Rosalia Vila Tobella (born 25 September 1992), known mononymously as Rosalía (, ), is a Spanish singer. Born and raised in the outskirts of
Barcelona, she has been described as an "atypical pop star" due to her genre-bending musical styles. After being enthralled by
Spanish folk music at age 13, she studied
musicology
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
at
Catalonia College of Music while also performing at musical bars and weddings.
She completed her studies with
honors by virtue of her collaborative cover album with
Raül Refree, ''
Los Ángeles'' (2017), and the
baccalaureate project
''El Mal Querer'' (2018). Reimagining
flamenco by mixing it with
pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
and
hip hop music, it spawned the singles "
Malamente" and "
Pienso en tu Mirá", which caught the attention of the Spanish general public, and were released to universal critical acclaim. Recipient of the
Latin Grammy Award for
Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to:
Awards
* ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia
* Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK
* Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US
* Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA
* Lati ...
and listed in
''Rolling Stone''s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, ''El Mal Querer'' started the ascent of Rosalía into the international music scene. Rosalía explored
urbano Urbano may refer to:
* ''Urbano'' (album), a 2002 album by Elvis Crespo
* Urbano music, an umbrella term for certain genres of Latin music
People with the given name
* Urbano José Allgayer (born 1924), Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic C ...
music with her 2019 releases "
Con Altura" and "
Yo x Ti, Tú x Mí
"Yo x ti, tú x mí" is a song by Spanish singer Rosalía and Puerto Rican singer Ozuna. Written by both performers alongside el Guincho and produced by the latter with the help of Frank Dukes, the track was released as a single on August 15, 2019 ...
", achieving global success. She gave
reggaeton an
experimental twist on her third studio album ''
Motomami'' (2022), departing from the
new flamenco sound of its predecessor. The album caught international attention with its singles "
La Fama
''La Fama'' was a Mexican reality series set to find a new child star in 1999. It was mainly a singing competition, but it also provided dancing and acting lessons to the contestants.
Participants
Fourteen children (seven boys and seven girls) a ...
" and "
Saoko" and became the best reviewed album of the year on
Metacritic.
Throughout her career, Rosalía has accumulated
ten number-one singles in her home country, the most for a local artist. She
has also won a
Grammy Award, eleven
Latin Grammy Awards (including two
Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to:
Awards
* ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia
* Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK
* Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US
* Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA
* Lati ...
wins), four
MTV Video Music Awards
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, an
MTV Europe Music Award, two
UK Music Video Awards and two
Premio Ruido awards, among others. In 2019, ''
Billboard
A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...
'' gave her the
Rising Star Award for "changing the sound of today's mainstream music with her fresh flamenco-influenced pop",
and became the first Spanish-singing act in history to be nominated for
Best New Artist at the
Grammys.
Life and career
1992–2016: Early life and career beginnings
Rosalía was born on 25 September 1992 in
Sant Cugat del Vallès and raised in
Sant Esteve Sesrovires
Sant Esteve Sesrovires (; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the northern part of the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Anoia river, close to the Autovía ...
,
Baix Llobregat
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Municipalities
Proposed changes
It has long been proposed to split the northern part of Baix Llobregat into a separate comarca. ...
, Catalonia. She is the youngest daughter of Pilar Tobella, a businesswoman who has been running a family company specialised in metalworks for decades. Her father, José Manuel Vila, was born in
Cudillero,
Asturias. They
separated in 2019. She has an older sister, Pilar "Pili" Vila (born 1989), who works with Rosalía as her stylist and creative director. Rosalía expressed interest in the performing arts at an early age especially after discovering the discography of
Camarón de la Isla. She began her professional musical education at the . She did a six-year course at the academy. She began attending class at the
Raval school, later transfering to the
Superior School of Music of Catalonia
The Catalonia College of Music ( ca, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, ESMUC; ) is a music school in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
The school is located at L'Auditori, a performing arts center inaugurated in 1999 which also houses three co ...
. She also autonomously worked as an independent singer at weddings and musical bars, for which she was paid "a little over 80
euros
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or in exchange for
dinner". During that time, Rosalía met many
underground Spanish artists who would later succeed such as
La Zowi,
Yung Beef
Fernando Gálvez Gómez (born 23 January 1990), known artistically as Yung Beef, is a Spanish singer, rapper, record producer and model. He is known for his mixing of Trap music, trap, Salsa music, salsa and reggaeton, as well as his bold fashio ...
,
Kaydy Cain,
Hinds and
María Escarmiento.
At 15, she competed on the television show ''Tú Sí Que Vales'', although she wasn't selected. At 17, she had to undergo vocal cord surgery after tearing one of her vocal cords due to "intense singing practices" and was unable to sing for a year. In 2012, she became the vocalist of Kejaleo, a flamenco music group featuring Jordi Franco, Roger Blavia, Cristo Fontecilla, Diego Cortés and Xavi Turull. They released an album, ''Alaire'', in 2013. That same year, Rosalía professionally worked as a duo with
Juan "Chicuelo" Gómez to promote the ''
Blancanieves
''Blancanieves'' (known as ''Blancaneu'' in Catalan) is a 2012 Spanish black-and-white silent drama film written and directed by Pablo Berger. Based on the 1812 fairy tale ''Snow White'' by the Brothers Grimm, the story is set in a romantic vis ...
