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Lola Índigo in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Miriam Doblas Muñoz
Also known as	Mimi, La Lola, Santa Lola, Mujer Bruja...
Born	(1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 33) Madrid, Spain
Origin	Huétor-Tájar, Granada, Spain
Genres	Latin pop reggaeton electropop
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter dancer
Years active	2017–present
Labels	Universal Music Spain

Miriam Doblas Muñoz (born on April 1, 1992), known by her stage name Lola Índigo, is a famous Spanish singer and dancer. She became well-known in 2017 after joining the TV show Operación Triunfo. Even though she was the first person to leave the show, she quickly signed with Universal Music.

Her first song, "Ya No Quiero Ná", became a huge hit in Spain. It reached number three on the music charts and sold over 100,000 copies, earning a triple platinum award. Lola Índigo has won several awards, including the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Spanish Act in 2019.

Early Life and Dance

Miriam Doblas Muñoz was born in Madrid, Spain, in April 1992. She grew up in Huétor-Tajar, a small town in the province of Granada. From a young age, she loved the arts, especially dancing and choreography.

Lola Índigo worked as a dance teacher and performed in musicals. In 2010, she was on the Spanish dance TV show Fama Revolution. She also danced for famous artists like Chris Brown and Enrique Iglesias. She lived in China for three years and in Los Angeles, where she took singing lessons and trained professionally.

In July 2017, she tried out for Operación Triunfo, a popular music talent show. The show started in October 2017 and became a huge hit in Spain. Its YouTube channel got over 561 million views in just a few months. Many contestants became national celebrities after the show.

Music Career

2017–2018: Starting with Operación Triunfo

In October 2017, Lola Índigo joined the music reality show Operación Triunfo. She was the sixteenth contestant to leave, after three weeks. After the show, she performed concerts in Barcelona and Madrid. She even played music as a DJ.

In January 2018, she had her first official concert in Granada, which sold out. She also sang the OT2017 song "Camina" at the Premios Forqué, a film and TV awards show. Universal Music offered her a chance to form a music group, but she decided not to.

Lola Índigo then went on a big concert tour with her fifteen fellow contestants. The tour, called OT 2017, (en concierto), had 23 shows and was seen by over 300,000 people. They performed in large venues like the Palau Sant Jordi and the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. In September 2018, she joined the TV show Tu Cara Me Suena, where celebrities impersonate other singers. She finished fourth.

2018–2019: First Album Akelarre

In June 2018, Miriam Doblas announced her stage name, "Lola Índigo". She also shared that Lola Índigo would be a group with her and four dancers: Mónica Peña, Saydi Lubanzadio, Laura Ruiz, and Claudia Riera. The group planned to mix singing and dancing with different music styles like trap, reggaeton, and funk.

On July 20, 2018, she released her first song, "Ya No Quiero Ná", with Universal Music. The song quickly became a hit in Spain because of its catchy beat and strong lyrics. It reached number three on the PROMUSICAE chart. The music video was filmed in a park in Madrid and focused on dance. It got over a million views in one day. By April 2020, the song was certified triple platinum.

Lola Índigo started her first solo tour, "Índigo Tour", in November 2018. It had 17 concerts and ended in March 2019. In December, she released her second song, "Mujer Bruja", which featured Mala Rodríguez. This song reached number six in Spain. She also announced that her first album would have a "witch theme".

In early 2019, she sang the theme song "Fuerte" for the dance TV show Fama a Bailar. She also worked as a coach on the show. In April, she sang "El Humo" for the film Lo Dejo Cuando Quiera. These two songs were released to promote her first album. Later that month, she released "Maldición" with Colombian rapper Lalo Ebratt.

Her first album, Akelarre (which means "witches' sabbath" in Basque), was released on May 17, 2019. It went straight to number one on the Spanish charts. The Akelarre tour began in May and included 33 concerts.

In June, she worked with Aitana on the song "Me Quedo". On July 31, 2019, Lola Índigo released "Lola Bunny" with Don Patricio. This song reached number four on the PROMUSICAE chart. In October 2019, she opened two concerts for Sebastián Yatra in Ecuador. She ended the "Akelarre" era with a new song called "Luna" on December 6.

2020–2021: Second Album La Niña

On March 27, 2020, Lola Índigo released "4 Besos" with Rauw Alejandro and Lalo Ebratt. This was the first song from her second album. In May, she released another song with Mala Rodríguez called "Problema". In June, she released "Mala Cara" and performed it on the final show of Operación Triunfo 2020.

During the summer, Lola Índigo released several collaborations. In July, she teamed up with Rvfv on "Trendy", which became popular on TikTok. On August 28, her song "Santería" with Mexican singer Danna Paola and Chilean singer Denise Rosenthal was released. It reached number 15 in Spain and was a top twenty hit in Chile.

In September, Lola Índigo appeared on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart for the first time. This was with the song "High (Remix)" alongside Argentine singers María Becerra and Tini. Billboard named it the "Best Latin Summer Remix of 2020". A month later, she worked with Spanish rapper Beret on "Cómo te Va?". In November, she collaborated with Belén Aguilera on "La Tirita".

In July 2021, she released "La Niña de la Escuela" with Tini and Belinda. This song was created during quarantine and reached number three on the Spanish iTunes charts. In August, she and Belinda talked about how music changed their lives in an interview with Vanity Teen magazine.

2022–Present: El Dragón and TV Coach

On February 17, 2022, Lola Índigo released "Las Solteras" with a music video. Two months later, on April 8, she released the songs "Toy Story" and "ABC". These were part of an expanded version of her album La Niña, called La Niña XXL.

On June 3, she released "An1mal" as the first song from her third album. Another song, "Discoteka" with María Becerra, came out on August 26. Her third album, El Dragón, was announced in November. Concert dates in Madrid and Barcelona were set for May 6 and 13, and more tour dates were added, including five in South America.

"Corazones Rotos" with Luis Fonsi was released on January 6, 2023. The album El Dragón was officially announced in March. The song "La Santa" was released on March 17. The album came out on April 14 and included the song "El Tonto" with Quevedo. In 2024, Lola Índigo became a coach on the ninth season of La Voz Kids (The Voice Kids) in Spain. She joined David Bisbal, Rosario Flores, and Melendi as a mentor for young singers.

Albums

• Akelarre (2019)
• La Niña (2021)
• El Dragón (2023)

Tours

Headlining Tours

• Akelarre Tour (2019–2020)
• La Niña Tour (2021–2022)
• El Dragón Tour (2023)

Co-headlining Tours

• Operación Triunfo 2017 en Concierto (2017–2018)

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Lola Índigo para niños