Martina Stoessel (Spanish:[maɾtˈinastˌoessˈel]; born 21 March 1997),[1] known professionally as Tini, is an Argentine singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and model. She began her career by appearing on the Argentine children's television series
Patito Feo (2007). As a teenager, she rose to prominence for her lead role as
Violetta Castillo in the
Disney Channel Latin America original telenovela, Violetta (2012–2015), and reprised the character in the series' sequel film Tini: The Movie (2016).
After signing with
Hollywood Records, Stoessel released her
pop debut
self-titled studio album (2016). The album sold over 100,000 copies worldwide in less than two months, and reached No. 1 in Argentina, as well as the top 10 in various European countries. Stoessel rose to prominence in
Hispanic countries, exploring more mature of
latin sounds with her next albums, Quiero Volver (2018), which also topped the Argentine albums chart, becoming her second No. 1 album in the country, and Tini Tini Tini (2020), that received
double diamond certification by the
CAPIF for selling over 500,000 digital copies in Argentina alone. Her success was further solidified with her fourth album Cupido (2023), which debuted at number 45 on US
Top Latin Albums, and number eight on US
Latin Pop Albums, becoming her first entry on Billboard albums chart. Cupido was preceded by the lead single "
Miénteme", which enabled her to score her first No. 1 on the
Billboard Argentina Hot 100. It was followed by "
Bar" and "
La Triple T". The singles also charted on the
Billboard Global 200 and
Global Excl. US, marking Stoessel's first appearance on the Global 200, and making her the first female Argentine artist to achieve such success. The album also spawned the three top 25 BillboardLatin Pop Airplay entries: "
Maldita Foto", "
La Loto", and "
Cupido".
Stoessel was born in
Buenos Aires, the daughter of Mariana Muzlera and television director and producer Alejandro Stoessel. She has a brother, Francisco, who is one year older than her.[2] Stoessel began her artistic training at a young age studying singing, piano, musical comedy, musical theater, and dance in her native Buenos Aires.[3] Stoessel was educated at two private bilingual schools: Colegio San Marcos and Colegio Martín y Omar de San Isidro.[4][5]
In 2007, Stoessel had a role in the first season of the popular Argentine children's telenovela, Patito Feo, as "Martina",[6] one of Fito Bernardi's assistants.[7] She also played the role of "Anna" in a
flashback episode in the same series. In 2011, Stoessel recorded the Spanish version of the
Shannon Saunders' song, "The Glow", called "
Tu Resplandor"; the song was included on the album, Disney Princess: Fairy Tale Songs.[8] She performed the song at an event for Disney Channel Latin America called Celebratón on 31 December 2011. The song was later released on an album for the series in March 2012.
Career
2012–2014: Breakthrough with Violetta
Stoessel's father presented an unrelated project to
Disney Channel producers, who later informed him about auditions for the lead role for the network's upcoming television series, Violetta.[9] In late 2011, after an intense casting process, Stoessel obtained the principal role in the series, a tween-oriented musical series developed as a co-production between
Disney Channel Latin America,
Europe,
Middle East and Africa.[10] The show's first season began production in Buenos Aires in 2012. Stoessel played the titular character,
Violetta Castillo, during all three seasons of the show. She sang the series' theme song, "En Mi Mundo", which was later released as a single on 5 April 2012 to promote the show.[11] The song appeared on the first
Violetta soundtrack album, which was released in June 2012. Subsequently, she recorded the Italian version, "Nel Mio Mondo"[12] and the English version, "In My Own World".[13] For the role, Stoessel won an award for "Female Newcomer" in the 2012 edition of the
Kids' Choice Awards Argentina[14] and was also nominated for the U.S. version, the
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, in the category "Favorite Latin Artist".[15]
In 2013, Stoessel and the cast of Violetta embarked on their first
