Raquel Calderón

Raquel Calderón Argandoña (born February 14, 1991), better known as Kel Calderón, is a Chilean actress, singer and lawyer.[1] 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.[2] 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.

Kel
Kel in a concert in 2013
Background information
Birth name	Raquel Calderón Argandoña
Born	February 14, 1991 Santiago, Chile
Genres	Pop, pop rock
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, influencer, singer, actress
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Feria Music Records
Associated acts	Six Pack

Professional career

Television

Calderón began her career as an actress in the teen miniseries of TVN called Karkú. The series was released on February 5, 2007, and lasted some months.

As did most teen 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.[1] 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. Six Pack debuted on stage on July 21, 2007, receiving mixed reviews.

Due to the group's success, Calderón'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.[3]

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.

In 2017, she was working on the program of "maldita moda".

Music

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, 2011, Calderón filmed her first solo music video for her first solo single, "Tenerte Cerca", in a Santiago mall.[4] The video was directed by Esteban Vidal. Radio stations started to rotate the song a few days prior.

In February 2008, Calderón was crowned Miss Teen Chile 2008.

On March 16, 2008, Calderón was an opening act for Belinda at her Movistar Arena (then Arena Santiago) concert. She sang six tracks from her album.[1]

On July 3, 2008 Calderón released her first solo album, No Molestar!.[2][5] The album was produced by Gonzalo Yáñez and released via Feria Music Records.[2][6][7] No Molestar! was announced during the Viña del Mar International Song Festival but was delayed due to some setbacks.[8]

Punks incident

At the release of her first disc No Molestar!, Chilean punks gathered outside the record shop in Santiago where Calderón was going to release the album. The punks gathered to protest and express their disapproval of Calderón's song "Me Creo Punky" ("I believe I'm a punk"), a pop song whose music video features Calderón and other people dressed and behaving like punk stereotypes. The punks threw objects from the street into the music store and police had to be called to the place. Despite the police action, the release event had to be cancelled. Calderón later declared she was not scared by the punks.[9]

University

As of 2011, Calderón is a law student.[10] She entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile in 2010.

Discography

Singles

• "Tenerte Cerca"
• "Me Creo Punky"
• "Simplemente"
• "Walk Away"

Studio albums

• 2008: No Molestar!

Filmography

• Maldito amor (2014)

  See also: Maldito amor#Steffi, Trini & Kel cover

Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Raquel Calderón	BKN Awards 2007, Actriz joven más BKN	Nominated
	Six Pack (group)	Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica, Mejor artista nuevo centro	Won

References

1. "Raquelita Calderón lanzará disco solista teloneando show de Belinda en Chile" (in Spanish). La Tercera. January 26, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
2. "Kel lanza su primer disco como solista" (in Spanish). La Tercera. June 20, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
3. "Quieren lanzar a Raquelita como solista". Terra.cl (in Spanish). TKG.cl. September 29, 2007. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
4. "RAQUELITA GRABA VIDEO CLIP EN MALL" (in Spanish). Terra.cl. January 14, 2011. Archived from the original on January 25, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
5. "Kel: "El disco se llama No molestar, porque viene con hartos prejuicios"" (in Spanish). La Tercera. July 3, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
6. "El íntimo encuentro de Raquel Calderón y Paolo Meneguzzi" (in Spanish). February 23, 2009. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
7. "Feria del Disco – Kel – No Molestar album details" (in Spanish). Feria del Disco. Archived from the original on July 9, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
8. "Por fin Kel lanza su anunciado primer disco: "No molestar!"" (in Spanish). Empresa El Mercurio S.A.P. June 19, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
9. "KEL Y LA ENEMISTAD DE LOS PUNKIES: "HAY COSAS MÁS IMPORTANTES POR LAS QUE SALIR A MANIFESTARSE"" (in Spanish). Terra.cl. July 4, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
10. "Raquel Argandoña se quiebra en pantalla al hablar de duro incidente protagonizado por su hija". Empresa El Mercurio S.A.P. March 14, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2011.

External links

• Kel's official (?) MySpace (in Spanish)
• Raquel Calderón on Twitter
• Kel at last.fm
• Backstage Kel Calderón (CARAS.cl)