Early years A precocious chanteuse, she started singing
coplas and
flamenco songs at several events when she was a child. In 1994 she was signed to the record company Polygram to release her first studio album,
Nuestras coplas, which consisted of covers of ten classical copla songs by
León or
Quiroga. Pop and commercial sounds arrived in 1996 with her second album,
El mundo que soné, which was the last she published with Polygram.
1999–2004: Fuente de luna, Corazón congelado and Deseo In 1999, she was signed to Emi-Odeón and released her third album,
Fuente de luna. This album included her first big hit single, "Dámelo ya", which sold 120,000 copies in Spain and was also a number one hit in
Turkey. In 2001, her fourth album
Corazón congelado was published, produced by
Carlos Jean. The album received a platinum certification for its sales. Her fifth album,
Deseo (2002), was also produced by Carlos Jean; musically it was closer to
electronic music than her previous works. This album was also awarded a platinum certification. The album received a gold certification for its sales. The same year her first compilation album was released,
Sus grandes éxitos.
2007: Toda mi verdad Her seventh studio album,
Toda mi verdad, was released in 2007. Recorded in
Tarifa and produced by Jacobo Calderón, it consisted mostly of compositions by Antonio Martínez-Ares. For the first time a composition by Soler herself was included, the song that gives title to the album. The album peaked at number thirteen in the official Spanish album chart and received the
Premio de la Música (Spanish Music Award) for Best Copla Album. The tour that followed the release of the album took her to
Egypt, where she performed at the
Cairo Opera House. In September 2010 she released a CD+DVD recorded live at the Teatro Lope de Vega in
Seville that celebrated her 15 years of career as a recording artist,
15 años. It includes her biggest hits, as well as duets with
Malú, Miguel Poveda and Manuel Carrasco. The single chosen to promote this album was an acoustic version of "La mala costumbre", a song dedicated to her father that was included in her previous work. The album peaked at number eight in the official Spanish album chart. The album was nominated for the 2011
Latin Grammy Award for Best Flamenco Album. In Spain, it won the
Premio de la Música for Best Copla Album and was nominated for Best Album of the Year.
2011–2012: Una mujer como yo and Eurovision Song Contest Her ninth studio album was released in October 2011,
Una mujer como yo, including twelve new tracks. It was produced by Pablo Pinilla. The album debuted at number No. 3 on the Spanish album chart. On 21 December 2011 she was selected internally by
RTVE to represent
Spain in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in
Baku, Azerbaijan. The song "
Quédate conmigo", penned by
Thomas G:son,
Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson and Erik Bernholm, was chosen as her entry in a special live show on 3 March. On 26 May 2012 she finished 10th in the Eurovision final with 97 points. Commercially, "Quédate conmigo" ranked at number 35 on the year-end Spanish singles chart.
2013: El Número Uno and Conóceme In 2013, Soler was hired as a judge for the second season of Spanish talent show
El Número Uno along with
David Bustamante,
Mónica Naranjo and Pitingo. The show aired on
Antena 3 from 31 May to 5 July 2013. On 10 September 2013 Soler released her tenth studio album,
Conóceme, produced by
Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson. The album was preceded by its first single, "Te despertaré", which was released on 22 July 2013 and debuted at number 17 on the
Spanish Singles Chart. The album debuted at number 2 on the
Spanish Album Chart.
2014–2016: 20 and career hiatus, La Voz Kids On 1 December 2014, Soler announced that she would stop her career for a while citing
stage fright problems. On 8 March 2014, Soler had fainted on stage in a concert in
Seville, and she had postponed or cancelled a number of events afterwards. The announcement came after she abruptly left the stage during a concert in
Málaga on 30 November 2014. The career hiatus announcement coincided in time with the release of a compilation album to celebrate her 20 years of career as a recording artist, titled
20, on 9 December 2014.
2017–2018: La calma and national tour On 1 February 2017, Soler announced through her social media that she had ended her break from music career and that she would start recording a new studio album, produced by Pablo Cebrián. She also announced a national tour of concerts through Spain for 2017 with stops in
Madrid's
Teatro Real, Barcelona's
Liceu,
Seville's Auditorio Rocío Jurado, and
Valencia's
Palau de les Arts, among others. On 14 July 2017, "La tormenta", the first single of her upcoming album, was released. Her eleventh studio album, titled
La calma, was released on 15 September 2017. It debuted at number 1 on the
Spanish Album Chart, her first number one with Warner ever.
2019–present: Sentir, La Voz Senior and Mask Singer On 18 October 2019, Soler released her twelfth studio album, titled
Sentir and produced by Pablo Cebrián. It was preceded by the promotional single "Aunque me cueste la vida". In December 2019, Soler was featured in the holiday television special
Quédate conmigo on
La 1 on occasion of her twenty-fifth anniversary as a recording artist. In 2020, Soler became a coach on the second season of Spanish series
La Voz Senior (
The Voice Senior). Also in 2020, Soler participated in the
Antena 3 series
Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta (part of the
Masked Singer franchise) as Pavo Real (Peacock). == Family life ==