- Alaska y Dinarama
Infobox musical artist
Name = Alaska y Dinarama
Background = group_or_band
Origin =Madrid ,Spain
Genre = Pop
Years_active = 1982 — 1990
Label =EMI , Hispavox
Associated_acts =Alaska y los Pegamoides
FangoriaAlaska y Dinarama is a now defunct Spanish electro-pop band formed by
Olvido Gara , Ignacio "Nacho" Canut Guillen, and Carlos Garcia Berlanga de Manrique. The group was popular and influential duringLa Movida Madrileña . Some of their famous recordings include "Abracadabra", "Ni Tú Ni Nadie,"(which was entered for the Spanish heats of theEurovision Song Contest in 1985) and "¿A Quién le Importa?" (later covered by Mexican musician Thalía in 2002). In 1992 the name of Alaska y Dinarama was no more and was renamed to what is now known as Fangoria.Discography
*1983 Canciones profanas sold 40,000 copies in Spain
*1984 Deseo carnal sold 500,000 copies in Spain and 1,500,000 in Latin America
*1986 No es pecado sold 250,000 copies in Spain and 1,300,000 in Latin America
*1988 Diez sold 75,000 copies in Spain and 500,000 in Latin America
*1989 Fan fatal sold 200,000 copies in Spain
*2001 Delirios de grandeza (statistics unknown)
*2002 Alaska y sus canciones de la movida (statistics unknown)External links
* [http://www.alaskaydinarama.com/ EMI's Alaska y Dinarama website]
* [http://www.fangoria.es/ Official Fangoria website]
* [http://www.europopmusic.eu/Spain_pages/Alaska.html Alaska on Europopmusic.eu] (In english)
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