'' soundtrack at the 2013 Panama International Film Festival in substitution of
Sílvia Pérez Cruz and at the
Festival Grec de Barcelona
The Festival Grec de Barcelona (or Grec Festival of Barcelona) is an international theatre, dance, music and circus festival. Over the course of its history, this long-standing event has become a major summer attraction in Barcelona, Catalonia, ...
for the contemporary dance work ''De Carmen''. In 2013, she participated in the
(APAP) Conference in New York, and was the lead voice in the culmination of the Any Espriu 2014. In 2015, she collaborated with
La Fura dels Baus on a show that premiered in
Singapore. She was the opening act for flamenco artist
Miguel Poveda, accompanied by Alfredo Lagos, at the International Music Festival of Cadaqués, and also at the 2016 Jerez Jazz Festival. She worked with Rocío Márquez on the presentation of her album ''El Niño'', produced by
Raül Refree, at
Primavera Sound. In 2015, she also worked with clothing brand
Desigual
Desigual (); Catalan: ); meaning "unequal, uneven") is a Spanish fashion label. The company was founded by Thomas Meyer in 1984, and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. It has a presence in 109 countries, with different distribution channels ...
and sang the single for their campaign jingle "Last Night Was Eternal". and self-released "Un Millón de Veces" included in the benefit album ''Tres Guitarras Para el Autismo''. At 20, she worked as a flamenco teacher and vocal coach.
In 2016, Rosalía collaborated with Spanish rapper and former boyfriend
C. Tangana
Antón Álvarez Alfaro (born July 16, 1990), known professionally as C. Tangana, is a Spanish rapper and songwriter. He began his musical career while in high school, rapping under the pseudonym Crema and releasing a seven-track EP titled ''Él ...
on "
Antes de Morirme". The song was a
sleeper hit and entered the
Spanish Singles Chart in 2018, after the success of Rosalía's newer material. The collaboration received international attention when it was featured on the soundtrack of the first season of Spanish
Netflix show ''
Élite
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''.
2016–2017: ''Los Ángeles''
In 2016, Rosalía performed to a crowd of a hundred people at the Tablao del Carmen, a flamenco specialized venue at the
Pueblo Español, in
Barcelona. In the audience was
Raül Refree, whom she invited to the show. They began working on two albums together. Rosalía signed with
Universal Music later in 2016, and she relocated to
California.
She went on to only release ''
Los Ángeles''. The album talks about death in a dark way with aggressive guitar chords by Refree. It presents reworks of flamenco classics receiving several accolades.
She was nominated for
Best New Artist at the
18th Latin Grammy Awards. The album was released on 10 February 2017 through Universal Music and spawned two singles, "Catalina", released in October 2016, and "De Plata", released in August 2017. The album was very well received by critics. Jordi Bardají wrote on 1 November 2018 that the record was "one of the greatest '
sleepers' that Spanish sales lists have known in recent times." ''Los Ángeles'' reached its peak position of number nine on 11 November 2018 and has remained in the albums chart since its entry, having accumulated a total of 89 weeks. Los Ángeles won the "Album of the Year" award at the
Time Out Awards and the Ruido de la Prensa Award for Best National Record, among others. In 2017,
RTVE contacted Rosalía to participate in the pre-selection to
represent Spain in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2017, which she declined because of scheduling conflicts with the promotion of her debut record.
Rosalía and Raül Refree embarked on a concert tour, Los Ángeles Tour, supporting their first studio album together. The tour began on 11 February 2017 in Granada and ended on 1 March 2018 at the
Palacio de la Música in Barcelona. During the tour, in 2018, Spanish singer
Bebe attended one of their concerts alongside
Juanes
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Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (born 9 August 19 ...
, who became immediately obsessed with Rosalía and asked his manager Rebeca León to work with her. She agreed to manage her as she felt like she was a "once in fifty years kind of artist".
2018–2020: ''El Mal Querer'' and international recognition
The recording cycle for Rosalía's second studio album, ''
El Mal Querer
''El Mal Querer'' () is the second studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía, released on 2 November 2018 through Columbia Records. The album was written by Rosalía and co-produced with El Guincho on an initial low budget as an indep ...
'', began in early 2017 as her
baccalaureate project, graduating from the
Catalonia College of Music. She personally chose to work alongside Spanish musician
el Guincho and spawned its concept alongside friend Ferran Echegaray, who bet on the ''
Romance of Flamenca'' to follow the album's storyline. Thus, every song on the album would be a chapter of the story narrated in the anonymous
Occitan novel. Despite having no
budget
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to produce the record as she was an
independent artist working on a university project, Rosalía invested a lot of her own money, to the point of "almost going
bankrupt". However, she continued working on it, stating that "my goal was to find a way to explain this tradition that I'm obsessed with in the most personal way without fear and with risk. Before releasing the album I was in
debt and had no guarantees that this would work but I had the hope that, since I was making it from my heart, whether it was a few or many, that those people that liked it, would like it for real". The album was almost completely recorded at el Guincho's apartment in Barcelona with a computer, a microphone and a
sound table
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. It would mix traditional
flamenco with today's
pop
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Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
and
urban music.
