Vanesa Martín Mata (
Málaga, November 14, 1980) is a Spanish singer, poet, and song writer. Her first appearance on an album was on the CD called ''El búho real''. Her first album was titled ''Agua'' and was released in 2006. In 2009, she signed with the multinational
Warner Music
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and th ...
. To date, she has released seven studio albums: ''Agua'' (2006), ''Trampas'' (2009), ''Cuestión de piel'' (2012), ''Crónica de un baile'' (2014), ''Munay'' (2016), ''Todas las mujeres que habitan en mí'' (2018), ''Siete veces sí'' (2020).
She has sold thousands of copies in Spain and Latin America and has performed a large number of concerts throughout the Spanish geography. She has collaborated with artists such as
Pablo Alborán,
India Martínez
Jenifer Yésica Martínez Fernández (Córdoba, Spain, October 13, 1985), known professionally as India Martínez, is a Spanish flamenco and pop singer. Her artistic name was made out by the first manager she had at the age of 17, when she signe ...
,
Malú,
Pastora Soler
María del Pilar Sánchez Luque (born 28 September 1978 in Coria del Río, Seville), better known by her stage name Pastora Soler, is a Spanish singer. She is also a songwriter and her compositions usually mix copla or flamenco with pop or elect ...
,
Chenoa
María Laura Corradini Falomir (born June 25, 1975, in Mar del Plata, Argentina) popularly known as Chenoa, is an Argentine-Spanish music artist who rose to fame as a contestant on reality television singing competition ''Operación Triunfo''. H ...
,
David DeMaría
David Jiménez Pinteño known as David DeMaría (born January 20, 1976) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. David was born in Jerez de la Frontera in Cádiz Province
Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital o ...
, El Arrebato, Manuel Lombo,
Diana Navarro
Diana Navarro Ocaña (born 21 April 1978 in Málaga) is a Spanish singer. She rose to fame in 2005 with the single "Sola" from her first album ''No te olvides de mí''. She was nominated for a Latin Grammy as Best New Artist in 2005. Her songs ...
, among others.
Biography
Beginnings
Vanesa Martín Mata was born in Malaga on November 14, 1980. When she was six years old, her father gave her her first guitar, and from that moment on, her love for music began. Later, she decided to start her guitar training, through ''coros rocieros'', and soon after, she would start writing her first songs. At the age of fifteen, she performed in many local venues in
Málaga and appeared on television and local radio programs. At the end of 2003, after graduating in teaching and pedagogy at the
University of Malaga, she settled in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...
, where she performed her first concerts in the bar ''El Taburete''.
2006-2008: ''Agua''
She was signed by the music company
EMI Music Spain in 2005, and the first studio album, ''Agua'', was launched on June 15, 2006. The album was produced by
Carlos Jean and directed by Raúl Quílez. It was recorded in the studios by Jean Roche, Jean Madrid, and RedLed S.A. The album consisted of 12 songs composed by her.
This album was re-released in 2007, including a version of the song ''Durmiendo sola'', performed as a duet with
David DeMaría
David Jiménez Pinteño known as David DeMaría (born January 20, 1976) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. David was born in Jerez de la Frontera in Cádiz Province
Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital o ...
, and also the song ''Lluvia''. On the occasion of the release of her first album, she toured most of Spain with a concert tour. In the following years, she composed songs for artists such as Manuel Lombo,
India Martínez
Jenifer Yésica Martínez Fernández (Córdoba, Spain, October 13, 1985), known professionally as India Martínez, is a Spanish flamenco and pop singer. Her artistic name was made out by the first manager she had at the age of 17, when she signe ...
, María Toledo, and
Pastora Soler
María del Pilar Sánchez Luque (born 28 September 1978 in Coria del Río, Seville), better known by her stage name Pastora Soler, is a Spanish singer. She is also a songwriter and her compositions usually mix copla or flamenco with pop or elect ...
.
2009-2011: ''Trampas''
She signed with the multinational
Warner Music
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and th ...
in 2009 and released her second studio album,''Trampas''. It was released on September 22, 2009, and was produced in Milan by the Italian Bob Benozzo, producer of
Alejandro Sanz,
Chambao
Chambao were a flamenco-electronic band originally from Málaga, Spain, known for a Flamenco Chill sound that fuses flamenco sounds and palos with electronic music. The name of the band is taken from an improvised form of beach tent that is co ...
