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), who performs under the stage name Coti, is an

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singer-songwriter, best known for collaborations with other

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artists like

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and

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in his last album. His 2005 release, ''Esta Mañana y Otros Cuentos'' went gold in both

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and Mexico, while going double platinum in Spain.Coti Sorokin Returns with Cats and Pigeons
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Early career

Coti was born in

, though he moved to Concordia, Entre Ríos at the age of three. Upon returning to Rosario, he joined the group

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, which recorded an album. In the late 1990s, he penned songs for

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, Diego Torres, and

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. Striking out on his own, he released his first album, ''

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,'' in Spain, getting enough air time from the single ''

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'' to secure him a spot as the opening act for the Spanish stop of

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's 2003 tour,

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. He was a co-writer of songs in Julieta Venegas's

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winning album Sí and

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. In 2009, Coti appeared in a music video with

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, and

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respectively.

Discography

* ''Coti (2002) * ''Canciones Para Llevar'' (2004) * ''Esta Mañana y Otros Cuentos'' (2005) * ''Gatos y Palomas'' (2007) * '' Malditas Canciones'' (2009) * ''Lo dije por boca de otro'' (2012) * ''Que Esperas'' (2015) * ''Tanta Magia (En Vivo En El Gran Rex)'' (2015)

References

Official site

Notes

1973 births Living people Argentine male guitarists Argentine male singer-songwriters Argentine people of Russian-Jewish descent Argentine people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Jewish Argentine musicians Singers from Rosario, Santa Fe Universal Music Latin Entertainment artists Latin music songwriters 21st-century Argentine male singers 21st-century guitarists {{guitarist-stub