In May 2018, the singer announced the title of her upcoming album in a little homemade
YouTube series.
J Balvin parallelly released his fifth studio album, ''
Vibras'', which featured Rosalía on the track "
Brillo
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". Later that month, Rosalía released the album's lead single "
Malamente". The single caught the attention of international personalities such as
Kourtney Kardashian and
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa ( , ; born ) is an English and Albanian singer and songwriter. Possessing a mezzo-soprano vocal range, she is known for her signature disco- pop sound. Lipa has received numerous accolades, including six Brit Awards, three Gramm ...
and numerous music critics. In August, Rosalía was booked to perform at
Madonna
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's 60th birthday bash but cancelled the gig after many logistic conflicts. "Malamente" was promoted at several award shows like the
2018 MTV Europe Music Awards
The 2018 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) was held at the Bizkaia Arena ( Bilbao Exhibition Centre) in Barakaldo, part of Greater Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, on 4 November 2018. The ceremony's host was Hailee Steinfeld. Thi ...
as well as the
Latin Grammys. Its music video, directed by
Canada, went viral on the Internet and was named Video of the Year by ''
Pitchfork''. The song was nominated for five Latin Grammys, out of it won two, for
Best Alternative Song and for
Best Urban Fusion/Performance. The follow-up single, "
Pienso en tu Mirá", was released on 24 July 2018. Its music video also went viral on social media, with praise for its aesthetics and poetic symbolism. Many Spanish portals were already talking about this as the "Rosalía phenomenon" or "hurricane Rosalía". The song was nominated for Best Pop Song at the
2019 Latin Grammy Awards. The third single, "
Di Mi Nombre
"Di mi nombre", also known by its full title "Di mi nombre – Cap 8: Éxtasis", is a song recorded by Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalía. The song was released on 30 October 2018 through Columbia Records as the third single from her second s ...
", released three days prior to the album, earned Rosalía her first number-one single in Spain.
''El Mal Querer'' was released on 2 November 2018 and debuted at number two on the
PROMUSICAE chart. Presented as experimental and conceptual, it revolves around a toxic relationship described in the anonymous 13th-century
Occitan novel ''
Flamenca''. The album was met with universal acclaim by
music critics. Writing for ''
The Guardian'', head critic
Alexis Petridis
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highly commended the album, giving it the highest rating and describing it as "the calling card of a unique new talent". ''El Mal Querer'' was listed in over twenty album year-end and decade-end lists by publications such as ''
Pitchfork'', ''
Billboard
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'' and ''
The Guardian''. ''
Rolling Stone'' listed it 315th on their
500 Greatest Albums of All Time
* Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
* NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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list, making it the highest Spanish-language album in the list. ''El Mal Querer'' was later nominated for several awards including four
Latin Grammys, a
Latin Billboard Music award, a
Latin American Music award and a
LOS40 Music award. It won the Latin Grammy awards for
Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to:
Awards
* ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia
* Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK
* Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US
* Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA
* Lati ...
,
Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album,
Best Engineered Album and
Best Recording Package
The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album. It is presented to the art director of the winning album, not to the performer(s), unless the performer is also the art dire ...
. Therefore, Rosalía became the first female recipient of the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year since
Shakira in
2006
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. It also won a
Grammy Award for
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album.
In 2019 Rosalía took part in the
Pedro Almodóvar film ''
Pain and Glory''. This, however, wasn't the first time Rosalía took part in an audiovisual production as she had already contributed vocals to the soundtrack of ''
Arde Madrid'' and ''
Paquita Salas
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''. In March 2019, Rosalía embarked on her first worldwide concert tour,
El Mal Querer Tour
El Mal Querer Tour was the second concert tour by Spanish singer Rosalía, in support of her second studio album ''El Mal Querer'' (2018). The tour began on March 29, 2019 in Buenos Aires at the Hipódromo de San Isidro, as part of the 2019 Lol ...
, to further promote ''El Mal Querer'', with shows in South America, North America, Europe and Africa.
While on tour, Rosalía issued several songs. On 28 March 2019, she released a second collaboration with Balvin, "
Con Altura". Despite initially receiving mixed reviews from critics, "Con Altura" topped the charts in Argentina, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela and Spain. Its music video, directed by
Director X, became the most-watched music video by a female artist of 2019. It also spawned her nickname "La Rosalía" and its choreography eventually became viral and a moment in
Latin pop culture. "Con Altura" won two
MTV Video Music Awards for
Best Latin Video and
Best Choreography
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography is a craft award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and choreographer of the music video. From 1984 to 2007, the full name of the award was Best Choreography in a Video. The biggest winner ...
