Enrique Ramil
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Background information | |
Birth name | Enrique Ramil |
Born | Ares La Coruña, Spain | 18 June 1984
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter and vocal coach |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | Tercera Planta (2011), Sony Music (2018), AGP Music (2019-2020), Castillera Music (2021-present) |
Website | enriqueramil |
Enrique Ramil (born 18 June 1984 in Ares, La Coruña) is a Spanish singer, musician, songwriter and vocal coach.
He took part as contestant on different Spanish TV shows such as Operación Triunfo, The X Factor[1] and won the second series of Tierra de Talento (2020).[2]
The singer is internationally well-known because of the quality of his voice and performance.[3] He has released four studio albums: V. O. (2008), Juguetes Rotos (2011), Thank you (2015) and Ramil y una noches (2019), and more than twenty singles. He has performed in Spain, Latin America and United States.
Career[]
Enrique Ramil was born on 18 June 1984 in Ares La Coruña, Spain. When he was three he joined the parish choir of his home town in Galicia.[4]
At the age of nineteen he moves to Madrid were he attended singing and musical theatre lessons. His profesional career started in 2005 and since then he has performed in lots of different stages such as streets of London, television, theatres...
Between 2006 and 2007 he becomes co-protagonist of the musical PaquitaDora in the role of Coco Mandala[5]
2008: V. O.[]
During that year his first album V. O. ("versión original" in Spanish) was released by Enrique Ramil as an independent artist. Produced by Edu and Sergio Del Val, the album includes special versions of meaningful songs for the artist. The singles released were Remolino, a cover of the famous song by Cuban singer Francisco Céspedes, Creo en mí, adaptation to Spanish of Believe by Yolanda Adams and El loco version of Il pazzo by Mina.
2009–2010: Battle of the Choirs and other projects[]
In 2009 Enrique joined the TV show La batalla de los coros on Cuatro, (the Spanish version of the Australian show the Battle of the Choirs). He was part of the choir coordinated by the Spanish singer Marta Sánchez[6]
During that year his song Es mi voluntad becomes part of the Spanish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010[7] The song reached number 28 among more than three hundred songs.[8]
In 2010 he participated on the talent show Tu sí que vales,[9] on Telecinco television channel.
2011–2012: Operación Triunfo (Spanish TV series) and Juguetes Rotos[]
Enrique took part in the castings for the eight season of the Spanish talent show OT 2011. He became one of the 16 contestants in the famous TV Academy.[10] This show and the OT tour granted Enrique Ramil some recognition in Spain. That year he released his second musical project Juguetes Rotos featuring duets with Maria do Ceo, Ainhoa Cantalapiedra and Rosa Cedrón.
In 2012 he released Believe in LOVE, Pride Barcelona 2012 anthem. He also funded Mandala Gospel choir in Ares, his home town, that he directs till 2015.[11] He also started working as vocal coach.[12]
Between 2012 and 2013 he became a regular guest on the Galician TV show Heicho Cantar on TVG, featuring Mandala Gospel choir in one of the shows.
2012-2018: London, The X Factor and Ramil y una noches[]
In 2015 he moved to London where he lived for two years. During his time in the capital city he became a street performer (busking).[13] He joined the castings for the new seasons of The X Factor UK, reaching the famous six chairs challenge.
Back in Spain, in 2017 he performed with the Black Light Gospel Choir in La Voz and La Voz Kids[14] on Telecinco. But he decided to join the castings for Factor X (Spanish TV series). He was chosen and he went to the live shows on television, reaching the finals.
2019: Volcanes[]
After his time on The X Factor he went on the Ramil y una noches tour, singing versions of classic songs that he would release on a new musical project: Ramil y una noches.[15]
He also launched a crowdfunding campaign[16] to release Volcanes, his new original song and videoclip.
During 2019 he released several singles from Ramil y una noches, including covers of songs such as Perdóname written by Beatriz Luengo and originally sang by Ricky Martin, or 18 años an original song by Dalida firstly performed in Spanish by Luz Casal.