concert tour, Violetta en Vivo, of Latin America and Europe, in support of the series and its albums. She appeared on the third Violetta soundtrack album, Hoy somos más, released in June 2013. On 10 August 2013, Stoessel performed, along with the cast of Violetta, at the
UNICEF television charity event Un sol para los chicos, where she sang the songs, "Ser Mejor" and "En Mi Mundo".[16][17] In 2013, she recorded "Libre Soy" and "All'Alba Sorgerò", the
Latin American Spanish and Italian versions of the
pop version of "
Let It Go", the closing credits song from the Disney animated film Frozen. These versions of the song were used in the film's ending credits in US. In November 2013, Stoessel was included in the fourth Violetta soundtrack, Violetta en Vivo. It features songs from the first two seasons of Violetta, and songs from the Violetta en Vivo tour.[18]
Stoessel also participated in the television programs The U-Mix Show and Disney Planet for Disney Channel Latin America.[19][20] In 2014, she voiced a brief role for the Italian dubbed version of the Disney animated film Monsters University.[21] In May 2014, Stoessel released her first book, a co-authored biography called "Simplemente Tini", about her upbringing and eventual rise to international popularity.[22] That same month, she held a free musical concert near the
Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina, organized by the city government of Buenos Aires, under the slogan "Cuidemos el planeta".[23] The fifth Violetta soundtrack, Gira mi canción was released on July 18, 2014, featuring Stoessel on several tracks. All released Violetta soundtrack albums went platinum or higher. In September 2014, Stoessel performed at a charity soccer match Partido Interreligioso por la Paz, convened by
Pope Francis at the
Stadio Olimpico in Rome where she sang "Nel Mio Mondo" and the cover version of
John Lennon's song "
Imagine".[24]
2015–2017: Tini: The Movie and musical solo debut
Stoessel and some of the cast members of Violetta filmed the movie, Tini: The Movie. Production began on 7 October 2015 and ended in mid-December 2015, where the movie filmed in various international locations, including
Sicily,
Cádiz, Spain,
Madrid, and Buenos Aires. A teaser trailer featuring scenes from the movie was released in late December 2015.[25] The film was released in various Latin American and European countries. It was to be released in Argentina on 14 July 2016, but was released earlier on 2 June 2016.[26][27][28] The movie was filmed in between concert stops for the television series' final international tour called
Violetta Live. This tour was listed at top 5 highest-grossing tours in 2015, and top 5 most highest-grossing tours by Disney act ever, breaking the record of her last tour, Violetta en Vivo. On 21 August 2015, it was announced that Stoessel had signed a recording deal with
Hollywood Records to release her own solo material under the newly adopted stage name "Tini", (stylised in
all caps).[29]
From January 2016 to early March 2016 she recorded her debut album in Los Angeles, California. Her debut album, Tini (Martina Stoessel), was released worldwide on digital and physical formats on 29 April 2016. The album contains two discs: one which serves as the soundtrack from Tini: The Movie and Stoessel's solo album of Spanish and English language songs. Stoessel announced that "Siempre Brillarás" would be the lead single used to promote the release of Tini: The Movie. The song was available to fans on 25 March 2016 with the pre-order purchase of her debut album. The song was also recorded in English and was released under the title, "Born to Shine". The music video for "Siempre Brillarás", featuring scenes from Tini: The Movie, was released on 25 March 2016. The music video for the soundtrack's second promotional single, "Losing the Love", was released on 6 May 2016, and its music video included clips from the film.[30][31][32][33][34][35] Stoessel performed songs from her debut album at her first showcase as a solo artist at La Usina del Arte in Buenos Aires on 12 June 2016. The showcase was filmed and broadcast on her official YouTube channel from 22 to 28 August 2016.[36] On 24 June 2016, Stoessel released her second solo single, "Great Escape", along with the Spanish-language version of the song, "Yo Me Escaparé". The music video for "Great Escape" was filmed in Buenos Aires and later released on 8 July 2016.[37] On 14 October 2016, Stoessel released the deluxe edition of her debut album, which includes "Yo Me Escaparé" and the Spanish-language version of the song "Got Me Started", "Ya No Hay Nadie Que Nos Pare", with vocals from Colombian singer