, making her the first Spanish act to win one. It also won
Best Collaboration at the 2019
MTV Europe Music Awards and
Best Urban Song at the
2019 Latin Grammys. The song has sold over seven million copies worldwide so far.
In May, Rosalía released the song "
Aute Cuture
"Aute Cuture" (misspelt French for "high fashion") is a song by Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalía. It was released as a single on 30 May 2019 through Columbia Records. The song debuted atop the Spanish charts, becoming her third number-one si ...
". It became her third number one in Spain and earned a Latin Grammy nomination for
Record of the Year. In July, she released the single ''
Fucking Money Man'', which includes two tracks: "
Milionària
"Milionària" is a song by Spanish singer Rosalía. It was released on 3 July 2019 by Columbia Records as a song from her first extended play, ''Fucking Money Man'' (2019). "Milionària" is the first song that the singer has released in Catalan. T ...
" (which she sang in
Catalan) and "
Dios Nos Libre del Dinero". On 15 August, she released her collaboration with
Ozuna "
Yo x ti, tú x mí
"Yo x ti, tú x mí" is a song by Spanish singer Rosalía and Puerto Rican singer Ozuna. Written by both performers alongside el Guincho and produced by the latter with the help of Frank Dukes, the track was released as a single on August 15, 2019 ...
", which became her fifth number one single in Spain. In November, Rosalía released "
A Palé", which features background vocals by
James Blake, who she had worked earlier with on "
Barefoot in the Park". In December, Rosalía was featured alongside
Lil Baby on the remix of
Travis Scott's "
Highest in the Room
"Highest in the Room" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper Travis Scott. It was released as a single on October 4, 2019. It was released in a variety of formats, including on 7-inch vinyl, cassette and as a CD single. In its first ...
". Peaking at four, this marked the first time a song of hers entered the Global Spotify chart. She was awarded the Rising Star award at
''Billboard'''s Women in Music for the international recognition she achieved during the year and for "changing the sound of today's mainstream music with her fresh flamenco-influenced pop".
Rosalía's performance of "
Juro Que" at the
62nd Grammy Awards marked the first time a Spanish female artist performed at the gala. She also became the first Spanish-singing act in history to be nominated for
Best New Artist. During
lockdown, Rosalía released "
Dolerme" and, in May, "
TKN", her second collaboration with
Travis Scott, which eventually became her first entry on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, debuting at number 66, as well as the sixth number-one single of hers in her home country. The song became went viral on
TikTok. The music video for "TKN", directed by
Nicolás Méndez
Nicolás Marcelo Méndez (born November 2, 1992) is an Argentine volleyball player, member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team and French club Paris Volley, participant of the Olympic Games, (Tokyo 2020
The , officially the ...
, won the
Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. It also spawned a nomination for Best Direction at the
Berlin Music Video Awards. On 22 June,
Arca and Rosalía released their highly anticipated collaboration "
KLK", included in the musician's album ''
KiCk i''.
2020–present: Collaborations and ''Motomami''
Recording sessions for the confection of Rosalía's third studio album started as early as 2019. Due to unforeseen circumstances from the
COVID-19 pandemic, Rosalía relocated to
Miami where she continued to work on the album while also providing vocals to multiple songs. On 4 September 2020, a remix of
Sech's "
Relación
"Relación" is a song recorded by Panamanian singer and songwriter Sech. The song was released on April 1, 2020 as the second single from his sophomore studio album '' 1 of 1,'' released a month later. It was written by the performer alongside i ...
", which also features
Daddy Yankee,
Farruko and
J Balvin, was released, earning Rosalía her second entry on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at 64. She also took part in
Bad Bunny's third solo studio album, ''
El Último Tour del Mundo'', on the track "
La Noche De Anoche", which was later released as a single on
Valentine's Day.
The collaboration, performed on ''
Saturday Night Live'', became a huge commercial success, debuting at number two on the Spotify global chart with 6.63 million streams in a single day, marking the biggest debut for a song fully sung in Spanish in history. It also marked the ninth best debut on the platform in 2020 and the second biggest debut on Spotify Spain in music history. A week later, she collaborated alongside
The Weeknd on the remix of "
Blinding Lights" and, in January, with
Billie Eilish on "
Lo Vas a Olvidar
"Lo Vas a Olvidar" (; ) is a song recorded by American singer Billie Eilish and Spanish singer Rosalía (singer), Rosalía. The track was written by both performers alongside El Guincho & Eilish's brother and producer Finneas O'Connell, Finneas. ...
", which was featured in a special episode of ''
Euphoria
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''. She would also later collaborate with
Oneohtrix Point Never and
Tokischa on "Nothing's Special" and "
Linda" respectively.
On 2 November 2021, Rosalía announced the title of her new album ''
Motomami''. It was released on 18 March 2022 through
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
. Promotion prior to the album release encompassed the release of three singles and the promotional singles "Hentai" and "Candy". The lead single "
La Fama
''La Fama'' was a Mexican reality series set to find a new child star in 1999. It was mainly a singing competition, but it also provided dancing and acting lessons to the contestants.
Participants
Fourteen children (seven boys and seven girls) a ...
