Amaia Montero Saldías is a singer, soloist of the band La Oreja de Van Gogh, who has worked with the guys for over 10 years. A woman was born on August 26, 1976 in the city of Irun, Spain.
Childhood and adolescence Amaya Montero Saldias
Amaya grew up in an ordinary Spanish family: father Jose Montero and mother Pilar Saldias, she has an older sister Idoya. The future singer studied chemistry at the local university in Irun. On them, she met the guys from the group La Oreja de Van Gogh.
Later, the singer switched to studying psychology and devoted herself completely to the group; she no longer began to study at the university. She had a vocal teacher working with her voice.
Musical career of Amaia Montero Saldías in the band
At the age of 20, Amaya was invited to a musical group by guitarist Pablo Benegas, they met at the university. The girl agreed to become a member of the group. After 2 years, the group won the prize at the San Sebastian Music Festival.
At the same time, the first album "Dile al sol" was created. 800 thousand copies of the albums were successfully sold in Spain. Before that, there were no such successful albums in the history of the country. It was a triumph! The soloist of the group sang in different languages - Italian, French, Spanish, English and other languages. Amaya wrote some famous songs herself.
In 2000, the group had a new repertoire and the second disc "El viaje de Copperpot" was born, it became more successful than the first. About 1200 copies of it were sold. In addition, he found his fans in Mexico, where another 750 copies of the platinum album were successfully sold. In 2001, the group received the prestigious award for the best musical artist in Spain.
Two years later, fans heard the new album of the guys "Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida", it turned out to be even more successful than the previous two. Its circulation amounted to more than 2500 thousand copies. Only in the USA it was sold 100 thousand copies. In Chile it was the best-selling album, the rest of the copies were sold all over the world.
The group began touring in different countries: France, Italy, Germany, the USA and Switzerland. Appeared worldwide fame and fans. In 2005, the group gave their concerts in some countries of South America. And in the same year, the group was awarded the audience award.
New releases
In 2006, the band's fourth album La Oreja de Van Gogh was released, it was called "Guapa". It also had a high sales rating and high popularity. The album achieved another platinum status in Spain, USA and South America, and was certified gold.
This year the group toured a lot and gave concerts. The tour was in Latin America and the USA, played more than 50 concerts in Spain. This period was the peak of the popularity of the group La Oreja de Van Gogh.
Solo activity of Amaia Montero Saldías
In November 2007, Amaya Montero Saldias made a major decision of her own and left the famous group. This decision was made in order to start his solo career. A new soloist Leire Martinez Ochoa appeared in the group, 4 albums with songs of this group have already been released with her.
The first solo album "Amaia Montero" was released in 2008, its circulation exceeded 1 million copies. The debut work was characterized by Amaya as "elegant". Some fans of the singer noticed that the voice of the debutante in some songs does not sound loud, but sluggish.
The singer says about her album that she grew up with him and found herself in life, although she started absolutely everything from scratch, from scratch. In this album, she expressed all her open emotions, creative impulses and honest thoughts. She took a risk by leaving the group, but is happy that she went her own way and achieved success.
The album contains songs dedicated to her guys from the group La Oreja de Van Gogh, there is the famous hit "Quiero Ser". For 4 months, the song did not descend from the top of the rating of the most popular song in Spain.
Amaya was very worried about her father's illness. In 2006, he was diagnosed with cancer. These experiences are reflected in her songs. In January 2009, her father died and Amaya was forced to take a break from her career. At this time, she went on tour with her debut album. Personal circumstances interrupted the tour.
After spiritual recovery, the singer resumed her tour. She visited Peru, where she gave her first solo concert. The tour continued in Latin America and Spain. The second solo album of the singer Amaya Montero Saldias "Duos 2" was released in 2011.
Amaya is famous for her signature songs such as "La Playa" (2000), "Mariposa" (2000) and "Puedes Contar Conmigo" (2003). These songs were the hallmark of the group and remained its hits for many years.
