Mon Laferte | Artist

Norma Monserrat Bustamante "Mon" Laferte is a Chilean and Mexican singer-songwriter born 1983 in Viña del Mar, Chile. Her musical style spans genres including pop, rock, bolero, cumbia, and salsa, reflecting her versatility. She gained recognition during the 2010s for her melodramatic style and stage presence. In 2025, Billboard named her one of the best female Latin pop artists of all time. In 1992, at the age of nine, Laferte won first prize in a contest organized by Orlando Peña Carvajal school. She was given a guitar, on which she first began to compose her own songs. At the age of thirteen she got a scholarship to study music at the conservatory in her hometown, although she preferred the self-taught path to the academic one. She honed her skills by playing in bars in Viña del Mar and Valparaiso. After emigrating to Mexico in 2008, she began performing in Veracruz and Mexico City as Mon Laferte. On November 30, 2022, after living and working in Mexico for more than 15 years, Laferte was granted Mexican citizenship. In 2009, she released a single titled "Lo mismo que yo", which was to be the lead single for an upcoming album. The same year, Laferte was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, effectively putting a halt to her album. Around the time of her battle with cancer, she abandoned her original stage name and took on the name Mon Laferte, expressing that the name represented a new beginning for her. Her big break came in 2012 when she was invited to judge the second season of the Chilean version of The X Factor, called Factor X. Her music career took off in 2013 with the release of her third album, Tornasol. She received media attention in 2015 with her single "Tu falta de querer" from the album Mon Laferte, Vol.1, and in 2016 won a MTV Millennial Award for the "Latin Video of the Year", plus received nominations on the Latin Grammy Awards of 2016 for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album. As a recording artist Laferte has gone on to release 20 studio albums, plus many more EP's and Singles. Standouts include the albums Mon Laferte, Vol. 1 (2015), SEIS (2021), 1940 Carmen (2021), Autopoiética (2023), Femme fatale (2025), and the live album Sola con mis monstruos: En vivo, desde el lunario del Auditorio Nacional (2020). Laferte has sold more than 4.8 million album-equivalent units in Mexico, making her the best-selling Chilean artist of the digital era. Her releases Mon Laferte, Vol. 1 (2015), La Trenza (2017), "Tu Falta De Querer", "Amárrame", and "Mi Buen Amor" have been certified diamond or higher by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). Her accolades include five Latin Grammy Awards (the most for a Chilean artist), a Musa Award, two MTV Europe Music Awards, four MTV MIAW Awards, and three Grammy Awards nominations. Laferte's husband is Joel Orta, a musician who is a guitarist for the Mexican rock band, Celofán. She is a vegan, feminist and an LGBTQ+ rights activist.

Artist Website: wikipedia/Mon_Laferte

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