Flavio
Born	Flavio Augusto Fernández Nicolás (2000-06-30) June 30, 2000 (age 23) Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain
Occupation(s)	Singer, pianist and compositor

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Flavio Augusto Fernández Nicolás ( Murcia, Region de Murcia; June 30, 2000), better known as Flavio, is a Spanish singer, composer and pianist. It was made known by participating in the eleventh edition of the Spanish Television talent contest, "Operación Triunfo", finishing second.

His first self-titled studio album, Flavio, was released on July 9, 2021, including his debut single with Warner Music Spain, "Yo con Yo Mismo", as well as nine additional tracks. The album peaked at number two on the official Spanish sales list.

Biography

Flavio Fernández was born on June 30, 2000 in the city of Murcia, Spain. His parents, José Fernández and Dolores Nicolás, encouraged him to follow in the musical footsteps of his grandparents, enrolling him in a children's choir, with his older sister Beatriz. Years later he discovered his musical passion for the piano. After twelve years of musical training, he is studying at the "Conservatorio Superior de Música de Murcia", combining his professional studies with his musical career.

Musical career

Musical beginnings and exposure

Studying piano at the “Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Murcia'' he took interest in self thought to play the guitar and trumpet. By 2019 he started to upload versions of some well known songs to his social media, attracting the attention of the users because of his special voice tone. On June 28 2019, the youtube channel Operacion Triunfo announced its participation in a festival organized by Television Española and Gestmusic, named OTFest, being selected by this perform of <<La Llorona>>. Finally, he started as a singer at that festival on July 18 2019.

2020: Operación Triunfo and debut with Calma

In 2019, Flavio auditioned for the eleventh edition of Operacion Triunfo, being able to pass the casting process, and belong to the selected ones by the jury to get directly to the contest at the gala cero thanks to his perform of <<Your Man>> from Josh Turner. Flavio gained some fame thanks to his performance at this program, being the favorite at the “gala dos” by his perform of <<Copenhague>> from Vetusta Morla. After 10 “galas”, the program took a pause because of the outbreak generated by the covid 19 pandemic at 2020.

At the “gala semifinal” (semifinal stage of that edition), Flavio interpreted the songs, <<Vi>> from Pablo Lopez and <<Hey! Baby>> from Bruce Channel and, with a 36% of the public votes, he went the last finisher of that edition. As a finalist he performed and defended the song <<Death of a Bachelor>> from “Panic at the Disco”, as well as his first solo <<Calma>>. At the end, he got the 2nd position with 32% of the audience votes. By the end of the shot, Flavio started a small tour with his mates from that edition at the “WiZink Center de Madrid”, city where he moved later.

At the “Operacion Triunfo” contest, Flavio launched his debut single <<Calma>>, with the discography “Televisión Española and Gestmusic:” discographer. The song had positive feedback from the public, outlining his incursion at urban styles with a jazz touch. At the album he had the musical production of Nacho Mañó, well known for being part of the band “Presuntos Implicados”. Flavio’s album gathered his songs for the contest and it made its debut at the 6th place on official sales in Spain..

2020 - 2021: Yo con Yo Mismo, recording beginnings and literary debut

After his successful passby the program “Operacion Triunfo”  and the nice commercial feedback of “Calma” on June 2nd 2020, the news informed that Flavio would sign a discographic contract with Warner Music Spain and the representation agency Get In Music.

At September 2nd 2020, he released his first single as a Warner music Spain artist, named <<Yo con Yo Mismo>>. This theme is a ballad with piano, made by the singer while he was at “operacion triunfo”. The single was able to get into diverse top lists and sales at Spain and latin america, reaching top1 at sales on all musical platforms and getting more than three hundred thousand reproductions at YouTube on its first day published. The song made its debut with more than a hundred thousand reproductions at spotify, converting it at the best debut for a “Operacion Triunfo '' participant. That theme also gave the title for his first poetry collection <<Yo con Yo Mismo>>, published on February 12 2021, by the “Bruguera” publisher. The book is considered as a diary, narrating his start at music and his passion for the piano, as well as his experiences at “Operación Triunfo”.

His discographic work continued with the launch of two singles more at 2020: <<Ya>> featuring Daniel Sabater and <<Dejarse Llevar>>. Along with <<Dejarse Llevar>> he launched the promotional single <<Cuando Haya Terminado Todo>>, a dedicated song to the christmas holidays and his love for them as well as the love he took to them at the 2020 covid pandemic. All of the singles were in the company of its respective video clips and they where able to reach the maximum positions on digital platforms in Spain and some Latinamerican countries.

2021: Flavio and other projects

At the beginning of 2021, he released the single “Sobran las palabras”, a theme that managed to position itself in the official lists of digital sales in Spain.  As a last preview of his debut album, he released “Los de arriba”, a song with social criticism of the strong economic inequalities and the consequences they entail. To promote his singles and debut album, Flavio embarked on the Flavio tour. Sobran las palabras, starting on June 19, 2021 in Madrid.

In April 2021, it was confirmed that Flavio was part of the recording of the pilot episode for the Spanish serie Ni p*** idea de música, shot in Valencia and directed by Luis Canet, with the participation of Roi Méndez, Lucía Ramos and Samantha Gilabert, her partner.

