Biography

Natalia Beatriz Dora Peluso born 12 January 1990, known professionally as Nathy Peluso, is an Argentine singer, songwriter, dancer and pedagogue. Born in Argentina, and raised in Spain, Peluso became interested in the performing arts at an early age, performing cover songs at musical bars in her teenage years.

While growing up she listened to a variety of artists like Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles, as well as folk artists such as João Gilberto, Ray Barretto or Atahualpa Yupanqui. She has Italian ancestry.

In 2004, at 9 she emigrated to Spain with her family. She first resided in Alicante. At the age of 16, she began to perform at hotels and restaurants in Torrevieja, mainly performing classic songs by Frank Sinatra, Etta James or Nina Simone. As a teenager she began uploading versions to her YouTube channel.

She moved to Murcia shortly after, where she entered the city's local university to study a degree in Audiovisual Communication. After leaving the degree program, she moved to Madrid to study Fine Arts at the King Juan Carlos University. She specialized in Pedagogy of Visual Arts and Dance.

While studying, she worked in the hospitality industry as a waitress at VIPS and Domino's Pizza, among others. After leaving her studies, she moved to Barcelona, where she currently resides. In 2017 she began to dedicate herself completely to music with the release of her first mixtape Esmeralda.

After graduating King Juan Carlos University, Peluso relocated to Barcelona to pursue a professional career in music, with her first  releases, Esmeralda (2017) and La Sandunguera (2018), being confected independently.

Peluso slowly started to become recognized in Spain. After signing Sony Music, Peluso started working on her breakthrough album Calambre (2020), for which she won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.

Distinguished for her theatrical personality onstage, and her fusion of hip hop, soul, and world music, Peluso's popularity expanded after collaborating with Bizarrap on "Nasty Girl", achieving commercial success and social media virality in Latin America. 

She has also collaborated with Christina Aguilera, Karol G, and C. Tangana, with the latter one's duet "Ateo" debuting atop the Spanish charts. Peluso's artistry has been awarded four Premios Gardel and a Latin Grammy Award out of six nominations, including Best New Artist, among many others.