Raquel Calderón
| Kel | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Raquel Calderón Argandoña |
| Born |
February 14, 1991 Santiago, Chile |
| Genres | Pop, pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Labels | Feria Music Records |
| Associated acts | Six Pack |
Raquel Calderón Argandoña (born February 14, 1991) is a Chilean actress and singer. She became known at a very early age for being a daughter of the television star Raquel Argandoña de la Fuente and the attorney Hernán Calderón Salinas. Raquel began her acting career in 2006, in the television series Karkú. The band Six Pack, created by the series, gave start to her musical career. She went solo in 2008, releasing 3 singles and an album under the stage name Kel. Also, in February 2008, Raquel Calderón was crowned Miss Teen Chile 2008.
Calderón, the year 2006 began her career as actress in the infantile miniseries of TVN called Karkú. The series was released on February 5, 2007, and lasted some months.
As almost all the infantile and pre-teen series on the Chilean television, Karkú also created a musical group, with the series' actors as members. The group was called Six Pack. Finally, they recorded a disc, that was released in 2007. In spite of the fact that the group did not have a main vocalist, Calderón made herself the main member attracting most attention, probably because she was relatively better known than the others. Six Pack, that debuted on stage on July 21, 2007, received mixed reviews.
Due to the group's success, Kel's recording company started preparing a solo career for her. She began taking singing and guitar classes with the Uruguayan singer and musician Gonzalo Yáñez.
At the end of the year, her producing company My Friend obtained a contract with the television channel Canal 13 for a new juvenile teleseries called Antonia. The contract with a rival network displeased TVN.
On January 2, 2008, conflicts between Raquel, her father Hernán Calderón, and the My Friend Entertainment producing company resulted in an abrupt termination of her contract. Her participation in Karkú, Six Pack and Antonia was cancelled. Now in the year 2017 she is working in the program of "maldita moda" and she is having a really successful life
But a little later, Calderón announced that she would begin a solo career as a singer under the stage name Kel, with Gonzalo Yáñez as her producer. On January 14, Kel filmed her first solo music video for her first solo single, "Tenerte Cerca", in a Santiago mall. The video was directed by Esteban Vidal. Radio stations started to rotate the song a few days prior.
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