Julieta VenegasBirth Place: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Date of Birth: November 24, 1970 Heritage: Mexican Contact Julieta Venegas | 
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Sí Background: “I have been going through a constant process of finding my way of writing and the emotions I want to transmit in my songs. On 'Aqui,' I was very shy, and because some of those songs were the very first ones I ever wrote, they were very introspective. On 'Bueninvento' I was feeling very experimental, and whatever feelings of tenderness I had on the first album I think I left out on the second one. On 'Si' I went directly to trying to express feelings of happiness and tenderness that I was too shy to try on any other album. I don´t mind 'Si' being called a pop record at all. I did turn to pop when I started writing the songs for it, because I was mostly attracted to the simplicity of pop songs. I was looking to do the opposite of 'Bueninvento.' Just by instinct, I wanted to try something different, and I thought that was the place to start.” Julieta Venegas Long Beach-born, Tijuana-raised, and Mexico City-based singer/songwriter Julieta Venegas performed with Mexico's biggest names before enjoying victory as a soloist and venturing into a volatile worldwide career, even composing music for motion pictures. Her music has been compared with that of Fiona Apple, PJ Harvey and Bjork in its truculent tender to force creativeness forward. Bursting into the mainstream pop with her striking debut album “Aquí” (1998), from which she won a Nuestro Rock Award and a MTV Video Music Award, and picking up two Latin Grammy nominations with her second album “Bueninvento” (2000), Venegas enjoyed commercially and critically hit with the third album “Sí” (2003), which has gone triple platinum in Mexico and won the daring and independently minded musicians a Latin Grammy Award, three MTV Video Music (Latin America) Awards and a Grammy nomination. She eventually took home a Grammy Award for her outstanding work in the fourth and new album “Limón y Sal” (2006). The album also earned the multi-faceted musician a Latin Grammy Award and two MTV Video Music (Latin America) Awards. Venegas now resides in Mexico City and has a boyfriend.
Childhood and Family: “I always had one foot in Tijuana and the other in el otro lado. I grew up with the way of thinking of my parents, which was very Mexican and traditional, but also musically, my mom was all about popular music: Pedro Infante, Juan Gabriel, Jose Jose. Yet when I was a kid I thought that everything that wasn’t Mexican was much cooler: The Police, Madness, Culture Club. So there was always a combination. I discovered much later that the way that my mom listens to music is really the way I like to listen too-- just a good song that you can sing along to in the car or around the house.” Julieta Venegas Julieta Venegas Percevault was born on November 24, 1970, in Long Beach, California. She was raised in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, along with her four siblings, and becomes the only one who pursues a career in music. She started taking music lessons at age 8, and played for her first band when she was a teenager. She was educated at the prestigious Escuela de Msica del Noroeste and Southwestern College in San Diego. Julieta plays several instruments such as piano, cello, accordion, acoustic guitar and keyboard, in addition to singing and writing her own songs Julieta has a twin sister named Yvonne, who is a photographer.
Career: Starting studying music at the age of eight, Tijuana-raised Julieta Venegas got her musical career start by joining Chantaje, a local group that later evolved into the ska-punk firestarters Tijuana No!. A key figure in the city's burgeoning underground rock scene, she made a name for herself as the co-writer of the song “Pobre de Ti,” which went on to become the band's signature anthem. Despite the success, she soon grew bored with the predictability of the sound and decided to leave the group. Afterwards, she made her way to the world's biggest city, Mexico City, to further pursue her career. Venegas wrote music for theater productions in Mexico City, and joined the group Lula as an accordion player before rising to fame with La Milagrosa, a trio with heavy hitters Jorge Fratta and Rafa Gonzlez. Considering her significant contribution in the trio, the group was then renamed Julieta Venegas. During that period, she met soon-to-be megagroup Cafe Tacuba, which thrust her into her own stardom, which did not come easily. In music industry since 1992, Venegas was introduced into mainstream pop in 1996 when she landed a contract with BMG Ariola and flew to Los Angeles to record her first solo album. The resultant, “Aquí,” was released on March 24, 1998, which reached No. 16 at Mexico and went gold. The album had hits with the songs “De Mis Pasos” and “Cómo Sé” and earned a Nuestro Rock in 1997 for Best New Album of the year. Also in 1997, Venegas, who sang and played the accordion and piano on the album, received notice from MTV when “Cómo Sé” video won a Best Female Performance MTV Video Music Award, and gained further popularity through concerts across Mexico with a few stops in the U.S. Subsequently, she became an in-demand-musician, and thanks to her unique style, she was flooded with offers to contribute to other musicians' records. Even film directors asked her to compose their soundtracks, the most notably being Alejandro González Iñárritu's “Amores Perros” (2000). On August 21, 2000, Venegas launched the highly anticipated sophomore effort “Bueninvento,” which like its predecessor also was produced by Latin music's most sought after and most venerable producer Gustavo Santaolalla and saw her collaborate with even more dazzling stars such as Tom Waits' guitarist Joe Gore, REM drummer Lenny Waronker and Los Lobos sax man Steve Berlin. Noted for its carefully-studied melodies, unembarrassed emotion, and play-it-again addictiveness, “Bueninvento” peaked at No. 7 in Mexico and was nominated for two Latin Grammy in the categories of Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song for the song “Hoy No Quiero.” Meanwhile, her participation in the year's hugely momentous tribute album to Los Tigres del Norte strengthened her position in Latin pop rock, and she spent the next three years touring and collaborating all over the Spanish-speaking world. A critics' favorite in the U.S and Latin America, Venegas, however, did not emerge as a public darling as well until the release of her third album “Sí” on November 13, 2003. “Sí” is an album of melodic, accordion-driven alterna-pop that was certified triple platinum in Mexico and went gold in America and Chile, thanks to such No.1 hits as “Andar Conmigo” (2003), “Lento” and “Algo Está Cambiando” (both 2004). For her bravura efforts, Venegas picked up a Latin Grammy for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album and three MTV Video Music (Latin America) for Best Solo Artist, Artist of the Year and Best Mexican Artist. Additionally, she was nominated for a Grammy in 2005 for Best Latin Rock Album/Alternative Album. She stated, “With 'Si,' I really started a different path and I really feel like exploring more of it, happiness. Como se dice? Plenitud! Musically I am discovering so many rhythms, that the possibilities are endless. I can’t wait to start it and see what happens.” Venegas' latest album, “Limón y Sal,” hit the music scenes on May 30, 2006. Comprising of songs like “Me Voy” (2006, #1 in Mexico and Spain), “Limón y Sal” (2006, # 2 in Mexico and Columbia) and “Eres Para Mí” (2007, # 1 in Mexico and Columbia and # 2 in the US Latin), featuring Anita Tijoux, the album took home a Grammy in 2007 for Best Latin Pop Album and a Latin Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. It also brought Venegas a 2006 MTV Video Music (Latin America) for Best Solo Artist and a 2007 MTV Video Music (Latin America) for Best Pop Artist. Commercially, “Limón y Sal” has gone platinum in such countries as Mexico, Spain and Argentina and gold in America, Colombia, Chile and Centroamerica. It has been sold more than 800,000 copies worldwide.
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