# Álvaro Soler

Álvaro Tauchert Soler (Spanish:, Catalan:; born 9 January 1991) is a Spanish-German singer. He rose to prominence across Europe and Latin America with his 2015 hit "El mismo sol", primarily achieving success in Italy, Switzerland and Mexico. A special bilingual Spanish-English version of "El mismo sol", featuring Jennifer Lopez, was also recorded for international release in the United States, in the United Kingdom, and worldwide. His follow up single "Sofia" in 2016 also achieved chart success in European countries, reaching number 1 in Poland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium and Switzerland. Soler has released three studio albums, Eterno agosto in 2015, Mar de colores in 2018, and Magia in 2021. His single "La cintura" taken from his second album has become a pan-European hit for him.

## Biography

Born in Sant Cugat del Vallès to a German father and to a Spanish-Belgian mother, he became multilingual at a young age. He moved with his parents to Japan at age 10, staying there until age 17. He took piano lessons very early there. 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 albums. Soler also pursued studies in industrial design at Escuela de Grafismo Elisava.
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, Yasmin Gabriel, Ali Zuckowski, Simon Triebel and John Speaks (from the band Juli) and produced by Triebel. The song released on 24 April 2015 became initially a huge hit in 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.
Based on this success, Soler released his debut solo album Eterno agosto on 23 June 2015 on Universal Music. In 2016, Soler was chosen as a judge on the tenth series of Italian talent show X Factor. Alongside being nominated for awards, Soler performed his recently released single on the Latin American Music Awards on 6 October 2016 alongside Mexican actress/singer Lucero. Soler released a version of his song "Libre" in 3 language versions with: Mexican singer Paty Cantú, Polish singer Monika Lewczuk and Italian singer Emma Marrone. He also collaborated with Morat, performing in the song "Yo contigo, tú conmigo" for the film Despicable Me 3, or Gru, mi villano favorito 3 in Spanish. The videoclip was released on 16 June 2017. Soler was also the voice of Camilo Madrigal in the Italian and German dubbed versions of the 2021 Disney film Encanto. Soler was featured as a coach on The Voice Kids from season 9 (2021) to season 12 (2024).
Soler is a polyglot and speaks Catalan, Spanish, German, English, Italian, and Japanese.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Details | SPA | AUT | BEL (Fl) | FRA | GER | ITA | POL | SWI | Certifications |
| Eterno agosto | Released: 26 June 2015 Label: Airforce 1 Formats: CD, download, streaming | 25 | 6 | 38 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | BVMI: Gold FIMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold ZPAV: Diamond |
| Mar de colores | Released: 7 September 2018 Label: Airforce 1 Formats: CD, download, streaming | 9 | 8 | 26 | 86 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold ZPAV: Platinum |
| Magia | Released: 9 July 2021 Label: Airforce 1 Formats: CD, download, streaming | 29 | 4 | 67 | — | 3 | 32 | 12 | 2 | |

### Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | AUT | GER | SWI |
| The Best of 2015–2022 | Released: 26 August 2022 Label: Airforce 1 Formats: CD, digital download, streaming | 19 | 10 | 8 |

