Chenoa

María Laura Corradini Falomir (born June 25, 1975, in Mar del Plata, Argentina) popularly known as Chenoa, is an Argentine-Spanish music artist who rose to fame as a contestant on reality television singing competition Operación Triunfo.

Her music style could be described as pop.

Most of her music is in Spanish, although a few tracks on some albums were recorded in English.

Chenoa was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina on June 25, 1975, although her family moved to Mallorca, Spain, when she was eight.

She grew up in a musical family; both parents were musicians who used to sing in hotels at live music shows.

At the age of 16, Chenoa began to sing professionally, taking part in her parents' show.

When her mother fell ill, Chenoa had to stand in for her.

Her fathers family is of Italian descent and her maternal grandmother is Lebanese.

She graduated as a nursery school teacher and started performing in the Casino de Mallorca shows when she was 20.

There, Chenoa acquired a good stage presence before entering the first edition of the Spanish television show Operación Triunfo in 2001.

From 2001 to 2005, Chenoa was in a relationship with David Bisbal.

On June 17, 2022, she married the urologist, Miguel Sánchez Encinas in an intimate ceremony in Mallorca.

On Saturday November 11th 2023 it was reported that the two had separated.

She has sold more than 1,000,000 records since 2002.

Her first album was Chenoa, released in April 2002 in Spain.

The first single was Atrévete, a song whose English version is also included in the album as Mystify, but the greatest hit of this album was Cuando tú vas, played all over Spain in the summer of 2002.

Chenoa sold over 500,000 copies in Spain after 61 weeks in the Top 100 chart, and she was nominated for the Spanish music industry awards Premios Amigo as best new female artist and best female artist.

Year 2002 finished with a Spanish tour that included more than 90 dates.

In April 2003, Chenoa competed in and won Eurobest, a European singing contest in which she performed "It's Raining Men".

The unplugged album Mis canciones favoritas was Chenoa's second album.

It was recorded in Barcelona in April 2003, and included some of her favorite songs such as "Man in The Mirror", "Respect", "Chain of Fools", and "Love of My Life".

This CD + DVD was released on a limited edition of 100,000 copies.

Soy mujer was the title of her second studio album, recorded in Miami and Madrid in 2003.

Pop, rock, Latin, Arab, and Anglo sounds are mixed in this album, which reached number one in the Spanish album chart and sold more than 250,000 copies after 47 weeks in the top 100.

The album also charted in Venezuela reaching the number two position.

The singles released were "En tu cruz me clavaste", "Soy lo que me das", "Siete pétalos", "Dame" (which topped the Spanish charts for three consecutive weeks in 2004), and Soy mujer.

Chenoa was nominated again for the Premios Amigo award for Best Female Artist and completed an 80-date tour in Spain.

In 2004, she was nominated for the Tu Música award as best new artist in Puerto Rico.

In May and June 2004, she started her Soy mujer promotional tour around Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Argentina.

In December, she visited Panama, Costa Rica, and Dominican Republic.

In April 2005, the Spanish Radio and Television Associations Federation awarded her the Micrófono de Oro 2005.

Venezuela has also awarded Chenoa in 2005 with the Mara de Oro 2005 for the Best New International Artist of the Year.

Chenoa's third studio album Nada es igual was released in November.

Produced by Dado Parisini (Laura Pausini, Nek, Tears for Fears), and recorded in Milan, this pop-rock album explored a new direction in Chenoa's music.

Nada es igual was not only a sample of her musical evolution, but also of her new personal challenge.

"Rutinas" was the first single, which again reached number one in the Spanish charts.

The album sold more than 100,000 copies in Spain after 21 weeks in the top 100 and was also promoted in Mexico and other Latin-American countries.

The following singles were "Tengo para ti" and "Donde estés".

2006 finished with a Spanish tour of more than 40 locations.

"Me enamoro del dolor" was covered in English by Maria Arredondo titled "Even When You're With Me".