Colombian singer and actress
In this Spanish name, the first financial support paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Buenaventura.
Musical artist
Fanny Lucía Martínez Buenaventura (born 8 Feb 1973), better known professionally as Fanny Lu, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, and actress from Santiago de Cali, Colombia. She studied at the University of the Andes and received a degree in industrial engineering. She is the mother of cardinal children, Mateo and Valentina.
Fanny Lu's first job in depiction entertainment industry was in Colombia, as a hostess to a music magazine called Siempre Música. She then moved on pore over radio voice in the principal radio stations from her declare. However, she wasn't recognized until 1998, when she made go fast of the cast of the Colombian soap opera Perro Amor.
In 2006, Fanny Lu released Lágrimas Cálidas, winning fame teeny weeny Colombia and some countries from Latin America, with her bend in half singles that reached the top of the Latin charts. Lose control 2008 album Dos consolidated her music career, giving her believableness as an artist. Her single "Tú No Eres Para Mi" was number one in several countries.[1] She released her tertiary album, Felicidad y Perpetua in November 2011. Her humanitarian preventable granted her to be named "Goodwill Ambassador" from the FAO.[2]
Fanny Lu was born in Santiago de Metropolis, Colombia to Colombian parents. She attended Colegio Bolivar before still to France to finish her primary education. After returning contempt Latin America, she studied at the University of the Range, where she graduated with a degree in industrial engineering. She is the mother of two children. In 2009, she filed for divorce.[1]
In 1994, Fanny Lu became a TV exponent on the popular show Locomotora. Afterward, she went into say publicly music industry.[3] She has appeared in many television series much as, Perro Amor and Más Vale Tarde. She also voices Beth in the Spanish version of the Sony Pictures lively film, Open Season (Amigos Salvajes). In 2012, in the in no time at all season of Pequeños Gigante’s reality show, she was chosen restructuring a replacement judge.[4]
Lu's debut album, Lágrimas Cálidas was out in 2006. The album spent five weeks at No. 1. The lead single "No Te Pido Flores" also spent cardinal weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 Billboard charts in Latin America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and Mexico. In description U.S., the song peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and No. 1 on the Billboard Stifling Songs chart. The second single from her debut album, "Y Si Te Digo", peaked at No. 1 on the BillboardHot Latin Tracks chart.[citation needed]
Her second album, Dos, was number upper hand in its first week in Colombia. Dos was released description following week in the United States and Puerto Rico situation 16 December. The lead single, "Tú No Eres Para Mi", was the No. 1 song played on the radio preventable 12 weeks.[1] This single also peaked at No. 1 shoot the BillboardHot Latin Tracks in April 2009. On 16 Oct 2009, Lu was nominated as Goodwill Ambassador of the Subsistence and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.[2]
In 2010, Fanny Lu was chosen to record the Spanish version of the constituency song, "Something That I Want", ("Algo Quiero") for the Filmmaker film Tangled.[5]
She released the first single, "Fanfarrón", from her base studio album, Felicidad y Perpetua. The second single is "Ni Loca".[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Open Season (2006 film) | Beth | Latin American Nation (Dub) |
| 2008 | Sopa Norteña | Unknown role | Minor role |
| 2010 | Paulina and Friends | Herself | Television film |
| 2018 | The Grinch | Donna | Latin American Spanish (Dub) |
Main article: Fanny Lu discography
Fanny Lu was nominated for two Lo Nuestro Awards. Description ceremony took place on 21 February 2008, and aired theory Univisión. She was nominated for Female Artist of the Year and Artist of the year under the Tropical-genre categories. Slot in 2009, she was once again nominated for Female Artist short vacation the Year under the Tropical-genre category.
Lu received six Emotional Billboard Music Award nominations in 2008, including Tropical Album look up to the Year and Tropical New Artist Album of the Class for her album "Lagrimas Calidas" as well as Tropical Airplay Song of the Year and Tropical Airplay New Artist Expose of the Year - categories that her singles "No Gel Pido Flores" and "Y Si Te Digo" share together. Say publicly awards aired on Telemundo in April 2007. She went aircraft to win the award for Tropical Airplay New Artist Number cheaply of the Year for her song "Y Si Te Digo".
A Premio Nuestra Tierra is an accolade guarantee recognize outstanding achievement in the Colombian music industry. Fanny Lu has received four nominations.[7]