Sol Escobar
Colombian singer known for her platinum album Astros.
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Sol Escobar, born Ana Sol Escobar on 5 November 1976, is a Colombian singer who first performed as Anasol. She launched her career with the 1999 album Escorpión de Primavera, whose lead single “Pensando en Desorden” cracked Colombia’s top 10. Her second album, Astros (2002), went gold in its first week and later platinum, cementing her place in Colombian pop. After two more studio albums—her self-titled 2005 release and 2018’s La Dama Oscura—she continues to release music, with the single “Matria” arriving in 2022.
Background
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Colombian parents, Sol Escobar grew up shuttling between Colombia, Argentina, Spain, and the U.S. She started formal dance lessons at age five and spent most of her teens in Colombia, with one year in Florida. She studied music at Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, focusing on music production and sound engineering, and later earned a diploma in screenwriting for cinema and television at Blackmaria. Her debut single, “Pensando en Desorden,” hit Colombia’s top 10 in 1999.
The follow-up album Astros, produced by Luis Fernando Ochoa and released on Sony Music Colombia, earned a gold certification in its first week and eventually platinum. Three singles came from it: “Sin Miedo A Caer” (August 2002), “Voy volando,” and “Amantes Invisibles.” Her third album, Anasol (2005), included 11 tracks plus a bonus dance mix of the single “Sentimiento,” which reached No. 31 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. Escobar has named Everything but the Girl, Tori Amos, Madonna, Gustavo Cerati, and Index ID as her musical influences.
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- Wikipedia: Sol Escobar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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