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Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (born May 2, 1983, in Viña del Mar, Chile). is a Chilean musician, singer, composer and painter. She is known for her musical versatility, having composed songs in a wide variety of genres such as pop, rock, bolero, cumbia and salsa.[2] In the 2010s she gained acclaim for her melodramatics and "captivating stage persona".[3][4]

Mon Laferte
Mon Laferte in 2020
Born	Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (1983-05-02) 2 May 1983 (age 39) Viña del Mar, Chile
Other names	Monserrat Bustamante
Occupation	Musician singer composer painter
Years active	2000–present
Musical career
Genres	Música cebolla[1] Latin alternative indie pop bolero alternative metal alternative rock enka
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar
Labels	Warner Independent (2011–2015) Discos Valiente Universal (2015–present)
Musical artist

By 2019, she was the Chilean artist with the most listeners on Spotify worldwide,[5] as well as being the Chilean artist with the most nominations in a single edition of the Latin Grammy Awards (5 in 2017).[6][7]

To date she has sold over 1,5 million digital records in Latin America between albums and singles, making her the best-selling Chilean artist in the digital era. Some of her successes include "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".[8][9]

Early life and education

Mon Laferte was born Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte in Viña del Mar, Chile. She cites her grandmother who sang boleros as one of her first influences, and also recalls following her at young age to tango clubs in Valparaíso.[10] She started her career at the age of 9, after winning a guitar in a singing contest.[11] 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.[12]

In October 2013, Laferte became a vegetarian for ethical reasons. As of 2017, she is a vegan.[13][14][15]^{[non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed]}

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 from Chile to Mexico City, where she began singing in nightclubs and recording cover songs.[16] In 2009, she released a single titled "Lo mismo que yo", which was to be the lead single from an upcoming album.[17] The same year, Laferte was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, effectively putting a halt to her album.[18]

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."[19]

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.[20][21]

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"[22] 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,[23] in which she was also nominated for Best Alternative Music Album, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Record of the Year.[24] She also wins the category "Best North Latin Artist" in the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards.[25][26][27]

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.[28] 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.[29]

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, 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.[30] 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.[31][32][33]

On 19 November 2019, 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 October 2019.[34]

On 30 November 2019, 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 might press criminal charges against her.[35] The charges were later dropped.[32]

In 2021, Laferte contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Nothing Else Matters" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist.[36]

In June 2022, she announced her Mexican citizenship during a press conference stating “Llevo 15 años en México, tengo un hijo mexicano, mi pareja es mexicana. Pero esto es hermoso, es la cereza del pastel!” The now Chilean Mexican singer stated that she was happy to have her new nationality since she has called Mexico her home for the past 15 years. During which time she built up and created her career as the persona we now know as Mon Laferte.

Visual arts

On 11 March 2020, she debuted as a visual artist in the solo exhibit entitled Gestures at the Museum of the City of Mexico, containing 76 art pieces. Laferte commented she has painted for ten years as a self-taught artist with some lessons from her father, a painter himself.[37]

Discography

Studio albums

• La Chica de Rojo (2003)
• Desechable (2011)
• Tornasol (2013)
• Mon Laferte Vol.1 (2015)
• La Trenza (2017)
• Norma (2018)
• Seis (2021)
• 1940 Carmen (2021)

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are presented annually by The Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the music industry.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2022	Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)	Seis	Nominated	[38]

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
	Mon Laferte Vol.1	Best Alternative Music Album	Nominated
2017	La Trenza	Album of the Year	Nominated
		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
2020	"Chilango Blues"	Best Alternative Song	Nominated
	"Biutiful"	Best Rock Song	Won
2021	"Que Se Sepa Nuestro Amor"	Song of the Year	Nominated
	"La Mujer"	Best Pop Song	Nominated
	Seis	Best Singer-Songwriter Album	Won
	"Que Se Sepa Nuestro Amor"	Best Regional Song	Nominated
2022	"Algo es Mejor"	Song of the Year	Pending

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	[39]

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
		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
	"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
2021	Mon Laferte	Mexican Artist of the Year	Nominated

Premios Juventud

The Premios Juventud are awarded annually by Univision to honor pop culture of young Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Best Regional Mexican Fusion	"Que Se Sepa Nuestro Amor"	Nominated	[40]
	Collaboration Between Female Artists	"La Mujer"	Nominated
	Collaboration Between Female Artists	"Se Portaba Mal"	Nominated

Premios Lo Nuestro

The Lo Nuestro Awards are awarded annually by Univision recognize the most popular Spanish-language music.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2022	Best Pop Solo Artist	"Mon Laferte"	Nominated	[41]

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	[42]
2020			Nominated	[43]
	Best Rock Artist		Nominated
2021			Nominated

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	[44]

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 third 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
		"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
		Revelation	Nominated
2021	Mon Laferte	Artist of the Decade	Won

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
		Best Pop Artist	Won
	La Trenza	Album of the year	Nominated
	"Amárrame"	Song of the Year	Won
	"Amárrame"	Song most listened to on Chilean radiosSong of the Year	Won
2019	Mon Laferte	Artist of the Year	Nominated
		Best Pop Artist	Nominated
	Norma	Album of the year	Won
	"El Beso"	Song of the Year	Nominated
	"El Beso"	Video of the Year	Nominated
	"Amárrame"	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
2021		Female Pop Artist	Nominated
		Mariachi / Music Ranchera Female Soloist	Nominated
		Best Female Video (Feat.)	Nominated
2022		Mariachi / Music Ranchera	Won

Musa Awards

Musa Awards was created to distinguish the best of music in Chile.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2020	Que Se Sepa Nuestro Amor	"National Collaboration of the Year"	Nominated
	"La Danza de Las Libélulas"		Nominated
	"Plata Ta Tá"	"Song of the Year"	Nominated
	Mon Laferte	"Muse Artist of the Year"	Won

Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico (SACM)

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	"Tu falta de querer"	"Presea Exito SACM"	Won
	"Amárrame"		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	[45]

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	[46]

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

See also

• Canción sin miedo

References

External links

• Official website
• Mystica Girls' official website
• Mon Laferte on Facebook

На других языках

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[de] Mon Laferte

Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (geboren am 2. Mai 1983 in Viña del Mar), besser bekannt unter ihrem Künstlernamen Mon Laferte, ist eine chilenische Sängerin, Musikerin und Komponistin. Sie ist auch bekannt für ihr gesellschaftspolitisches Engagement.

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[es] Mon Laferte

Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (Viña del Mar, 2 de mayo de 1983), conocida artísticamente como Mon Laferte, es una cantautora chilena y mexicana.[1] Toca diferentes instrumentos y se caracteriza por la confluencia de numerosas formas y géneros como la balada, el pop, el heavy metal —principalmente a raíz de su actividad como cantante entre 2012 y 2014 de las bandas Mystica Girls y Abaddon—,[7] el bolero, el vals, la cumbia, el reggae o el ska, entre otros.[8]

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[ru] Mon Laferte

Норма Монсеррат Бустаменте Лаферте (исп. Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte; род. 2 мая 1983 (1983-05-02), Винья-дель-Мар, Чили) — чилийская певица, более известная под псевдонимом Mon Laferte.

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