Maldita Nerea

Maldita Nerea (English: Darn Nerea) is a Spanish pop/rock band.

Maldita Nerea
Maldita Nerea in Madrid
Background information
OriginMurcia, Spain
GenresRock, pop rock, folk pop, folk rock, pop
Years active2003–present
LabelsRosevil (self-released), Universal, Sony
Websitewww.malditanerea.com
MembersJorge Ruiz
Luis Gómez
Jordi Armengol
Pedro Carrillo
Tato Latorre
Sergio Moriera[1]

History

The group originated in Murcia. They started with small concerts in the city and then Salamanca, where Jorge moved to continue his studies of speech therapy. These concerts were successful and the band became popular.

They attracted the attention of Universal Music and in October 2003, their debut album Cuarto creciente was released. In 2007, following the first album and their departure from Universal, Jorge Ruiz decided that the next release would be self-published. Called El secreto de las tortugas, it was released on "Cuarto Creciente Producciones". In 2009 they released the album Es un secreto... No se lo digas a nadie, which featured remastered versions of previously released songs.

During 2010, the band had a hit with the song "Cosas que suenan a..." which reached number 1 on iTunes (in Spain) and was credited as iTunes Song of the Year.[2]

In 2011, they released their album Fácil and announced a tour of Spain and an additional date in London. In that year, they recorded the song "Bienvenidos a nuestro Clan" for the TVE Clan shorts programme Clanners.[3]

The band's 2017 single "Bailarina", from the album of the same name, was chosen as the official anthem of the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España cycling race and was performed live at the team presentation on 17 August 2017 in Nîmes.[4] The video for the song was also shot there.

Members

Original members

  • Jorge Ruiz – vocals and writer
  • Luis Gómez – guitar
  • Carlos Molina – bass
  • Sergio Bernal – drums

Current members

  • Jorge Ruiz – vocals and writer
  • Luis A. Gómez – guitar
  • Jordi Armengol – guitar
  • Pedro A. Carrillo – bass
  • Tato Latorre – guitar
  • Serginho Moreira – drums

Discography
  • Cuarto Creciente (2003)
  • El secreto de las tortugas (2007)
  • Maldita Maqueta (2004)
  • Es un secreto... No se lo digas a nadie (2009)
  • Fácil (2011)
  • Mira dentro (2014)
  • Bailarina (2017)[5]
  • Un planeta llamado nosotros (2020) No. 1 Spain[6]

Awards

40 Principales Awards

Los Premios 40 Principales of music, are some awards created in 2006 by the radio station Los 40 Principales, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the station.

Year Candidate Category Result
2010Maldita NereaBest New Artist in 40 PrincipalesWinner
Maldita NereaBest groupWinner
«Cosas que suenan a...»Best SongWinner
«El secreto de las tortugas»Best music videoNominated
Gira «El secreto de las tortugas»Best festival, tour or concertNominated
2011«Fácil»Best albumWinner
Maldita NereaBest artist or groupNominated
«Fácil»Best tourNominated
2012Gira "Mucho + Fácil"Best tourNominated
2014"Mira Dentro"Best music videoNominated

Lo que de Verdad Importa Awards
Year Candidate Category Result
2014Mira DentroAlgo + que una canciónWinner

Cadena 100 Awards
Year Candidate Category Result
2011Maldita NereaLos número 1 de Cadena 100Winner

Neox Fan Awards
Year Candidate Category Result
2013Maldita NereaEl grupazoNominated
gollark: Old thing was around when I was growing up. New thing was NOT. The implications are obvious.
gollark: > i dont get why people think that just going back to the old days before phones and computers and shit would make anything betterBecause new thing bad old thing good, OBVIOUSLY?
gollark: I mean, cheap zero-carbon-dioxide power wouldn't fix EVERYTHING, but it would solve many of the climate-change-y issues we have, more so over time as many of the solutions to things require plentiful electricity.
gollark: Environmental damage is partly a fixable technical problem and partly a social one, because people are SILLY DODECAHEDRA who will not accept the obvious solution (to some things) of nuclear power. I'm also not convinced that reverting to horrible premodern living standards would *reduce* depression.
gollark: Hmm, this is quite long.

References
  1. WWW.LATINOSINLONDON.COM | What's on: Maldita Nerea: 22 October, London
  2. El secreto de las tortugas, de Maldita Nerea, elegida Canción del Año (iTunes) - Noticiascadadia.com Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Maldita Nerea se une al universo de los Clanners y pone voz a la canción de la serie de TVE". laguiatv.com (in Spanish). 5 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op4b0XU-mSs
  5. https://itunes.apple.com/mx/album/bailarina/id1265742214
  6. "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 6: del 31.1.2020 al 6.2.2020" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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