2012–2014: Breakthrough with Violetta '' season 2 in 2013 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. In late 2011, after an intense casting process, Stoessel obtained the principal role in the series, a tween-oriented musical series developed as a co-production between
Disney Channel Latin America,
Europe,
Middle East and Africa. The show's first season began production in Buenos Aires in 2012. Stoessel played the titular character,
Violetta Castillo, during all three seasons of the show. She sang the series' theme song, "En Mi Mundo", which was later released as a single on 5 April 2012 to promote the show. The song appeared on the first
Violetta soundtrack album, which was released in June 2012. Subsequently, she recorded the Italian version, "Nel Mio Mondo" and the English version, "In My Own World". For the role, Stoessel won an award for "Female Newcomer" in the 2012 edition of the
Kids' Choice Awards Argentina , in May 2014 From July 2013 to March 2014, Stoessel and the cast of
Violetta embarked on their first
concert tour, Violetta en Vivo, visiting Latin America and Europe, in support of the series and its albums. It became one of the highest-grossing concert tours among South American acts and in 2014, grossing over US$17.5 million and selling over 1.7 million tickets across 50 reported shows of 200 shows. Stoessel appeared on the third
Violetta soundtrack album,
Hoy somos más, released in June 2013. 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". In 2013, she recorded "Libre Soy" and "All'Alba Sorgerò", the
Latin American Spanish and Italian versions of the
pop version of "
Let It Go", the closing credits song from the Disney animated film
Frozen. These versions of the song were used in the film's ending credits in US. In November 2013, Stoessel was included in the fourth
Violetta soundtrack,
Violetta en Vivo. It features songs from the first two seasons of
Violetta, and songs from the Violetta en Vivo tour. Stoessel also participated in the television programs
The U-Mix Show and
Disney Planet for Disney Channel Latin America. In 2014, she voiced a brief role for the Italian dubbed version of the Disney animated film
Monsters University. In May 2014, Stoessel released her first book, a co-authored biography called "Simplemente Tini", about her upbringing and eventual rise to international popularity. That same month, she held a free musical concert near the
Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina, organised by the city government of Buenos Aires, under the slogan "Cuidemos el planeta". The fifth
Violetta soundtrack,
Gira mi canción was released on 18 July 2014, featuring Stoessel on several tracks. All
Violetta soundtrack albums went platinum or higher;
Mashable called them "the brightest and bubbliest pop [soundtracks] you'll ever hear". 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".
Violetta became one of the most successful non-American and non-English-language Disney projects. According to Disney,
Violetta was one of its five most successful franchises in Europe at the time.
Financial Times stated that it had become a "significant franchise in the intellectual property portfolio [owned by Disney]" and a "global property" despite not airing on linear television in the United States.
Mashable named it one of the best Disney programs by Latino creators. the sequel to the series. Production began in October 2015 and ended in mid-December 2015, where the movie filmed in various international locations, including
Sicily,
Cádiz,
Madrid, and Buenos Aires. A teaser trailer featuring scenes from the movie was released in late December 2015.
Billboard described the film as "a fictionalised portrayal of Stoessel's real life Disney-assisted coming of age story".
Tini: The Movie grossed over US$17 million worldwide, debuted in fourth place at the box office in Spain, and was released on
Netflix in February 2017. The film was released to
Disney+ in the United States in February 2023. Violetta Live became the world's 15th-highest-grossing tour,
the highest-grossing-tour by a Latin act, and the highest-grossing tour by a non-English-language act in 2015. in 2017 From January 2016 to early March 2016 she recorded her debut album in Los Angeles, California. Her debut studio album,
Tini (Martina Stoessel), was released worldwide on digital and physical formats on 29 April 2016. 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. The showcase was filmed and broadcast on her official YouTube channel from 22 to 28 August 2016. On 24 June 2016, Stoessel released her second solo single, "Great Escape", along with the Spanish-language version of the song, "Yo Me Escaparé". The music video for "Great Escape" was filmed in Buenos Aires and later released on 8 July 2016. 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. Stoessel released "Got Me Started", along with "Ya No Hay Nadie Que Nos Pare", as her third solo single to coincide with the release of the deluxe edition of her album. The music video for "Got Me Started" was released on 8 December 2016, while the video for "Ya No Hay Nadie Que Nos Pare" was released on 19 January 2017. Stoessel's fourth solo single, "Si Tu Te Vas", was released on 4 May 2017, alongside the music video for the song. On 18 March 2017, Stoessel began her first solo concert tour,
Got Me Started Tour, starting from Europe and then heading on to Latin America. The tour was listed as the highest-grossing tour of 2017 in Argentina, and on
Pollstars "2017 Mid-Top 100 Worldwide Tours" list. In the summer of 2017, Stoessel guest starred as herself in two episodes of the second season of Disney Channel Latin America telenovela series,
Soy Luna. 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. In July, she was featured on "It's a Lie", a track from
The Vamps's third studio album
Night & Day, 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.
