Zahara

María Zahara Gordillo Campos, better known simply as Zahara, was born on September 10, 1983, in Úbeda, Spain, and is a Spanish singer-songwriter. She began her musical journey at 12 by composing "Una palabra". In 2005, she self-released Día 913 (2005) and formed the project Zahara Eléctrica with members of The Applebite. In 2009, she signed with Universal Music Spain and released her first professional album La fabulosa historia de... (2009), which debuted at number 23 on the Spanish charts. The album included "Merezco", chosen as the official song for the Vuelta ciclista a España in 2009. In 2015, she founded G.O.Z.Z. Records and released Santa (2015). In 2019, she formed _Juno with Martí Perarnau IV, releasing _BCN626 (2020), which debuted at number 8 on iTunes Spain. Her seventh studio album Puta (2021) topped the iTunes Spain chart at Number 1.