Sebastián Yatra. Stoessel released "Got Me Started", along with "Ya No Hay Nadie Que Nos Pare", as her third solo single to coincide with the release of the deluxe edition of her album. The music video for "Got Me Started" was released on 8 December 2016, while the video for "Ya No Hay Nadie Que Nos Pare" was released on 19 January 2017. Stoessel's fourth solo single, "Si Tu Te Vas", was released on 4 May 2017, alongside the music video for the song. On 18 March 2017, Stoessel began her first solo concert tour,
Got Me Started Tour, starting from Europe and then heading on to Latin America. The tour was listed as the highest-grossing tour of 2017 in Argentina, and on Pollstar's "2017 Mid-Top 100 Worldwide Tours" list. In the summer of 2017, Stoessel guest starred as herself in two episodes of the second season of Disney Channel Latin America telenovela series, Soy Luna. In June, Stoessel was featured on "Todo Es Posible", a collaboration with Spanish singer
David Bisbal for the Tad Jones: The Hero Returns movie soundtrack.[38] In July, Stoessel was featured on "It's a Lie", the song from
The Vamps's third studio album Night & Day,[39] and she also appeared alongside fellow artist and the Voz Por La Paz foundation patron Odino Faccia on the world peace anthem, "Somos El Cambio", which was written by the former President of the United States,
Barack Obama, and the song was first performed at the Red Voz Por La Paz ceremony the previous year.[40]
2018–2020: Quiero Volver and Tini Tini Tini
The collaboration between Stoessel and Venezuelan singer
Nacho titled "Te Quiero Más" was released on 13 October 2017 as the lead single from her second album.[41][42] In December 2017, Stoessel made a guest appearance as herself in an episode of the telenovela Las Estrellas,[43] and she was featured in a remix of "
Lights Down Low" by
MAX, titled "Latin Mix".[44] On 6 April 2018, Stoessel released "Princesa", a duet with
Karol G, as the second single from her second album.[45][46][47] The single became Stoessel's first single to top the national chart in Argentina.[48] Also, the single reached
US Latin Airplay and
US Latin Pop charts. On 22 June 2018, Stoessel released "Consejo de Amor", featuring Colombian
folk-rock band
Morat, as the third single from her second album.[49] On 26 July 2018, Stoessel was featured alongside
Flo Rida on a remix of
Álvaro Soler's hit single "
La Cintura".[50] In August 2018, it was announced that Stoessel had joined La Voz... Argentina as a coach for the reality competition show's second season; Stoessel is the youngest judge on any incarnation of The Voice franchise.[51] On 3 August 2018, Stoessel released "Quiero Volver", a duet with
Sebastián Yatra, as the fourth single from her second album.[52][53] On 24 August 2018, Stoessel was featured alongside Colombian singer
Greeicy in a remix of the song "
Lo malo" by Spanish singers
Aitana and
Ana Guerra.[54]
In September 2018, Stoessel announced her second concert tour,
Quiero Volver Tour, that began on 13 December 2018 at
Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires.[55] Stoessel's second album titled Quiero Volver was released on 12 October 2018.[56] On 2 November 2018, Stoessel released "Por Que Te Vas", a collaboration with
Cali y El Dandee, as the fifth single from her second album.[57] In the same month, she was featured alongside
Chelcee Grimes and
Jhay Cortez on "Wild", the song from
Jonas Blue's debut album Blue,[58] released as a single in February 2019.[citation needed] Stoessel voiced Moxy in the Spanish dubbed version of the animated musical comedy film UglyDolls, released in May 2019.[59]
In May 2019, it was announced that Stoessel had joined the reality talent show Pequeños Gigantes Argentina as a judge.[60] The collaboration between Stoessel and
Greeicy titled "22" was released on 3 May 2019 as the first single from Stoessel's third album.[61] The song peaked at number eight on
Argentina Hot 100 and became Stoessel's first top-ten single on the chart.[62][63] On 14 June 2019, Stoessel was featured on "Sad Song", a collaboration with Swedish DJ
