Sofía Reyes

Occupation(s)Years active2011–presentLabelsWarner Music LatinaWebsitesofiareyes.com

Úrsula Sofía Reyes Piñeyro (born 25 September 1995) is a Mexican singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in 2018 with her song "1,2,3", which featured Jason Derulo and De La Ghetto. In 2019, she released the song "R.I.P." with Brazilian singer Anitta and British singer Rita Ora. For "R.I.P.", Reyes won a Latin American Music Award and a LOS40 Music Award.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Reyes was born in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, and started singing and playing piano when she was ten.^[1] She began uploading videos of herself covering songs on YouTube two years later. Her videos managed to capture the interest of many, including Latin American singer Prince Royce, who went on to sign Reyes with his then newly created music label D'León Records at the age of 12. As the first ever singer to be signed to the label which Royce created in partnership with Warner Music Latina in order to "support other young talent in their development", Reyes launched her debut single "Now Forever", featuring American rapper Khleo Thomas in 2013.^[2]

Reyes collaborated with Puerto Rican singer Wisin and German producer Toby Gad to co-write the single "Muévelo", which was released in August 2014.^[3] Her subsequent single "Conmigo (Rest of Your Life)" was launched the following year. The music video for the latter song sees American singer/actor Kendall Schmidt of Big Time Rush and Heffron Drive making an appearance as Reyes' love interest on a secluded beach.^[4] In early 2016, Sofia released her third single "Solo Yo", a heartfelt ballad and her first singing collaboration with mentor Prince Royce. Both are featured in the official music video.^[5] She released a song called "1, 2, 3" along with Jason Derulo and De la Ghetto. In March 2019, Sofia released the song "R.I.P.", featuring Rita Ora and Anitta. In May 2019, Spanish singer Beret released a duet version of his song "Lo siento" (English: I'm sorry) featuring Reyes.^[6][7]

On 6 March 2020, Reyes collaborated with American singer-songwriter Lauv, for the song "El Tejano" off Lauv's debut album, How I'm Feeling. On 19 May, the music video was released for the song, featuring Reyes singing on stage at a Mexican restaurant.^{[citation needed]} On 26 April 2020, she collaborated with Michael Bublé and the Barenaked Ladies on "Gotta Be Patient" by Stay Homas featuring Judit Nedderman, for the Canadian benefit concert Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble in support of Food Banks Canada, healthcare and front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in memory of the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks.^[8] On 12 May 2023, Reyes released the single "How You Samba" alongside Kris Kross Amsterdam and British rapper Tinie Tempah.^[9]

Discography

• Louder! (2017)
• Mal de Amores (2022)
• Milamores (2023)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2015	Premios Juventud	Revelación Juvenil	Sofía Reyes	Nominated
2016	Premio Lo Nuestro	New Artist of the Year		Nominated
2017	Latin Grammy Award	Best New Artist		Nominated
	MTV Millennial Awards	Instacrush		Nominated
		Best New Artist		Nominated
		Pop explosion of the year		Won
	MTV Europe Music Award	Best Latin America North Act		Nominated
2018				Nominated
	Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards	National Artist		Nominated
		Chico y Chica Trendy		Nominated
		Favorit Hit	"1 , 2, 3"	Nominated
	Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards	Favorit Hit		Nominated
2019	Latin American Music Awards	Favorite Video	"R.I.P."	Won
	LOS40 Music Awards	Video Of The Year Award		Won
	Premios Juventud	Sick Dance Routine (Best Choreography)		Nominated
	MTV Millennial Awards	Music-Ship of the Year		Nominated

References

External links

• Official website
• Sofía Reyes at IMDb