- Gisela (singer)
Infobox musical artist
Name =Gisela
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Gisela Lladó Cánovas
Alias = Gisela
Born =January 1 ,1979 (age 29) inBarcelona ,Catalonia ,Spain
Residence = Spain
Instrument =Vocals
Genre = pop
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Years_active = 2001– present
Label = Filmax Music
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URL = [http://www.vivegisela.com/ ViveGisela.com]
Notable_instruments =Gisela is the name of a Spanish pop singer. She was born in
Barcelona ,Catalonia ,Spain , and became famous after coming 8th in the first edition ofOperación Triunfo . Before the start of Operacion Triunfo, she was a student at theAutonomous University of Barcelona , studyingJournalism .Career after Operación Triunfo
Her first album was "Parte De Mí". It came out in Spain in 2002, selling 200,000 copies in a few weeks. "Este Amor Es Tuyo", won the
Viña del Mar International Song Festival contest in 2003 and also she won the award for best voice in the same edition. That year she also sung at theEurovision Song Contest 2002 inTallinn with her friendRosa López .Her second album in 2003, "Más Allá" has five singles, including "Más Allá", the number 1 "Sola" and "Amor Divino". Also in 2003, her version of
Irene Cara 's "What a Feeling" was included in an advert in the United Kingdom.Ni te lo imaginas
Her third album, "Ni te lo imaginas", came out in 2006, under a new record label (Filmax, rather than Vale Music). There were four singles off the album, the first and the third becoming Gisela's most successful so far in her career. The first was "Turu-Turu", a pop ballard reaching Number 1 in Spain on its second week. Amid the success of Turu-Turu, the second single "Mágica La Notte" managed to climb up to 62 on the Spanish iTunes chart, becoming Gisela's least successful single to date. This resulted in Filmax releasing a Special Edition version of the album, including two new songs, the first called "Mi mundo eres tú" and the second, "Viviré en tus sueños". "Viviré en tus sueños" managed to climb up to Number 7 in the Spanish iTunes chart, helped by the film "Perón" that had it as its theme song. The fourth single "Mi mundo eres tú" was a radio only single, and it even managed to climb into the United Kingdom's iTunes pop chart at the end of 2007.
Acting
She has interpreted the original B.S.O. for Spain of the Disney movies:
Peter Pan (2002),Beauty and the Beast (2003) and Enchanted (2007), and others films.Eurovision 2008
Gisela was confirmed as the
Andorra n representative to perform in theEurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Casanova". The song failed to reach the final as it ended up in the 16th of the semi-final contest.Discography
Albums
Singles
External links
*official|http://www.vivegisela.com
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