Alesso.[64] On 26 July 2019, Stoessel released "Suéltate el Pelo" as the second single from her third album, as well as part of promotion for
Pantene.[65] On 6 September 2019, Stoessel released "Fresa", a collaboration with Colombian singer
Lalo Ebratt, as the third single from her third album.[66] The song peaked at number three on
Argentina Hot 100, becoming Stoessel's first top-five single on the chart.[67][68][69] On 11 October 2019, Stoessel released "Oye", a duet with
Sebastián Yatra, as the fourth single from her third album.[70] The song debuted at number three on
Argentina Hot 100, becoming Stoessel's second top-five single on the chart in a row.[68] The single became the third song in the history of the chart to achieve a debut at No. 3, and made Stoessel the only female to debut two songs in the top-5 on the AR Hot chart. On 10 January 2020, Stoessel released "Recuerdo", a collaboration with Venezuelan duo
Mau y Ricky, as the fifth single from her third album.[71]
The collaboration between Stoessel and Colombian producer Ovy on the Drums titled "Ya No Me Llames" was released on 25 March 2020.[72] In May 2020, Stoessel released, in collaboration with
YouTube, a two-part docuseries titled Tini Quiero Volver Tour. It shows behind the scenes and concert footage from Stoessel's
Quiero Volver Tour, and follows her professional life during the tour. The series debuted on 22 May 2020.[73][74] Stoessel appeared alongside Dutch DJ and producer
R3hab and Mexican pop rock band
Reik in a song titled "Bésame (I Need You)", released on 5 June 2020.[75] On 15 July 2020, Stoessel appeared alongside fellow trap artist
Khea on "
Ella Dice", the sixth single from her third album.[76] The song peaked at number four on
Argentina Hot 100, becoming Stoessel's third top-five single on the chart.[77] On 3 September 2020, Stoessel appeared alongside
Lola Índigo on the remix of
María Becerra's song titled "High".[78] The remix peaked at number two on
Argentina Hot 100, becoming Stoessel's fourth top-five single on the chart.[79][80]
On 24 September 2020, Stoessel released "Duele", featuring trap artist John C, as the seventh single from her third album.[81] The song peaked at number ten on
Argentina Hot 100, becoming Stoessel's sixth top-ten single on the chart.[82] In October 2020, Stoessel served as a key advisor on the
Spanish version of The Voice for its seventh season.[83] On 29 October 2020, Stoessel appeared alongside
Alejandro Sanz on "Un Beso en Madrid", the eighth single from her third album.[84] On 16 November 2020, Stoessel announced that her third album would be titled Tini Tini Tini and it would be released on 3 December 2020.[85] Stoessel made history, having received a
double diamond certification for the album. The album was also listed at Top 5 Most Listened To Albums Worldwide on Spotify Charts. The day of the album's release, Stoessel released "Te Olvidaré" as the ninth single.[86] On 6 December 2020, Stoessel performed in a livestream concert titled "Tini Tini Tini Live", in collaboration with
Claro, where she sang various songs from her third album.[87] It was also reported that Stoessel would star alongside
Sebastián Yatra in a
Disney+streaming television series titled It Was Always Me. On 24 December 2020, it was announced that Stoessel and Yatra have left the series pre-production, with their respective roles being taken over by
Karol Sevilla and Pipe Bueno.[88][89]
2021–2023: Cupido
In early 2021, Stoessel signed with
Sony Music Latin.[90][91] "
Miénteme", a collaboration with
María Becerra, was released on 29 April 2021 as the lead single from Stoessel's fourth studio album.[92] The second collaboration between both artists, following the remix of Becerra's single "High",[93] it debuted at number 75 on the
Argentina Hot 100.[94] The song reached the summit the following week, marking the biggest jump to the top spot in the chart's history.[95] It became Stoessel's first number-one in Argentina, and spent six consecutive weeks atop the chart.[96] "Miénteme" also debuted on the
Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US charts at numbers 65 and 62, making her the first Argentine artist to enter both charts.[97] The song was certified
Diamond by the
CAPIF in May 2022.[98] In June 2021, she appeared alongside rapper
