Ana Guerra

Ana Alicia Guerra Morales (born 18 February 1994), better known as Ana Guerra, is a Spanish singer and musical actress.

She rose to prominence when she took part in series nine of the reality television talent competition Operación Triunfo, where she finished in fifth place.

Ana Alicia Guerra Morales was born on 18 February 1994 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

She is the daughter of Antonio Guerra, a nurse, and Fátima Morales.

Her name is in honor of the Mexican-American actress, Ana Alicia, since her parents liked the American series Falcon Crest.

She has one brother.

In her childhood, one day her father bought a karaoke machine and that same day Ana learned a Tamara song by heart in less than ten minutes.

She studied transverse flute for eight years at the Professional Conservatory of Music of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Later, Guerra worked as a perfume consultant, waitress, and actress in musicals.

After her departure from Operación Triunfo 2017, Guerra collaborated with Juan Magán on the song "Ni la hora".

In its first week of release, it reached number one on the Spanish songs chart.

It was later certified triple platinum in Spain.

Her single "Bajito" was also certified gold.

Guerra auditioned for series 9 of Operación Triunfo and was selected to enter the show's "Academy" on 23 October 2017.

She was a candidate to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, with two songs, "El remedio", and a duet with fellow contestant

Aitana Ocaña entitled "Lo malo".

Finally, neither was selected to represent the country in the European contest, while "Lo malo" did get to represent Spain at the OGAE Second Chance Contest.

"Lo malo", which was voted in third place with 26%, reached the top of the Spanish chart and obtained a quintuple platinum certification with 180,000 digital purchases.

In 2018 she became the second Spanish female artist in history to have two songs over 30 million streams on Spotify Spain.

The digital newspaper El Español considers her to be one of the most successful contestants of Operación Triunfo.

On the 12th "gala" or live show on 22 January 2018, it was decided by the public that she would be one of the five finalists of the series.

In Operación Triunfo, Guerra also competed to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the entries "El remedio", which she performed solo, and "Lo malo", which she performed in a duet with Aitana.

The latter song, originally written in English language by Jess Morgan and Will Simms and adapted into Spanish language by Brisa Fenoy, finished in third place, but went on to become a number-one hit on the Spanish Singles Chart and received a double platinum certification.

The single reached number one on the Spanish PROMUSICAE during three weeks.

The former entry, "El remedio", which was authored by Nabález, was released as a single in April 2018.

On 6 July 2018, Guerra released a single with Juan Magán titled "Ni la hora".

The single debuted at number two on the Spanish Singles Chart, and its official music video got more than 4.5 million views on YouTube in five days.

On 6 December 2018 she released the solo single "Bajito", where she appeared with Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi, Dulceida, Alba Paul, Miguel Diosdado and Antonia Payeras.

It received bad critics due to its erotic content.

Guerra had already sung with Bustamante live at the Caminando Juntos concert at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid in June 2018.

On 25 January 2019 she released her first album titled "Reflexión".

The album was a success, ranking at number two on the official sales charts.

Also at the beginning of that year, Ana participated as guest artist in David Bustamante's new album entitled "Héroes en tiempos de Guerra", specifically in the song "Desde que te vi".

She appeared along Roi Méndez in the second episode of 99 lugares donde pasar miedo, aired on 4 May 2019 on Discovery MAX, where they visited the Loch Ness, Comlongon Castle and Greyfriars Kirkyard.

Between September 2019 and January 2020, Guerra toured 16 cities across Spain with her fellow Operación Triunfo castmate Luis Cepeda on the ImaginBank tour.

By December 2019, Guerra had nine platinum records and two gold records.

More than 90,000 followers through their social networks and with more than 85 million views on her YouTube channel.

Her EP Reflexión exceeded 100 million views.

Also during that year, Guerra shared the stage with Spanish-language music stars like Alejandro Sanz and Juan Luis Guerra.

On 24 September 2021, Ana Guerra's second album called "La luz del martes" was released.