Paloma San Basilio

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paloma San Basilio
Occupation	World Music Singer
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1950(1950-11-22)
Age	74
Birthplace	Madrid
Country	Spain
Horoscope	Scorpio

Paloma San Basilio Biography

Paloma San Basilio is one of the most popular and richest World Music Singer who was born on November 22, 1950 in Madrid, Spain. The legendary actress and singer who received the Latin Grammy for Lifetime Excellence in Spanish music. Her career began in the 1970s and experienced many years of success prior to her retirement in the year 2013. She even performed for her country at the Eurovision Song Contest.

The year 1994 was the first time she sang an opera duet with performer In 1994, she performed a duet concert with opera singer Jose Carreras..

In the early 1970s, she married the athlete Ignacio Gómez Pellico; they divorced shortly after. She had a daughter from that marriage, Ivana. Paloma later started a relationship with businessman Claudio Rey; they have been together for over 30 years. Paloma prefers to keep her personal and private lives separated. She rarely speaks about her private affairs, yet she is respected by journalists. She has a cordial relationship with the press, and she received the award Premio Naranja in the ‘80s, an award granted by journalists to those public figures with whom they better relate.

During the first years of the 70’s, she hosted the TV show Siempre en domingo and worked as an actress in a zarzuela show called Divertido siglo. In 1975 she recorded her first album “Sombras”, which was an international hit including her own songs as well as classic songs like “The Way We Were”, “The Long And Winding Road” or “Feelings”. Her following album, “Dónde vas” (1977) included more dynamic tunes, composed by Bebu Silvettu, and also ballads like “Dónde vas”, that gave the record its name and that was pre-selected to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977. Her influences are very diverse—from artists like The Beatles, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday or Barbra Streisand to artists that she often listens to in her stay in Seville, like Lola Flores or Gracia Montes, which makes it impossible to categorize her in any musical genre.

She briefly tied the knot with professional athlete Ignacio Gomez Pellico in the 1970s. She then began a affair to businessman Claudio Rey. She has a child, Ivana Gomez.

Paloma San Basilio Net Worth

Paloma San Basilio is one of the richest World Music Singer from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paloma San Basilio 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before she entered the entertainment industry around 1975, the actress was a student of the psychology and philosophy in the Complutense University of Madrid. Then she began her career with the television show Siempre en domingo , and acting in the show Divertido Siglo.

A stage actress who has been successful who has a cult following, she landed the role of Evita’s title in the Spanish-language version to A successful stage actress, she took on the title role in the Spanish-language adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s Evita. She has also starred in numerous other musicals throughout her career.’s Evita. She has also been a part of many other musicals in her career.

Paloma Cecilia San Basilio Martínez (born November 22, 1950), known as Paloma San Basilio (IPA: [paˈloma sam baˈsiljo] ), is a Spanish singer, songwriter, producer and actress. She was awarded with a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to Latin music. She has sold millions of records throughout her career, with styles that range from melodic songs to pop. She often appeared in various musicals such as the Spanish-language premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita in Madrid. Some other musical theater works include Man of La Mancha, My Fair Lady, Victor/Victoria, and Sunset Boulevard.

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Evita was performed for a two-year period, during which her next two studio albums were released. “Ahora” (1981) increased even more its popularity with songs like the famous “Juntos”, “La Hiedra”, “Recuerdos (Memory)” (main theme of the musical Cats and “El Inmenso” (with arrangements slightly different from the ’78 release). This album is one of the most celebrated of the singer and includes a beautiful photo shoot, made by the photographer Antonio Molina. It meant her return to the discographic world, after a three-year break. “Dama”, her following album (1983), became famous for songs like “Dama”, “El aire del sábado tarde” and other rhythmic sounds such as “Bailando”, “Fiesta del interior” and “Unas vacaciones”. Between 1983 and 1984, she started in Puerto Rico a triumphant series of tours throughout Latin America, and on her return to Spain she presented her new work “Paloma”, which was already a hit in Latin America with “Por qué me abandonaste” and was one of her best-selling works. Synthesizers and instruments could be heard in this album, that were very common at the time. She was also co-author of several of her themes, something she would often do in the years that were to come.

Facts & Trivia

Paloma Ranked on the list of most popular World Music Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Paloma San Basilio celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.

In 1985 she participated in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “La fiesta terminó”, name of her new album composed and produced by Juan Carlos Calderón. By then Eurovision took place in the Swedish city of Gothenburg and was an important thing for her career, despite of not getting very high score in the ranking. According to her style, she included versions of classics like “Sin ti (Without You)” original of the Welsh band Badfinger, “We’re All Alone”, of Rita Coolidge, adapted with the title “Impaciencia”, or “Que Va Que va” (the classic song “Manureva” by Serge Gainsbourg).