Carolina Durante

Carolina Durante is a Spanish rock band formed in 2017 in Madrid composed of Diego Ibáñez, Martín Vallhonrat, Juan Pedrayes and Mario del Valle. The group signed a joint record deal with Sonido Muchacho and released their debut extended play Necromántico in December 2017. Their debut studio album was released in April 2019 and debuted at the second spot of the PROMUSICAE chart.^[1] In 2019, Carolina Durante was the Spanish act that more concerts had offered in that year.^[2]

Carolina Durante
Carolina Durante performing in Zaragoza in 2018
Background information
Origin	Madrid, Spain
Genres	Rock hard rock indie rock
Years active	2017–present
Labels	Sonido Muchacho Universal Music Spain
Members	Diego Ibáñez Martín Vallhonrat Juan Pedrayes Mario del Valle
Website	carolinadurante.bandcamp.com

Background

The band was formed in 2017 in Madrid. The four members chose to name the band like this due to a romantic summer interest Mario del Valle had as a teenager.^[3] Carolina Durante is a real woman who also studied alongside Ibáñez at the religious school Santa María de Yelmo in Chamberí and is now a journalist at the Agencia EFE.^[4]

Career

Carolina Durante signed a joined contract in 2017 with Sonido Muchacho and released their first EP titled Necromático on December 23 which was well received by the critics.^[5] In March 2018 the band released their first hit single 'Cayetano' which caused major controversy due to its explicitly and naming of the main politic parties in Spain. The song earned the band a Premio MIN for 'Song of the Year' and another one for 'Best New Artist.^[6] In November 2018 the band released a more pop track titled 'Perdona (Ahora Sí Que Sí)" alongside Amaia, who won the ninth edition of the very well-known Spanish musical talent competition Operación Triunfo. This one is the one who opened them the doors to a major national popularity.^[7] However, "Perdona" is not an original song but a cover of Marcelo Criminal's.^[8] Thus, the band released their debut studio album, which they called Carolina Durante, on April 26, 2019 and premiered with four secret shows in Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona and Seville. The album debuted at the second position of the PROMUSICAE chart, lasted on it for 25 consecutive weeks and was named the best Spanish album of 2019 by specialized portals like El Cultural.^[9] In May they started a festival tour that visited many festivals like the Benicàssim International Festival, Dcode, Low Festival or Donostia Festibala. In November they started their first solo tour that visited Spain, London and Berlin. They performed at the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid.^[10] In March 2020 the tour stopped due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.^[11]

Discography

Studio albums

• Carolina Durante (2019)
• Cuatro Chavales (2022)

EPs

• Necromático (2017)
• Examiga (2018)
• Del Horno a la Boca (2020)

Singles

• "La noche de los muertos vivientes" (2017)
• "En verano" (2017)
• "Necromántico" (2017)
• "Cayetano" (2018)
• "Niña de hielo" (2018)
• "300 golpes" (2018)
• "El himno titular" (2018)
• "Perdona (ahora sí que sí)" with Amaia (2018)
• "Joder, no sé" (2019)
• "Las canciones de Juanita" (2019)
• "El año" (2019)
• "No tan jóvenes" (2019)
• "La canción que no creo que te mereces" (2020)

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Nominee/work	Result
2019	Premios MIN	Best New Artist	Carolina Durante	Won
		Song of the Year	Cayetano	Won
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Spanish Act	Themselves	Nominated
2020				Nominated

References

1. Música, El portal de, Carolina Durante - Carolina Durante | EPDM, retrieved 2020-04-29
2. García, Sofía Ruiz de Velasco y Beatriz (2019-09-29), Carolina Durante existe, tiene 24 años y asegura que "no hay una historia de amor" detrás del nombre (in Spanish), retrieved 2020-04-29
3. "¿Quién es quién en 'Carolina Durante'? Descubrimos al grupo del que todo el mundo habla". HOLA USA (in Spanish). 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
4. García, Sofía Ruiz de Velasco y Beatriz (2019-09-29), Carolina Durante existe, tiene 24 años y asegura que "no hay una historia de amor" detrás del nombre (in Spanish), retrieved 2020-04-29
5. "Carolina Durante – Sonido Muchacho" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-29.
6. "Morgan arrasan en los Premios MIN y 'Cayetano' se corona como Canción del Año". Tribus Ocultas (in Spanish). 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
7. LOS40 (2019-05-29). "Carolina Durante sobre su colaboración con Amaia: "Era llevar el underground al mainstream"". LOS40 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
8. "La canción del día: Carolina Durante y Amaia Romero se la juegan a Marcelo Criminal en el vídeo de 'Perdona'". jenesaispop.com (in Spanish). 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
9. Sardá, Juan (7 January 2020). "'Carolina Durante', el mejor disco nacional de 2019 | El Cultural" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-29.
10. "Carolina Durante en directo | Cumbre del Clima COP25". YouTube. December 11, 2019. from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
11. "Carolina Durante y J de Los Planetas juntos en una canción". Neo2 Magazine (in European Spanish). 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2020-04-29.