Camilo Sesto

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blanes and the second or maternal family name is Cortés.
Camilo Sesto
Camilo Sesto in 2017
Background information
Born
Camilo Blanes Cortés

(1946-09-16)16 September 1946
Alcoi, Spain
Died8 September 2019(2019-09-08) (aged 72)
Madrid, Spain
Genres
  • Canción melódica
  • latin pop
  • synthpop
  • rock
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active1964–2019

Camilo Blanes Cortés (16 September 1946 – 8 September 2019), known professionally as Camilo Sesto, was a Spanish singer. There are various sales figures for him, ranging from 70 to 200 million records sold, and the singer himself claimed to have sold more than 175 million records. However, his official sales would represent more than 2.8 million copies worldwide, including nearly 900,000 certified.

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