Diego Torres

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

He is the fifth son of the famous 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 formed a band called La Marca, but broke up again in 1991. In 1992, he played a major role in the telenovela La Banda del Golden Rocket and released his first solo album, which was produced by Cachorro López. It reached triple platinum in Argentina. In 1994, the second 1996, the third and the fourth album in 1999. Besides, he continued working as an actor in the films La Furia (1997, directed by Juan Bautista Stagnaro ) and La Venganza (1999, Director: Juan Carlos Desanzo ). To the latter he also contributed the song Recuerda in the soundtrack.

His fifth album, released in 2001, contains his most famous song Color Esperanza. He held in early 2002 for 12 weeks at No. 1 on the charts in Argentina, the video won the MTV People's Choice Award. From the album over 160,000 copies were sold in Argentina. Torres gave 13 concerts at the Luna Park, which were all sold out. In 2003, he starred in the film El Juego de Arcibel (directed by Alberto Lecchi ) a major role. In 2004 he gave a concert for MTV Unplugged, which was released on CD and DVD. It was nominated for a Grammy as Album Best Latin Pop and received a Latin Grammy for Best Engineered Album. In Argentina, it was the best selling album of the year and received four times platinum. On his tour of 54 cities in Latin America, he had over a million viewers. His seventh album was released in 2006. Was produced by himself and contains the song Abriendo Caminos, a duet with Juan Luis Guerra.

Torres has worked as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Discography

  • La Marca (1991 )
  • Diego Torres ( 1992)
  • Tratar de Estar Mejor (1994 )
  • Luna Nueva (1996 )
  • Tal Cual Es ( 1999)
  • Un Mundo Diferente (2001)
  • MTV Unplugged (2004)
  • Andando (2006)
  • Distinto (2010)
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