2020: Tierra de Talento and the American Adventure[]
In 2020 Enrique Ramil became a contestant on the Canal Sur Televisión show Tierra de Talento. Judges such as India Martínez, José Mercé, Diana Navarro, Lola Índigo, Carlos Álvarez and Jesús Reina showed great admiration for his performances.[17] He sang covers of songs originally performed by[18] India Martínez, Vanesa Martín, Rocío Jurado or a medley from the Aladdin original soundtracks (on the role of the Genie).[19]
On 25 July he became winner[20] of that season after singing Alejandro Sanz's Mi soledad y yo[21]
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During September that same year international media announced that the artist would be flying to the US to record his new album.[22] He would be collaborating with SanLuis, writers of songs for Marc Anthony, Prince Royce, among others.[23]
He has also recorded duets in Spain with Diana Navarro, India Martínez and María Villalón[24] produced by Alejandro Romero.
In October he releases the single "Soy lo prohibido", originally performed by Olga Guillot, but also other artists such as Natalia Lafourcade or Luis Miguel.
During his time in Miami, Enrique collaborates with Latin Grammy artist writing song for his new project. The Spanish Counsulate in New York invited him to a showcase in 'Roommate Times Square'.[25] He also performed the best of his repertoire in another showcase in Miami.[26]
Back in Spain, the artist takes part in a homage to Manuel Alejandro, musician and writer of very famous Latin songs. National press highlighted his performance.[27]
A the beginning of December, the singer releases "A tu vera", song written by Rafael de León and Juan Solano, originally performed by Spanish Lola Flores. This release was a present to his fans just before the release of the new song.
2021: USA and Latin America - Mentira, Prefiero ser la otra and more[]
On 22 January the singer will release his new song and videoclip, recorded and filmed in Miami.
Canal Sur television invites Enrique Ramil to the New Year's special Tierra 2021. The artist sang in Galizian a duet with María Villalón. The chosen song was Lela, previously performed by Dulce Pontes .[28][29]
On the 29 of January[30] Enrique Ramil released Mentira, the first single in latinamerica. The song and videoclip were recorded in Miami and produced by the prestigious duet San Luis. Tierra de Talento (Spain) was the first stage for the first performance of the song. Promotion of the song continued in Panamá, Guatemala and United States.
In March, Enrique Ramil was performed Mentira and was interviewed on "Hoy día", a tv show of Telemundo, where he also received a message from his admired Olga Tañón.[31]
His new single, Prefiero ser la otra was released on April 2 that year.[32] being popular in Latin America. Its videoclip was directed by Alexander Escorcia, same director of his previous videoclip "Mentira". The song was considered on the "most risky singles",[33] because the singer performed it on the original gender it was written for: female.[34] Esta canción fue presentada en el programa matutino estadounidense Despierta América.[35] TV shows in USA and Latin America (Mega TV and Telemundo), prove the internacional interest for his music.
A ranchera version of Prefiero ser la otra was released featuring the Venezuelan singer .[36] Enrique Ramil homages Mexico with this version.
El artista sigue produciendo nuevos proyectos en Miami que irán conformando su siguiente disco.[37]
On the 11 of June Qué trabajo me da is released. The singer describes this song as a mixture of Craig David and Juan Luis Guerra styles.