Duki on the remix of musical duo
MYA's song "2:50".[99] The remix peaked at number three on Argentina Hot 100.[100] Stoessel teamed up with Spanish singers
Lola Índigo and
Belinda on "La Niña de la Escuela", released on 2 July 2021 as the seventh single from the Índigo's album La Niña.[101] The song reached number nine in Spain and the top-40 in Argentina.[102] Her next collaboration was "
Maldita Foto" with Colombian singer
Manuel Turizo, released in August as the second single from her fourth album.[103] The song peaked at number 11 in Argentina and number 15 on the US
Latin Pop Airplay chart.[104] On 1 October 2021, Stoessel and Venezuelan singer
Danny Ocean released the song "Tú No Me Conoces".[105] On 30 October 2021, she held a one-off concert at the
Costanera de Posadas in
Posadas, with Lola Índigo and rapper
Khea as guests; it was attended by over 100,000 people, breaking the record for the biggest audience for a concert in Argentina.[106] It caused an economic movement of over 34 million
Argentine pesos for the province.[107] On 11 November 2021, Stoessel released "
Bar", a collaboration with rapper
L-Gante, as the third single from her fourth album.[108]
Bar reached number one on the Argentina Hot 100 and spent seven consecutive weeks atop the chart, becoming her second and longest-running number-one in Argentina.[109][110] Stoessel contributed to the soundtrack of the animated film Koati with a song titled "Vueltas en Tu Mente", released on 26 November 2021.[111][112] She told Glamour Mexico that her fourth studio effort would consist of several collaborations and experiment with a variety of musical genres. She also revealed that she had filmed a Chinese period drama film titled The Diary, directed by
Jackie Chan, and that its release date got delayed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.[113][114] Production for The Diary concluded in 2018; release was previously slated for 2020.[115][116] On 9 December 2021, Stoessel released the song "Aquí Estoy" as a collaboration with
Pantene; its music video featured the winners of an
online challenge titled after the single and coincided with her promotional livestream concert, the Aquí Estoy Show.[117]
On 17 February 2022, she released "Fantasi", a collaboration with singer Beéle, as the fourth single from her fourth album.[118] The song peaked at number six in Argentina.[119] On 5 May 2022, Stoessel released "
La Triple T", the fifth single off her fourth album.[120] The song reached number one in Argentina, following its debut at number 53—logging the second-biggest jump to the top spot in Argentina Hot 100 history, after her own "Miénteme".[121] Topping the chart for five consecutive weeks, it became her third number-one single in Argentina and her first as a solo act.[122] On 19 May, Stoessel released "Carne y Hueso" as the sixth single from her forthcoming album.[123] The song reached the top-20 in Argentina.[124] In support of Tini Tini Tini and her forthcoming album, she embarked on the
Tini Tour, which commenced in
Buenos Aires, Argentina on 20 May 2022 and ended on 5 November 2023 in Los Angeles,
California.[125][126] It was her first tour to visit the United States.[127] Two shows from the cycle—the 28 May and 23 December 2022 shows at
Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo and
Campo Argentino de Polo in Buenos Aires—were broadcast and released as concert films, titled Tini Tour 2022: En Vivo desde Buenos Aires (English: TINI Tour 2022: Live from Buenos Aires) and Tini Tour 2022: La Despedida del Año (English: Tini Tour 2022: Farewell of the Year) on
Star+ in Latin America and on Disney+ in the United States.[128][129][130] The fifth show of the tour marked the first performance to be aired live by Disney for Latin America and the United States simultaneously.[129] With this tour, Stoessel became the first female act ever to sell out and perform six shows at the Hipódromo Argentino.[131] The tour was preceded by a series of music festival concerts conducted by Stoessel in Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia.[132][133] She collaborated with
Christina Aguilera on the song "
Suéltame", released on 30 May 2022 as the lead single from the latter's EP La Tormenta and the fourth single from the album Aguilera.[134] It peaked at number 23 on the US Latin Pop Airplay chart.[135] In July and September, Stoessel released "
