In 2014 Carvajal won the Grand Prize in the Latin category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her song "Me Viene Bien",[1] and in 2016 she played in front of 40,000 people as the opening act for Coldplay at their concert at the Estadio El Campín in Bogotá.

[4] In 2013 she recorded a six-track EP titled Sentirnos Bien,[3] produced by San Francisco-born Colombian Mateo Lewis, himself a former student of Berklee.

[10] On April 13, 2016, Elsa y Elmar performed as the opening act for British band Coldplay's concert at the Estadio El Campín in Bogotá.

[11][12] 2019 brought the release of Elsa y Elmar's second full-length album: Eres Diamante, and a nomination for Best New Artist at the Latin Grammy Awards.

[16][17] Note: At the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards, ya no somos los mismos was also nominated for Best Engineered Album, the nomination is given to Julián Bernal, Nico Cotton, Carlitos González, Alberto Hernández, Michel Kuri, Malay, Felipe Mejía, Jv Olivier, Juan Sebastián Parra, Alejandro García Partida, Alan Saucedo, Raúl López, Lewis Pickett, Harold Sanders & Dave Kutch, the engineers and mixers of the album.