At the end of the year he performed in Osuna[38] and Madrid. Then he started a tour on Latin America on voice and piano format.[39] He visits Panamá, Bogotá, Santiago de Chile, México and Caracas.[40] As a pre-tour promotion two live videoclips were released, directed by David León: El triste and original of Roberto Cantoral famously sang by José José andFarsante, written by Amaro Ferreiro, Iván Ferreiro and Miguel Conejo Torres.[41]
Discography[]
Albums[]
Year | Title | Details | Label |
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2008 | V. O. |
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Independent Artist |
2011 | Juguetes Rotos |
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Tercera Planta |
2015 | Thank you |
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Independent Artist |
2019 | Ramil y una noches |
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AGP Music |
EP[]
Title | Details | Songs | ||
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Believe in Love |
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Volcanes |
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Paradise |
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Singles[]
Year | Song | Album | Label |
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2008 | «Remolino» | ||
«Creo en mí» | |||
«El loco» | |||
2011 | «Juguetes Rotos» | Tercera Planta | |
«Si me caigo...» | |||
2018 | «The Sound of Silence» | ||
«Hombres» | |||
«Toy» | |||
«Muera el amor» | |||
2019 | «Volcanes» | ||
«La gata bajo la lluvia» | |||
«Perdóname» | |||
«90 minutos» | |||
«18 años» | |||
«Paradise» | |||
2020 | «90 minutos + Durmiendo sola» | ||
«Señora + Se nos rompió el amor» | |||
«Soy lo prohibido» | |||
«A tu vera» | |||
2021 | «Mentira» | Castillera Music | |
«Prefiero ser la otra» | |||
«Qué trabajo me da» |
Collaborations[]
Year | Song | Album |
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2011 | «Juguetes Rotos» (feat. Ainhoa Cantalapiedra) | |
«Fios de vida» (feat. Maria do Ceo) | ||
«Mira hacia el cielo» (feat. Rosa Cedrón) | ||
2017 | «Ghetto Track» (collaboration with Vanilla Ace) | |
2019 | «Don't You Worry Child» (collaboration with Freshtuff) | |
2020 | «No somos inmortales» (collaboration with several artists)[42] | |
«Leo» (collaboration with Alejandro de Pinedo) | ||
«Forgiveness» (collaboration with J Sanz) | ||
«Time To Fly» (collaboration with Carlos Garo) | ||
2021 | «Lela» (duet with María Villalón) | |
«El Perdón» (duet with Diana Navarro) | ||
«Prefiero ser la otra (ranchera)» (ft. Karina (Venezuelan singer)) | ||
«Pride - I Feel So Good» (collaboration with Alejandro de Pinedo) |
Soundtracks[]
- Believe in Love (Tercera Planta), Pride Barcelona 2012 official anthem.
Videoclips[]
Year | Song | Directed by |
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2009 | Es mi voluntad (preselección Eurovisión 2010) | |
2011 | Juguetes Rotos | Victor Moreno |
2012 | Si me caigo... | Cristina Fraga |
Believe in Love (Pride Barcelona 2012 Anthem) | Cristóbal Garrido[43] | |
2019 | Volcanes | Fran Granada |
Perdóname | David León | |
18 años | David León | |
90 minutos | David León | |
2020 | You Make Me Feel So Young (Enrique Ramil & The Jazzifiers) | David León |
90 minutos + Durmiendo sola | David León | |
Señora + Se nos rompió el amor | David León | |
Soy lo prohibido | David León | |
A tu vera | David León | |
2021 | El Perdón (duo con Diana Navarro) | David León |
Mentira | Alexander Escorcia | |
Prefiero ser la otra | Alexander Escorcia | |
Prefiero ser la otra - versión ranchera (dúo con ) | Frederick Melendez | |
Qué trabajo me dá | David León | |
El triste (versión voz en directo) | David León | |
Farsante (versión voz en directo) | David León |
Soundtracks[]
- Believe in Love (Tercera Planta), Pride Barcelona 2012 official anthem.