La Loto" with
Becky G and
Anitta, and "
El Último Beso" with
Tiago PZK as the seventh and eighth singles from her fourth album.[136][137] Both songs debuted and peaked at number seven in Argentina.[138][139] "La Loto" became Stoessel's first top-ten entry on the US Latin Pop Airplay chart, peaking at number eight.[140] She was featured on the song "Un Reel" from
Ozuna's album Ozutochi, released on 7 October 2022.[141] On 14 October 2022, Stoessel appeared alongside María Becerra,
Greeicy and
Becky G on a remix of
Elena Rose's song "La Ducha".[142] She appeared alongside some of the cast members of Violetta in a Disney+ special celebrating the show's tenth anniversary, Solo Amor y mil Canciones (English: Just Love and a Thousand Songs), released on 8 December 2022.[143][144]
On 12 January 2023, Stoessel released "
Muñecas", a collaboration with rapper
La Joaqui and American DJ
Steve Aoki, as the ninth single from her fourth album.[145][146] The song peaked at number three in Argentina.[147] She also revealed that her forthcoming studio album was slated for release in February.[148] On 26 January, she announced her fourth studio album, Cupido, on the Spanish talk show El Hormiguero.[149][150] The day after, Mexican singer
Christian Nodal's "
Por el Resto de Tu Vida", the lead single of his EP Forajido 2, featuring Stoessel was released.[151] It peaked within the top 15 on Billboard Latin Pop Airplay.[152] On 14 February, she released
Cupido's title track as the tenth and final single off the parent album.[153] The song reached number three in Argentina.[154] It also became her best-performing song on the Billboard Global 200 Excl. US chart, peaking at number 32; and reached the top seventy of the Global 200.[155][156]Cupido was released on 16 February 2023.[157] Primarily a
cumbia and
urbano record, it fuses elements of
reggaeton and
electronica.[157][158] The album—her first with Sony Music Latin[159]—was well-received[160][161] and peaked at number three on the Argentine Albums chart, becoming Stoessel's fourth consecutive top-five entry in Argentina.[162] Additionally, it debuted and peaked at number eight and 45 on the BillboardLatin Pop Albums and
Top Latin Albums charts in the US, with first-week sales of 2,000 album-equivalent units. This feat made Stoessel the first Argentine act since
Miguel Caló in 2016; and the first Argentine woman since
Soledad Pastorutti in 2014 to debut an album in the top ten of the former chart.[163] The tracks "Te Pido" and "Las Jordans" charted at number 53 and 58 in Argentina.[164] Both, Cupido and its title track were certified double platinum (
Latin) in the US by the
RIAA in October 2023.[125][165] The album was certified diamond in Argentina, triple-platinum in Peru, and platinum in Colombia, Chile, and Spain in 2024.[166]
Following the release of Cupido, Stoessel released a string of collaborations throughout 2023. The first of these, "Me Enteré" with
Tiago PZK, was released on 18 May 2023.[167] Their second collaboration, after "El Último Beso" (2022),[168] it reached number six in Argentina.[169] Stoessel then appeared alongside rapper BM in producer Big One's "Lágrimas", released on 10 October.[170] Peaking at number six, it marked her 17th top-10 in Argentina.[171] Stoessel's final release of 2023 was "
La Original" with
Emilia, released on 2 November as the fifth single from the latter's second studio album, .MP3.[172] The song debuted at number one on the Argentina Hot 100[173] and topped the chart for seven weeks, marking Stoessel's fourth leader and tying "Bar" as her longest-running chart-topper.[174] "La Original" peaked at number three on the Billboard US Latin Pop Airplay, becoming her highest-charting song on the chart.[175]
2024: Un Mechón de Pelo
In April 2023, Tini revealed via her social media that she had begun work on her next studio album with longtime producers
Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo.[176] On 26 March 2024, she announced her fifth studio album, titled Un Mechón de Pelo, released on April 11.[177][178] It is her first album with no features or collaborations.[179] Described by Billboard as Tini's "most personal project yet", it is a concept album whose subject matter details her struggles with mental health, media scrutiny, child stardom, professional disillusionment, and her celebrity.[180][181][182] Primarily an
