Diego Antonio Caccia Torres
(born March 9, 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine Grammy Award-nominated pop singer and composer. His mother was the Argentine singer Lolita Torres.
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Biography
In
1991, Diego Torres' music career began with a band called
"La Marca."
Later, he began his first steps on TV starring in the successful TV series
"La Banda del Golden Rocket"
which stayed on air for three years. He loved soccer
In
1992, he launched his first album,
"Diego Torres,"
produced by
Cachorro López. This album was rewarded 3 times platinum.
Two years later, and a little distant from TV, he launched his second album called
"Tratar de estar mejor"
which received 5 platinum albums in Argentina and gold and platinum albums in other
Latin American countries. This album launched Torres to the international scene.
In
1996, the
Italian producer
Celso Valli produced Torres' third album,
"Luna Nueva"
, and months later Diego started touring with his band all across Latin America,
United States, and
Spain. The album went on sale, soon becoming gold and quickly being rewarded with the platinum in Argentina.
In
1999, he recorded his fourth album called
"Tal Cual Es"
, produced by Cachorro López. This album showed Diego's talent and creativity to compose and mix different Latin sounds, such as flamenco guitars as well as various other tropical sounds.
His next album was named
"Un Mundo Diferente"
which was recorded in the second half of
2001 in Buenos Aires and
Miami. This album presents a variety of styles and merges with several Latin rhythm styles in most songs, such as in his most successful song so far, "Color Esperanza", which stayed at the top of the Argentine Singles/Airplay Chart for twelve consecutive weeks. The album received a
Grammy Award nomination in
2003.
2004 brought a new challenge to Diego: the possibility of recording an
MTV Unplugged, which would be aired in the
MTV networks of Brazil, Latin America, Spain and United States. The reconversion of the acoustical in some of his hits along with the presentation of his new themes are part of this show, which is also produced on
CD and
DVD.
Torres' newest album,
Andando
has various release dates across the world. All in
2006, Argentina got the album on July 25 while the other release dates are as follows:
- United States - August 15
- Spain - August 29
- Latin America - September 8
The album's first single
Abriendo Caminos
is a duet featuring the popular Dominican singer-songwriter
Juan Luis Guerra.
In 2005 he received the Platinum
Konex Award as best Argentine male pop/ballad singer, shared with
Sandro de América.
Discography
- Las Marcas
(1991)
- Diego Torres
(1992)
- Tratar de Estar Mejor
(1994)
- Luna Nueva
(1996)
- Tal Cual Es
(1999)
- Un Mundo Diferente
(2001)
- MTV Unplugged
(2004)
- Andando
(2006)
- Un Cachito de mi
(2008)
Trivia
In August 2006, Diego Torres appeared on the cover of the Mexican magazine
Open.
See also
- List of singer-songwriters