Miranda! is an Argentine electro pop band, formed in 2001. Band members include Alejandro Sergi (vocals), Juliana Gattas (vocals), Lolo Fuentes (guitar), Bruno de Vincenti (programming) and since 2003 Nicol?s Grimaldi (bass). Found fame in Europe, Latin America, and the United States among Spanish speakers.
History
The History of Miranda! began in 2001, when Alejandro Sergi decided to join Juliana Gattas, Lolo Fuentes and Bruno de Vincenti to start a band. Their style would be catalogued by themselves as Melodramatic Electropop.
The band was named after Argentinian classic actor Osvaldo Miranda. Since the band began playing, they wanted to meet him. This finally took place during the Buen Dia Arriba festival, in December 2002, in a bar near a park at Palermo Viejo.
Their popularity grew around the Buenos Aires Underground music circuit, based on their peculiar music, style, and looks. Their unique live performances, in which the band members "acted out" the lyrics of their songs, gained them a great amount of followers, as well as a number of prizes on such publications as the Argentinian version of the Rolling Stone Magazine, which named them the Revelation Band of 2002.
The same year, they released their first album, Es Mentira, which would spawn five singles: Bailarina, Im?n, Tu Juego, Agua and Romix.
In 2004 Miranda! edited their second album, entitled Sin Restricciones, which would mean the mainstream breakthrough of the band, with hits like Yo Te Dir? or Don, which would go on to be one of the most downloaded ringtones in the world by 2005. Other singles out of this album were Navidad, El Profe, Uno los Dos and recently Traici?n.
In between of the albums, they released an EP containing three new tracks that were formerly the theme songs of very successful soap operas from Argentina, "Quereme...tengo fr?o" ("Love me, I'm cold") from Piel Naranja , starring Arnaldo Andr? and Marilina Ross in 1975; "Una l?grima sobre el tel?fono" from Una voz en el tel?fono , starring Carolina Papaleo and Ra?l Taibo in 1990; and "Esa extra?a dama" from the soap opera with the same name, starring Luisa Kuliok and Jorge Mart?nez. This songs were performed at the 2006 Mart?n Fierro Awards TV Show, and then released as a single cd in Argentina.
"Prisionero", the first single off their new album "El Disco de tu Coraz?n", became a #1 hit in their native Argentina. However, the second single "Perfecta" with Mexican singer Julieta Venegas became an even bigger hit worldwide, topping the charts in many Spanish-speaking countries.
The newest single from "El Disco de tu Coraz?n" is simply-called "Hola", and is the first to be released in 2009. The video from "Hola" is comic-based on a narrated chat communication between two people that ends having sex in a room.
Provocative Lyrics
Miranda!'s songs are sometimes explicit and taboo. For example, in El Profe, a male student fantasizes about being one of his female classmates' love teacher. The language used and the situations described are unusual for mainstream pop and some might find them offensive and of bad taste. The passages that better illustrate this controversy would be: "Quisiera que me mientas cuando pregunte tu edad" (I want you to lie to me when I ask your age) and also "Quiero que te toques para mi, quiero tocarme y acabar en ti" (I want you to touch yourself for me, I want to touch myself and come on you).
Awards
Year Award Category Result 2002 Rolling Stone Magazine Revelation Band of 2002 Won 2003 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoam?rica 2003 Best New Artist South - Best Independent Artist Nominated 2004 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoam?rica 2004 Best Alternative Artist Nominated 2005 Premios Gardel 2005 Mejor ?lbum Grupo Pop Sin restricciones Won 2005 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoam?rica 2005 Best Group or Duet Nominated 2005 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoam?rica 2005 Best Alternative Artist Won 2005 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoam?rica 2005 Best Artist South Won 2005 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoam?rica 2005 Video of the Year "Don" - Artist of the Year Nominated 2006 Vi?a del Mar International Song Festival Antorchas de Plata Won 2006 Vi?a del Mar International Song Festival Antorchas de Oro Won 2006 Vi?a del Mar International Song Festival Gaviota de Plata Won 2006 Los Premios MTV Latinoam?rica 2006 Best Group or Duet Nominated 2006 Premios MTV Latinoamerica 2006 Video of the Year "El Profe" Nominated 2006 Premios Toing 2006 Ringtone Pop Nacional Don Won 2006 Premios Toing 2006 Ringtone Revelaci?n Won 2006 Premios Toing 2006 Truetone Pop Nacional Won 2006 Premios Toing 2006 Truetone de Oro Won 2005 Premios Gardel 2006 Mejor DVD Sin restricciones en Vivo Nominated 2007 Los Premios MTV Latinoam?rica 2007 Best Group or Duet - Best Pop Artist - Best Artist South Nominated 2007 Latin Grammy Awards Mejor ?lbum Grupo o duo Nominated 2007 Premios Principales 2007 Mejor Artista Argentino Won 2007 Premios Clarin Espectaculo Mejor Figura de Rock Nominated 2007 Los Premios MTV Latinoam?rica 2008 Best Group or Duet Nominated 2007 Los Premios MTV Latinoam?rica 2008 Best Pop Artist Nominated 2007 Los Premios MTV Latinoam?rica 2008 Artist of the Year Nominated 2007 Los Premios MTV Latinoam?rica 2008 Best Artist South Won
