After Franco’s death, young people took advantage of their newfound freedom and alternative lifestyles, including rock ‘n’ roll. This gave rise to Spanish musicians that fused international influences into Spanish music genre.
Rocio Jurado revolutionized the copla genre, touring worldwide to become one of Spain’s best-known singers.
Antonio Flores
Enrique Iglesias is widely considered to be one of the world’s premier Spanish singers and is revered as “The King of Latin Pop”. His songs can be found played worldwide!
Aitana, another singer hailing from Spain, rose to fame through Operacion Triunfo as one of its participants and is considered an early pioneer of Spanish Hip Hop!
Joaquin Sabina is an iconic figure from Madrid’s counter cultural movement after Francisco Franco’s death and Spain returned to democracy. She fronts Alaska y Dinarama band as lead vocalist. Additionally, she can be found appearing in Pedro Almodovar films.
Sabina
Sabina has been part of the Spanish music scene since 1978 and his work reflects love, heartbreaks and society through a baroque-literature style of composition.
Initialy, his career started on Movieplay record label with an album named Inventario that went unnoticed. Later he switched over to CBS (now Sony) where Malas Companias was released amidst great fanfare.
As part of La Mandragora live concert series with Javier Krahe and Alberto Perez as well as Joan Manuel Serrat in Dos pajaros de un tiro, he performed alongside them both. Following suffering a stroke in 2001 – but managing to overcome it and return to recording new album – he successfully resumed recording music again.
Miguel Bose
Miguel Bose was raised with family friends like Picasso and Hemingway as part of his extensive list of hits that incorporate cultural influences.
One of the greatest Latin superstars ever, with ten chart-topping singles across six countries and his signature baritone helping him navigate genres from teen pop, disco, post-punk and mainstream music.
Paramount+’s VIS is unveiling a six-episode series on singer-songwriter Tom Petty that will take viewers through different aspects of his long career. Variety spoke with Macarena Rey, Vice President of Original Programming for VIS, about this exciting endeavor.
David Bisbal
After being chosen as a finalist on Operacion Triunfo, David Bisbal signed with Vale Music and recorded his debut album Corazon Latino which quickly rose up the charts.
Buleria proved just as successful, while on Sin Mirar Atras from 2009 he was officially acknowledged as a songwriter.
He continued performing and charitable work while recording singles; one notable duet with Sebastian Yatra was a huge hit, as was Carrie Underwood’s bilingual track Tears of Gold sung together.
David enjoys cava, so he was an obvious choice to star in Freixenet’s New Year’s Eve commercial. Additionally, he enjoys spending his downtime at his home in Almeria.
Jose Iglesias
Julio Iglesias is one of the world’s best-known singers, selling over 300 million albums worldwide. Beginning his career singing Spanish songs for Latin American audiences – quickly garnering success as an artist who could also sing in Portuguese, Italian, French and German languages.
Early in the 1980s, Iglesias expanded his appeal by releasing English-language albums – with his 1984 release 1100 Bel Air Place selling over four million copies just in the United States alone! This proved very successful.
Iglesias’ success has earned him appearances on many popular television programs, such as Dancing With The Stars and Fox and Friends. Additionally, he is best known as being father to pop singing sensation Enrique Iglesias.
Teresa Berganza
Berganza was one of the premier mezzo-sopranos of the 20th century, renowned for her intelligent style, advanced technique, and captivating stage presence. At home with Mozart and Rossini compositions as well as Spanish repertoire such as Granados’ and Falla’s zarzuelas.
Born on March 16th 1935 in Madrid, she studied at the Conservatory under Lola Rodriguez Aragon who she credits with shaping her talent into an artist. She first made her operatic debut at Aix-en-Provence Festival as Dorabella from Cosi fan tutte; two years later at Glyndebourne Festival as Cherubino from La Boheme.