Mon Laferte

Mon Laferte
Mon Laferte
	Mon Laferte in March 2020
Born	Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte; 2 May 1983; Viña del Mar, Chile
Occupation	Singer; songwriter; actress; painter;
Years active	2000–present
	Musical career
Genres	Música cebolla[1]; Latin alternative; Indie pop; Bolero; alternative metal; alternative rock;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar; piano; drums; harmonica;
Labels	Warner Music; Independent (2011–2015); Discos Valiente/Universal Music (2015–present);

Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (born 2 May 1983), known professionally as Mon Laferte, is a Chilean singer, songwriter and actress who is currently the most listened Chilean artist on Spotify worldwide. She is also the Chilean artist with the most nominations in a single edition of the Latin Grammy Awards (5 in 2017).[2][3]

To date she has sold in Latin America 1,500,000 digital copies between albums and singles, making her the Chilean singer with the most sales in the digital era.

Some of her most outstanding successes are "Tormento," "Amor completo," "Si tú me quisieras," "Tu falta de querer," "Amárrame" and "Mi buen amor." She received a Latin Grammy in 2017 for Best Alternative Song for "Amárrame."

Early life and education

Mon Laferte was born Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte in Viña del Mar, Chile. She started her career at the age of 9, after winning a guitar in a singing contest.[4] She received a scholarship to attend a musical conservatory in Viña del Mar at the age of 13, and soon after began playing in bars in Valparaíso and Santiago.[5]

Career

In 2003, Laferte, then known as Monserrat Bustamante, entered in the Chilean reality competition series Rojo. The same year she released her first studio album, La Chica de Rojo. The album had great success in Chile, receiving Gold and Platinum certifications. She became part of the Clan Rojo and was on the television series for four seasons.

In 2007, Laferte decided to start a new chapter in her musical career by moving to Mexico City from Chile, where she began singing in nightclubs and recording cover songs.[6] In 2009, she released a single titled "Lo mismo que yo," which was to be the lead single from an upcoming album.[7] The same year, Laferte was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, effectively putting a halt to her album.[8]

Around the time of her battle with cancer, she abandoned her original stage name and introduced the world to Mon Laferte, expressing that the name represented a new beginning for her:

"Mi cambio de nombre no es por querer ser otra persona, es que las circunstancias de la vida me han llevado a cambiar mucho y sentí que tenía que empezar de cero."[9]

Laferte decided to scrap the album she was recording in 2009, and returned two years later with her second studio album, titled Desechable. The next year, in 2012, she was invited to judge the second season of the Chilean version of The X Factor, called Factor X, along with Karen Doggenweiler, Tito Beltrán and José Luis Rodríguez.

It is also at this time her presentation at the beginning of 2012 as a vocalist of the Mexican heavy metal female band Mystica Girls, with whom in February 2014 she recorded the album titled Gates of Hell.[10][11]

In 2013, she released her third album, Tornasol. She received media attention in 2015 with her single "Tu falta de querer" from the album Mon Laferte, Vol.1. In 2016, she won a MTV Millennial Award for the "Latin Video of the Year"[12] and receiving two nominations on the Latin Grammy Awards of 2016 for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album.

Laferte released her fifth album La Trenza, her most acclaimed album to date, in 2017. Her single with Colombian rock star Juanes, "Amárrame," won the Best Alternative Song award at the 18th Latin GRAMMYs,[13] in which she was also nominated for Best Alternative Music Album, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Record of the Year.[14] She also wins the category "Best North Latin Artist" in the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards.

In October 2013, Laferte became a vegetarian for ethical reasons. As of 2017, she is a vegan.[15][16][17]

In February 2018 she released the single "Antes de Ti" that was nominated to the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards as "Song of the Year". The video for the single was also Mon Laferte's directorial debut.[18]

In June 2018, she co-hosted the 2018 MTV Millennial Awards in Mexico City at the Mexico City Arena along with the Venezuelan YouTube personality La Divaza.[19]

During the year 2018, Mon worked on her sixth studio album, Norma , which was recorded in a single session in studio A of Capitol Studios of Los Angeles, California, United States, the recording was made in one shot, without using the overdubbing technique of audio layers, but all the instruments playing simultaneously to give the material the feeling of live recording. In this recording 13 musicians participated. The production of this album was in charge of Omar Rodríguez-López, the recording engineer was Bruce Botnick. The album was released on 9 November 2018.

