María José Llergo
{{Short description|Spanish singer (born 1994)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
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| birth_place = Pozoblanco, Andalusia, Spain
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María José Llergo (born 1994) is a Spanish singer.
Biography
Born in Pozoblanco, in 1994,{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/09/22/actualidad/1537625288_309559.html|website=El País|first=Alberto|last=Gayo|date=22 September 2018|title=Me han querido domesticar y no lo han conseguido}} Llergo joined the local violin school at a young age.{{Cite web|url=https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/cordoba/sevi-maria-jose-llergo-espana-no-puede-cantar-quiera-201910200826_noticia.html|website=ABC|title=María José Llergo: "En España no se puede cantar lo que uno quiera"|date=24 October 2019|first=Aristóteles|last=Moreno}} She also stood out in the choir of the {{lang|es|Colegio Concepcionistas}}.{{Cite web|url=https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/cordoba/sevi-maria-jose-llergo-coro-colegio-pozoblanco-premio-goya-mejor-cancion-202202132054_noticia.html|date=14 February 2022|title=María José Llergo, del coro del colegio en Pozoblanco al premio Goya a la mejor canción|first=Félix|last=Ruiz Cardador|website=ABC}} Owing to being granted a musical scholarship, she moved to Barcelona when she was 19 years old, continuing her musical education, starting a professional career as a singer.
Llergo's first single was "Niña de las dunas" (2018), performing alongside guitarist Marc López.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/premios-goya/2022-01-24/maria-jose-llergo-nominada-mejor-cancion_3360342/|website=El Confidencial|date=13 February 2022|title=¿Quién es María José Llergo? La ganadora al Goya por esta canción de 'Mediterráneo'}} After the release of several songs such as "Nana del Mediterráneo" or "Me miras pero no ves", she published her first EP, Sanación, in 2020. In 2022, she won a Goya award for her song "Te Espera El Mar", which formed part of the soundtrack for the Spanish film Mediterráneo. In June, it was announced that José Llergo would collaborate with Zahara for her reissue "REPUTA". The song was released on September 23, alongside the album's release.
Discography
=EPs=
- Sanación (2020)
=Singles=
- Niña de las Dunas (2017)
- Me Miras Pero No Me Ves (2019)
- Nana del Mediterráneo (2019)
- Nana de los Rosales (feat. Paquete) (2019)
- El Péndulo (2019)
- El Hombre de las Mil Lunas (2020)
- ¿De Qué Me Sirve Llorar? (2020)
- Soy Como El Oro (2020)
- Pena, Penita, Pena (Lola Flores cover) (2020)
- A Través De Ti (2020)
- La Luz (with Didi Gutman$, hyhook) (2020)
- Que Tú Me Quieras (2021)
- Te Espera El Mar (2021)
- SANSA (REPUTA) (Zahara feat. María José Llergo) (2022)
=Albums=
- ULTRABELLEZA (2023)
Awards and nominations
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| align = "center" | 2022 | 36th Goya Awards | Best Original Song | "Te espera el mar" (Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea) | {{won}} | align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-te-espera-mar-maria-jose-llergo-mediterraneo-mejor-cancion-original-premios-goya-2022-20220212231234.html|date=12 February 2022|title='Te espera el mar', de Maria José Llergo, para 'Mediterráneo', Mejor Canción Original en los Premios Goya 2022|website=Europa Press}} |
References
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Category:21st-century Spanish women singers
Category:21st-century Spanish singers
Category:Singers from Andalusia
Category:People from the Province of Córdoba (Spain)
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