alternative pop and
spoken word record, Un Mechón de Pelo experiments with
minimal music, pop rock,
contemporary R&B, and electronica, and heavily features elements of
storytelling;[183] it is a sonic departure from the urbano and reggaeton-dominated sound of its predecessor Cupido.[181][184] The opening track "
Pa" was released on 1 April as the lead single from the album and peaked at number one in Argentina, becoming Tini's fifth chart-topper.[185] It was followed by "
Posta" and "
Buenos Aires" as subsequent singles on 4 and 9 April.[186][187] The latter song peaked at number eight in Argentina.[185] Four tracks from the album charted on the Argentina Hot 100, of which two appeared in the top 40.[185] On 19 April, Tini joined Emilia onstage at the third
Movistar Arena show of her
.MP3 Tour to perform "La Original".[188] A series of five concerts will be conducted from 26 to 30 April at
Hurlingham Club in Buenos Aires wherein Tini will perform music from the album.[189][190]
Artistry
Musical style
While working on Violetta, Stoessel met with
pop music and
Latin music. She later transferred the pop sound to her first solo album Tini (Martina Stoessel). As Stoessel matured, her follow-up record, Quiero Volver, was described as an evolution to a new sound exploring the more serious sound of Latin music. Stoessel expanded with genres that are common to her home country such as
reggaeton,
cumbia,
urban and
trap sound, on her third studio album Tini Tini Tini, which she praised for having "a lot of variety and all kinds of sounds".[191] The
Latin music elements are also present, as well as integrates elements and heavy influences of
electronica, in her fourth studio album Cupido, which she described as "An era full of growth and personal discovery."[160][161] In addition, Stoessel is also recognizable by her romantic
ballads and said, "I don't wake up every day feeling any one way. I don't want to do the same thing every day. I don't listen to the same kind of music, or even the same kind of genre, every day. So when it comes to recording music, I do different things. I'm always changing, evolving. Some days I want to write a ballad, others I want to work on a reggaeton song. I wanted to break apart these ideas that if you write and sing ballads, you can't do much else."[191]
Stoessel has also been influenced by her
Argentine heritage, which was a major inspiration to her, for use in the poem with
tango, on her third album and explained, "In Argentina we listen to
cumbia a lot, and on "22" we did a fusion of cumbia and reggaeton, and it was the very first song I released from this album. And, "Duele" is very similar because
tango is something that represents Argentina and all Argentines. The song is a fusion of tango and trap, which I had not done before. Those two songs represent the Argentine heritage."[192]
Influences
Even before her career was launched by Disney, and even more because of that, Stoessel was already a fan and was inspired throughout her career by
Miley Cyrus,
Demi Lovato and
Selena Gomez,[193] who, like her, were successful protagonists on
Disney Channel and later forayed into the music industry.[194] She was also questioned by the media if she would follow the same path – sometimes controversial – as some of them, to which she stated that each one does what they like and follows their own road; she would not follow the same path as other Disney stars.[195]
As Stoessel grew in her profession as a singer, she also found other inspirations. Her biggest influences according to
Billboard are
Beyoncé,
Justin Bieber and
Shakira.[159] In 2019, in a cover story for the Mexican edition of Seventeen, when asked which was the biggest of them, Stoessel replied: "Beyoncé! She's awesome, I love her. I love everything she does, her music, her shows are amazing, how she dances [...] I like that you can see how she is present in the smallest details."[196] This was already confirmed in previous years through her visual style (she worked with stylist Paula Selby Avellaneda, who had worked with Beyoncé),[197] live performances[198] and choreographies. Stoessel further cited Beyoncé as the person who she would like to collaborate with the most and also called the singer her "favorite artist": "She has inspired my career."[196][192] Stoessel has praised Spanish musician
