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492:Los Updates
478:Los Updates
389:Víctor Jara
311:Solo career
300:El Mercurio
271:discovered
248:musical duo
211:Los Updates
199:Formerly of
1187:Categories
1128:Quilapayún
1028:Luis Advis
1004:Los Jaivas
968:Ester Soré
940:José Goles
712:La Tercera
660:References
417:sequencers
304:Acid House
283:pills and
143:electronic
90:1964-12-06
75:Birth name
860:Corazones
653:Manchitas
229:post-punk
135:post-punk
131:punk rock
127:folk rock
123:synth pop
705:Archived
684:20 April
362:Chayanne
353:Santiago
349:Sheraton
277:adultery
115:new wave
111:pop rock
100:Santiago
29:González
19:In this
746:13 June
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463:Manzana
385:Germany
372:label.
102:, Chile
25:surname
1040:Isabel
646:Trenes
641:(2015)
633:(2014)
565:Alerce
413:cumbia
281:valium
187:Alerce
175:Labels
107:Genres
1166:2023
1156:2022
1150:2021
1144:2020
1138:2019
1132:2018
1126:2017
1120:2016
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1048:2004
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1008:1998
1002:1997
996:1996
990:1995
984:1994
978:1993
972:1992
962:1991
956:1990
950:1989
944:1988
938:1987
870:Songs
622:Libro
533:Odeon
329:Chile
231:band
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748:2021
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383:and
84:Born
33:Ríos
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549:RCA
529:EMI
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