", featuring
The Weeknd, is an
experimental bachata
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* Bachata (music), a genre of Latin American music
**Traditional bachata, a subgenre of bachata music
* Bachata (dance), a dance style from the Dominican Republic
* Bachatón, a hybrid bachata/reggaeton music style
* "Bachata ...
that saw great commercial success. It became Rosalía's
seventh number one single in Spain while also peaking at five in France and reaching the top ten spot in eight other countries. In December 2021,
Rockstar Games launched a new ''
Grand Theft Auto Online'' radio station, Motomami Los Santos, curated by Rosalía and
Arca. In February 2022, Rosalía revealed the album artwork for ''Motomami'' and released "
Saoko" as the album's second single to wide critical acclaim. The song's accompanying music video, directed by Valentin Petit, was shot in
Kyiv, mainly at
Podilskyi Bridge.
For its editing done by Petit and Jon Echeveste, the video would go on to win the
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing. On 24 February, Rosalía released "
Chicken Teriyaki" as the album's third single.
Upon release, ''Motomami'' received universal acclaim from
music critics, many of whom praised the experimentation and genre-bending sounds. ''Motomami'' received a perfect score from various publications, including ''
The Telegraph'', ''
The Independent'' and ''
Variety'' and was given four stars or more by ''
Clash'', ''
Rolling Stone'', ''
Rockdelux'', ''
The Guardian'' etc. ''
Pitchfork'' crowned ''Motomami'' with its "Best New Music" honor writing, "It feels rare to hear an album that's so experimental, that aspires to stretch itself out across genres and play with form, and that attains exactly what it sets out to achieve. Rosalía was already a formidable singer, but here she also sounds like she learned that with global superstardom comes the freedom to set her own agenda". The album has become the best reviewed and most discussed album of 2022 on
Metacritic. Commercially, ''Motomami'' entered twenty-two charts in nineteen countries and reached the top ten in seven countries, two of them number-ones. The album entered major market charts, reaching the top forty in both on the
UK Albums Chart and the
''Billboard'' 200. On
Spotify, it achieved the biggest debut for a Spanish-language album by a female artist on the platform's history, with 16.3 million streams in the first day.
In July 2022, Rosalía embarked on her second worldwide concert tour,
Motomami World Tour
The Motomami World Tour was the third concert tour by Spanish singer Rosalía in support of her third studio album, '' Motomami'' (2022). Led by Live Nation Entertainment, the tour was officially announced on 18 April 2022. It began on 6 July 20 ...
, to further promote ''Motomami'', with shows in Europe, South America and North America. The setlist featured four unreleased tracks including "
Despechá", which was later released on 28 July to global success. Rosalía later took part in the forthcoming projects by
Romeo Santos, Niño de Elche, and
Wisin & Yandel.
At the
23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards
The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at the Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas to honour the best musical releases within Latin music released from June 1, 2021, to May 31, 2022. The nominations were a ...
in November 2022, ''Motomami'' won the four categories in which it was nominated in, which were
Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to:
Awards
* ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia
* Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK
* Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US
* Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA
* Lati ...
,
Best Alternative Music Album,
Best Engineered Album and
Best Recording Package
The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album. It is presented to the art director of the winning album, not to the performer(s), unless the performer is also the art dire ...
. Rosalía was the first woman and sixth act overall to win Album of the Year twice as a lead artist. She also received two nominations at the
65th Annual Grammy Awards for
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album and
Best Music Film
The Grammy Award for Best Music Film is an accolade presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally named the Gramophone Awards, to performers, directors, and producers of quality videos or musical programs. ...
for Motomami Tiktok Live. However, media such as ''
Rolling Stone'',
''Pitchfork'', the
''New York Times'' and
''W'' believed that the Recording Academy and the Grammys had snubbed ''Motomami'' for the
Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to:
Awards
* ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia
* Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK
* Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US
* Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA
* Lati ...
category.
Artistry
Musical style and genres
Rosalía's music has been described as "challenging" both for her and for the listener. Noted for the conceptuality and constant genre transformation of her albums and singles, Rosalía's music has evolved from
folk to the mainstream and
avant-pop. As Rosalía has a
master's degree in
flamenco interpretation, she started her professional career as a full flamenco singer. 2017 saw the release of her debut album ''
Los Ángeles'', a folk record in which Rosalía "is posited as the contemporary ''
cantaora'' who has better understood the current times". The singer has, ever since, been described as "an old soul trapped in a young body" due to the maturity of the genre. After the release of "
Malamente" in May 2018, which rose the singer's popularity to a national level, her music was described as a "heavily exciting
fusion of flamenco and modern arts". American magazine
''Pitchfork'' called the singer's voice "a soft liquid velvet" and wrote that "Malamente consumes the listener with drums and soft synthesizers that drag you to their world completely". After releasing ''El Mal Querer'' later that year, ''
The Guardian'' gave it a perfect score and stated: "the Catalan singer's potent, smart second album is more complex than any Latin pop currently in the charts".