Videoclips[]
Year | Song | Directed by |
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2009 | Es mi voluntad (Eurovision Song Contest 2010 pre-selection) | |
2011 | Juguetes Rotos | Victor Moreno |
2012 | Si me caigo... | Cristina Fraga |
Believe in Love (Pride Barcelona 2012 Anthem) | Cristóbal Garrido[44] | |
2019 | Volcanes | Fran Granada |
Perdóname | David León | |
18 años | David León | |
90 minutos | David León | |
2020 | You Make Me Feel So Young (Enrique Ramil & The Jazzifiers) | David León |
90 minutos + Durmiendo sola | David León | |
Señora + Se nos rompió el amor | David León | |
Soy lo prohibido | David León | |
A tu vera | David León | |
2021 | "El Perdón" (duet with Diana Navarro) | David León |
"Mentira" | Alexander Escorcia | |
Prefiero ser la otra - ranchera (ft. Karina) | Frederick Melendez | |
Qué trabajo me da | David León | |
El triste (live voice recording) | David León | |
Farsante (live voice recording) | David León |
Tours[]
- 2007–2009: Cocó Mandala y Jazz Kidding
- 2009–2010: Enrique Ramil Quartet (Galicia)
- 2011: Gira OT 2011 (Spain)
- 2017–2020: Ramil y una noches (Spain)
- 2021: 2021 Tour (Spain, Panamá, Bogotá, Santiago de Chile, Mexico y Caracas)
Musicals[]
- PaquitaDora – as Coco Mandala, co-protagonist – Spain, 2006 and 2007 [45]
Television[]
Year | Show | Platform | Notes |
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2009 | La batalla de los coros | Cuatro (TV channel) | Contestant, member of Marta Sánchez's choir |
2010 | Tú sí que vales | Telecinco | Contestant |
2011 | Operación Triunfo (Spanish TV series) | Telecinco | Contestant |
Land Rober – Tunai Show | TVG | Guest[46] | |
2012
2013 |
Heicho Cantar | TVG | Guest to several shows[47] including one where he sang with Mandala Gospel choir[48] the song Mátame suave, a Galician cover of Killing Me Softly with His Song. |
2015 | O país mais grande do mundo | TVG | Guest[49] |
2018 | Factor X (Spanish TV series) | Cuatro (TV channel) | Contestant and finalist |
2019 | Estando Contigo | CMM TV | Guest[50] |
El legado de... | Canal Sur | Guest[51] | |
2020 | Tierra de Talento[52] | Canal Sur | Contestant and winner of the series |
Tierra de Talento[53] | Canal Sur | Guest with José Carlos Esteban-Hanza Fernández (winners of the second season of the show Tierra de Talento) | |
La Tarde, aquí y ahora[54] | Canal Sur | Guest featuring the pianist Alejandro Romero | |
Tierra de Talento[55] | Canal Sur | Duet with India Martínez featuring the pianist Alejandro Romero | |
Música para mis oídos[56] | Canal Sur | Invitado | |
[57] | Canal Sur | Guest: duet with Mariola Cantarero | |
2021 | Tierra de 2021[58] | Canal Sur | Guest: duet with María Villalón |
Hoy día[59] | Telemundo | Guest | |
Chataing | Mega TV | Guest on Luis Chataing show from Miami | |
Hoy día | Telemundo | Interview and presenting "Prefiero ser la otra"[60] |
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Category | Award | Results |
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2020 | Adults | Tierra de talento Canal Sur | Winner |
References[]
- ^ El cantante Enrique Ramil saborea en Tierra de Talento una victoria "que ya tocaba". diariodeferrol.com
- ^ "Me rindo", "te quiero", confesiones del jurado al ganador, Enrique Ramil. Canal Sur
- ^ Enrique Ramil, la voz que conmueve a España, lanza su sencillo “Mentira”. Mexico en la Red
- ^ Ramil ('Operación Triunfo'): «Lo negativo para la carrera de un cantante es no ser honesto con uno mismo» Ambienteg.com
- ^ Cogam.es
- ^ Tres voces de la comarca para el coro de Marta Sánchez. lavozdegalicia.es
- ^ elcorreogallego.es
- ^ esc-history.com
- ^ diariodeferrol.com
- ^ lavozdegalicia.es
- ^ maspalomaspride.es
- ^ radiounioncatalunya.com
- ^ as.com Factor X: Enrique Ramil ya fue concursante de OT y en Tú sí que vales. as.com
