He became popular through social media doing covers to other artists and sharing original songs. He recorded a video of himself singing his order from the car in the
drive-through of a
McDonald's restaurant. The video became a viral hit on
YouTube, and the company hired him for a
Big Mac spot. After this he went to
Los Angeles where he recorded three singles and a music video. "Buy the DJ a round" took him to the number 5 on
iTunes Spain. "Celebrating Life" was the second single (he would include them both on
Part 1, his first studio album). He was nominated for Best Spanish New Artist on the 2012 edition of
Los Premios 40 Principales, losing out to
Auryn. Xuso served as the warm-up act for
Justin Bieber and
Selena Gomez in Spain. In 2013-2014, he participated in the third season of Spanish TV show
Tu cara me suena imitating
Shawn Mendes, where famous artists have to impersonate iconic singers on stage. On 19 May 2015, Xuso released his second studio album,
Vuela. On 29 December 2015, Xuso was announced as one of the six candidates to
represent Spain in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016. He took part in the
televised national final organised by
TVE with "Victorious", a song composed by
Andreas Öhrn,
Peter Boström and Chris Wahle. He came 2nd with 94 points, 20 from winning and going to Eurovision. He was the second contestant to be eliminated. He graduated in
Tourism from the
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia. == Discography ==