On 26 October, a collaboration was published for the new Christmas album of the American singer Gwen Stefani, in a version of the song "Feliz Navidad" by the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter José Feliciano.

At the end of 2018, the international television network HTV nominated Mon Laferte in the "Best Southern Artist" category of the Heat Latin Music Awards 2019.

In January 2019, she was announced to participate in the American Music Festival Coachella.

In February 2019, Mon Laferte received her first nomination at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in the Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year category, Female. Also the Album Norma received a Gold record in Mexico for 30,000 copies sold.

In May 2019, the singer announced her U.S. tour, under the headline "La Gira de Norma". The first tour date is set for 10 August 2019, in Seattle's Neptune Theatre, following a European tour that same Summer.[20]

On 14 November 2019, Mon Laferte made headlines with her act of political protest, exposing her breasts at the Latin Grammys to display the message "En Chile Torturan Violan y Matan" (English translation: In Chile they torture, rape and kill) on her bare chest. [21]

On 19 November 2019, Mon Laferte was interviewed by Patricia Janiot from Univision. In that interview, Mon Laferte justified the looting and burning of numerous supermarkets and other buildings by saying that "they were only material goods". When asked if she condemned violence, she said, "I do not approve of any kind of violence. Now, if you ask me personally, if I have to go burn down a supermarket that has robbed from me my entire life to demand the basic rights I feel I deserve, I will do it!" She accused the police and armed forces of burning the dozens of subway stations that were burnt by rioters on 18 Oct 2019. [22]

Mon Laferte at her solo exhibition in Mexico City.

On 30 November 2019, Mon Laferte was subpoenaed by Chilean prosecutors to give a statement regarding the evidence she may or may not have to support her accusation that Chilean police and armed forces actively participated in the burning of subway stations. Chilean police announced that, depending upon her statement, they may press criminal charges against her. [23]

Visual arts

On 11 March 2020 she had her first solo exhibition at the Museum of the City of Mexico including almost 70 artworks. Laferte commented she has painted for ten years as a self-taught but having some influence from her father who is a painter himself.

Discography

Studio albums

2003: La Chica de Rojo (the artist is presented as "Monserrat Bustamante")
2011: Desechable
2013: Tornasol
2015: Mon Laferte Vol.1
2017: La Trenza
2018: Norma

Awards and nominations

Latin Grammy Awards

A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	Mon Laferte	Best New Artist	Nominated
2016	Mon Laferte Vol.1	Best Alternative Music Album	Nominated
2017	La Trenza	Album of the Year	Nominated
	La Trenza	Best Alternative Music Album	Nominated
	"Amárrame"	Record of the Year	Nominated
		Song of the Year	Nominated
		Best Alternative Song	Won
2018	"Antes de Ti"	Song of the Year	Nominated
2019	Norma	Best Alternative Music Album	Won

Billboard Latin Music Awards

The Billboard Latin Music Awards are presented annually by Billboard magazine and recognize outstanding chart performances.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female	Mon Laferte	Nominated	[24]

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards was established in 1994 by MTV Europe to award the music videos from European and international artists.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	Mon Laferte	Best Latin America North Act	Nominated
2017		Best Latin America North Act	Won
2018		Best Latin America North Act	Nominated
2019		Best Latin America North Act	Won

MTV Millennial Awards

The MTV Millennial Awards, held annually in Mexico, were established in 2013 by MTV Latin America to award music artists.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	Mon Laferte	Buzz Artist	Won
	"Tu falta de querer"	Video of the Year	Won
	"Palmar" (with Caloncho)	Collaboration of the Year	Nominated
2017	"Amárrame" (with Juanes)	Collaboration of the Year	Nominated
	"Amárrame" (with Juanes)	Video of the Year	Nominated
	Mon Laferte	#InstaCrush	Nominated
	Mon Laferte	Mexican Artist of the Year	Won
2018	Mon Laferte	Mexican Artist of the Year	Nominated
2018	"Antes de Ti"	Video of the Year	Nominated
2019	"El Beso"	Video of the Year	Won
	Mon Laferte	Arriba Mujeres	Nominated
	Mon Laferte	Mexican Artist of the Year	Nominated
	"Amor" (with Los Auténticos Decadentes)	Ship Musical	Nominated

