Macaco (band)

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Macaco at a concert in October 2006

Macaco is a Spanish pop band formed in Barcelona in 1997 . The name of the band, which means macaque in Spanish , arose when they first played, as movement and playing the percussion were reminiscent of ape-like movements.

history

Since the band's musicians come from different countries, including Spain , Venezuela , Brazil and Cameroon , many musical styles flow into the band's songs. You can often recognize the music genres Rumba Catalana and Rumba Latina , but also hip-hop or reggae .

Due to the different countries of origin of the band members, multilingual settings were created, and the band also sings in Spanish , Portuguese , French , English and Italian .

The band is also featured in the playlist of the soccer game FIFA 09 with the song Moving . Moving is also the musical part of an anti-globalization campaign .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2006 Ingravitto IT22 (51 weeks)
IT
Mundo Zurdo - EMI
2009 Puerto presente IT2
platinum
platinum

(83 weeks)IT
2010 El vecindario IT6th
gold
gold

(49 weeks)IT
2012 El murmur del fuego IT4th
gold
gold

(58 weeks)IT
Zeta Records - Mundo Zurdo - EMI
2013 4 Álbumes IT98 (1 week)
IT
2015 Historias tattooadas IT6 (29 weeks)
IT
Sony
2019 Civilizado como los animales IT13 (14 weeks)
IT
Sony

More albums

  • El mono en el ojo del tigre (Edel, 1999)
  • Rumbo submarino (Edel, 2002)
  • Entre raices y antenas (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2004)
  • Moritz (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2009)
  • Eduard (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2010)
  • Mensajes de agua (Zeta Records - Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2011)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2004 Giratutto (Sambita)
Entre raices y antenas 		IT13 (2 weeks)
IT
2009 Moving
Puerto presente 		IT1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(51 weeks)IT
Tengo
Puerto presente 		IT11
gold
gold

(29 weeks)IT
2010 Hacen falta dos
Puerto presente 		IT35 (6 weeks)
IT
Con la mano levantá
El vecindario 		IT6th
gold
gold

(25 weeks)IT
2012 Love Is The Only Way
El murmullo del fuego 		IT20 (14 weeks)
IT
2015 Hijos de un mismo dios
Historias tattooadas 		IT64 (6 weeks)
IT

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: ES
  2. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: ES