Miguel Ángel Poveda León (born 13 February 1973) is a Spanish

flamenco Flamenco () is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the Gitanos, gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Region of Murcia, ...

singer. Poveda has collaborated with artists from various disciplines who were previously unknown to flamenco audiences. He often collaborates with Spanish flamenco guitarist Juan Gómez "Chicuelo", with whom he has toured extensively in Europe, Japan and the US.

Early life

Poveda was born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

, to a father from Lorca,

Murcia Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...

, and a mother from

Puertollano Puertollano () is a municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha. The city has a population of 45,539 (2022). Contrasting to the largely rural character of the region, Puertollano stands o ...

, Castilla-La Mancha. In 2003, he moved to

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

Discography

* (1998) * (2001) * (2005) * (2006), with Juan Carlos Romero * (2009), with Joan Albert Amargós & Chicuelo * (2009), with Joan Albert Amargós & Chicuelo * , Live from (2010) * (2010) * (2012) * (2012) * (2013), with Rodolfo Mederos * (2018) * (2021)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Poveda, Miguel 1973 births Singers from Barcelona Flamenco singers Singers from Catalonia Living people Spanish LGBTQ singers Spanish gay musicians Gay singers 21st-century Spanish male singers 21st-century Spanish LGBTQ people LGBTQ people in Latin music