# Paty Cantú

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 Guadalajara, Jalisco on November 25, 1983, to Armando Cantú and Mercedes Velasco. A few months later, her family moved to Sonora and in 1987 they established in Guadalajara, Jalisco. At the age of 16, Cantú was drawn to entertaining people; she started taking bass and guitar lessons, 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 Natalia Lafourcade, Sin Bandera, Kabah, and Moenia, had success in Mexico and Brazil in which enjoyed success because they and their song "Por Besarte" were featured on Rebelde. Her songwriting skills were shown in the track "Sé" and in writing songs for Eiza González and Alejandra Guzmán. 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 Reynosa, Tamaulipas.

### Solo

After the split, Cantú started to write songs for her debut album, having 54 songs before selecting the final 10. In 2008, she was featured in Motel'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 Aleks Syntek, 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 MTV on November 18. Her album Me Quedo Sola was released on January 27, 2009 under EMI 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 Vicente Fernández.
"No Fue Suficiente", her second single was released on February 21 and its video was inspired by Tim Burton was produced by Esteban Madrazo and debuted in "Los 10+ Pedidos" of MTV. She started to write songs for Alejandro Fernández, Dulce María's debut album as well as upcoming greatest hits from Alejandra Guzmán.
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 MySpace 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 Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 in two categories, one alongside her former mate Mario Sandoval and his group Sandoval. On September 29, Paty Cantú received two nominations for Premios Oye!, the Mexican Grammy Awards for Breakthrough of the Year alongside Alexander Acha, Beto Cuevas, Tush and Victor & Leo and Best Female Solo competing against Colombian Fanny Lú, Italian singer Laura Pausini and connationals María José and Natalia Lafourcade.
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 Coca-Cola to promote the 2014 FIFA World Cup. 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 charity single for the people of Mexico, titled "Resistiré México".

## Acting career

Paty Cantú appeared as a musical guest in Rebelde, in the 2nd season of El Show de los Sueños and in Verano de Amor starred by Dulce María but her acting debut was in the 3rd season of the Mexican series El Pantera as the character of María, a car thief and a love interest of El Pantera. In 2013, she voiced Gossip Girl in Gossip Girl: Acapulco.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | MEX | Certifications |
| Me Quedo Sola | Released: January 27, 2009 Label: EMI Format: CD, digital download | 3 | |
| Afortunadamente No Eres Tú | Released: August 17, 2010 Label: EMI Format: CD, digital download | 10 | |
| Corazón Bipolar | Released: November 6, 2012 Label: EMI Format: CD, digital download | 8 | AMPROFON: Gold |
| #333 | Released: May 25, 2018 Label: Universal Music México Format: CD, digital download | 4 | AMPROFON: Gold |
| La Mexicana | Released: October 30, 2020 Label: Universal Music México Format: CD, digital download | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. ||||

### Live albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | MEX | Certifications |
| Drama Queen En Vivo | Released: March 18, 2014 Label: Universal Music Mexico Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 4 | AMPROFON: Gold |

### As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | MEX | US Latin | Certifications | Album |
| "Déjame Ir" | 2008 | — | 2 | | Me Quedo Sola |
| "No Fue Suficiente" | 2009 | — | 5 | | Me Quedo Sola |
| "Me Quedo Sola" | 2009 | — | — | | Me Quedo Sola |
| "Afortunadamente No Eres Tú" | 2010 | — | 3 | | Afortunadamente No Eres Tú |
| "Clavo Que Saca Otro Clavo" | 2010 | — | 5 | | Afortunadamente No Eres Tú |
| "Goma De Mascar" | 2011 | — | — | | Afortunadamente No Eres Tú |
| "Se Desintegra El Amor" | 2011 | — | — | | Afortunadamente No Eres Tú |
| "Adelante" (featuring María León, Rodrigo Dávila, Ha*Ash) | 2012 | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Corazón Bipolar" | 2012 | — | 3 | | Corazón Bipolar |
| "Suerte" | 2013 | — | 5 | | Corazón Bipolar |
| "Manual" | 2013 | — | — | | Corazón Bipolar |
| "Valiente" | 2015 | — | 1 | AMPROFON: Platinum | #333 |
| "Amor, Amor, Amor" | 2016 | — | 3 | | #333 |
| "Rompo Contigo" | 2016 | — | — | | #333 |
| "Natural" (featuring Juhn) | 2018 | — | — | AMPROFON: Platinum | #333 |
| "War (En Vivo)" (featuring Bea Miller) | 2018 | — | — | | #333 |
| "Cuenta Pendiente" (featuring Alejandro Sanz) | 2018 | — | 2 | | #333Deluxe |
| "Cuando vuelvas" | 2020 | — | — | | La Mexicana |
| "Llevame contigo" | 2020 | — | — | | La Mexicana |
| "No Hacemos Nada" | 2020 | — | — | | La Mexicana |
| "La Mexicana" (featuring Hispana) | 2020 | — | — | | La Mexicana |
| "Conocerte" | 2020 | — | — | | La Mexicana |
| "Odiarte" (featuring Lasso) | 2020 | — | — | | La Mexicana |
| "Si Yo Fuera Tú" (featuring María Becerra) | 2020 | — | — | | La Mexicana |
| "Bailo Sola" | 2022 | — | — | | Piscis |
| "Guadalajara" (featuring Neto Peña and Gera MX) | 2022 | — | — | | Piscis |
| "Mi Película" | 2022 | — | — | | Piscis |
| "Feliz Breakup" (featuring Ximena Sariñana and Zzoilo) | 2023 | — | — | | Piscis |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart. ||||||

### As featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | Airplay | Español Airplay | US Latin | Album |
| "Dos Palabras" (Motel featuring Paty Cantú) | 2008 | — | 3 | 41 | 17 |
| "La Copa de Todos" (Wisin featuring Paty Cantú and David Correy) | 2014 | — | 14 | 4 | One Love, One Rhythm |
| "Entre Tu Boca y La Mía" (Álex Ubago featuring Paty Cantú) | 2017 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Resistiré México" (among Artists for Mexico) | 2020 | 4 | 15 | — | Non-album single |
| "Apagar" (Raquel Sofía featuring Paty Cantú) | 2021 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "All I Want for Christmas is You" (María José, María León and Paty Cantú) | 2022 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Que Pasaría" (Vadhir featuring Paty Cantú) | 2022 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "El Anillo y Vos" (SER featuring Paty Cantú) | 2023 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "En el Alma" (Motel featuring Paty Cantú) | 2023 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart. ||||||

## Other appearances

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Si Crees En Ti" | 2009 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure Soundtrack |
| "Libre" (Álvaro Soler featuring Paty Cantú) | 2015 | Eterno Agosto (International Edition) |
| "No Llores Por Mí Argentina" (Andrea Bocelli featuring Paty Cantú) | 2015 | Cinema (Edición en Español) |
| "No Discutamos" (Juan Gabriel featuring Paty Cantú) | 2015 | Los Dúo, Vol. 2 |

## Awards and nominations

Los Premios MTVs are awarded annually by MTV Latin America. Cantú has received two nominations. She received two nominations again in the 8th gala of the Premios Oye!
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| Premios MTV 2009 | Paty Cantú | Best New Artist — North | Won |
| Premios MTV 2009 | Paty Cantú | Breakthrough Artist | Nominated |
| Premios Oye! 2009 | Paty Cantú | Breakthrough of the Year | Nominated | 25th Annual Latin Grammy Awards | Paty Cantú | Best Pop Song | Nominated | A las 3 | Nominated |