During the three-year droplet era that started with the 2019 release "
Con Altura", Rosalía's music evolved to a more mainstream urbano field without leaving the flamenco essence that characterizes her artistry. Described by ''
Rolling Stone'' as "one of the most daring and reckless productions of recent years", Rosalía's 2022 studio album ''
Motomami'' "redifined mainstream" by taking
reggaeton as its main influence and blending it with
traditional music of Latin America as well as with other genres such as
industrial or
jazz. The singer has stated that she listens to a vast catalogue of music specially when she is making a record in the urge to learn about them. Rosalía has cited the
2011 eponymous album by
James Blake as one of the most impactful records of her life.
In his ''El Mal Querer'' review, ''The Guardian''s
Alexis Petridis
Alexis Petridis ( el, Αλέξης Πετρίδης; born 13 September 1971) is a British journalist, head rock and pop critic for the UK newspaper ''The Guardian'', as well as a regular contributor to the magazine '' GQ''. In addition to his mus ...
wrote: "She can really sing
..but her voice is audibly rooted in a different musical tradition to the usual styles in which pop vocalists perform. The standard set of tricks (post-
Whitney extemporisation
Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...
overload, sub-
Winehouse aged
soul, please-compare-me-to-
Kate-Bush kooky swooping, etc) are all noticeable by their absence. Instead, her voice is powerful and gutsily emotive: her
melismas sound more
Middle Eastern
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than
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the " Songbird Supreme", she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and signature use of the whi ...
."
Despite her wide vocal range, Rosalía tends to use
Auto-Tune aesthetically in songs and live performances.
The songwriting skills of Rosalía have recently been questioned and criticized for being "random" and "
kitsch". Generally, her lyrics deal with various topics and contain multiple references to general and
pop culture
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* Pop (Gas al ...
. Those references can also be seen in her visual work, which she considers the "crutial way of communication between the artist and the consumer". Graphic artist
Carlota Guerrero
Carlota Guerrero (born 1989 in Barcelona) is a Spanish artist, photographer, filmmaker, and art director. She is known for exploring themes of femininity and body autonomy.
Biography
Carlota Guerrero was born and brought up in Barcelona. She to ...
is one of the singer's best friends. Rosalía's visual inspiration mainly comes from
Spanish tradition and
Eastern culture, mainly
Japanese. The singer has wide knowledge of
art history, which she translates to her public by constantly recreating
religious portraits, contemporary paintings, and movie scenes within her musical projects. She has cited
Pedro Almodóvar and
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...
as her favorite filmmakers,
Gaspar Noé's ''
Enter the Void'' (2009) and
Wong Kar-wai's ''
Fallen Angels A fallen angel is an angel that has been exiled or banished from Heaven.
Fallen Angels may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Fallen Angels'' (1948 film), a Greek film by Nikos Tsiforos
* Fallen Angels (1985 documentary film) by Gregory Dark
* ...
'' (1995) as her favorite films, and
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat (; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
Basquiat first achieved fame as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside Al ...
as her favorite artist.
Rosalía has been accused of cultural appropriation by some
Romani people because she adapts
Romani customs into her style, and she draws from the flamenco music tradition, which is often thought to be from Romani people in
Andalusia. However, the origin of flamenco music is not known precisely, and it probably fused musical practices from three sources:
Moorish
The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.
Moors are not a distinct or se ...
,
Jewish and Romani cultures. Responding to this criticism, Rosalía said, "music is universal."
Influences
Rosalía has cited
Camarón de la Isla,
James Blake and
Kate Bush as her major musical influences. In January 2019, she told
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
"when I was 13 years old I started listening to him
amarón de la Islaby chance. This genre, flamenco, was what my high-school friends listened to and so did I. When I discovered him I was like 'oh my God!' I didn't think anyone was capable to sing with such a voice; it would go right through me so heartily. He was my introduction to flamenco. Thanks to him I discovered this vast universe within this music style which is almost endless and very exciting." Another flamenco influence of Rosalía is
La Niña de los Peines. She states that despite not enjoying her recordings at first, she ended up appreciating her melodies and realized that she was a true pioneer since, at the time she became popular, most flamenco singers were men. She said: "flamenco is a masculine art form by tradition and there she was, with all her creativity as a woman. She became a professional at the time when it was very unusual". Rosalía cites the personal, musical and audiovisual catalogue of
Kate Bush as a key influence in the musical ambition of herself citing her "genre-deconstructed compositions" and "novel artistic direction". When she was asked about the impact James Blake had on her, she said: "I started listening to him when I was at university. His music has left a mark on me; not only the bold character of his production but also its minimalism and free structures. When I listen to him, I can feel that he allows himself a lot of freedom. I personally think that he doesn't do music to please nobody but only for himself." Rosalía collaborated with Blake on his song "
Barefoot in the Park", which was released as the fourth single of his 2019 album ''
Assume Form
''Assume Form'' is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter and producer James Blake. It was released on 18 January 2019 by Polydor Records. Critics described the album as having a more upbeat sound than Blake's prior work, especiall ...
''. She has also cited
Aventura,
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...
