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as one of the Latin hitmakers of 2021. Stone was one of the opening acts for

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Early life and musical career

Ali Stone began to build her life around music from an early childhood. Being four years old, she began to play classical piano. A year later, she began to study the flute, as well as solphège and music theory in a music academy where she was quickly moved to higher-level courses due to her fast learning. At age seven, Ali began to play guitar with

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's guitarists, who submerged her into blues, jazz, rock, and metal. She then got to work as a guitarist for renowned multi-platinum producer Stephan Galfas (

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, Cher). Throughout her teenage years, Ali also learned to play the bass and the drums. In 2013, Ali Stone participated in the contest to remix

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's "

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" soundtrack, and her work ended up being one of the winners.

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said they had chosen Ali's remix because it was thought "out of the box". In 2014, Ali Stone composed and produced the complete original soundtrack of the thriller "Demental", turning her into one of the youngest female film scorers. Following this, she was chosen to participate in the campaign "Women Working for Women", belonging to the project "Empowering Women", which promotes

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equality on male-dominated jobs. Earlier in 2015, Ali Stone released her first EP "More Obsessed" on

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, consisting of four songs entirely written, produced, performed and engineered by her. Later, she released her single "Forever", which earned the position number 17 on Brazil's hot charts. After being named by

as one of the five new artists to watch in 2016, Ali Stone released her single "Falling For You". In 2017, Ali Stone performed at the

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in Mexico City. She was also the opener for

in Colombia's section of his Latin American shows. On May 26, 2017, Stone's debut album ''Sexto Sentido'' was released, consisting of 12 songs entirely written, produced, mixed and engineered by herself. Since relocating to Los Angeles in 2018, Ali Stone has been writing and producing songs for the likes of

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, Cami, among others. She has also participated in the She Is The Music song camps for R&B artist

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and reggaeton star

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. In 2021, the album Monstruo, where Stone worked as a producer, received a

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nomination for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.

Discography

Albums & EP's

* Ali Stone - En Mis Manos EP *Ali Stone - Sexto Sentido *Ali Stone - More Obsessed EP *Ali Stone - Demental (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Singles

* Ali Stone - Crudo * Ali Stone - Umbra *Ali Stone - Oculto *Ali Stone - The Sweetest Death is Loving You *Ali Stone - Follow Me *Ali Stone - En Tu Piel * Ali Stone - Dark Feelings ft. Sam I Am * Ali Stone - Eres Tu * Ali Stone - Falling For You * Ali Stone - Forever * Ali Stone - Obsessions * Ali Stone - Dark Spell * Ali Stone - Summerlove * Ali Stone - The First Time * Ali Stone - More Than Words

Remixes

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- Crazy Kids (Ali Stone Remix) *

- Roar (Ali Stone Remix) *

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- Roar (Ali Stone Remix) *

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- Burn (Ali Stone Remix) *

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- We Are One (Ali Stone Remix) *

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- Toda La Noche (Ali Stone Remix)

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Ali 1992 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Colombian songwriters Colombian guitarists Multi-instrumentalists Women DJs English-language singers from Colombia 21st-century guitarists 21st-century women guitarists