Victòria Riba Muns (; born 10 March 1995), known professionally as Vicco (, ), is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and record producer. She participated in the

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with the song " Nochentera", placing third in the final. Subsequently, the single has been certified octuple platinum and reached fifth position on the Spanish music chart.

Early life

Riba grew up in a musical environment, with her mother being a former singer and her father an amateurish bass guitar player, both encouraging her to explore the discipline. She learned how to play the piano and compose at 9 years old. At the age of 11, she began singing, and by age 15, she started to do both at the same time.

Career

Vicco began her musical career at the age of 19. Before becoming a solo artist, she and her sisters formed the music group Carpanta, which sang in celebrations and shared the lyrics on social media networks. She has participated twice in La Marató de TV3 with the song "Qué boig el món" with Carlos Gómez, the singer of Lexu's, in 2014, and with "Llum de la vida" with Mariona Castillo and the Cor Jove de l'

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, in 2019. On 26 October 2022, it was announced that Vicco would participate in

, which was held to select Spain's candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. She received quite a bit of support in the semi-final and qualified for the final as the second highest-scoring entry of the night. In addition, her proposal Nochentera was the most listened to song on Spotify of all the songs of the edition; at the time, it already had streamed more than one and a half million times, as well as being the most searched on Shazam and the most used on TikTok. Therefore, the Tiana City Council organized the viewing of the final live at Sala Albéniz, in the same municipality. In the end, however, Vicco came third place, with 129 points in the final, behind

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and Agoney. In the months following the contest, the song peaked at number five at the Spanish Singles Chart and obtained a octuple platinum certification by Promusicae. On 24 April 2024, through her social media networks, Vicco announced the title of her first studio album, entitled ''Noctalgia''. The album went on sale on 10 May.

Personal life

Vicco is the second cousin of singer Edu Esteve. She has been dating Valencian multidisciplinary artist Sazza since at least 2022 and they live together in Madrid. she has been captured in the middle of a possible romance with Ana Legazpi, a member of the musical group Marlena and ex-girlfriend of the influencer Dulceida.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Noctalgia'' (2024)

EP

* ''No Me Atrevo'' (2020)

Singles

Footnotes

References

{{authority control 1995 births Living people People from Maresme Spanish women singer-songwriters Spanish singer-songwriters Spanish women pop singers Singer-songwriters from Catalonia 21st-century Spanish women singers Spanish record producers Benidorm Fest contestants