Diego Torres (actor)

Diego Torres (2016)

Diego Antonio Caccia Torres (born March 9, 1971 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine actor and Latin pop singer.

Live and act

He is the fifth son of the well-known Argentine singer Lolita Torres. In 1988 he played his first film role in El Profesor Punk , followed in 1989 by a role in the television series Los Otros y Nosotros . In the same year he founded a band called La Marca , which broke up in 1991. In 1992 he played a leading role in the telenovela La Banda del Golden Rocket and released his first solo album, which was produced by Cachorro López. It went four times platinum in Argentina. The second album followed in 1994, the third in 1996 and the fourth album in 1999. He also worked as an actor in the films La Furia (1997, directed by Juan Bautista Stagnaro) and La Venganza (1999, directed by Juan Carlos Desanzo). For the latter, he also contributed the song Recuerda to the soundtrack .

His fifth album, which was released in 2001, contains his most famous song Color Esperanza . It stayed at number 1 on the Argentine charts for 12 weeks in early 2002, and the video won the MTV People's Choice Award . Over 160,000 copies of the album were sold in Argentina. Torres gave 13 concerts at Luna Park , all of which were sold out. In 2003 he played a leading role in the film El Juego de Arcibel (director: Alberto Lecchi). In 2004 he gave a concert for MTV Unplugged , which was also released on CD and DVD. It was nominated for a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album and received a Latin Grammy for Best Engineered Album . In Argentina it was the best-selling album of the year and went platinum four times. On his tour through 54 cities in Latin America he had over a million viewers. His seventh album was released in 2006. It was produced by himself and contains the song Abriendo Caminos , a duet with Juan Luis Guerra .

Torres is the UNICEF ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		Latin	IT	AR	MX
2004	MTV Unplugged	Latin45 (8 weeks) Latin	-	AR- × 4 Quadruple platinum AR	MX- platinum MX
2006	Andando	Latin63 (1 week) Latin	IT9 (7 weeks) IT	AR- platinum AR	-
2010	Distinto	Latin31 (3 weeks) Latin	IT34 (5 weeks) IT	-	-
2015	Buena vida	Latin38 (1 week) Latin	IT81 (1 week) IT	-	-

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More albums

• 1991: La Marca
• 1992: Diego Torres (AR:× 2× 2Double platinum + double platinum (re-edition) )
• 1994: Tratar de Estar Mejor (AR:× 6Six-fold platinum )
• 1996: Luna Nueva
• 1999: Tal Cual Es (AR:Platinum + Platinum (Re-Edition))
• 2001: Un Mundo Diferente (AR:× 5Quintuple platinum )

Singles (selection)

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		Latin	IT	MX
1996	Penelope Luna Nueva	Latin16 (7 weeks) Latin	-	-
1997	No lo Soñé Luna Nueva	Latin22 (7 weeks) Latin	-	-
	Sé Que Ya No Volverás Luna Nueva	Latin15 (12 weeks) Latin	-	-
1999	La última noche Tal Cual Es	Latin31 (4 weeks) Latin	IT10 (5 weeks) IT	-
2000	Que Será Tal Cual Es	Latin26 (5 weeks) Latin	-	-
2001	Color Esperanza Un Mundo Diferente	Latin48 (1 week) Latin	-	-
2004	Cantar Hasta Morir MTV Unplugged	Latin15 (13 weeks) Latin	-	-
	Déjame Estar MTV Unplugged	Latin7 (9 weeks) Latin	-	-
2006	Abriendo Caminos Andando	Latin30 (5 weeks) Latin	-	-	with Juan Luis Guerra
2008	Color esperanza Un Mundo Diferente	-	IT11 (1 week) IT	MX- × 5 Quintuple gold MX
2010	Guapa Distinto	Latin1 (18 weeks) Latin	IT46 (1 week) IT	-

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More singles

• 2018: Un poquito (MX:gold, US: Platinum (latin))

Video albums (with awards)

• 2005: MTV Unplugged (MX:gold, AR: platinum)

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: ES
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: AR AR2 MX US

Web links

• Homepage (English)
• Diego Torres in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Diego Torres at Allmusic (English)