Páty
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Páty Location of Páty in Hungary
Coordinates: 47°30′49″N 18°49′29″E / 47.51351°N 18.82468°E / 47.51351; 18.82468
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
County	Pest
Subregion	Budaörsi
Rank	Village
KSH code	15024[1]
Area[1]
• Total	39.29 km2 (15.17 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2008)[1]
• Total	6,578
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2071
Area code	+36 23
Website	www.paty.hu

Páty is a village in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 6,411 (2007).

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Coordinates: 47°31′N 18°50′E / 47.517°N 18.833°E / 47.517; 18.833

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Paty Cantú
Background information
Birth name	Patricia Giovanna Cantú Velasco
Born	(1983-11-25) November 25, 1983 (age 28) in Houston, Texas [1]
Origin	Guadalajara, Mexico
Genres	Pop, rock
Years active	2000–present (group) 2008–present (solo)
Labels	EMI Music
Associated acts	Motel, Lu
Website	patycantu.com

Patricia Giovanna Cantú Velasco (born November 25, 1983), known professionally as Paty Cantú is a Mexican singer-songwriter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful Mexican pop duo Lu.

Early life[link]

Cantú was born in Houston, Texas. The family returned to Guadalajara, Mexico when she was a child. At the age of 16, Cantú was drawn to entertaining people; she started taking guitar and bass lessons,^[2] eventually leaving law school to pursue her musical career.

Music career[link]

Lu[link]

Paty Cantú became a member of the Mexican pop duo Lu alongside Mario Sandoval. The pair rose to fame with hits like Por Besarte, Una Confusión and La Vida Después de Ti and being certified gold and platinum for both records in Mexico and USA.^[3] Their self-titled debut album released in 2004, which was produced by Aureo Baqueiro, producer of artists like Natalia Lafourcade, Sin Bandera, Kabah, and Moenia, had success in Mexico and Brazil in which enjoyed success because they and their song "Por Besarte" were featured on Rebelde. Her song-writing skills were shown in the track "Sé" and writing songs for Lola and Alejandra Guzmán. After various reeditions from their first album, and a sophomore one called "Álbum", it was announced on August 27, 2007 that Mario and Paty parted ways due to artistic ideas, giving their last concert on October in Reynosa, Tamaulipas.^[4]

Solo[link]

After the split, Paty started to write songs for her debut album, having 54 songs^[5] before selecting the final 10. In 2008, she was featured in Motel's hit "Dos Palabras" which was released on August 12 and appeared in the reedition from their second album 17 Bis. After that, Paty Cantú debuted as a solo artist on October 17 as an opening act for Mexican singer Aleks Syntek, making this her start as a successful solo singer. In November 2008,^[5] Paty Cantú released her first single "Déjame Ir" which reached Top 10 in the Mexican Radio Airplay proving an instant hit and the video was premiered in MTV on November 18.^[6] Her album "Me Quedo Sola" was released on January 27, 2009 ^[7] under EMI composed of 10 songs, 9 written by her and 1 written by Billy Mendez from Motel. In only three days of sales, Me Quedo Sola debuted at #8 in "Lo Mas Vendido" in Mixup and after a week, the album reached #1. However in the Mexico Main Top 100 Albums Chart reached #2, just under Vicente Fernández.

"No Fue Suficiente", her second single was released on February 21 and its video inspired by Tim Burton^[6] was produced by Esteban Madrazo and debuted in "Los 10+ Pedidos" of MTV. She started to write songs for Alejandro Fernández, Dulce María's debut album as well as upcoming greatest hits from Alejandra Guzmán.^[5]

In August 2009 it was announced that Paty Cantú will participate in the movie Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure as part of the soundtrack with the song Historia Ancestral, which will be released on September 4, 2009.^{[8][dated info]} She also announced in her MySpace that her debut album will have a reedition which include new tracks like Muñeca de Papel written by Billy from Motel, Casi Divas featuring Alfonso Pichardo, lead singer from Moenia and Mi Amor Destruye featuring Ballesteros.

Paty Cantú was nominated for Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 in two categories, one alongside her former mate Mario Sandoval and his group Sandoval.^[9] On September 29, Paty Cantú received two nominations for Premios Oye!, the Mexican Grammy Awards for Breakthrough of the Year alongside Alexander Acha, Beto Cuevas, Tush^{[disambiguation needed ]} and Victor & Leo and Best Female Solo competing against Colombian Fanny Lú, Italian singer Laura Pausini and connationals María José and Natalia Lafourcade^[10]

Paty Cantu's newest song "Afortunadamentu no eres tu" became widely known throughout Mexico and within the United States hispanic community. Ninas Mal's soundtrack used Paty Cantu's song as well.

