Patricia Giovanna Cantú Velasco (born 25 November 1983), known professionally as Paty Cantú, is a Mexican singer who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the pop duo Lu.

Early life

Cantú was born in

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on November 25, 1983, to Armando Cantú and Mercedes Velasco. A few months later, her family moved to

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and in 1987 they established in

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. At the age of 16, Cantú was drawn to entertaining people; she started taking

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eventually leaving law school to pursue her musical career.

Music career

Lu

Paty Cantú became a member of the Mexican pop duo Lu alongside Mario Sandoval. The pair rose to fame with hits like ''Por Besarte'', ''Una Confusión'' and ''La Vida Después de Ti'' and being certified gold and platinum for both records in Mexico and USA. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2004, which was produced by Aureo Baqueiro, producer of artists like

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, Kabah, and Moenia, had success in Mexico and Brazil in which enjoyed success because they and their song "Por Besarte" were featured on ''

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''. Her songwriting skills were shown in the track "Sé" and in writing songs for

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and

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. After various reeditions from their first album, and a sophomore one called "Álbum", it was announced on August 27, 2007 that Mario and Paty parted ways due to artistic ideas, giving their last concert in October in

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Solo

After the split, Cantú started to write songs for her debut album, having 54 songsPaty Cantú persigue su propio sueño
before selecting the final 10. In 2008, she was featured in

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's "Dos Palabras" which was released on August 12 and appeared in the reedition of their second album '' 17 Bis''. After that, Paty Cantú debuted as a solo artist on October 17 as an opening act for Mexican singer

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, making this her start as a successful solo singer. In November 2008, Paty Cantú released her first single " Déjame Ir", which reached Top 10 in the Mexican Radio Airplay proving an instant hit and the video was premiered in

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on November 18.Paty Cantú first show
Her album ''Me Quedo Sola'' was released on January 27, 2009 Paty Cantu
under

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composed of 10 songs, 9 written by her and 1 written by Billy Mendez from Motel. In only three days of sales, Me Quedo Sola debuted at #8 in "Lo Mas Vendido" in Mixup and after a week, the album reached #1. However, in the Mexico Main Top 100 Albums Chart reached #2, just under

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. " No Fue Suficiente", her second single was released on February 21 and its video was inspired by

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was produced by Esteban Madrazo and debuted in "Los 10+ Pedidos" of MTV. She started to write songs for

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's debut album as well as upcoming greatest hits from

. In August 2009 it was announced that Paty Cantú would participate in the movie '' Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure'' as part of the soundtrack with the song ''Historia Ancestral'', which was to be released on September 4, 2009. She also announced in her

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that her debut album would have a reedition which include new tracks like ''Muñeca de Papel'' written by Billy from Motel, ''Casi Divas'' featuring Alfonso Pichardo, lead singer from Moenia and ''Mi Amor Destruye'' featuring Ballesteros. Paty Cantú was nominated for

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in two categories, one alongside her former mate Mario Sandoval and his group Sandoval.Los Premios MTV
On September 29, Paty Cantú received two nominations for

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, the Mexican Grammy Awards for Breakthrough of the Year alongside

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, Beto Cuevas, Tush and Victor & Leo and Best Female Solo competing against Colombian Fanny Lú, Italian singer

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and connationals María José and

. Paty Cantu's song "Afortunadamente no eres tu" was used in a MasterCard commercial as well as Niñas Mal's soundtrack. She is featured in the single "The World is Ours" used by

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to promote the

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. The single is featured in the album '' One Love, One Rhythm''. In 2018, she released her fourth album, ''#333''. On April 16, 2020, she participated in a

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for the people of Mexico, titled "

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Acting career

Paty Cantú appeared as a musical guest in ''

'', in the 2nd season of '' El Show de los Sueños'' and in '' Verano de Amor'' starred by

but her acting debut was in the 3rd season of the Mexican series ''

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'' as the character of María, a car thief and a love interest of El Pantera.Paty Cantú roba coches en acción
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Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other appearances

Awards and nominations

Los Premios MTVs are awarded annually by

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. Cantú has received two nominations. She received two nominations again in the 8th gala of the

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References

External links

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Paty Cantú's MySpace
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantu, Paty 1983 births Living people Mexican women singer-songwriters Mexican singer-songwriters Mexican pop singers Mexican television actresses Singers from Guadalajara, Jalisco Capitol Latin artists 21st-century Mexican singers 21st-century Mexican women singers Women in Latin music Singer-songwriters from Texas Actresses from Houston Singers from Houston