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Leiva

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Pólvora (2014)
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Diciembre (2012)


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José Miguel Conejo Torres

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4 users heart off Leiva - Eme
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José Miguel Conejo Torres better known by his artistic name Leiva (born in Madrid, April 28, 1980), is a Spanish singer, musician and songwriter. Between 2001 and 2010 he led with Ruben Pozo the Spanish pop rock band Pereza, with which he recorded 6 albums. After the dissolution of the band, he started a solo career with two charting solo albums: Diciembre in 2012 and Pólvora in 2014. Leiva was born and raised in the neighborhood of Alameda de Osuna, in the northwest suburbs of Madrid. His great love of football coupled with its strong resemblance to Leivinha, the Brazilian footballer, who at that time played for Atlético de Madrid earned him the nickname Leiva. He would later use it as his stage name. His first musical activity was in 1994, as he became part of the Malahierba band in which he was a drummer. In 1998 he formed a trio band together with Rubén Pozo and drummer Tuli with the intention of making cover versions of Leño. Subsequently Malahierba would evolve and become the band Pereza. The band released its debut album in 2001, but without much success. From the second album, Algo para cantar in 2003, the formation became a duo of Leiva and Ruben. With Animales in 2005, they gained great fame and consolidated their position as one of the most important Spanish pop rock bands. Pereza had three more albums, Los amigos de los animales in 2006, Aproximaciones in 2007 and Aviones in 2009. The duo split in September 2011 with Leiva continuing as a solo singer, songwriter and musician.

The first solo album of Leiva was Diciembre (2012), that was self-produced and received positive reviews and awards such as the Rolling Stone Award for best album of the year and two Latin Grammy nominations.

In January 2014 Leiva came out with his second solo album, titled Pólvora, a co-production with the Spanish musician Carlos Raya and Joe Blaney as soundman.

Both albums have proven very successful with Leiva releasing three singles charting singles on the Spanish singles market, and charting in PROMUSICAE charts, namely "Eme", "Afuera en la ciudad" and "Terriblemente Cruel" the latter two making it to positions 6 and 5 respectively on the Spanish charts.
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