Melendi (Ramón Melendi Espina) is a flamenco-influenced Spanish pop musician. Biography He was born in 1979 in Oviedo. After a relatively normal childhood, it became to clear to his parents that the adolescent Melendi was not born to study. He turned to soccer, playing for lower categories of Real Oviedo. In 2001, he joined a band called "El bosque de Sherwood" (Sherwood Forest), and soon after recorded a solo disc containing three tracks. In 2002, he submitted his disk to Javier Valiño of Carlito records, who called him days later. In February 2003, the album Sin Noticias de Holanda ("No News from Holland") was released, with twelve tracks highly regarded for their lyrics. In May of that year, he embarked on a small tour of Spain, and in September his fan club formed, at this point in modest numbers. By May 2004, following an acclaimed concert performance in Madrid, Melendi reached the 50,000 discs sold plateau. His song "Co

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