2018–2020: Quiero Volver and Tini Tini Tini The collaboration between Stoessel and Venezuelan singer
Nacho titled "Te Quiero Más" was released on 13 October 2017 as the lead single from her second album. In December 2017, Stoessel made a guest appearance as herself in an episode of the telenovela
Las Estrellas, and she was featured in a remix of "
Lights Down Low" by
MAX, titled "Latin Mix". On 6 April 2018, Stoessel released "Princesa", a duet with
Karol G, as the second single from her second album. The single became Stoessel's first single to top the national chart in Argentina. Also, the single reached
US Latin Airplay and
US Latin Pop charts. On 22 June 2018, Stoessel released "Consejo de Amor", featuring Colombian
folk-rock band
Morat, as the third single from her second album. On 26 July 2018, Stoessel was featured alongside
Flo Rida on a remix of
Álvaro Soler's hit single "
La Cintura". In August 2018, it was announced that Stoessel had joined
La Voz... Argentina as a coach for the reality competition show's second season; Stoessel is the youngest judge on any incarnation of
The Voice franchise. On 3 August 2018, Stoessel released "Quiero Volver", a duet with
Sebastián Yatra, as the fourth single from her second album. On 24 August 2018, Stoessel was featured alongside Colombian singer
Greeicy in a remix of the song "
Lo malo" by Spanish singers
Aitana and
Ana Guerra. in 2018In September 2018, Stoessel announced her second concert tour,
Quiero Volver Tour, that began on 13 December 2018 at
Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires. Stoessel's second album titled
Quiero Volver was released on 12 October 2018. On 2 November 2018, Stoessel released "Por Que Te Vas", a collaboration with
Cali y El Dandee, as the fifth single from her second album. In the same month, she was featured alongside
Chelcee Grimes and
Jhay Cortez on "Wild", the song from
Jonas Blue's debut album
Blue, released as a single in February 2019. Stoessel voiced Moxy in the Spanish dubbed version of the animated musical comedy film
UglyDolls, released in May 2019. In May 2019, it was announced that Stoessel had joined the reality talent show
Pequeños Gigantes Argentina as a judge. The collaboration between Stoessel and
Greeicy titled "22" was released on 3 May 2019 as the first single from Stoessel's third album. The song peaked at number eight on
Argentina Hot 100 and became Stoessel's first top-ten single on the chart. On 14 June 2019, Stoessel was featured on "Sad Song", a collaboration with Swedish DJ
Alesso. On 26 July 2019, Stoessel released "Suéltate el Pelo" as the second single from her third album, as well as part of promotion for
Pantene. On 6 September 2019, Stoessel released "Fresa", a collaboration with Colombian singer
Lalo Ebratt, as the third single from her third album. The song peaked at number three on
Argentina Hot 100, becoming Stoessel's first top-five single on the chart. On 11 October 2019, Stoessel released "Oye", a duet with
Sebastián Yatra, as the fourth single from her third album. The song debuted at number three on
Argentina Hot 100, becoming Stoessel's second top-five single on the chart in a row. in
Punta del Este The collaboration between Stoessel and Colombian producer
Ovy on the Drums titled "Ya No Me Llames" was released on 25 March 2020. In May 2020, Stoessel released, in collaboration with
YouTube, a two-part docuseries titled
Tini Quiero Volver Tour. It shows behind the scenes and concert footage from Stoessel's
Quiero Volver Tour, and follows her professional life during the tour. The series debuted on 22 May 2020. 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. On 15 July 2020, Stoessel appeared alongside fellow trap artist
Khea on "
Ella Dice", the sixth single from her third album. The song peaked at number four on
Argentina Hot 100, becoming Stoessel's third top-five single on the chart. On 3 September 2020, Stoessel appeared alongside
Lola Índigo on the remix of
María Becerra's song titled "High". The remix peaked at number two on
Argentina Hot 100, becoming Stoessel's fourth top-five single on the chart. On 24 September 2020, Stoessel released "Duele", featuring trap artist John C, as the seventh single from her third album. The song peaked at number ten on
Argentina Hot 100, becoming Stoessel's sixth top-ten single on the chart. In October 2020, Stoessel served as a key advisor on the
Spanish version of
The Voice for its seventh season. On 29 October 2020, Stoessel appeared alongside
Alejandro Sanz on "Un Beso en Madrid", the eighth single from her third album. On 16 November 2020, Stoessel announced that her third album would be titled
Tini Tini Tini and it would be released on 3 December 2020. Stoessel made history, having received a
double diamond certification for the album. The album was also listed at Top 5 Most Listened To Albums Worldwide on Spotify Charts. The day of the album's release, Stoessel released "Te Olvidaré" as the ninth single. On 6 December 2020, Stoessel performed in a livestream concert titled "Tini Tini Tini Live", in collaboration with
Claro, where she sang various songs from her third album. It was also reported that Stoessel would star alongside
Sebastián Yatra in a
Disney+ streaming television series titled
It Was Always Me. On 24 December 2020, it was announced that Stoessel and Yatra have left the series pre-production, with their respective roles being taken over by
Karol Sevilla and Pipe Bueno.
