) are awards presented by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music, Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish language, S ...
. She was nominated for five awards total. The first single from ''Pafuera Telarañas'', "
Malo
Mal, which in Spanish means ''bad or evil'', may also refer to:
Places
*Malo, Italy, a town
*Malo Island, formerly known as St. Bartholomew, Vanuatu
*Malo (Solomon Islands), an island
* Malo, Washington, Ferry County, Washington, United States
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" charted worldwide, and has since been used as the theme for the Argentinian series ''
Mujeres Asesinas''.
2006 Break
On 25 June 2006, Bebe announced that for now her album ''Pafuera Telarañas'' would be her debut and her farewell because she was retiring from the stage for a while. She said that even if there is pressure to build up a discography, "I am not thinking of making another CD for quite some time. For a little more than two years I've promoted the same CD and I'm still not done." Nonetheless, she planned to continue touring the US and Mexico. "One has to recycle oneself or one becomes asphyxiated, one has to give oneself space or lose one's mind," she stated.
2009 Y.
She released a new album, ''
Y.'', in 2009. Her song ''Se Fue'' was chosen as the
Starbucks
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iTunes
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Pick of the Week for 3 November 2009.
Discography
* ''
Pafuera Telarañas
''Pafuera Telarañas'' (English: ''Out with the Spiderwebs'') is the debut album by Spanish artist Bebe. It was released in 2004 and contains six released singles along with other tracks.
Composition
The album was noted for its combination of m ...
'' (2004)
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Y.'' (2009)
* ''
Un Pokito de Rocanrol'' (2012)
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Cambio de Piel'' (2015)
Acting career
*2002: ''Entre cien fuegos'' (TV)
*2003: ''
Al sur de Granada
''South from Granada'' () is a 2003 Spanish comedy film directed by Fernando Colomo which stars Matthew Goode as Gerald Brenan (author of ''South from Granada''), a demobilized British soldier who in 1919 rents a house for a year in a village in Al ...
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*2003: ''El oro de Moscú''
*2006: ''Busco''
*2006: ''
La educación de las hadas
''The Education of Fairies'' () is a 2006 drama film directed by José Luis Cuerda. It is a co-production by companies from Spain, France, Argentina, and Portugal (Tornasol Films, Finales Felices, Messidor Films, Lazennec, Pol-Ka Producciones, Madr ...
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*2006: ''
Caótica Ana
''Chaotic Ana'' () is a 2007 Spanish drama film written, directed, and edited by Julio Medem which stars Manuela Vellés as the title character.
Plot
A synopsis prior to the release of the film stated:
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*2021:
''Libertad'' (TV)
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
The
Grammy Award
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is an accolade by the
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. (NARAS), doing business as The Recording Academy, is an American Learned society, learned academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals. It is widely kno ...
of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement on the music industry. Bebe received one nomination.
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2010
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Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the
Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., trading as The Latin Recording Academy (; ), is a multinational membership-based association composed of Latin music industry professionals, musicians, producers, recording engineers, and ...
to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Bebe has received thirteen award nominations.
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2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
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Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960 (except in 1967) "for a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that ar ...
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2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
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Pafuera Telarañas
''Pafuera Telarañas'' (English: ''Out with the Spiderwebs'') is the debut album by Spanish artist Bebe. It was released in 2004 and contains six released singles along with other tracks.
Composition
The album was noted for its combination of m ...
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Album of the Year , ,
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2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
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Record of the Year
The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without re ...
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2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
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Song of the Year
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2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
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Pafuera Telarañas
''Pafuera Telarañas'' (English: ''Out with the Spiderwebs'') is the debut album by Spanish artist Bebe. It was released in 2004 and contains six released singles along with other tracks.
Composition
The album was noted for its combination of m ...
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Best Female Pop Vocal Album , ,
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2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
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Me Fuí
Me most often refers to:
* Me (pronoun), the first-person singular pronoun, referring to the speaker
Me, M.E. or ME may also refer to:
Language
* Me (cuneiform), a sign in cuneiform writing
* Me (kana), a letter in Japanese script
* Middle Eng ...
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Song of the Year
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually ...
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2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
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Me Fuí
Me most often refers to:
* Me (pronoun), the first-person singular pronoun, referring to the speaker
Me, M.E. or ME may also refer to:
Language
* Me (cuneiform), a sign in cuneiform writing
* Me (kana), a letter in Japanese script
* Middle Eng ...
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Best Short Form Music Video
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2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
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2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
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Y.'' , ,
Best Female Pop Vocal Album , ,
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2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
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Un Pokito de Rokanrol'' , ,
Album of the Year , ,
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2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
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Mi Guapo" , ,
Best Alternative Song , ,
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2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
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Cambio de Piel" , ,
Best Alternative Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the alternative genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Ho ...
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2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
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10 Años Con Bebe" , ,
Best Long Form Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Music Film is an annual accolade for performers, directors, and producers of quality videos or musical programs. It is presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony established in 1958 when it was called the Gramophone Aw ...
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References
External links
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Official SiteVideo of Appearanceon
Morning Becomes Eclectic
''Morning Becomes Eclectic'' (MBE) is an American three-hour adult album alternative radio program first aired in 1977 and broadcast live every weekday from KCRW in Santa Monica, California. The show's name is a play on the Eugene O'Neill t ...
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1978 births
Living people
Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Singers from Extremadura
Spanish film actresses
Spanish television actresses
Capitol Latin artists
Latin music songwriters
21st-century Spanish singers
21st-century Spanish women singers
Women in Latin music