Joan Manuel Serrat

Joan Manuel Serrat.

Joan Manuel Serrat (born December 27, 1943 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish singer-songwriter who sings in both Catalan and Spanish.

Live and act

Serrat is one of the most important songwriters in Spain in the last few decades. His work includes the musical arrangement of various poets, including Mario Benedetti , Antonio Machado , Miguel Hernández , Rafael Alberti , Federico García Lorca , Pablo Neruda and León Felipe .

In 1968 he was withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest by the Spanish television broadcaster TVE because he wanted to sing in Catalan the song La, la, la , originally written in Spanish by Ramon Arcusa and Manuel da la Calva . Under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco he emigrated to Mexico in 1975 , but returned to his homeland the following year after Franco's death.

One of his compositions, Llegó con tres heridas , also received international acclaim and was recorded by Joan Baez and Nana Mouskouri , among others . Together with Joaquín Sabina he recorded the albums Dos pájaros de un tiro (2007) and La Orchestra del Titanic (2012).

In May 2015 he was awarded the Premio Iberoamericano de la Música "Cortes de Cádiz" .

Discography (selection)

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1969	La paloma	IT74 (3 weeks) IT	Chart entry in ES only in 2007
	Dedicado to Antonio Machado	IT52 (3 weeks) IT	Chart entry in ES only in 2007
1970	La paloma	IT74 (3 weeks) IT	Chart entry in ES only in 2007
1971	Mi niñez	IT76 (2 weeks) IT	Chart entry in ES only in 2007
1972	Miguel Hernández	IT58 (3 weeks) IT	Chart entry in ES only in 2007
1981	En tránsito	IT95 platinum (2 weeks)IT	Chart entry in ES only in 2007
1983	Cada loco con su tema	IT90 platinum (2 weeks)IT	Chart entry in ES only in 2007
2006	Mô	IT1 gold (15 weeks)IT
2007	Dos pájaros de un tiro	IT1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (91 weeks)IT	with Joaquín Sabina
2010	Hijo de la luz y de la sombra	IT1 × 2 Double platinum (72 weeks)IT
2012	La orquesta del Titanic	IT1 × 2 Double platinum (64 weeks)IT	with Joaquín Sabina

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1984	En directo	IT29 platinum (8 weeks)IT	Chart entry in ES only in 2007
2013	En el Luna Park	IT13 gold (46 weeks)IT	with Joaquín Sabina

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1993	24 páginas inolvidables	IT11 × 2 Double platinum (24 weeks)IT	Chart entry in ES only in 2007
2009	Banda sonora d'un temps d'un pais - 1962-1975	IT84 (1 week) IT
2014	Antología desordenada	IT2 (50 weeks) IT
2015	Serrat en Bellas Artes	IT16 (8 weeks) IT
2018	Discografia en català	IT14 (5 weeks) IT
	Discografía en castellano	IT60 (7 weeks) IT

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
2009	La saeta	IT48 (2 weeks) IT	with Camarón de la Isla
2011	Cuenta conmigo La orquesta del Titanic	IT4 (4 weeks) IT	with Joaquín Sabina
2012	Hoy por ti, mañana por mí La orquesta del Titanic	IT22 (1 week) IT	with Joaquín Sabina
2014	Mediterráneo	IT48 (1 week) IT
	Paraules d'amor	IT42 (1 week) IT

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Argentina 2000: for the album 24 Páginas Inolvidables 2010: for the album Hijo De La Luz Y De La Sombra (CD + DVD)  Mexico 2007: for the album Dos Pájaros De Un Tiro 2012: for the album La Orquesta Del Titanic  Spain 1981: for the album Tal Com Raja 1984: for the album La Vint Anys Que Tinc Vint Anys 1989: for the album Material Sensible 1996: for the album D'un Temp, D'un País Platinum record  Argentina 1998: for the album Sombras De La China 2000: for the album Tarres / Serrat (Canciones) 2002: for the album Versos En La Boca 2003: for the album Serrat Sinfonico 2007: for the video album Dos Pájaros De Un Tiro (CD + DVD)  Spain 1982: for the album Para Piel De Manzana 1983: for the album El Sur También Existe 1987: for the album Bienaventurados 1992: for the album Utopía 1995: for the album Nadie Es Perfecto 2001: for the album Tarres / Serrat (Canciones) 2002: for the album Versos En La Boca

2 × platinum record  Argentina 1996: for the album Antología 1968–1974  Spain 1999: for the album Sombras De La China 2016: for the album Antología Desordenada 3 × platinum record  Spain 1997: for the album El Gusto Es Nuestro 4 × platinum record  Argentina 2009: for the album Dos Pájaros De Un Tiro 5 × platinum record  Argentina 2007: for the album Dos Pájaros De Un Tiro (2CD + DVD)

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	2 × gold2	16 × platinum16	738,000	capif.org.ar AR2 AR3
Mexico (AMPROFON)	2 × gold2	-	80,000	amprofon.com.mx
Spain (Promusicae)	6 × gold6th	27 × platinum27	2,440,000	elportaldemusica.es ES1 ES2 ES3 ES4
All in all	10 × gold10	43 × platinum43

Web links

• Official website
• Collection of song lyrics
• Discography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Serrat y vamos (Spanish) on montevideo.com.uy of May 8, 2015, accessed on May 8, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: ES