### Extended plays

List of extended plays :
| Title | Details |
| Summer Vibes 2021 | Released: 11 June 2021 Label: Universal Music Formats: Digital download, streaming |
| Barcelona Session | Released: 22 July 2022 Label: Airforce 1 Formats: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | SPA | AUT | BEL (Fl) | FRA | GER | ITA | NLD | POL | SWI | US Latin | Certifications | Album |
| "El mismo sol" (solo or featuring Jennifer Lopez) | 2015 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11 | PROMUSICAE: 2× Platinum BEA: Gold BVMI: Gold FIMI: 6× Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Platinum ZPAV: 3× Platinum | Eterno agosto |
| "Agosto" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ZPAV: Platinum | Eterno agosto |
| "Sofia" | 2016 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | — | PROMUSICAE: 2× Platinum BEA: Platinum BVMI: 3× Gold FIMI: 8× Platinum IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum SNEP: Gold ZPAV: Diamond | Eterno agosto |
| "Libre" (featuring Monika Lewczuk or Emma) | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | 1 | — | — | FIMI: Platinum ZPAV: Platinum | Eterno agosto |
| "Animal" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | | Eterno agosto |
| "Yo contigo, tú conmigo (The Gong Gong Song)" (with Morat) | 2017 | 18 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | 15 | — | — | FIMI: Platinum PROMUSICAE: Platinum | Mar de colores |
| "La cintura" (solo or featuring Flo Rida and TINI) | 2018 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 82 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 46 | BVMI: Gold BEA: Gold FIMI: 3× Platinum IFPI AUT: Platinum PROMUSICAE: 3× Platinum SNEP: Gold ZPAV: 2× Platinum | Mar de colores |
| "Lo mismo" (with Maître Gims) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Ceinture noire & Mar de colores |
| "Loca" | 2019 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | 57 | 12 | 95 | — | ZPAV: Gold | Mar de Colores (Versión Extendida) |
| "La libertad" | 2019 | — | 51 | 28 | — | 62 | 67 | — | 18 | 65 | — | FIMI: Gold ZPAV: Gold | Mar de Colores (Versión Extendida) |
| "Magia" | 2021 | 100 | 21 | 18 | — | 28 | 57 | — | 13 | 29 | — | BVMI: Gold FIMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold PROMUSICAE: Gold | Magia |
| "Si te vas" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Magia |
| "Mañana" (with Cali y El Dandee) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | 98 | 76 | — | 43 | 53 | — | | Magia |
| "Manila" (with Ray Dalton) | 2021 | — | 15 | — | — | 23 | — | — | 37 | 19 | — | BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold | Non-album singles |
| "A contracorriente" (with David Bisbal) | 2022 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Solo para ti" (with Topic) | 2022 | — | 65 | 6 | — | 57 | — | 62 | — | 52 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Candela" (with Nico Santos) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Best of 2015–2022 |
| "Muero" | 2023 | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Para vivirla" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Oxígeno" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Ya a ti nadie te quiere" (with Conchita) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Hot Like Summer" (with Margaret) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Siniaki i cekiny |
| "Te imaginaba" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | TBA |
| "Cero" (featuring Namayana Women's Choir) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | TBA |
| "Dicen" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | TBA |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||||||

### Other appearances

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Die schnellste Maus von Mexiko" | 2016 | Giraffenaffen 5 |
| "Sie lässt mich allein" (Farzin Javadi featuring Álvaro Soler) | 2017 | Dein Song 2017 |

### Songwriter

| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
| "Felsenfest" | 2015 | Wolkenfrei | Wachgeküsst |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Nomination | Work | Result |
| 2015 | Los Premios 40 Principales | Best Spanish New Artist | Himself | Won |
| 2016 | European Border Breakers Award | Best Emerging Artist – Spain | Himself | Won |
| 2016 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Spanish Act | Himself | Nominated |
| 2016 | Latin American Music Awards | Xfinity New Artist of the Year | Himself | Nominated |
| 2016 | Latin American Music Awards | Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist | Himself | Nominated |
| 2016 | Latin American Music Awards | Favorite Pop/Rock Song | "El mismo sol" (featuring Jennifer Lopez) | Nominated |
| 2017 | Die Eins der Besten | Video-Hit of the Year | "Sofia" | Won |
| 2017 | Swiss Music Awards | Best Breaking Act International | Himself | Won |
| 2017 | LOS40 Music Awards | Song of the Year | "Yo contigo, tú conmigo" (with Morat) | Won |
| 2018 | LOS40 Music Awards | Artist of the Year | Himself | Nominated |
| 2018 | LOS40 Music Awards | Video of the Year | "La cintura" | Nominated |
| 2019 | Die Eins der Besten | Hit of the Year | "La cintura" | Won |
| 2021 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Best German Act | Himself | Nominated |