Martina Stoessel (born 21 March 1997) is an Argentine singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and model. She began her career by appearing on the Argentine children’s television series Patito Feo (2007). As a teenager, she rose to prominence for her lead role as Violetta Castillo in the Disney Channel Latin America original telenovela, Violetta (2012–2015), and reprised the character in the series’ sequel film Tini: The Movie (2016).

After signing with Hollywood Records, Stoessel released her self-titled debut studio album, Tini (Martina Stoessel) (2016). The album sold over 100,000 copies worldwide in less than two months, and reached No. 1 in Argentina, as well as the top 10 in various European countries. Stoessel’s sophomore studio album, Quiero Volver (2018) with the sound of Latin pop, also topped the Argentine albums chart, becoming her second No. 1 album in the country. The album’s first two singles, which would be Argentine-certified platinum, “Te Quiero Más” and the subsequent song “Por Qué Te Vas”, were Stoessel’s first songs to enter the top 20 on the Argentine Billboard Hot 100. The album also spawned the collaboration “Princesa”, with Karol G, a single which enabled her to break into the Billboard’s US Latin Airplay and US Latin Pop charts.

Stoessel maintained her Latin-pop sound, but she also experimented with new sounds including reggaeton, cumbia and Latin trap on her third studio album, Tini Tini Tini (2020). The record received double diamond certification by the CAPIF for selling more than 500,000 digital copies in Argentina alone. The Tini Tini Tini album spawned her double-platinum single “Fresa”, the AR platinum “Oye” and the gold “Ella Dice”, which were Stoessel’s first singles to debut in the top 5 of the AR Billboard Hot 100. The singles helped her to break the record for most top 5 debuts on the AR Hot 100 chart. Stoessel’s fourth album Cupido (2023) was preceded by the lead single “Miénteme”, which enabled her to score her first No. 1 on the Billboard AR Hot 100. This was followed by “Bar” and “La Triple T”. The singles also charted on the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US, marking Stoessel’s first appearance on the Global 200, and making her the first female Argentine artist to achieve such success.

Stoessel’s accolades include three Gardel Award, seven Quiero Awards, one Nickelodeon Argentina Kids’ Choice Awards, one Nickelodeon Colombia Kids’ Choice Awards, three Bravo Otto Awards, two Martín Fierro Awards, one Los 40 Music Award, three MTV Millennial Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards as well as nominations for the Heat Latin Music Awards, Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards, Latin American Music Awards, and the Urban Music Awards, among others. In 2016, Tini was included on The Hollywood Reporter’s list of 25 Most Powerful Women in Global Television. From 2017 to 2021, she was named Billboard’s Argentine “Artist of The Year” and the top most-streamed Argentine artist on Spotify for each year, consecutively. She became the only artist to ever completely sell out nine consecutive concerts at the Buenos Aires Estadio Luna Park, as well as selling out six consecutive concerts at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo. In 2021, Stoessel was named on ¡Hola!’s list of Top 100 Latina Powerhouse women; from 2019-2022, she was also named one of the 10 most-influential women from Argentina.

Stoessel was born in Buenos Aires, the daughter of Mariana Muzlera and television director and producer Alejandro Stoessel. She has a brother, Francisco, who is one year older than her. Stoessel began her artistic training at a young age studying singing, piano, musical comedy, musical theater, and dance in her native Buenos Aires. Stoessel was educated at two private bilingual schools: Colegio San Marcos and Colegio Martín y Omar de San Isidro.

In 2007, Stoessel had a role in the first season of the popular Argentine children’s telenovela, Patito Feo, as “Martina”, one of Fito Bernardi’s assistants. She also played the role of “Anna” in a flashback episode in the same series. In 2011, Stoessel recorded the Spanish version of the Shannon Saunders’ song, “The Glow”, called “Tu Resplandor”; the song was included on the album, Disney Princess: Fairy Tale Songs. She performed the song at an event for Disney Channel Latin America called Celebratón on 31 December 2011. The song was later released on an album for the series in March 2012.

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 and was also nominated for the U.S. version, the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, in the category “Favorite Latin Artist”.

Stoessel performing at the Juntada Tinista event in Buenos Aires, in May 2014. In 2013, Stoessel and the cast of Violetta embarked on their first concert tour, Violetta en Vivo, of Latin America and Europe, in support of the series and its albums. She appeared on the third Violetta soundtrack album, Hoy somos más, released in June 2013. On 10 August 2013, Stoessel 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”.