2021–2023: Cupido In early 2021, Tini signed with
Sony Music Latin. "
Miénteme", a collaboration with
María Becerra, was released on 29 April 2021 as the lead single from Tini's fourth studio album. The second collaboration between both artists, following the remix of Becerra's single "High", it debuted at number 75 on the
Argentina Hot 100. The song went viral on streaming services and reached the summit the following week, marking the biggest jump to the top spot in the chart's history. It became Tini's first number-one in Argentina and spent six consecutive weeks atop the chart. "Miénteme" also debuted on the
Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US charts at numbers 65 and 62, making her and Becerra the first Argentine female artists to appear on both charts. The song was eventually certified diamond in Argentina, seven-times platinum in Spain, and quadruple platinum in Colombia and Mexico. It became 2021's most-streamed song in Argentina, most-consumed song in the country by a native artist, and fourth-most-watched music video by an Argentine act; Tini was the fifth-most-streamed Argentine artist that year. In June 2021, she appeared alongside rapper
Duki on the remix of musical duo
MYA's song "2:50"; it peaked at number three on the Argentina Hot 100. Tini teamed up with Spanish singers
Lola Índigo and
Belinda on "La Niña de la Escuela", released on 2 July 2021 as the seventh single from the Índigo's album
La Niña. The song reached number nine in Spain. Her next collaboration was "
Maldita Foto" with Colombian singer
Manuel Turizo, released in August as the second single from her fourth album. The song peaked within the top 15 in Argentina and on the US
Latin Pop Airplay chart. On 1 October 2021, Tini and Venezuelan singer
Danny Ocean released the song "Tú No Me Conoces". On 30 October 2021, she held a one-off concert at the
Costanera de Posadas in
Posadas, with Lola Índigo and rapper
Khea as guests; it was attended by over 100,000 people, breaking the record for the biggest audience for a ticketed concert by a woman in Argentina. It bolstered an economic movement of over 34 million
Argentine pesos for the province. On 11 November 2021, Tini released "
Bar", a collaboration with rapper
L-Gante, as the third single from her fourth album. "Bar" reached number one on the Argentina Hot 100 and spent seven consecutive weeks atop the chart, becoming her second and longest-running number-one in Argentina. Tini contributed to the soundtrack of the animated film
Koati with a song titled "Vueltas en Tu Mente", released on 26 November 2021. She told
Glamour Mexico that her fourth studio effort would comprise several collaborations, and experiment with various musical genres and elements. She also revealed that she had filmed a Chinese period drama film titled
The Diary, directed by
Jackie Chan, and that its release was delayed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. Production for
The Diary concluded in 2018; the release was previously slated for 2020. On 9 December 2021, Tini released the song "Aquí Estoy" as a collaboration with
Pantene; its music video featured the winners of an
online challenge titled after the single and coincided with her promotional livestream concert, the Aquí Estoy Show. On 17 February 2022, she released "Fantasi", a collaboration with singer Beéle, as the fourth single from her fourth album. The song peaked at number six in Argentina. On 5 May 2022, Tini released "
La Triple T", the fifth single off her fourth album. The song reached number one on the Argentine Hot 100, following its debut at number 53—logging the second-biggest jump to the top spot in chart history, after her own "Miénteme". Topping the chart for five consecutive weeks, it became her third number-one single in Argentina and her first as a solo act. On 19 May, Tini released "Carne y Hueso" as the sixth single from her upcoming album. The song reached the top 15 in Argentina. In support of
Tini Tini Tini and her forthcoming album, she embarked on the
