Ana Victoria
Ana Victoria Boccadoro Miguel (born December 8, 1983) is an American and Mexican singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer. She is the daughter of the Mexican singers Amanda Miguel and Diego Verdaguer.[4] In 2012 she was nominated for a Latin Grammy while most of her success is in Mexico.[5][6]
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Background information | |
Birth name | Ana Victoria Boccadoro Miguel[1] |
Also known as | AV |
Born | [2] Los Angeles, California, U.S.[3] | December 8, 1983
Origin | Manhattan Beach, California, U.S. |
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Occupations |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 1997–present |
Labels | DIAM Music |
Website | anavictoria |
Parents | Amanda Miguel (mother) Diego Verdaguer(father) |
Biography
2007-2010: Ready and AV
Ana Victoria is the daughter of Latin American singer-songwriters Amanda Miguel and Diego Verdaguer. She was born on December 8, 1983, in Los Angeles, California. At the age of 13 she began working as a backup singer for her parents.[5]
In 2007 she released her first album, Ready, co-produced with Rob Meister and released under her parents label DIAM Music distributed by Warner Music Group.[5] It included the songs "Siempre pude ver" (Whenever I can see) and "P.D. Te amo" (PS I Love You) which reached the Mexican top 10 while the video for the first single won the Excellence Award at the Accolade Awards.
In April 2012 Ana Victoria released her second album, entitled "AV" co-produced by Axel Dupeyron. The eleven songs included a cover of her father's song "Yo No Lloro por Llorar" (I Don't Cry for the Sake of Crying) and the singles "Nada" and "Sorry".[5]
2012-2013: Latin Grammy Nomination and Color Amor
In 2012 she was nominated in the category "Best New Artist" at the Latin Grammy Awards. In 2009 a live DVD and CD Ana Victoria: En Vivo, was released. In early 2013 she performed two duets: "Más vale tarde que nunca" with Christian Chavez , and "Simplemente amor" with Erik Rubin. The covers album Color Amor was released on August 21, 2013.[6] It included her first song in English, a rendition of "I Belong To You" by Lenny Kravitz.
Discography
Studio albums
- 2007 - Ready
- 2012 - AV
- 2013 - Color Amor
Live albums
- 2009 - Ana Victoria: En Vivo
Singles
- 2007 - «Siempre pude ver»
- 2007 - «P.D. Te amo»
- 2007 - «La sombra de este amor»
- 2012 - «Yo no lloro por llorar»
- 2012 - «Nada»
- 2012 - «Más vale tarde que nunca» (with Christian Chávez)
- 2013 - «Simplemente amor» (with Erik Rubin)
- 2013 - «Si mañana no me ves»
- 2015 - «Beso de Consolación»
- 2016 - «Otoño»
- 2017 - «La Reina»
Tours
- 2013 - Color Amor Tour
- 2016 - Herencia Romántica Tour
References
- "Ana Victoria". MusicBrainz.
- "Ana Victoria en Guadalajara". garuyo.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- "Ana Victoria Verdaguer: Orgullo al natural". vanguardia.com.mx. Archived from the original on 2015-01-20.
- "Ana Victoria Verdaguer, heredera de un gran talento". quien.com. 7 April 2012.
- EFE, ed. (October 15, 2012). "Ana Victoria moves on to stardom with Latin Grammy nomination". latino.foxnews.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
- Aviles, Ramon (October 25, 2014). "Ana Victoria Reaching New Levels of Music Stardom". living out loud (LA).