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, and for her debut album ''Míranos'', which reached Number 1 on the Spanish sales charts in the first week after its release.

Early life

Soto was born and grew up in Punta Umbría, located in Huelva. Through the influence of his relatives, she began to take singing lessons and dedicated herself to learning to play the guitar through the Internet.

Career

2013–2015: First releases

In August 2014, Marta begins to upload her covers of songs to YouTube. The first cover she published was "Saltan Chispas", by

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. On 22 October of that year, Soto publishes his version of

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's song, "Pedacitos De Ti". In the last months of 2014, Soto was discovered by Daniel Ruiz, a music producer from the city of Cádiz. This encourages her to start composing her own songs, while Ruiz begins to produce his songs. On 19 February 2015, Marta Soto released "Te Encuentro", this being her first own release. In April of that year, Soto gave her first live concert in Punta Umbría. This would take place in a city bar called Africa. On 16 September, Marta Soto released her cover of

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's song, "A Que No Me Dejas".

2016–2017: El Hormiguero and national recognition

In 2016, El Hormiguero had invited the singer

, but was unable to attend because he was in Paraguay doing his Sirope Tour, so it was decided to call Marta Soto to be replaced, making a presentation in the program singing "A Que No Me Dejas". On 26 May 2017, Marta Soto, in collaboration with Warner Music Group, published the extended play ''Ya Lo Sabes''. This has the previously released song "Ya Lo Sabes" and a new song called "Tantos Bailes", in an acoustic version. That same day, the official video clip for the song "Ya Lo Sabes" was released. On 13 October, the extended play ''Quiero Verte'' was released. The EP featured the songs "Quiero Verte", "Que Curiosidad", "Entre Otros Cien (acoustic version)" and "Bis De Ti (demo version)".

2018–present: Míranos

On 6 July, Soto published the song "Un Sueño Compartido". The song was chosen as the official song of the Spain women's national basketball team for the World Cup. On 31 August, Marta Soto releases her first studio album, "Míranos". The album has the collaborations of the artists

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and Julia Medina. This has 12 songs, bringing with it some that had been released previously. The album entered directly to number 1 of the best-selling albums of the week in Spain. On 13 February 2020, Soto published the single "Hoy en El Metro". On 24 April 2020, Soto launched her third extended play, ''Como Nos Miraba El Mundo''. The EP contains the songs "Como Nos Miraba El Mundo (Acústico)", "Vuela (Acústico)" and "Hoy en el metro".

Discography

Studio albums

EP's

References

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