,
Björk
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,
Frank Ocean,
Héctor Lavoe,
Kanye West,
Lil' Kim
Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), Those giving 1974 include:
*
*
*
*
* better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and reality television personality. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, she lived much of he ...
,
Lole y Manuel,
M.I.A.,
Shakira,
Tego Calderón,
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he ...
and
Lauryn Hill as direct musical inspirations.
The biggest fashion influence of Rosalía is
Lola Flores. In an interview with ''Billboard'' she stated: "I love her. I love the attitude and the strength she had". She also mentioned
Carmen Amaya; "she used to wear masculine clothes in a moment that any woman was dancing in typically-man clothing". Rosalía has become a regular
fashion show attendee, expressing her love for Palomo Spain,
Dion Lee,
Martin Margiela,
Dapper Dan, Pepa Salazar,
Matthew Williams,
Alexander Wang,
Burberry, Dominnico,
Dior
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and
Versace among others. She has attended the
Met Gala twice, dressed in
Rick Owens and
Givenchy.
Impact
Spanish music industry
''
Forbes'' named Rosalía in their list of "Most Influential Spanish Women" in 2020 and in 2022. In 2021, ''
Pitchfork'' named Rosalía one of the most important artists of the last 25 years.
On cultural appropriation
The popularization of
new flamenco, both nationally and worldwide, has allowed new artists such as
María José Llergo to reach a wider audience internationally. In 2020, ''
The Atlantic'' stated that Rosalía had "turned the harrowing music of
Andalusia into a global phenomenon". Rosalía has been credited with inspiring some contemporary artists, such as
Marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...
,
Kacey Musgraves and
Christina Aguilera. The resurgence of flamenco music alongside Rosalía's work has led to discussions of
cultural appropriation
Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity. This can be controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from ...
, sometimes dubbed "the Rosalía polemic". Rosalía has been accused of stealing the culture of the
Spanish Romani people
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
(''Gitanos''), who claim this artistic expression as their own, as it has been one of the few ways of free
cultural expression ''Gitanos'' had available to them, in the face of
discrimination and persecution within wider society. Purists view flamenco performance by
Catalans,
non-''Gitanos'', or non-
Andalusians, such as Rosalía, as unfair and illegitimate. Others have defended Rosalía, saying that, in a global interconnected world, where exposure to cultural traditions and art forms are widely accessed, Rosalía's success can inspire international appreciation of this artform, and compare the situation to
Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...
's use of Spanish traditions sparking international interest in
Spanish culture
The culture of ''Spain'' is based on a variety of historical influences, primarily based on the culture of ancient Rome, Spain being a prominent part of the Greco-Roman world for centuries, the very name of Spain comes from the name that the Rom ...
and
art.
''
The New York Times'' said in 2019: "the debate on the cultural appropriation of the Spanish singer is unfair: her music embodies, with height, the most eloquent artistic form of globalization: the remix". When asked about this topic, she responded: "I've realized that it is not that I am specifically being attacked, it is the situation where there are people who, like me, have been fortunate enough to be able to study music, which they have wanted. And having options that other people don't have", stating that this is more of a political issue and a matter of privileges. Following her win for Best Latin Video for "
Con Altura" at the
2019 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 26, 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, being the first VMA ceremony to be held in New Jersey. Sebastian Maniscalco hosted the 36th annual ceremony. Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, and Billie ...
, Rosalía broached a related discussion, as to whether the expression "
Latin" (derived from a
Romance language
The Romance languages, sometimes referred to as Latin languages or Neo-Latin languages, are the various modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages in the Indo-European languages, I ...
, like
Spanish) has been misunderstood and has evolved to "
Latino" (person from
Latin American countries previously ruled by the
Spanish and
Portuguese empires), extending the debate about cultural appropriation and whether she should or should not be nominated in Latin categories at award shows. Rosalía also discussed the topic at the
2020 Latin ''Billboard'' Music Week, where
Leila Cobo, host of VP Latin, stated: "''Billboard'' categorizes music sung in the Spanish language as Latin music. You are a Spanish artist, not a
Latin American but your music is called '
Latin' because it is sung in Spanish. It is also very interesting to see how this term is only used in the United States". Rosalía has also said that she feels "uncomfortable" when this term is used on her. Stemming from these debates, Rosalía has received online criticism.
Personal life
She is of paternal
Asturian and maternal
Catalan heritage. Her paternal grandparents were of
Galician and
Andalusian
Andalusia is a region in Spain.
Andalusian may also refer to:
Animals
*Andalusian chicken, a type of chicken
*Andalusian donkey, breed of donkey
*Andalusian hemipode, a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds
*Andalusian horse, a breed of ho ...
origin. Her great-grandfather was Cuban. She is fluent in
Catalan, Spanish and English.
Relationships
In 2016, Rosalía started dating Spanish rapper
C. Tangana
Antón Álvarez Alfaro (born July 16, 1990), known professionally as C. Tangana, is a Spanish rapper and songwriter. He began his musical career while in high school, rapping under the pseudonym Crema and releasing a seven-track EP titled ''Él ...
