Kiruba
| Kiruba | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Quito, Ecuador |
| Genres | Pop rock, teen pop. |
| Years active | 2003–2004 2008–2009 |
| Labels | MTM Records |
| Website | [1] |
| Members | María José Blum, Cecilia Calle, Mariela Nazareno, Diana Rueda, Gabriela Villalba |
Kiruba, female pop music group from Ecuador, was formed in Quito in 2003, consisted of 5 members: María José Blum, Diana Rueda, Mariela Nazareno, Cecilia Calle, and Gabriela Villalba. Accounted for the greatest revolution in the music industry in its country and became the highest selling artists of Ecuador.
Quisiera (I Wish) the first single from the band took first place in the charts in Ecuador for nearly five weeks and the fifteenth in Latin America for a week, thereby establishing the group as an international band.
As quintet released two studio albums and five singles, selling over 10,000 copies of its records. They separated in 2004 due to differences between the members and promotion of the television channel that drove her careers.
The history of this, the most successful female band in Ecuador along the story, begins with the selection process of the program Popstars in Teleamazonas, since there, everything would be way to the summit for the quintet until its disappear and subsequent reunion in 2008.
The group was created after a television talent contest called 'Popstars' from Teleamazonas TeVe Channel, which gained great success in late 2003. After nearly three months of competition judges chose, from among three thousand initial candidates, the final five members of the band: María José Blum (Guayaquil), Diana Rueda (Quito), Mariela Nazareno (Esmeraldas), Gabriela Villalba (Quito) and Cecilia Calle (Guayaquil).
The band chose, even as part of the reality, the name of Kiruba to make themselves known to the media and the public. This unusual name is derived from a reading Diana Rueda had done on a brave chieftain of the ethnicity of the Amazonian Shuar (Quiruba), who bravely stood up to the Spanish conquerors in the city of Macas.
The quintet released their first album entitled Kiruba just released the results of the competition, so its sales soared to 5,000 copies just a few days after its appearance in stores. Kiruba became overnight into a true national phenomenon that was, among other prizes, triple platinum disc. Her first single Quisiera (I Wish) it held for several weeks first in Ecuador and in Latin America was the fifteenth in the counting chain HTV.
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