Tini Tour, which started on 20 May 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and ended on 5 November 2023 in Los Angeles,
California. It was Tini's first tour to visit the United States. The tour helped her become the first female act in history to sell out and perform six shows at the Hipódromo Argentino. The tour was preceded by a series of music festival concerts by Tini in Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia. Two shows from the concert cycle—the 28 May and 23 December 2022 shows at
Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo and
Campo Argentino de Polo in Buenos Aires—were broadcast and released as concert films on
Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in other regions. The former marked the first-ever performance to be aired live by Disney for Latin America and the United States simultaneously. It peaked at number 23 on the US Latin Pop Airplay chart. 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. Both songs debuted and peaked at number seven in Argentina. "La Loto" became Tini's first top-ten entry on the US Latin Pop Airplay chart, peaking at number eight. She was featured on the song "Un Reel" from
Ozuna's album
Ozutochi, released on 7 October 2022. On 14 October 2022, Tini appeared alongside María Becerra,
Greeicy, and
Becky G on a remix of
Elena Rose's song "La Ducha". 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. 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. Peaking at number three in Argentina, the song was also featured on Aoki's album
Hiroquest 2: Double Helix (2023). On 26 January, she announced her fourth studio album, and first with Sony Music Latin,
Cupido, on the Spanish talk show
El Hormiguero. 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. It peaked within the top 15 on
Billboard Latin Pop Airplay. On 14 February, Tini released
Cupidos title track as the tenth and final single off the parent album. The song reached number three in Argentina. It also became her best-performing song on the
Billboard Global 200 Excl. US chart, peaking at number thirty-two; and reached the top seventy of the Global 200.
Cupido was released on 16 February 2023. Primarily a
cumbia and
urbano record, it fuses elements of
reggaeton and
electronica. The album was well received by critics; 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". Additionally, it debuted at number eight and forty-five on the
Billboard Latin Pop Albums and
Top Latin Albums charts in the US, with 2,000 album-equivalent units. This feat made Tini the first Argentine act since
Miguel Caló in 2016; and the first Argentine woman since
Soledad Pastorutti in 2014 to debut an album in the top ten of the former chart. The tracks "Te Pido" and "Las Jordans" charted within the top 60 in Argentina.
Cupido and its title track were certified triple and quadruple platinum (
Latin) in the US by the
RIAA in August 2025. The album was certified diamond in Argentina, triple-platinum in Colombia and Peru, and platinum in Chile, Mexico, and Spain in 2024. Following the release of
Cupido, Tini released a string of collaborations throughout 2023. The first of these, "Me Enteré" with
Tiago PZK, was released on 18 May 2023. Their second collaboration, after "El Último Beso" (2022), it reached number six in Argentina. On 8 September 2023, Tini appeared as a guest performer during Lola Índigo's concert at
Plaza Mayor in
Valladolid, Spain. She then appeared alongside rapper BM in producer
Big One's "Lágrimas", released on 10 October. Peaking at number six, it marked her 17th top-ten in Argentina. Tini's final release of 2023 was "
La Original" with
Emilia, released on 2 November as the fifth single from the latter's second studio album,
.MP3. The song debuted at number one on the Argentina Hot 100 and topped the chart for seven weeks, marking Tini's fourth leader and tying "Bar" as her longest-running chart-topper. "La Original" peaked at number three on the
Billboard US Latin Pop Airplay, becoming her highest-peaking song on the chart.
