Abraham Mateo

Mateo has kept his love affairs and dating life personal. As of now, he is single and fully focused on his career.

He considers Michael Jackson as his biggest inspiration. He was once described as a ‘wunderkind that sounds and dances a lot like Michael Jackson’ by Leila Cobo of ‘Billboard.’

He also looks upto Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Ricky Martin, Alejandro Sanz and many others for inspiration.

Abraham Mateo Chamorro was born on 25 August, 1998, in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain, to Antonio Mateo and Susana Chamorro. His father worked as a construction worker and as a security guard at the time of his birth; his mother was a housewife.

Abraham comes from a family of musicians. His mother and older brother, Tony, are both into music.

His maternal grandfather was a fleminco singer and his paternal grandfather was a tenor soloist. He started taking vocal lessons from his mother at the age of three.

He started with a TV talent show called ‘Operación Triunfo.’ By the time he was seven, he was fluent in playing flute and had already started winning prizes for his singing.

By the time he was ten, he also learned to play guitar and the piano efficiently. He was also awarded the prestigious ‘‘Revelation Prize’ for his outstanding performance at a national competition.

He began his career with a children’s TV show, ‘Menuda Noche,’ where he performed for four years. He was praised for his outstanding vocals in the show.

He performed songs by Nina Bravo, Alejandro Sanz, David Bisbal, Miguel Garrado, David Bustamante and many other Latin singers.

In 2009, after the producers of record label ‘EMI Music Span’ discovered his covers on ‘YouTube’ and stage presence on ‘Menuda Noche,’ they approached him to sign a contract with the label. In December 2009, he released his debut album ‘Abraham Mateo.’

The album featured seven tracks which included covers of songs by Raphael, Alejandro Sanz, Laura Pausini, and Luis Fonsi, and a duet with French singer, Carolina Costa. He continued creating covers and uploading them on ‘YouTube’ until 2011, when he released ‘Desde que te fuiste,’ on iTunes.

After four long years, he released his sophomore album titled ‘AM,’ under ‘Sony Music Spain.’ The album exhibited tremendous growth in the musical style of Mateo which was more inclined toward electro pop and dance. The single, ‘Señorita,’ from the album reached at number 3 position on Spain’s ‘Top 50 Singles’ chart and remained there for 40 weeks. It went Gold in Spain.

The other single from the album, ‘Girlfriend,’ debuted within top 15 on Spain’s music chart. The third single, ‘Lánzalo,’ debuted at number two on Spain’s ‘Top 50 Singles’ chart.

In 2013, he performed ‘La puerta hacia el amo’ for the British-Spanish soundtrack of ‘Disney’s movie, ‘Frozen.’ In 2014, he kicked-off his sold -out concert tour around 40 places in Spain. In the same year, he also opened for British boyband ‘One Direction’ in Peru.