Acting career[link]

Paty Cantú appeared as a musical guest in Rebelde, in the 2nd season of El Show de los Sueños and in Verano de Amor starred by Dulce María but her acting debut will be in the 3rd season of the Mexican series El Pantera as the character of María a car thief which will be involved as a love interest of El Pantera.^[11]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Awards And Nominations[link]

Los Premios MTVs are awarded annually by MTV Latin America. Cantú has received two nominations. She received two nominations again in the 8th gala of the Premios Oye!

External links[link]

• Official Site
• Paty Cantú's MySpace
• YouTube

References[link]

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Benny Ibarra De Llano (born September 8, 1970 in Mexico City) is a singer, musician, producer and actor. He was born into a family of artists. His mother, Julissa, was a singer and actress in the 1960s; and his father, Benny, an actor and 1960s rock singer in the Mexican band Los Yaki.

Benny Ibarra (Jr.)'s brother, Alejandro (Alex), was a singer and actor. He started his music career in the pop band Timbiriche (1981), and began working as a solo artist in 1992.

Pre-solo career[link]

As part of Timbiriche, he recorded 7 albums. He also starred in Vaselina (Grease). Between 1985 and 1989 he studied jazz, guitar, classical music, and composition at the Walnut Hill School in Boston. By 1990 he had made 5 albums with Timbiriche and with his brother, Alex. In 1998, Timbiriche reunited to tour Mexico and Central America, and in 1999 released a live album El Concierto. Ibarra recorded the album Mar Adentro en la Sangre with Guadalajara-based progressive rock band Santa Sabina the same year.^{[citation needed]}

Solo discography[link]

• 1992 Hablame Como La Lluvia
  • The first album includes the singles Dame un Poco de tu Amor and Tonto Corazón.
• 1994 El Tiempo
  • The second album went platinum and included the hits Sin Tí, Cielo and Mía.
• 1996 Om
  • On this third album, Benny wrote more songs about himself, but it was not the commercial success of its predecessor. The singles were Cada Mañana, Mas de Tí and Sutil Dolor.
• 2001 Todo O Nada
  • After a five year absence, this album featured collaborations with Erick Rubin, Alix, Dougie Bowne and musicians from Café Tacuba and Alex González from the Mexican Rock band Maná. The first single Uno was top of the charts for eight weeks, became a gold record in two weeks and later went to platinum. the second single was Inspiraciòn, also included in the film soundtrack of same name.
• 2002 Grandes Exitos: 1992-2002
  • His first Greatest Hits release included a new single Irremediable from the film soundtrack La Habitación Azul, a duet with Edith Màrquez entitled La Otra, a new version of Cielo, live tracks and his chart hits. A limited edition CD included a DVD with 9 video clips. The first edition included Como un Ángel and the second Cielo 2002. The compilation became a gold record.
• 2003 Llueve Luz
  • This album went gold and was made with Chetes and Miguel Bosé, among others. Miguel Bosé sings on the second single Si Puedo Volverte a ver. The other singles were Llueve Luz and Vives en Mì.
• 2003 Cielo
  • A "best of" compilation for the US market.
• 2005 Así
  • His most recent album in the studio went gold in 48 hours and includes the singles Cada Paso and Dejalo Ir. A limited edition includes a digipack with DVD bonus with the music video of Cada Paso, and extras such as the making of the record.
• 2006 Estoy
  • A live album recorded in the Auditorio Nacional during November 2005, which includes Tonto Corazòn and a new track, Siempre Mas, and other live songs from 1996 and 2002.
• 2006 Sus Baladas

• 2010 La Marcha de la Vida
  • Includes the hit song "Calaberas" featuring Mexican/American singer songwriter Lila Downs.

Music DVD[link]

• 2003 En Vivo
  • The DVD captures his first Auditorio Nacional show in 2002, though the concert is not complete. Included are features on his father, Moderatto, Erik Rubin and Alix Bauer
• 2006 Estoy
  • This DVD captures his 2005 concert in Auditorio Nacional, and also includes two videos, "Tonto Corazon 2006" and "Siempre Mas".