- ^ «Me han dado mucha caña por no esconder mi sexualidad». ABC.es
- ^ "Hay mucha gente que cree en lo que hago" diariodeferrol.com
- ^ laopiniondemalaga.es
- ^ Enrique Ramil gana la segunda edición de Tierra de Talento. Formula TV
- ^ Ramil no defraudó y ganó el concurso «Tierra de Talento»
- ^ Enrique Ramil, el genie in Aladdin's Musical, directo a la final en una alfombra mágica
- ^ Enrique Ramil se desquita y gana 'Tierra de talento', su primera victoria en un talent tras cinco intentos
- ^ canal "Me rindo", "te quiero", confesiones del jurado al ganador, Enrique Ramil. Canal Sur
- ^ Enrique Ramil, el cantante que emociona a España, llegará a EEUU y América Latina. NotiTemas.com
- ^ ShowNews
- ^ QEDP.news
- ^ [1]
- ^ visionrdn.com
- ^ El gallego Enrique Ramil conmueve al público en el homenaje al compositor Manuel Alejandro. www.mundiario.com
- ^ José Mercé, Mariola Cantarero, Jesús Reina, India Martínez y María Villalón fusionan su arte en 'Todo es de color'. Canal Sur
- ^ Las otras ‘Campanadas’: todos los presentadores de las cadenas autonómicas eltelevisero.com
- ^ Enrique Ramil presenta su nuevo disco «Mentira». Lavozdegalicia.es
- ^ Enrique Ramil llega con todo a la televisión hispana
- ^ Enrique Ramil debuta en la televisión nacional de EEUU con su éxito “Mentira”
- ^ "Enrique Ramil presenta "Prefiero ser la otra", su canción más atrevida". desdepuebla.com (in Spanish). 5 April 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Enrique Ramil: "¿Mi masculinidad es frágil porque me maquillo? ¡Por favor!"". Shangay (in Spanish). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Univision. ""Prefiero ser la Otra" se perfila como la llegada de Enrique Ramil". Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Enrique Ramil y Karina interpretan la versión ranchera de "Prefiero ser la otra"". Spanish Version - Periódico Digital Centroamericano y del Caribe (in Spanish). 12 May 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Enrique Ramil, de cantar con India Martínez a trabajar con Juanes en Miami ¡Mira aquí la entrevista!". Cadena Dial (in Spanish). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Jesús Bienvenido y Enrique Ramil pusieron en Osuna el ‘no hay billetes’, elpespunte
- ^ Enrique Ramil se presentará en Panamá. Panama America
- ^ Enrique Ramil rendirá tributo a la música romántica con show en Caracas. Diariocaribazo.com
- ^ Enrique Ramil nos visitará en diciembre. Metro Libre
- ^ No somos inmortales, de Raquel Brandía se hace himno de los artistas emergentes. revistayoung.es
- ^ Entrevista a Cristóbal Garrido, vencedor de la primera gala del programa de TV ‘Tu cara no me suena todavía’
- ^ Entrevista a Cristóbal Garrido, vencedor de la primera gala del programa de TV ‘Tu cara no me suena todavía’
- ^ www.cogam.es
- ^ Land Rober – Capítulo 53: Enrique Ramil. crtvg.es
- ^ Heicho Cantar Queridiña. crtvg.es
- ^ Heicho cantar – Cancions con nome propio. crtvg.es
- ^ O país máis grande do mundo – Achegámonos ata Washington, Lima, Londres e Chile. crtvg.es
- ^ Castilla La Mancha Media
- ^ europapress.es
- ^ lavozdegalicia.es
- ^ Enrique Ramil y José Carlos Hanza, ganadores de la segunda temporada, nos regalan "La bien pagá". CanalSur.es
- ^ Enrique Ramil embelesa con una exquisita versión de "Señora" CanalSur.es
- ^ India Martínez y Enrique Ramil cantan con el alma CanalSur.es
- ^ "Música para mis oídos" estrena una nueva y majestuosa versión del villancico de Canal Sur.
- ^ El emocionante regalo navideño de Mariola Cantarero y Enrique Ramil. Canal Sur
- ^ Canal Sur dará la bienvenida al nuevo año con 'Tierra de 2021' europapress.es
- ^ Enrique Ramil debuta en la cadena Telemundo con su éxito «Mentira»
- ^ telemundo.com
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- Living people
- 1984 births
- Spanish male singers
- Spanish musicians
- Spanish composers