On June 5, 2021, Flavio announced, via his social networks, the release of Flavio, his first self-titled studio album. It announces the cover, the release date and the tracklist of the album, which includes the five singles previously released under the label Warner Music Spain. Flavio was released on July 9, 2021, being promoted simultaneously with a sixth and final single, titled “Mi otra mitad”, a track that debuted at number 14 on the Spanish digital sales charts, with only two days of counting on the music platforms.  The album reached the second place on the official Spanish sales list, being the best entry of the week on the list. Likewise, it reached the first place in the sales charts of physical discs.

2022 - present: Quiero que seas feliz and second studio disc

On January 3, 2022, Flavio announced on his social networks the release of what could be the lead single of his second studio album, entitled “Quiero que seas feliz”. Flavio commented that one of the characteristics he was looking for, together with his team, to differentiate the project from the previous album, was to look for more sonority in the songs, with a more organic instrumental.  Simultaneously with the development of his next album, he received several nominations for his previous project Flavio, being awarded at the Premios de la Música en la Región de Murcia , as well as taking a nomination at the Premios Odeón.

Discography

Study albums

Año	Título	Detalles	Record label	Posicion
				ESP [1]
2021	Flavio	Release: 9 july, 2021 Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	Warner Music Spain	2

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Details	Record label	Posicion
				ESP [2]
2020	Flavio. Sus canciones	Release: 31 july, 2020 Formats: CD, digital download	Sony Music Spain, Gestmusic	6

Singles

• Calma (2020)
• Yo con Yo Mismo (2020)
• Ya (feat. Daniel Sabater) (2020)
• Dejarse Llevar (2020)
• Sobran las palabras (2021)
• Los de arriba (2021)
• Mi otra mitad (2021)
• Quiero que seas feliz (2022)
• Por y para mi (2022)
• Si estoy contigo (2022)

Promotional singles

• Cuando Haya Terminado Todo (2020)

Filmography

TV shows

Year	Program	Television network	Function	Data
2020	Operación Triunfo	La 1	Contestant	Second finalist
	Telepasión 2020		Invited artist	Performance
2020-2021	¡Feliz 2021!
2021	Duel de Veus	À Punt	Jury	Gala semifinal

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
2020	Él mismo	Gente de Murcia	Murcian of the year	Winner
2021		Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Spanish artist	Nominated
2022	Flavio	Premios de la Música en la Región de Murcia	Best pop album	Winner
	Él mismo	Premios Odeón	Artist Odeon Pop Revelation	Nominated

Plays

• Yo con yo mismo. Editorial Bruguera, S.A. 2021. ISBN  9788402425072. {{ cite book}}: |first= missing |last= ( help) ^[3]

References

1. «Flavio lanza su álbum debut con diez canciones que son su pura esencia». Cadena 100. Consultado el 12 de julio de 2021.
2. «Flavio, top 2 en España; Nia llega al top 10; sube Raffaella Carrá». Jenesaispop. Consultado el 22 de julio de 2021.
3. «Así ha sido la primera edición del OTFest, el festival de Operación Triunfo». RTVE. Consultado el 7 de mayo de 2021.
4. «Flavio, segundo clasificado en Operación Triunfo 2020». RTVE. Consultado el 7 de mayo de 2021.
5. «Así suena 'Calma', el primer single de Flavio tras su paso por OT 2020». El Diario. Consultado el 7 de mayo de 2021.
6. «Flavio. Sus canciones». El Portal de Música. Consultado el 7 de mayo de 2021.
7. «Flavio, artista Get In Music». Get In Music. Consultado el 7 de mayo de 2021.
8. «Flavio presenta "Yo con Yo Mismo", una balada mágica y sincera». El Rescate Musical. Consultado el 7 de mayo de 2021.
9. «Flavio comparte su diario más íntimo en "Yo con Yo Mismo", su primer libro». Los 40. Consultado el 7 de mayo de 2021.
10. «"Cuando haya terminado todo" es la 'felicitación' de Flavio en recuerdo de la persona más querida». Cadena 100. Consultado el 5 de junio de 2021.
11. «Sobran las palabras, top ventas digitales en España, 2021». Vinilo Negro. Consultado el 7 de mayo de 2021.
12. «Flavio sorprende a sus seguidores con "Los de arriba", un tema cargado de crítica social». Los 40. Consultado el 5 de junio de 2021.
13. «Roi Méndez, Flavio y Samantha prueban suerte como actores con la serie 'Ni p*** idea de Música'». RTVE. Consultado el 7 de mayo de 2021.
14. «Mi otra mitad, de Flavio, debuta en los listados de ventas digitales de España». Vinilo Negro. Consultado el 12 de julio de 2021.
15. «Flavio consigue el número 2 en ventas con primer álbum». Happy FM. Consultado el 22 de julio de 2021.
16. «Flavio nos habla sobre la importancia de reconocer los errores en "Quiero que seas feliz"». RTVE Playz. Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2022.
17. «Arde Bogotá incendia unos Premios de la Música de la Región que también distinguen a Flavio y Daniel Sabater». Murcia Plaza. Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2022.
18. «C. Tangana arrasa en las nominaciones de los Premios Odeón». ABC. Consultado el 5 de marzo de 2022.
19. «Flavio, álbum homónimo». El Portal de Música. El Portal de Música. Consultado el 22 de julio de 2021.
20. «Flavio, álbum recopilatorio Flavio. Sus canciones». El Portal de Música. El Portal de Música. Consultado el 22 de julio de 2021.
21. «Yo con yo mismo». Penguin Libros. Consultado el 7 de mayo de 2021.

Enlaces externos

• Flavio in Instagram
• Flavio in Twitter
• Flavio in Spotify
• Flavio in TikTok
• Flavio in Youtube

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