,
Ricardo Montaner
Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner (born September 8, 1957), better known as Ricardo Montaner (), is an Argentine-born Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Since starting his career in the late 1970s, he has released more than 24 albums, and many su ...
,
Ana Belén
María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta (born 27 May 1951, Madrid), known professionally as Ana Belén, is a Spanish actress and singer.
Life/career
Born in 1951, Ana Belén is the oldest of three children. Her father was a cook in Hotel Palace, and ...
, among others. It consists of 12 songs composed by Vanesa Martín.
With this album, she manages to enter for the first time in the sales list of the best-selling albums in the country (
PROMUSICAE) and receives the 2009 Dial Award, which
Cadena Dial
Cadena Dial is a Spanish radio station. The station belongs to the Spanish media group PRISA. It was founded in 1990 and broadcasts exclusively pop music in Spanish (and Catalan, in the case of Catalonia). On 7 April 2017 Cadena Dial began broadc ...
gives to the best national artist of the year. At the end of that year, she embarks on a concert tour of Spanish theaters, including the
Teatro Lope de Vega in
Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
, the Teatro Cervantes in
Málaga, the
Teatro Falla in
Cádiz
Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia.
Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...
, the Teatro Villamarta in
Jerez
Jerez de la Frontera (), or simply Jerez (), is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, located midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cádiz Mountains. , the c ...
, and the Gran Teatro in
Huelva
Huelva (, ) is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is between two short rias though has an outlying spur including nature reserve on the Gulf of Cádiz coast. The ria ...
.
In 2010, she re-released the album ''Trampas'', which includes the song ''Perdiendo el equilibrio'' and the DVD of the concert held on March 21, 2010 at the Teatro Cervantes in Malaga.
2012-2013: ''Cuestión de piel''
The first single from her next album, Tic tac, was released on January 16, 2012, prior to the album. On February 28, 2012, she released her third album ''Cuestión de piel''. This album is produced by David Santisteban and consists of 15 songs composed by herself. It includes collaborations with
Malú,
Pablo Alborán,
La Mari de Chambao, and the guitarist José Antonio Rodríguez.
On October 16, 2012, the album ''Ven, siéntate y me lo cuentas...'' This work was the result of the recording of the acoustic concert she gave on September 17, 2012, at the Fundación el Olivar de Castillejo (
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...
). A re-release of ''Cuestión de piel'' was also published in CD + DVD format, which includes the two released CDs and the DVD of the acoustic concert. This acoustic in addition to the songs from her three albums, includes an unreleased track ''Adiós de mayo''with the collaboration of José A. Rodríguez and two songs composed by Vanesa that were released on their respective albums: ''90 minutos'' (
India Martínez
Jenifer Yésica Martínez Fernández (Córdoba, Spain, October 13, 1985), known professionally as India Martínez, is a Spanish flamenco and pop singer. Her artistic name was made out by the first manager she had at the age of 17, when she signe ...
) and ''Ya no más'' (María Toledo).
On April 6, 2013, she performs for the first time with the singer
Malú in the concert held at the Teatro de la Axerquía (
Córdoba). In the same year she is awarded by the Andalusian Institute of Youth as Young Art Award 2013.
2014-2016: ''Crónica de un baile''
She presents through
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ...
''Sin saber por qué'', first single from what will be her fourth studio album ''Crónica de un baile'' on June 21, 2014. Already on September 1, 2014, the album goes on sale in
Malaga, her hometown. The next day it is released in the rest of
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, On October 8 of the same year, the tour ''Crónica de un baile'' which toured the main Spanish cities throughout 2014 and 2015, starts at the Teatro Principal of
Alicante
Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...
, with all the tickets sold. On November 4, it was presented through the
RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española or RTVE, is the state-owned public corporation that assumed in 2007 the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service know ...
website that she would be part of the new program of this channel: ''Hit-La Canción''. For this she had to compete with other national artists such as
Sergio Dalma,
Pastora Soler
María del Pilar Sánchez Luque (born 28 September 1978 in Coria del Río, Seville), better known by her stage name Pastora Soler, is a Spanish singer. She is also a songwriter and her compositions usually mix copla or flamenco with pop or elect ...
,
Melendi
Ramón Melendi Espina (born 21 January 1979), known as Melendi, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. His specialties are rock, flamenco, and rumba styles.
Early life
He was born in Oviedo, Asturias. He went to class with Formula One race car driv ...
,
Marta Sánchez
Marta Sánchez López (born 8 May 1966) is a Spanish singer. She has sold in excess of 10 million albums.
