Ana Torroja

Torroja is the eldest of six siblings: Celia, Yago, Laura, Javier, and Carlos. Her father, , 2nd Marquess of Torroja, was a prestigious civil engineer, as was her grandfather, Eduardo Torroja Miret, 1st Marquess of Torroja, and perhaps the world's leading expert in concrete construction of his time. Her mother, María del Carmen Fungairiño Bringas, a nurse and homemaker to whom Ana was very close, was the sister of the well-known and controversial prosecutor Eduardo Fungairiño. She died on September 26, 1985, when Ana was twenty-four years old and Mecano was at the height of its success. == Career ==

Ana Torroja met José María Cano while studying economics at university. The two became good friends, and José María soon introduced her to his younger brother, Nacho. After hearing Ana sing José María's guitar compositions, Nacho suggested that the three form a band. In 1981, at 22 years old she became the vocalist of Mecano. After seven Mecano albums and huge success in Europe and Latin America, the continuous touring began taking its toll on the band. Ana was especially affected and started developing vocal problems. In an interview the artist recalls: ''“I am a person, even if it may not seem so, very shy and I am also a very reserved person with my other part, with my other half, with Ana just. So, being so exposed made me feel very vulnerable and that vulnerability became almost, almost agoraphobia, it didn't really become agoraphobia. but I say it like this to explain a little what I felt, it scared me, I didn't want to go outside because it couldn't be me, because people immediately screamed, they went crazy, they wanted to touch you, they wanted to hug you, they wanted to hear from you, I felt like... how to explain it... like some kind of freak, and I didn't like that feeling.”'' Ana's music has managed to spread further than just France and Germany. In 2010, British singer Jack Lucien announced that he had covered her song "Hoy ya no te quiero" for his forthcoming third studio album. In October 2010 Ana released Sonrisa (Spanish for smile), her fifth original studio album in Spanish. The album was produced by the Venezuelan Andrés Levin, who also produced her second album. The recording of the album started in 2008, the album being originally scheduled for release in March 2009. The release had however been delayed due to her car accident in 2008. So far Sonrisa has been met with favourable reviews. In 2023, she competed in the third season of the Spanish version of The Masked Singer as "Ratita" and was declared co-winner along Fernando Morientes, who competed as "Gorila". == Titles and honours ==

In 2022, after her father's death, she inherited the title of Marchioness of Torroja and the style of "The Most Illustrious". Honours • Cross of Merit, Order pro merito Melitensi ==Discography==

Studio albums • '''' (1997) • '''' (1997) • '''' (1999) • '''' (2001) • '''' (2003) • '''' (2006) • '''' (2010) • '''' (2021) Live albums • '''' – a collaboration with Miguel Bosé (2000) • '''' (2015) Compilations • '''' (2004) ==Covers and collaborations==

• "" and "" () ("Bottomless" – Bette Midler) (1995) • "" (duet with Jason Hart) (1997) (marketed in 2005) • "" (1997) (If It were you) – Jason Hart • "" (1999) (Don't fall) – Jason Hart • "" (duet with Deep Forest) (1997) • "" (1999) (Sweet nightmare) – Jason Hart • "" ("Hidden like a secret" – Josefina Sanner/Jimmy Wahisteen/Jorge Drexter) (2003) • "" ("I really don't think so" – Tina Harris/Marc Nelkin/Jamie Hartman) (2003) • "" ("" – Tristan Boccara/Nathaniel Brendel) (2003) • "" ("Would you like to know" – Tina Harris/Mats Bernhoft/Anders Bagge) (2003) • "" ("" – Tino Izzo/Diane Cadieux) (2003) • "" ("Wish you were here" – Waters G.) (2003) • "" (duet with Deep Forest) (2003) • "" (duet with Aleks Syntek)("Love breaks your heart") (2004) • "" (duet with Psy 4 de la Rime, a French hip hop group) (2005) • "" (duet with Schiller) (2008) • "" (duet with Raphael) (2008) • "" (duet with Garson) (2012) • "" (duet with Ha*Ash) (2012) • "" (duet with Ha*Ash) (2012) • "" (duet with Ha*Ash) (2012) • "" (duet with Benny Ibarra) (2012) • "" (duet with Ximena Sariñana) (2016) • "" (duet with Álvaro López) (2016) • "" (duet with Nicole) (2016) • "" (duet with Gepe) (2016) • "" (duet with Luis Fonsi) (2016) == See also ==