. They co-wrote eight of the eleven songs of Rosalía's sophomore album ''
El Mal Querer
''El Mal Querer'' () is the second studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía, released on 2 November 2018 through Columbia Records. The album was written by Rosalía and co-produced with El Guincho on an initial low budget as an indep ...
'' and
collaborated vocally twice. They broke up in May 2018. Since then, the couple has referenced each other in songs, social media posts, interviews and music videos. In April 2020, Tangana told the press that there "exists a good friendship between the two". They unfollowed each other on social media in December 2020 after Tangana talked about her quite poorly in a recorded interview for ''
Rockdelux''.
In March 2020, Rosalía started dating Puerto Rican singer
Rauw Alejandro. In 2022, they purchased , a
modernist house built in 1905 in the outskirts of
Manresa
Manresa () is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, located in the geographical centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by the river Cardener. It is an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are ...
for €2.2 million, declared a cultural asset of local interest.
Political views and religion
Rosalía identifies as a
feminist
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...
. After being congratulated at the 2019
''Billboard'' Women in Music gala, the singer stated: "I was fifteen when I entered a recording studio for the first time having all this women as references. I was so shocked by the fact that there were only men in that session that, since that moment, I've been fighting for having the same number of men and women in the studio. As simple as that". Rosalía has a garter belt buckle tattooed on her left thigh in reference to a 1970
body art performance
A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function.
Management science
In the work place ...
by
Valie Export. In the tattoo, the garter appears as a symbol of a past slavery, the dress as the suppression of sexuality, the garter as an attribute of a femininity not determined by ourselves. A social ritual that covers one of the physical needs, the opposition of our culture to the body is clear. The garter as a sign of belonging to a class that demands a specific behavior becomes a memory. Rosalía is also
pro-choice. During a concert in Mexico, she wore a green handkerchief in support of the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe and Free Abortion. The singer is also a firm
LGBT supporter. All profits from her
Viva Glam cosmetic campaign were to be given in support of women, youth and the LGBT community. In July 2021, she condemned the
killing of Samuel Luiz
Samuel Luiz Muñiz, a 24-year-old nursing assistant, was beaten to death in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, on 3 July 2021. According to several witnesses, including the victim's friends, the crime was motivated by homophobia, which led to country-wid ...
, stating, "Samuel didn't die, he was assassinated".
As for Rosalía's religious beliefs, she revealed that she has never been
baptized
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nor taken to church by her parents. Her grandmother, who was
Christian
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, used to take her to church if she voluntarily asked to. There she began to believe in
God despite never having submitted to the
Catholic Church nor considering herself Christian.
As for politics and international conflicts, in November 2019, following a
second general Spanish election in the country within six months, Rosalía tweeted "fuck Vox".
Vox is a
far-right
Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...
nationalist political party that had earned a lot of seats at the
Spanish Parliament
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The Congress of Deputies meets i ...
and was constantly growing in popularity at the time. After being asked about politics at a press conference a couple days later, she said: "I think it is a very delicate topic and I don't think this is the place to talk about it." In May 2020, Rosalía expressed anger for the
murder of George Floyd and briefly attended
a protest in Miami in defense of
racial equality, leaving early in order to appear on a virtual benefit concert organized by
TeleHit. In October, she offered her song "
A Palé" for a vote-encouraging campaign of
Sony Music for the
2020 United States presidential election
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titled "Your Voice. Your Power. Your Vote".
Discography
* ''
Los Ángeles'' (2017)
* ''
El Mal Querer
''El Mal Querer'' () is the second studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía, released on 2 November 2018 through Columbia Records. The album was written by Rosalía and co-produced with El Guincho on an initial low budget as an indep ...
'' (2018)
* ''
Motomami'' (2022)
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
Commercials
Tours
* Los Ángeles Tour (2017–2018)
*
El Mal Querer Tour
El Mal Querer Tour was the second concert tour by Spanish singer Rosalía, in support of her second studio album ''El Mal Querer'' (2018). The tour began on March 29, 2019 in Buenos Aires at the Hipódromo de San Isidro, as part of the 2019 Lol ...
(2019)
*
Motomami World Tour
The Motomami World Tour was the third concert tour by Spanish singer Rosalía in support of her third studio album, '' Motomami'' (2022). Led by Live Nation Entertainment, the tour was officially announced on 18 April 2022. It began on 6 July 20 ...
(2022)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
Profile on Viberate*
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1992 births
21st-century Spanish actresses
21st-century Spanish singers
21st-century Spanish women singers
Actresses from Catalonia
Columbia Records artists
Feminist musicians
Flamenco dancers
Flamenco singers
Grammy Award winners
Latin Grammy Award winners
Latin music songwriters
Latin R&B singers
LGBT rights activists from Spain
Living people
Musicians from Catalonia
MTV Europe Music Award winners
New flamenco
People from Baix Llobregat
People from Barcelona
Singers from Catalonia
Spanish deists
Spanish feminists
Spanish people of Asturian descent
Spanish people of Catalan descent
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Spanish people of Galician descent
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