Ana Alicia Guerra Morales, better known as Ana Guerra, is a Spanish singer. She gained national recognition when she took part in series nine of the reality televisiontalent competitionOperación Triunfo, where she finished in fifth place. She was a candidate to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, with two songs, "El remedio", and a duet with fellow contestant Aitana Ocaña entitled "Lo malo". Finally, neither was selected to represent the country in the European contest, while Lo malo did get to represent Spain at the OGAE Second Chance Contest. "Lo malo" that was in third place with 26%, reached the number 1 in the musical lists of Spain and obtained five platinum discs with 180,000 digital purchases. After her departure from Operación Triunfo 2017, Ana Guerra published her song "Ni la hora" on digital platforms, which was co-sponsored by Juan Magán. In its first week of release, it was ranked number one on the official sales list. Spanish and certified as the fifth platinum record to exceed 40,000 sales, being heard in more than 17 countries in Europe and Latin America. Her single "Bajito" is also a golden record. The digital newspaper El Español, considers her to be one of the most successful contestants of Operación Triunfo.
Career
Guerra auditioned for series 9 of Operación Triunfo and was selected to enter the show's "Academy" on 23 October 2017. On the 12th "gala" or live show on 22 January 2018, it was decided by the public that she would be one of the five finalists of the series. In Operación Triunfo, Guerra also competed to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the entries "El remedio", which she performed solo, and "Lo malo", which she performed in a duet with Aitana. The latter song, originally written in English language by Jess Morgan and Will Simms and adapted into Spanish language by Brisa Fenoy, finished in third place, but went on to become a number-one hit on the Spanish Singles Chart and received a double platinum certification. The single reached number one on the Spanish PROMUSICAE during three weeks. The former entry, "El remedio", which was authored by Nabález, was released as a single in April 2018. On 6 July 2018, Guerra released a single with Juan Magán titled "Ni la hora". The single debuted at number two on the Spanish Singles Chart, and its official music video got more than 4.5 million views on YouTube in five days. On 6 December 2018 she released the solo single "Bajito", where she appeared with Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi, Dulceida, Alba Paul, Miguel Diosdado and Antonia Payeras. It received bad critics due to its erotic content. On 25 January 2019 she released her first album titled "Reflexión". Also at the beginning of that year, Ana participated as guest artist in David Bustamante's new album entitled "Héroes en tiempos de Guerra", specifically in the song "Desde que te vi". Guerra had already sung with Bustamante live at the Caminando Juntos concert at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid in June 2018. She appeared along Roi Méndez in the second episode of 99 lugares donde pasar miedo, aired on 4 May 2019 on Discovery MAX, where they visited the Loch Ness, Comlongon Castle and Greyfriars Kirkyard. Between September 2019 and January 2020, Ana Guerra toured 16 cities across Spain with her fellow Operación TriunfoLuis Cepeda on the "ImaginBank" tour. By December 2019, Ana Guerra had nine platinum records and two gold records. More than 90,000 followers through their social networks and with more than 85 million views on their YouTube channel. On the other hand, his solo album, "Reflexión", exceeded 100 million views. Also during that year, Ana Guerra shared the stage with great Spanish language music stars like Alejandro Sanz and Juan Luis Guerra.
Guerra cites Juan Luis Guerra, Michael Bublé and Luis Miguel as her influences. Ana also plays the Western concert flute. Guerra was in a relationship with Javier Luis Delgado, better known as Jadel, who won the talent show El Número Uno in 2012. They broke up in June 2018. Currently maintains a relationship with actor Miguel Ángel Muñoz. On 31 December 2018 it was said she will present the Twelve Grapes with Cristina Pedroche and Brays Efe, but finally it was not carried out. She sang with Aitana, Lola Índigo, Raoul and Agoney for the Coca-Cola advertising campaign for Christmas. She will perform with Aitana and Greeicy the song Lo malo during Premio Lo Nuestro 2019.
