Spanish singer-songwriter

Álvaro Soler

Álvaro Tauchert Soler is a Spanish-German singer. He rose to prominence across Europe and Latin America with his 2015 hit "El mismo sol", primarily achieving success in Italy, Switzerland and Mexico. A special bilingual Spanish-English version of "El mismo sol", featuring Jennifer Lopez, was also recorded for international release in the United States, in the United Kingdom, and worldwide. His follow up single "Sofia" in 2016 also achieved chart success in European countries, reaching number 1 in Poland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium and Switzerland; and it is the most-viewed video on his YouTube channel.

Born

1991

January 9

Died

Living

Era

1990s

Country

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Álvaro, in brief

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Key dates

1991 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

400 Aelia Eudoxia is officially crowned empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.
475 Verina, the Eastern Roman dowager Empress, instigates a riot in Constantinople and persuades emperor Zeno, her son-in-law, to flee. The Byzantine senate, however, acclaims Basiliscus as emperor and not her lover Patricius.
681 Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
1038 An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimated 32,300.

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The world in 1991

When Álvaro arrived

april 10 Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
april 10 A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.
april 14 The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
april 2 Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on January 9

Ágnes Keleti 1921–2025 Hungarian Olympic gymnast (born 1921) Chad Johnson 1978– American football player Giovanni Papini 1881–1956 Italian journalist, author, and poet (died 1956) Gracie Fields 1898–1979 English actress and singer (died 1979) Halyna Kuzmenko 1897–1978 Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (died 1978) J. K. Simmons 1955– American actor Joely Richardson 1965– English actress John B. Watson 1879–1958 American psychologist and academic (died 1958) Scott Walker 1943–2019 American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2019)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1991

Anne-Marie 1991– English singer-songwriter C. J. Anderson 1991– American football player Dave Leduc 1991– Canadian martial artist Hansika Motwani 1991– Indian actress Jessie Diggins 1991– American cross-country skier Jiang Yuyuan 1991– Chinese gymnast Kawhi Leonard 1991– American basketball player Kelly Olynyk 1991– Canadian basketball player Konrad Hurrell 1991– Tongan rugby league player

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