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, Julieta Venegas,

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and Luis Miguel in his last album. His 2005 release, ''Esta Mañana y Otros Cuentos'' went gold in both

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and Mexico, while going double platinum in Spain.Coti Sorokin Returns with Cats and Pigeons
Voy Music, March 8, 2007. Accessed March 26, 2007.

Early career

Coti was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, though he moved to Concordia, Entre Ríos at the age of three. Upon returning to Rosario, he joined the group Luz Mala, which recorded an album. In the late 1990s, he penned songs for

, Julieta Venegas,

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, Diego Torres, and Alejandro Lerner. Striking out on his own, he released his first album, '' Coti,'' in Spain, getting enough air time from the single '' Antes que ver el sol'' to secure him a spot as the opening act for the Spanish stop of

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's 2003 tour,

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. He was a co-writer of songs in Julieta Venegas's

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winning album Sí and Grammy album and Latin Grammy winninghttps://www.grammy.com/nominees/latin/search?artist=coti+sorokin&title=&year=2006&genre=All

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. In 2009, Coti appeared in a music video with

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, former player

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, and Cerezo Osaka respectively.

Discography

* ''Coti (2002) * ''Canciones Para Llevar'' (2004) * ''Esta Mañana y Otros Cuentos'' (2005) * ''Gatos y Palomas'' (2007) * '' Malditas Canciones'' (2009) * ''Lo dije por boca de otro'' (2012) * ''Que Esperas'' (2015) * ''Tanta Magia (En Vivo En El Gran Rex)'' (2015)

References

Official site

Notes

1973 births Living people Argentine male guitarists Argentine male singer-songwriters Argentine people of Russian-Jewish descent Argentine people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Jewish Argentine musicians Singers from Rosario, Santa Fe Universal Music Latin Entertainment artists Latin music songwriters 21st-century Argentine male singers 21st-century guitarists {{guitarist-stub