Shock Awards

The SHOCK awards held annually in Colombia. They recognize artistic and technical excellence in the arts and sciences of recorded music, through public voting. It has become a prestigious award in national and international music.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	Mon Laferte	Best Artist or Group "New Latin American Wave"	Won

Heat Latin Music Awards

The Heat Latin Music Awards are presented annually by HTV to reward the best of Latin music.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	Best Artist Southern Region	Mon Laferte	Nominated	[25]
2020	Best Artist Southern Region		Pending	[26]
2020	Best Rock Artist		Pending	[26]

Spotify Awards

The Spotify Awards founded in 2020 is the first-ever award ceremony 100% based on user-generated data from Mexico and Latin America.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Most Listened Pop Artist	Mon Laferte	Nominated	[27]

Telehit Awards

This is an annual award show run by the Mexican music channel Telehit.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	Mon Laferte	Best Artist or Rock Band	Won
2017		Best Pop / Rock Artist	Won
		Best Act of the Night	Won
		You saw my joke	Won

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

The Viña del Mar International Song Festival is a music festival that has been held annually during the 3rd week of February in Viña del Mar, Chile. Started in 1960, it is the oldest and largest music festival in Latin America.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Mon Laferte	"Gaviota de Oro"	Won
		"Gaviota de Plata"	Won
		"Reina del Monstruo"	Won
2020		"Gaviota de Oro"	Won
2020		"Gaviota de Plata"	Won

Copihue de Oro

The Copihue de Oro is an award created by the Chilean newspaper La Cuarta to recognize the figures of the world of entertainment and entertainment in the country.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Mon Laferte	Female Artist	Won
2017		Best Group or Popular/Tropical Singer	Won
2017		Revelation	Nominated

Pulsar Awards

The Pulsar Awards were created in 2015 by the Chilean Copyright Society (SCD) of Chile to recognize the best of the musical creation of that country in the period of one year.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	Mon Laferte	Artist of the Year	Nominated
	Mon Laferte	Best Pop Artist	Won
	La Trenza	Album of the year	Nominated
	Amarrame	Song of the Year	Won
	Amarrame	Song most listened to on Chilean radiosSong of the Year	Won
2019	Mon Laferte	Artist of the Year	Nominated
	Mon Laferte	Best Pop Artist	Nominated
	Norma	Album of the year	Won
	El Beso	Song of the Year	Nominated
	El Beso	Video of the Year	Nominated
	Amarrame	Song most listened to on Chilean radiosSong of the Year	Won
2020	El Beso	Song most listened to on Chilean radiosSong of the Year	Won

Gardel Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2019	"Amor" feat. Los Auténticos Decadentes	"Collaboration of the Year"	Nominated

Lunas del Auditorio

"Lunas del Auditorio" is a recognition granted by the National Auditorium to the best live shows in Mexico.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	Mon Laferte	Pop in Spanish	Nominated

Eliot Awards

"Eliot Awards" is a recognition in México to Spanish-speaking digital leaders who through their talent, effort, originality and impact are generating highly relevant content on social networks.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2019	Mon Laferte	Social Sound	Won

Fans Choice Awards

"Fans Choice Awards" is an Award for the Best Signature of Autographs and / or Showcase of the Year in Mexico, organized by Showcase Entertainment S.A.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Mon Laferte	Rock	Won
2018		Rock	Nominated
2019		Rock/Indie	Nominated
		Salsa/Cumbia/Tropical	Won
		Latin Pop	Nominated
2020		Rock	Nominated

Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico (SACM)


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	Tu falta de querer	"Presea Exito SACM"	Won
2018	Amarrame	"Presea Exito SACM"	Won
2019	Mi Buen Amor	"Presea Exito SACM"	Won

Natida Awards

Natida, Chilean of the Year Awards are a set of recognition awards given to individuals based on contributions of excellence, exceptional achievements and / or outstanding behavior.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	Chileno de las Artes	Mon Laferte	Won	[28]

Luces Awards

The Luces Awards are a recognition of the best of Peruvian art, cinema, literature and other cultural expressions by the newspaper "El Comercio".

