Martina Stoessel

Martina Stoessel (born 21 March 1997), 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).

In 2007, Stoessel had a role in the first season of the popular Argentine children's telenovela, Patito Feo, as "Martina", one of Fito Bernardi's assistants.

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.

She performed the song at an event for Disney Channel Latin America called Celebratón on 31 December 2011.

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.

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).

The song was later released on an album for the series in March 2012.

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.

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.

The song appeared on the first Violetta soundtrack album, which was released in June 2012.

Subsequently, she recorded the Italian version, "Nel Mio Mondo" and the English version, "In My Own World".

For the role, Stoessel won an award for "Female Newcomer" in the 2012 edition of the Kids' Choice Awards Argentina and was also nominated for the U.S. version, the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, in the category "Favorite Latin Artist".

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".

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.

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.

In 2016, Tini was included on The Hollywood Reporter's list of 25 Most Powerful Women in Global Television.

From 2017 to 2021, she was named Billboard 's Argentine "Artist of The Year" and the top most-streamed Argentine artist on Spotify for each year, consecutively.

She became the only artist to ever completely sell out nine consecutive concerts at the Buenos Aires Estadio Luna Park, as well as selling out six consecutive concerts at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo.

In 2021, Stoessel was named on ¡Hola!'s list of Top 100 Latina Powerhouse women; from 2019 to 2022, she was also named one of the 10 most-influential women from Argentina.

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.

Stoessel began her artistic training at a young age studying singing, piano, musical comedy, musical theater, and dance in her native Buenos Aires.

Stoessel was educated at two private bilingual schools: Colegio San Marcos and Colegio Martín y Omar de San Isidro.

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 Billboard Latin Pop Airplay entries: "Maldita Foto", "La Loto", and "Cupido".

Stoessel's accolades include three Gardel Awards, seven Quiero Awards, one Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards, one Nickelodeon Colombia Kids' Choice Awards, three Bravo Otto Awards, two Martín Fierro Awards, one Los 40 Music Award, three MTV Millennial Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards as well as nominations for the Heat Latin Music Awards, Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards, Latin American Music Awards, Billboard Latin Music Awards, Urban Music Awards, among others.