Melendi
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Ramón Melendi Espina (born 21 January 1979), known mononymously as Melendi, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. His specialties are rock, flamenco, and rumba styles.
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- 1945
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- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Spain
- Active from
- 1979-01-21
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His full name is Ramón Melendi Espina. Spanish pop singer with rock, flamenco, and rumba influences. Was born on January 21, 1979 in Oviedo, Asturias. He realized very quickly that he wasn't made for studying, but he was good at soccer. He played in the lower ranks of Astur CF, at the time a reserve team for Real Oviedo. Afterwards, he worked as a waiter in several bars and spent all night out, living experiences that would later go on to make up the lyrics of his songs. <a href="https://www.l
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- Melendi
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- Melendi in February 2017
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- solo_singer
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- Musical artist.birth_place
- Oviedo, Spain
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ramón
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Oviedo
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Catalan
- Genre
- Cuban rumba
- Official website
- www.melendioficial.com
- Image
- Melendi en Laguna de Duero (Valladolid) 3.jpg
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- Melendi
- date of birth
- 1979-01-21
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- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
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- Ramón Melendi Espina
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 2003–2006: Career beginnings
- 2007–2010: ''Curiosa la cara de tu padre'' and ''Volvamos a empezar''
- 2011–2015: ''Lágrimas desordenadas'', ''Un alumno más'' and ''Directo a septiembre''
- 2016–2018: ''Quítate las gafas'' and ''Ahora''
- 2019–present: ''10:20:40''
- Private life
- Artistry
- Discography
- Albums
- Studio albums
- Live albums
- Compilation albums
- Extended plays
- Singles
- Collaborations
- Tours
- References
- External links
Ramón Melendi Espina (born 21 January 1979), known mononymously as Melendi, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. His specialties are rock, flamenco, and rumba styles.
== Early life == Melendi was born in Oviedo, Asturias. He went to school with Formula One race car driver Fernando Alonso, to whom he dedicated the song "Magic Alonso". Melendi also did racing for a while. He realized very quickly that though he was not made for racing nor studying, he was good at football. He played in the lower ranks of Astur CF, at the time a reserve team for Real Oviedo. Afterwards, he worked as a waiter in several bars, living experiences that would later make up the lyrics of his songs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melendi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.