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http://www.antonioorozco.com/ 2000 to present antonio orozco
 antonio orozco solo_singer 23 november 1972 voice , guitar pop , latin antonio orozco.jpg barcelona , spain antonio orozco singer
antonio orozco

antonio orozco -lrb- barcelona , november 23 , 1972 -rrb- is a spanish singer-songwriter .
the son of a couple of sevillian working-class marriage , he spent his childhood in hospitalet de llobregat .
when he was 15 years old , he bought his first guitar and started to compose songs .
he has won several prizes like the premio ondas and sold lots of records , his first album sold more than 100,000 copies , whereas his second album titled `` semilla del silencio '' sold over 300,000 copies .
in 2005 , he released a self-titled album `` antonio orozco '' , which was a compilation of his best songs -lrb- twelve in total -rrb- that eventually propelled him into stardom outside spain , mainly in latin america and other parts of the world .
some of his better known songs include : `` te esperaré '' and `` déjame '' .
he is known as well because of his duets with lucie silvas -lrb- `` what you 're made of '' -rrb- and malú -lrb- `` devuélveme la vida '' -rrb- .
antonio orozco was born november 23 , 1972 , and raised in barcelona , spain , by a working-class family .
during a trip at the age of 15 to triana , sevilla , orozco was exposed to the music that would change his life forever .
his family , originally sevillanos , had roots in the region and its music : flamenco .
his family soon relocated to osuma , in sevilla , a state known for its vibrant music community .
orozco took up flamenco guitar and began accompanying vocalists as a hobby .
in time , his talent for songwriting bubbled to the surface , and he began performing professionally .
playing in bars and train stations , orozco came to know pianist/producer xavi perez , who inspired him to record his own material .
in the year 2000 he released his first solo disc , un reloj y una vela , which perez produced alongside tato latorre .
impressively , the record sold over 100,000 copies .
semilla de silencio was released in 2001 .
it was also produced by perez and latorre , and sold three times as many copies as its predecessor .
the 2004 release of his third work , el principio del comienzo , produced similar results .
his breakout success won him opportunities to perform in the u.s. and all over latin america .
in 2005 orozco was asked to tour with juanes on his tour of the americas , which made possible his live concert dvd , antonio orozco -- tour edition .
orozco 's 2006 release , cadizfornia , made it onto billboard 's top 100 european albums chart .
