This is an accepted version of this page Martina Stoessel (Spanish: [maɾˈtina estoˈesel]; born 21 March 1997),[1] known professionally as Tini, is an Argentine singer, actress, dancer, and model.
Tini rose to fame for her title role in the Disney Channel Latin America telenovela Violetta (2012–2015), which became an international success and established her as a teen idol.
She achieved success on Latin American and European charts with multiple soundtracks, and reprised the character in the series' sequel film Tini: The Movie (2016).
Shifting to Sony Music Latin and 5020 Records in 2021, she blended urbano and cumbia styles on Cupido (2023), which featured her first three Billboard Argentina Hot 100 number-ones: "Miénteme", "Bar", and "La Triple T".
Themes of personal struggles and media scrutiny inspired the alternative pop album Un Mechón de Pelo (2024), which yielded the number-one single "Pa".
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.
On 10 August 2013, she 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".
[24] 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".
[26] In September 2014, Stoessel performed at a charity football 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".
[41][42][43][44][45][46] 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.
[48] 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.
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.
[49] In July, she was featured on "It's a Lie", a track from The Vamps's third studio album Night & Day,[50] 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; the song was first performed at the Red Voz Por La Paz ceremony the previous year.
[52][53] In December 2017, Stoessel made a guest appearance as herself in an episode of the telenovela Las Estrellas,[54] and she was featured in a remix of "Lights Down Low" by MAX, titled "Latin Mix".
[85][86] 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.
[154] In July and September, Tini 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.
[161] 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.
[162][163] On 12 January 2023, Tini released "Muñecas", a collaboration with rapper La Joaqui and American DJ Steve Aoki, as the ninth single from her fourth album.
[168][169] The day after, Mexican singer Christian Nodal's "Por el Resto de Tu Vida" featuring Tini, the lead single of his EP Forajido 2, was released.
[176][177][178] The album was well received by critics;[179][180] Valentina Cardo of Fame wrote that "Tini fuses her excellent vocal talent and song composition [...] all while showcasing her essence" and "[with each track] shares her heart".
[192] The song debuted at number one on the Argentina Hot 100[193] and topped the chart for seven weeks, marking Tini's fourth leader and tying "Bar" as her longest-running chart-topper.
[195] 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.
[196] She told El Diario La Prensa in November 2023 that the new material was "something different that [she had] never done in [her] life" and originated from her personal struggles, delivering the message that "it is never too late to speak".
[200] Described by Billboard as Tini's "most personal project yet", it is a concept album whose subject matter details her struggles with mental health, family, media scrutiny, child stardom, and her celebrity.
[207] Tini joined Emilia onstage on 19 April and 13 October at the Movistar Arena and José Amalfitani Stadium shows of her .MP3 Tour to perform "La Original".
[222] She and the song's other featured artists joined Coldplay onstage at Croke Park on 29 August—the first Dublin date of their Music of the Spheres World Tour—to perform the track.
[230][231] On 9 October, she made a surprise appearance during Colombian band Morat's concert at José Amalfitani Stadium to perform their 2018 collaboration "Consejo de Amor".
[237] Tini will lead the drama miniseries Quebranto, opposite Jorge López and Martín Barba; it was filmed from May to July 2024 in Mexico City and Buenos Aires.
[258] In September 2016, Tini announced that she had started dating Spanish model Pepe Barroso Silva, who was her co-actor in the music video for "Great Escape".
[282] On 10 August 2013, Tini 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".