Lorena (singer)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lorena


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Lorena Gomez Pérez
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Lleida, Spain
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Genre = Pop, Ballad
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 2007–present
Label = Sony BMG
Associated_acts = Rosa Lopez, David Bisbal, Ainhoa Cantalapiedra
URL = [http://www.lorenaweb.es LorenaWeb.es]
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Lorena Gomez Pérez (born April 12 1986 in Lleida) is an spanish pop singer known artistically as Lorena.

She was the winner of TV's Spanish Language's talent-search program "Operación Triunfo 2006 ". In 2007, her debut album, "Lorena" was released under the Sony BMG label.

Biography

Early years

She was born April 12, 1986 in Lleida, Spain. She is the youngest daughter of Paco (policía nacional) and Mari (homemaker). She has two elder sisters, Sonia and Gemma. Although born catalan her parents and family are of andalusian origin, and at age 3 started to sing "coplas".

At age 8 performed in a stage for the first time and she never went down of it. For 14 years she was at the "Casa de Andalucía" of Lleida singing and dancing flamenco, sang in various benefict acts (always as a solo singer) and was component of a gospel choir where she studied vocal training.

In television, "Operación Triunfo" wasn't her first appearance, she was at age 10 in "Menudas Estrellas" and "Menudo Show", at age 12 in "Sabor a ti" and at age 16 in "Cerca de ti".

She also taken part in different singing competitions: in 2001 was finalist of the "Benidorm International Song Festival", in 2003 won "Operación Tremp" and in 2004 was second in the "Concurso Nacional de Coplas".

"Operación Triunfo 2006"

This program started the October 8 of 2006 and, for four months, she was shut in an academy with an adjusted timetable of classes and rehearsals.

In the first part of the program, the show's favorite was chosen by the public, and the jury nominated to leave the academy. In this part, she was, every week, except one, between the four most voted by the public, and was the favorite in the "gala" (episode) 6. She was nominated by the jury one time, in the "gala" 9, but she was saved by the teachers.

In the second part of the program, the favorite was chosen by the jury, and the two less voted by the public fought a duel to not leave the academy. During this part, she was elected favorite by the jury 3 times, in the "galas" 11, 14 and 15. She fought a duel with Moritz in the "gala" 13 and was saved by the public with 62% of the votes.

In the final "gala" 16, the January 26 of 2007, she was chosen winner of the program with a 50.7% of the votes of the public in front of her top rival, Daniel. For winning the 5th season of the show, Lorena got a record contract with the multinational Sony BMG "label".

Debut-album: "Lorena"

Once finished the program, and after made the required interviews in television and press as winner of "Operación Triunfo", she started the recording of her first album in Sony BMG. The recording of this album was made between February and march of 2007 in the "Estudios Filigrana" at Córdoba, under the direction and production of Manuel Ruiz "Queco".

The March 27 of 2007, two months after winning "Operación Triunfo", this album, named "Lorena" was released, the album was an album of personal covers of greatest hits of inernational artists, with two new songs also included. The album entered and peaked at number 4 of the Spanish Top 100 Albums.

Two singles were released from the album: "Sin Medida" in march 2007 and "Otro Amor Vendrá" in July 2007. Lorena promoted these singles in television, radio and press (National and Autonomic); also she was invited to perform in several "galas" and events (as the Cup's Soccer Final in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium or the Europride 2007 between others); and she appeared in the TV Series more viewed in Spain: "Yo soy Bea".

She started the tour "Adelante" the march 24 of 2007 with her mates in "Operación Triunfo 2006". In this tour they performed songs of the TV program and their first single of their albums. The tour was composed of 11 concerts in big recints in Lleida, Santander, Zaragoza, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Murcia, Fuerteventura, Málaga and Bilbao. The tour finished the May 26 of 2007 in Bilbao.

In the summer of 2007 she made a mini-tour presenting the songs of her debut album. The tour started the June 16 of 2007 in Lleida as supporting artist of David Bisbal. The tour was composed of 10 concerts in the provinces of Lleida, Lugo, Murcia, Málaga, Asturias, Barcelona, Madrid and Huesca. The tour finished the October 12 of 2007 in Fraga (Huesca).

Second-album: "De Pelicula"

11 famous movie soundtracks of all time: Maniac, I've had the time of my life, I say a little prayer, I don't want to miss a thing, Eye of the tiger, Footloose, Up where we belong, If you could read my mind, Fame, Think and Save the best for last.

The lead off single is Maniac, which failed to make any impact on the charts, due to the low promotiong given on radios and TV shows.

The album was released on April 1 of 2008 in Spain, and peaked at a very disappointing #34 on the Spanish Albums Chart, due to the low promotion and the album is another "cover"-release. The album fell to #57 the following week, rising to #46 the fourth week.

Discography

Albums

References

External links

* [http://www.lorenaweb.es/ Lorena's Official Site]
* [http://www.lorena-gomez.com/ Lorena's Fans Club]