2024–present: Un Mechón de Pelo, Breakdown, and sixth studio album 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. She told
El Diario La Prensa in November 2023 that the new material was "different" from her past work and originated from her personal struggles, delivering the message that "it is never too late to speak". Tini's fifth studio album,
Un Mechón de Pelo, was released on 11 April 2024. It is her first album with no collaborations. Described by
Billboard as her "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. Primarily an
alternative pop and
spoken word record, the album experiments with
minimal music, pop rock,
contemporary R&B, and electronica, featuring elements of
storytelling; it is a sonic departure from the urbano and cumbia-dominated sound of its predecessor
Cupido. Tini had another album "almost ready" but shelved it in late 2023 in favour of
Un Mechón de Pelo, which she majorly conceived during the Tini Tour. Developed and recorded within six months, it was described as the "quickest album of her career". The opening track "
Pa" was released on 1 April 2024 as the album's lead single and peaked at number one in Argentina, marking Tini's fifth chart-topper. It was followed by "
Posta" and "
Buenos Aires" as subsequent singles on 4 and 9 April; the latter reached number eight in Argentina. She conducted a series of five concerts from 27 April to 3 May, to promote
Un Mechón de Pelo, at the
Hurlingham Club in Buenos Aires. Two specials based on the concerts and the album were released; one aired on
Flow—and was released via its streaming service—on 6 May, while the other was released on Disney+ and Star+ on 10 May. On 30 May, "Agua" featuring Tini was released as the final single from the duo
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso's album
Baño María; the song won them Collaboration of the Year at the
27th Annual Gardel Awards. On 31 July, Tini released the live album
Un Mechón de Pelo (En Vivo), recorded during her Hurlingham Club concerts. On 23 August, "
We Pray" featuring
Little Simz,
Burna Boy,
Elyanna, and Tini was released as the second single from the
Coldplay album
Moon Music (2024); an alternative version featuring her vocals in Spanish was released on 6 September. On 29 August, she and the song's other featured artists joined Coldplay onstage at their
Croke Park show in
Dublin to perform the track. A special based on the performance and focused on Tini and Coldplay as collaborators was released on 11 September on Flow. "We Pray" marked Tini's first appearance on multiple international charts; it reached the top 40 in various European regions, and the top 20 on the
UK singles chart and
Billboards US
Adult Pop Airplay and
Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts. It became her highest-charting song on the Global 200, peaking at number 50, and her first chart entry on the US
Billboard Hot 100 and
Canadian Hot 100, reaching numbers 87 and 92, respectively. She became the first Argentine female artist to appear on the Hot 100 in the chart's history. on
Today, and at an exclusive
Sirius XM concert, becoming the first Argentine female musician to perform on mainstream American television and radio. 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". Tini's first release of 2025 was "Lo Que Me Causa" with
Milo J. The two debuted the track on 19 January at his
Movistar Arena show in Madrid; it was released on 23 January and reached the top 40 in Argentina. In March, she appeared alongside
Emilia and
Nicki Nicole on "
Blackout", which topped the Argentina Hot 100 for two weeks as her sixth number-one. On 6 May 2025, Tini appeared alongside electropop band
Miranda! on "Me Gusta", the final single from their album
Nuevo Hotel Miranda!., it debuted at number eight in Argentina. On 16 May, she was featured on Canadian musician
JP Saxe's "Strangers", the lead single from his extended play
Make Yourself At Home. Tini made a surprise appearance at
Lola Índigo's
Metropolitano Stadium concert in Madrid on 14 June. On 26 and 27 July, she appeared as a guest and performed "We Pray" alongside Coldplay—at
Hard Rock Stadium—on the Miami shows of their tour. Tini starred in the leading role in the mystery drama miniseries
Breakdown, opposite
Jorge López and
Martín Barba, which premiered on 15 August 2025 on Disney+. She played Miranda Senguinetti, a pianist who, in an attempt to trace and learn about her biological family and background, infiltrates a criminal organization. The Argentine-Mexican production marked her first live-action acting role in over nine years. In September, she appeared on "Hasta Que Me Enamoro" with
María Becerra, their third collaboration, which reached number three in Argentina. Tini conducted her own nine-date music festival Futttura, from 25 October to 16 November, in Buenos Aires. It was preceded by a free open-air concert in Buenos Aires on 3 April 2025. The show on 8 November 2025 was livestreamed and later released on Disney+ as
Tini en Vivo: Futttura. The festival was succeeded by the
Futttura Tour, comprising 27 shows across Latin America and Spain from February 2026 to January 2027. In December 2025, Tini appeared at Becerra's and Miranda!'s concerts at the
Estadio Monumental and the
Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, and performed her collaborations with them. In March 2026, Tini appeared alongside the Mexican musical group
Los Ángeles Azules on the reworked version of
Ricky Martin's 1998 song "
Vuelve". Her sixth studio album is slated for release in 2026. The lead single, "El Cielo", was released on 5 December 2024, debuting at number five on the Argentina Hot 100. Tini and Beéle released "Universidad", their second collaboration and the second single from the album, on 19 June 2025; it also reached the top five. The subsequent singles followed through the rest of 2025: "De Papel" in August, "Una Noche Más" and "Down" in October, and "36 Vidas" in December. On 19 March 2026, Tini released "Dos Amantes", a collaboration with Ulises Bueno, as the seventh single from the album. == Artistry ==