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Álvaro Soler
Álvaro Soler (2015)
Álvaro Soler (2015)
Background information
Birth nameÁlvaro Tauchert Soler
Born (1991-01-09) 9 January 1991 (age 33)[1][2]
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
GenresLatin pop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
LabelsUniversal Music / Sony
Websitealvarosoler.com

Álvaro Tauchert Soler (Spanish: [ˈalβaɾo soˈler]; born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on 9 January 1991) is a Catalan singer-songwriter with Spanish and German origins. He rose to prominence across Europe with his 2015 hit "El mismo sol". A special bilingual Spanish / English version of "El mismo sol" featuring Jennifer Lopez[3] was also made for international release in the United States, UK and worldwide.[4] His 2016 single "Sofia" also achieved chart success in European countries, reaching number 1 in Italy and Switzerland.

Biography

Born in Barcelona to a German father and a Spanish mother, he became multilingual at a young age.[5] He moved with his parents to Japan at age 10, staying there until age 17. He took piano lessons very early in Japan. Returning to Barcelona, in 2010 he established the musical band Urban Lights alongside his brother and some friends. The band continued performing music described as a mixture of British pop, indie pop and electronic music building following locally. They won a university music contest and the band appeared in 2013 on the Spanish music casting contest ¡Tú sí que vales! reaching the Final 8. They released some materials and self-produced album. Soler also pursued studies in industrial design at Escuela de Grafismo Elisava, also going to a music school and working with a modeling agency based in Barcelona.

Soler decided to drop the Urban Lights band in 2014 to go solo establishing himself as a musical artist based in Germany. Based in Berlin, he released his single "El mismo sol" co-written by Soler and Ali Zuckowski and Simon Triebel (from the band Juli) and produced by Triebel. The song released on 24 April 2015 became initially a huge hit Italy reaching number one on the Italian FIMI and certified double platinum. It also made it to number one on the Swiss Swiss Hitparade singles chart. The single became a pan-European hit for him charting also in Germany, France, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands.

Based on this success, Soler released his debut solo album Eterno Agosto on 23 June 2015 on Universal Music.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Certification
BEL
(Fl)
[6] 		FRA
[7] 		ITA
[8] 		POL
[9] 		SWI
[10]
2015 Eterno Agosto 107 79 1
[11] 		14 27

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Certifications Album
SPA
[12] 		AUT
[13] 		BEL
(Fl)
[6] 		BEL
(Wa)
[14] 		FRA
[15] 		GER
[16] 		ITA
[8] 		NLD
[17] 		POL
[9] 		SWI
[10] 		US Latin
[18]
2015 "El mismo sol"
(solo or featuring Jennifer Lopez) 		3 6 8 9 31 20 1 16 1 1 11 Eterno Agosto
"Agosto" — — —[A] — — — — — 1 — —
2016 "Sofia" 6 42 27 — 86
[23] 		50 1 19 1 1 —
"Volar" — — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ "Agosto" did not enter the Ultratop 50 Flanders, but peaked at number 54 on the Ultratip chart.

References

  1. ^ "Chi è Alvaro Soler? Biografia e vita privata del cantante". gossippiu.com. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Alvaro Soler Biography". top40-charts.com. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Who Is Jennifer Lopez's Duet Partner Alvaro Soler?". billboard.com. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Alvaro Soler". deejay.it. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Alvaro Soler: "We are all under El mismo sol"". spettakolo.it. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Alvaro Soler discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  7. ^ "Alvaro Soler discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  8. ^ a b "Alvaro Soler discography". italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  9. ^ a b Peak chart positions for Poland:
  10. ^ a b "Alvaro Soler discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  11. ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche#/category:album/year:2015/id:2294
  12. ^ "Alvaro Soler discography". spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  13. ^ "Alvaro Soler discography". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  14. ^ "Alvaro Soler discography". ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  15. ^ "Alvaro Soler discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  16. ^ "Alvaro Soler discography". germancharts.de. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  17. ^ "Alvaro Soler discography". dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 July 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  18. ^ Peak chart positions for United States:
  19. ^ a b "Certificazioni". fimi.it. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  20. ^ "Top 100 Canciones - Semana 1: 18.12.2015 al 24.12.2015" (in Spanish). PROMUSICAE. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  21. ^ "GOUD EN PLATINA - 2015". ultratop.be. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  22. ^ "Polish single certifications – Álvaro Soler – El mismo sol". Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  23. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 27, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  24. ^ "Promusicae" (in Spanish). Producers of Spanish Music. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
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