Biography
Marta was born in Madrid (Spain). Her father, Antonio Sánchez Camporro, was an Asturian opera singer. She began her musical ...
,
Bustamante, and
Rosa López
Rosa María López Cortés (Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, which was the most followed in the country since there are official audience statistics and in which she obtained the seventh position with the song "Europe's living a celeb ...
.
On January 2, 2015, minutes after the premiere of ''Hit-La Canción'', she received the gold disc from
Sergio Dalma for her album ''Crónica de un baile''. That same night, the finalist song chosen by the composer from Malaga was ''Un minuto más'' by Danae Segovia. During the summer, it was confirmed that she would be an advisor to the singer
Manuel Carrasco
Manuel Carrasco Galloso (born January 15, 1981) is a Spanish pop singer (of romani descent) from Isla Cristina (Huelva), Spain. He rose to fame during his participation in the second edition of the reality talent competition ''Operación Tr ...
in the
Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially laun ...
program ''
La Voz Kids
''La Voz Kids'' is a Spanish-language American singing competition television series that premiered May 5, 2013 on Telemundo. It is part of the reality singing competition ''The Voice Kids worldwide franchise, created by Dutch television produc ...
''.
She gave a concert at the Teatro Auditorio de Roquetas de Mar on January 9, 2016. In March of that same year, she publishes her first book ''Mujer Océano'' which collects a variety of poems written by everything that has been able to soak her soul, and performs the closing of the tour of ''Crónica de un baile'' in Barcelona.
2016-2017: ''Munay'' y ''Munay vivo''
On November 18, 2016, her new studio album Munay was released. During the months of November and December, she makes 12 record signings in different cities. In February 2017, she gets the platinum record in Spain for this album.
For its promotion she made the Munay Tour was a tour that covered more than 20 cities between
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
and
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, and began on February 24, 2017 at the Palacio Martin Carpena in
Málaga.
2018-2019: ''Todas las mujeres que habitan en mí''
Her sixth studio album ''Todas las mujeres que habitan en mí'' was released on November 16, 2018'','' features the direction and production of Eric Rosse, with co-production by Vanesa herself, and the arranging team
José Marín and Tony Romero. The album was mixed and mastered by Chris Reynolds. It was recorded at Squawkbox Studios (
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ...
), Cyclops Sound (
Van Nuys) and Sunset Sound (
Hollywood). This album managed to exceed 40,000 copies sold and went platinum.
On November 29, 2019, the reissue of the album was released, which changed the color of its cover to pink. It contained the 16 songs of the single edition and 4 bonus tracks including ''Caída libre''. It also featured a DVD that brought a documentary ''En el aire'', which showed images of the tour, several tracks recorded at their September 27, 2019 concert at the
WiZink Center
Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (English: ''Sports Palace of the Regional Community of Madrid''), officially WiZink Center since November 2016 for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sporting arena located in Madrid, Spain.
The forme ...
in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...
, 5 acoustic tracks recorded for Sesiones Movistar, and 6 video clips.
2020-presente: ''Siete veces sí''
Prior to the release of her seventh studio album, she released the singles ''... y vuelo'', and ''La huella''. Finally, her new album, ''Siete veces sí,'' was released on October 23 of the same year.
Discography
Studio albums
* 2006: ''Agua''
* 2009: ''Trampas''
* 2012: ''Cuestión de piel''
* 2014: ''Crónica de un baile''
* 2016: ''Munay''
* 2018: ''Todas las mujeres que habitan en mí''
* 2020: ''Siete veces sí''
Music tours
* Gira Agua.
* Gira Trampas.
* Gira Cuestión de piel.
* Gira Crónica de un baile (2014-2016).
* Gira Munay (2017-2018).
* Gira Todas Las Mujeres Que Habitan En Mí (2019-2020).
* Gira Sie7e Veces Sí (2021-2022).
Filmography
Television programs
Awards and nominations
* 2019 - Cadena Dial Award.
* 2019 - Ondas Award for best musical communication.
* 2019 - LOS40 Music Award for National Videoclip of the Year.
* 2020 - Odeon Award Best Female Artist.
* 2020 - Medal of Andalusia.
* 2020 - Nominated for 'Best Singer of the Year' at the HOY Magazine Awards.
References
External links
Vanesa Martínon
Instagram
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin Mata, Vanesa
Spanish singer-songwriters
Spanish pop singers
Spanish women singers
Living people
1980 births