Vicco
Background information
Birth nameVictòria Riba Muns
Born (1995-03-10) 10 March 1995
Tiana, Catalonia, Spain
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • producer
Years active2015–present

Victòria Riba Muns (Catalan: [bikˈtɔɾi.ə ˈriβə ˈmuns]; born 10 March 1995), known professionally as Vicco (Catalan: [ˈbiku], Spanish: [ˈbiko]), is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and producer.

Early life

Riba grew up in a musical environment, with her mother being a former singer and her father an amateurish bass guitar player, both encouraging her to explore the discipline. She learned how to play the piano and compose at 9 years old. At the age of 11, she began singing, and by age 15, she started to do both at the same time.[1]

Career

Vicco began her musical career at the age of 19.[2] Before becoming a solo artist, she and her sisters formed the music group Carpanta, which sang in celebrations and shared the lyrics on social media networks.[3] She has participated twice in La Marató de TV3 with the song "Qué boig el món" with Carlos Gómez, the singer of Lexu's, in 2014,[4] and with "Llum de la vida" with Mariona Castillo and the Cor Jove de l'Orfeó Català, in 2019.[5]

On 26 October 2022, it was announced that Vicco would participate in Benidorm Fest 2023, which was held to select Spain's candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.[6] She received quite a bit of support in the semi-final and qualified for the final as the second highest-scoring entry of the night.[7] In addition, her proposal Nochentera was the most listened to song on Spotify of all the songs of the edition; at the time, it already had streamed more than one and a half million times,[8] as well as being the most searched on Shazam and the most used on TikTok.[9] Therefore, the Tiana City Council organized the viewing of the final live at Sala Albéniz, in the same municipality.[7] In the end, however, Vicco came third place, with 129 points in the final, behind Blanca Paloma and Agoney.[10] In the months following the contest, the song peaked at number five at the Spanish Singles Chart and obtained a septuple platinum certification by Promusicae.[11]

Discography

EP

  • No Me Atrevo (2020)

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SPA
[12]
"Por las calles" 2020 — Non-album singles
"Un trago de ti" —
"Con mucho gusto" —
"TEDM" —
"Quédate" 2021 —
"Puedes contar conmigo" —
"Autocine" —
"Memoria De Pez" 2022 —
"Nochentera" 5
"Me Muero X Ti" 2023 —
"Todo Me Da Igual" — —
"Pop" — —
"tequiero" (with Abraham Mateo) — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

References

  1. ↑ Domènech, Albert (January 28, 2023). "La nit de Vicco" (in Catalan). La Vanguardia. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ Vila, Arnau (February 2, 2023). "La sorpresa de Vicco abans del 'Benidorm Fest': preciós regal i missatge en català". Principal.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ Sebastià, Josep M. (February 4, 2023). "Una catalana a la gran final del Benidorm Fest d'aquesta nit" (in Catalan). El Món. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Palance, Lexu's i Victòria Riba a La Marató". CCMA. November 11, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  5. ↑ ""Llum de la vida", per Victòria Riba, Mariona Castillo i el Cor Jove de l'Orfeó Català". CCMA. November 11, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Agoney, Alfred García, Meler y Alice Wonder, entre los aspirantes para el 'Benidorm Fest 2023'" (in Catalan). Diario de Navarra. September 8, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  7. 1 2 Comas, Cugat (February 3, 2023). "Del Maresme a Eurovisió: el somni de Vicco a punt de fer-se realitat" (in Catalan). Capgròs. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Vicco, l'única catalana a la final del Benidorm Fest" (in Catalan). La Ciutat. February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  9. ↑ Ramos, Jordi (February 2, 2023). "Vicco, de telonera d'Alejandro Sanz al Benidorm Fest: "La meva actuació no serà normal"" (in Catalan). RAC 1. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Blanca Paloma gana el Benidorm Fest y representará a España en Eurovisión con su flamenco" (in Spanish). Público. February 5, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Single Nochentera - Promusicae - Productores de Música de España". www.promusicae.es. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  12. ↑ "El portal de Música".
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