Alejandro Sanz, with whom she collaborated on the 2020 pop ballad "Un Beso en Madrid", which she described as a "dream come true", and Puerto Rican musician
Daddy Yankee, who she cited as a "teacher", stating that collaborating with him would be a "dream"; she grew up listening to both artists and stated them as her influences in
Latin music.[192]
Personal life
Stoessel resides in
San Isidro, Buenos Aires. Due to the expansion of her music career, she also often resides in
Los Angeles, California, and in
Miami, Florida, where she has apartments.[199][200] She speaks Spanish (her native language), Italian, and English.[201] Stoessel has said she struggled with both
anxiety and
panic attacks, and that it was very difficult for her to return to the stage. She has also said she has been in therapy, and when she goes on tour, she usually takes her therapist with her.[202] Stoessel is a big animal lover and owns six dogs, some of which she adopted from the
dog shelter.[203]
Relationships
In 2013, Stoessel started dating fellow Argentine actor
Peter Lanzani.[204] After two years of dating, they ended their relationship in April 2015. They got back together in the summer of the same year, but split again in December 2015.[205]
In September 2016, Stoessel announced that she started dating Spanish model Pepe Barroso Silva, who was the actor in the music video for "Great Escape".[206] In February 2018, Stoessel announced that she and Silva are no longer dating, but they got back together in May 2018.[207] On 22 December 2018, Stoessel announced that she and Silva have split again.[208]
On 10 June 2019, during the Martin Fierro awards ceremony, Stoessel announced that she started dating Colombian singer and frequent collaborator
Sebastián Yatra.[209] In May 2020, it was announced that Stoessel and Yatra had ended their relationship.[210]
In 2015, Stoessel became the face of
L'Oréal Paris' Miss Manga mascara line in Latin America.[212] In 2016, she became the face of the clothing brand Cher.[213] In 2017, Stoessel launched her clothing line called Tini by Martina Stoessel.[214]
In 2018, she partnered with
Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada and launched two fragrances: Rebel Love and Wow Girl.[215][216] In May that year, Stoessel was announced as the brand ambassador for
Great Wall Motor's automobile line,
Haval.[217] Since August 2018, she has served as the ambassador for
Pantene in Argentina and Latin America.[218] In November 2019, Stoessel became the face of Index, a clothing label by
Ripley Peru.[219][220] In February 2020, she was announced as the face of jewelry brand
Pandora in Latin America, along with her then-boyfriend
Sebastián Yatra.[221] Later that month, she became an ambassador for
Adidas in Argentina.[222]
In 2022, Stoessel, along with
Anitta and
Becky G, was the spokesperson for
WhatsApp's "Gender Equality in Music & Beyond" campaign.[223] She collaborated with
Pull&Bear on a clothing line, coined the "Tini x P&B Collection", which was released in November.[224] Stoessel and Pull&Bear released their second collection together in May 2023.[225] In June, she became an ambassador for sunglasses brand,
Hawkers;[226] a collaborative collection was released in September.[227] In July, she was announced as a global ambassador for
Maybelline.[228]
Activism and philanthropy
On 10 August 2013, Stoessel performed, along with the cast of Violetta, at the
UNICEF television charity event Un sol para los chicos, where she sang the songs, "Ser Mejor" and "En Mi Mundo". On 17 November 2016, Stoessel was named an
honorary ambassador of the world peace by fellow human rights activist
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Guatemalan political activist
Rigoberta Menchú, at the Red voz por la paz ceremony in Buenos Aires.[229] She is also a philanthropist and uses her fame as a platform to positively influence the lives of people around her.
In August 2018 and 2019, Stoessel participated again in Un sol para los chicos, a solidarity campaign for the benefit of UNICEF. Stoessel became a part of UNICEF's protect #GeneracionUnica for the rights of every child.[230]
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