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	Concert of the Year	Mon Laferte	Nominated	[29]

Filmography

Films
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	Rojo, La Pelicula	Belén	Chilean film
2013	Japy Ending	Eli	Peruvian film

Television
Year	TV serie	Role
2003–2007	Rojo Fama Contrafama	Contestant
2006–2007	El Baile en TVN	Singer
2012	Factor X	Judge and mentor

Notes

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[moncebolla-1] "Mon Laferte: "Hacer 'música cebolla' es como mi revancha"". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). 12 November 2018.

[2] Marti, Diana (9 September 2017). "2017 Latin Grammy Awards: Complete List of Nominations". E! Online. E! Entertainment Television. Retrieved 16 May 2019. Leading the list this year is Residente with nine nominations, Maluma with seven, Shakira with six, and Kevin Jiménez ADG, Juanes, and Mon Laferte with five each.

[3] "Mon Laferte". Historia y Biografía (in Spanish). historia-biografia.com. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019. En el año 2017 ... Su canción “Amárrame” ganó en ese año el premio Grammy a mejor canción alternativa y fue nominada en las categorías de: canción del año, mejor álbum de música alternativa, álbum del año y registro del año.

[4] "El ritmo latino de Mon Laferte". 9 June 2017.

[5] "Mon Laferte". Mon Laferte. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

[6] "Entrevista con Mon Laferte". Indie Rocks! (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2019.

[7] S.A.P, El Mercurio (18 May 2009). "Con look Lily Allen, ex estrella de "Rojo" adelanta nuevo disco | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2019.

[8] S.A.P., El Mercurio. "El radical giro de Mon Laferte: "Ya no me reconocen"". lasegunda.com. La Segunda. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[9] "La Tundra Revista | Mon Laferte en concierto en Londres" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2019.

[10] Valle, Luis Del. "Tenemos que hablar del no tan oscuro pasado metalero de Mon Laferte". BuzzFeed (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[11] Exposito, Suzy (10 December 2019). "So, How Was Your Decade, Mon Laferte?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[12] "Todos los ganadores de los premios #MTVMIAW 2016 – MTV America Latina".

[13] "Mon Laferte Wins Best Alternative Song". 16 November 2017.

[14] "18a Entrega Anual del Latin GRAMMY". Latin GRAMMYs.

[15] "Mon Laferte y su lado vegetariano: "No utilizo nada de animales, me parecía súper falso comérmelos"". El Ciudadano (in Spanish). 28 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[16] Laferte, Mon. "Laferte's official Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[17] "Los lectores entrevistan a Mon Laferte". Marca (in Spanish). 12 September 2017. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[18] "Mon Laferte: After A Stellar Year, A Directorial Debut". NPR.org. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[19] "Mon Laferte co-host 2018 MTV Millenial Awards". 24Horas.cl. 24 Horas. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

[20] Exposito, Suzy; Exposito, Suzy (28 May 2019). "Mon Laferte Announces U.S. Headlining Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

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[23] ttps://www.latercera.com/nacional/noticia/carabineros-pide-que-mon-laferte-declare/921356/amp/

[24] Cobo, Leila (12 February 2019). "Ozuna Leads 2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards Finalists: Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

[25] Fernandez, Suzette (21 November 2018). "J Balvin Tops Heat Latin Music Awards Nominations: See Full List". Billboard. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

[26] Fernandez, Suzette (18 February 2020). "J Balvin & Farruko Lead Heat Latin Music Awards 2020 Nominations: See Full List". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

[27] "Spotify Awards 2020: Conoce a los finalistas de la primera edición". Telemundo (in Spanish). 19 February 2020.

[28] "Mon Laferte y José Maza entre los finalistas del Premio Chileno del Año". 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[29] "Premios Luces 2019: revisa la lista de nominados y vota aquí por tus favoritos". 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.