María Villalón

María Villalón (born in Ronda, Málaga, Spain on 1 April 1989), is a Spanish singer and most notably the winner of the first series of Spanish version of The X Factor in 2007.^[1]

Biography

Maria grew singing from an early age. She studied at the music conservatory learning to play the cello when she was 10. In 2006 she took part in Bienvenidos on Canal Sur and in selection rounds of Operación Triunfo where she reached the top 90 of the Spanish singing competition before being dropped.

X Factor

Maria rose to fame in 2007 when she applied to take part in the musical reality show Factor-X Spanish version of The X Factor broadcast on Cuatro television channel. Only 17, she went on to win the contest singing "Cançao do mar" from Dulce Pontes and "María se bebe las calles" from Pasión Vega.

After X Factor

Her album after her win was Te espero aquí by Sony BMG, although she had two pre-X Factor albums through a small Andalusian record label. The album was released on 13 November 2007. First and only single from the album was "Agüita de abril".

Her second album Los tejados donde fuimos más que amigos gave her another Top 40 single entitled La lluvia

Discography

Albums

• 2000: Entre sueños
• 2002: Rompe
• 2007: Las mejores canciones de María en Factor X
• 2007: Te espero aquí
• 2009: Los tejados donde fuimos más que amigos

Singles

• 2007: "Agüita de abril"
• 2008: "Amores que matan"
• 2009: "La lluvia"
• 2010: Cosas que no se de ti

References

1. ^ Sur: La malagueña María Villalón gana la primera edición de Factor X

External links

• Official site
• Official fan site
• Official MySpace site
• Official YouTube channel
• Official blog

Preceded by None

Factor X (Spain) Winner 2007

Succeeded by Vocal Tempo

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