In 2001, his brilliant success gave way to an abrupt break. They reunited in 2011, but it was fleeting. Today, the word is not addressed
From Los del Río to Las Ketchup: one-time singers
What music gives you, music takes away from you. The Beatles, Oasis, Heroes of Silence, Sonia and Selena ... The list of groups that ended up separating, to the sadness of their fans, is unbeatable. The latter well know. The boom that they lived at the beginning of the century still colea, according to LOC. "After 20 years, I still see the repercussion of that. Today, many people stop me in the street and say: 'Wow, you are Selena. You have marked my life .' I see the illusion with which they greet me or they remember my music. From a waiter to the supermarket, "Selena herself evokes.
The duo broke into the Spain of summer songs, dysfunctional choreographies and playbacks in television galas. Reggaeton had not yet landed on our shores. On the contrary, the one-hit wonder proliferated, artists of a single success that were never known , although their themes continue to revive every summer in the towns' verbenas and in the beach bars.
Taking advantage of this context, the Vale Music company, in late 2000, decided to launch a new project, casting through. Thus was born Sonia (the blonde) and Selena (the brunette) . The first, 26 years old at the time, had made his first steps as a singer and model, coming to work as a double for Pamela Anderson . The second, at 25, earned a living as a dancer, having performed alongside musicians such as Ricky Martin or Enrique Iglesias.
The record company opted for them bluntly: it wanted them to represent Spain in Eurovision 2001 . By then, the festival had already lost interest for the general public, but it was still a springboard when it came to promoting singers. They had no luck. At the gala where our candidacy was chosen, it swept David Civera with his Tell him that I love her . Sonia and Selena were in ninth place with I want to dance .
But the disgust lasted little. Only a few months later, that same song would end up becoming the summer song . His only album together, also baptized I want to dance, sold more than 1.5 million copies. The exuberant couple took all the television networks, the radios ... And they even gave three concerts a day. "The artist takes a small percentage of sales ... We do n't earn significant money ," Selena details.
"Character clash"
Like everything that goes up low, his hasty success was followed by a hurried end . With only a year and a half of life, the formation decided to end their adventure. In his day he talked about discussions among the members. Lack of tuning. Sonia prefers not to point out or remember the subject: " It's like a marriage, and it has come to an end . I'm not going in, I prefer to talk about my music."
Selena, on the other hand, does not hesitate to open up and share her point of view: "It really was a clash of characters. We didn't have much to do either personally or artistically. Total incompatibility. The company dispensed with Sonia at the beginning of 2002 ".
How was his character and how was Sonia's? I can tell you about me, not about her. My character remains the same, tremendously demanding. I like to do things impeccably ... And everything that gets out of there already creates conflicts. The unpunctuality, the lack of professionalism, the little consideration with the rest of the team ... I ask for respect and I want to receive what I give. Did your fans suffer with the separation? As I pulled out a disk right away, I didn't feel any lack. My audience was still there. Maybe it was more difficult for Sonia, because it didn't come out until many more years had passed. I did not stop.The corpse of the group was still hot when Selena Leo started walking. That same 2002 he re-recorded the album I want to dance , this time alone , for Latin America. "In Mexico they adapted the song. The chorus changed and said: I want to dance, in Acapulco ... ", recalls the singer. The remaining letter was the same.
Also in 2002 launched Nothing will be the same again , platinum disc. Between this one and Loca (2018), his sixth and last album, he worked as a dubbing actress in Disney movies in Mexico, where he was living for a decade, he dropped by The Famous Farm , where he shared space with a former Belén Esteban, Rappel, Arévalo ... And he also specialized in coaching , became a therapist and cameraman and documentary maker . At present, she is neither married nor has children - although she considers herself lucky in love. He has established his residence in Ibiza and usually gives five concerts a month.
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On the other hand, the life of Sonia Madoc since the duo separated has been a bit more hectic, with some brushstrokes of controversy . The money he earned with I want to dance invested him in his flat and served to set up a clothing store. Before returning to the music scene in 2006, he finished a master's degree in Protocol and Public Relations.
"I realized that people were calling me. Fans were asking me to come back. So I went back to the music ... Reinventing myself and trying to adapt to the market," says the vocalist, who has published a dozen singles at this time, which passed without sorrow or glory.
TV facet
More sounds were his cover in Interviú and some headlines he gave in programs such as Save Me . In 2011, a judge condemned this space and the singer to pay 70,000 euros to Pepe Navarro for "violating his honor". Sonia had assured that the former presenter had been unfaithful to his wife with her . Even so, he acknowledges that he would like to be a collaborator of Sálvame : "Nor will I say no, I love TV. I have a beauty section on the Oh la là program , on the television in Sant Cugat (Barcelona)."
Currently, he usually gives four to five concerts a month . Like Selena, he has neither married nor has children: "Sometimes, the artist marries his art ." In September his next single, entitled Slave, will be released .
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Despite the notable lack of harmony between the two, in 2011, taking advantage of the tenth anniversary of their most famous song, they decided to get back together to make a new version. There were few voices that indicated that this reconciliation was due to an economic interest . "Nothing was won," says Sonia. "It's such a big stupidity. We thought it was a good way to thank our fans for staying there, " Selena said. This is one of the few points in common where they seem to coincide. Although, after this experience, they stopped talking again.
In 2021 ... Can they get together again taking advantage of the 20th anniversary of 'I want to dance'? SONIA: No, no. We already have an age and clear objectives, at least I speak for myself. As if to be dizzy up and down.SELENA: You never know ... Saying of this water I won't drink and then swallow a whole jar ...According to the latter, and although the years have passed, the fan phenomenon has not left them: "In Chile a young man dressed like me approached me. He was a transvestite who made his own costumes, identical to mine. He even wore my same hair and it looked the same ... I fell in love with that person. How nice that someone imitates you like that, with such dedication! He said he wanted to operate to look more like me . But there I stopped him, I said he was very handsome A) Yes".
Almost two decades later, the world seems to have been divided into two types of people. And you, is it from Sonia or Selena?
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