Aitana Ocaña Morales (born 27 June 1999), known mononymously as Aitana, is a Spanish singer and songwriter.
Aitana Ocaña Morales was born in Barcelona on June 27, 1999, as the only child of Cosme Ocaña and Belén Morales.
She grew up in the municipality of Viladecans before moving to Sant Climent de Llobregat at age nine.
2014
In 2014, Aitana began to share cover versions of popular songs on YouTube.
That year, she released her first original songs.
2017
She first gained national recognition in 2017, placing as the runner-up in the revival series of the Spanish reality television talent competition Operación Triunfo.
While competing on the show, Aitana recorded the single "Lo Malo" with fellow contestant Ana Guerra.
The song became an instant hit in Spain, debuting at number-one and holding the spot for several weeks.
Following the competition, Aitana signed a 360º record deal with Universal Music and released her debut solo single "Teléfono" to commercial success and streaming-breaking records.
In 2017, she completed bachillerato and was admitted to study design at university the following year.
After taking selectividad, she visited Ciudad Universitaria in Madrid, where the auditions for Operación Triunfo were being held.
After auditioning, she was selected for series nine of the competition.
In October 2017, Aitana entered musical reality show contest Operación Triunfo.
After over three months it ended with her as the show's runner-up.
2018
During her participation in the contest, she competed to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with two songs: "Arde", which she performed solo, and "Lo malo", composed by Brisa Fenoy and performed as a duet with Ana Guerra.
The former song ended in second place and the latter finished third in the selection.
Even though "Lo malo" hadn't been selected by the public to represent the country, it became an instant hit in Spain, topping the charts for five non-consecutive weeks and being certified 5× platinum.
A remix of the song featuring Greeicy and Tini was released in August 2018.
Aitana embarked on a co-headlining tour with her Operación Triunfo mates from March to December 2018.
The tour consisted of 23 dates and was attended by almost 300,000 people.
In July, the singer released her first solo single "Teléfono" which received mixed reviews.
The song became her first number-one solo song in Spain.
It topped the charts for six consecutive weeks and was certified four times platinum.
Its music video became the most watched video on its first twenty-four hours on YouTube's Vevo channel in Spain.
"Teléfono" was included in her debut extended play, Tráiler, which she released on November 30, 2018.
The EP features six original songs, of which one is a collaboration with the Venezuelan-American singer Lele Pons.
A week after, "Vas a Quedarte" was released as the EP's second single.
2019
Her debut studio album, Spoiler, was released in 2019 and received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album.
The song was performed at the 2019 Premios Lo Nuestro in Miami.
Written alongside Colombian band Morat, it became her third number-one hit in Spain and was nominated for Best Spanish Song at the 2019 LOS40 Music Awards.
She also released an illustrated book, became an ambassador for Stradivarius, took part of a Coca-Cola Christmas campaign, did a cameo in Skam España and presented Bad Bunny alongside Pons at the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
Aitana began teasing her debut studio album in March 2019 which was intended to be a new EP that would be the second of a trilogy.
That same month, the singer announced that she would be embarking on an intimate promotional concert tour the month after produced by Los40.
2020
Its accompanying concert tour visited many indoor arenas in Spain and was taped for the video album Play Tour: En Directo. In late 2020 she released her sophomore album 11 Razones.
It spawned the top five singles "+ (Más)" featuring Cali y El Dandee and "Corazón Sin Vida" featuring Sebastián Yatra.
Aitana ventured into acting in the Disney+ original series La Última (2022), for which she also recorded the soundtrack.
She later explored electropop with her 2023 release Alpha, featuring the singles "Los Ángeles" and "Las Babys".
Dubbed as the "Spanish Princess of Pop", throughout her career, Aitana has accumulated four number one songs in her home country: "Lo Malo", "Teléfono", "Vas a Quedarte" and "Mon Amour".
She has also been honored with a Premio Ondas, two Premios Odeón, five LOS40 Music Awards, a Radio Disney Music Award, an MTV Europe Music Award, and a Kids' Choice Award, among many others.
She has also received two nominations at the Latin Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and has been an assessor on season six of La Voz Kids in 2021, and a coach on seasons seven and eight in 2022 and 2023.
