Abraham Mateo Chamorro born 25 August is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. Mateo was only seven when he began winning prizes on television shows and at the age of nine, he was awarded the Revelation Prize at Spain's national music contest for kids.
Mateo's albums have received one Platinum and three Gold certifications in Spain. From onwards, Mateo has embarked on three concert tours across Spain and Latin America, delivering over 80 live shows altogether. He has an older brother, Tony, who also sings and plays music. Mateo was born into a family with musical roots; his maternal grandfather was a tenor soloist with a church choir, his paternal grandfather was a flamenco singer, and his mother sings Boleros and Spanish music.
Mateo's first vocal coach was his mother Susana and he later continued his music education by attending singing lessons. He learned to play flute at age six, piano and keyboard at age eight, and acoustic guitar at age ten, teaching himself how to play by ear. In , at the age of seven, he was awarded with a special mention at the regional music competition for kids in Andalusia , organized by the Teresa Rabal Foundation.
Two years later, he won the revelation award at the national competition. Early , around age ten, he signed a recording contract with EMI Music Spain, releasing in December of the same year his self-titled debut album, Abraham Mateo. Mateo played the younger brother of Mari Luz in the miniseries broadcast by Antena 3 in Spain. After the release of his debut album, he continued covering songs in Spanish, [ 45 ] [ 46 ] Italian, [ 47 ] and English including a duet with Sabrina Carpenter [ 48 ] [ 49 ] and then uploading the videos to YouTube.
A year later, he delivered his sophomore studio album AM. AM debuted at number six on the Spain's albums chart, was listed for 52 weeks and certified Gold by Promusicae. The album's second single, "Girlfriend", written by Charlie Mason , was released early October and debuted within the top fifteen in Spain. The album, titled Who I AM and released in Spain and Latin America in November , is a collection of broken beats, throwback funk vibes, futuristic beats and organic arrangements.
