Boy Pablo (stylized as boy pablo) (born 29 November 1998) is the

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music project of Norwegian singer songwriter Nicolas Muñoz. Muñoz writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. Boy Pablo's live band currently consists of Nicolás Muñoz (guitar, vocals), Gabriel Muñoz (lead guitar), Judah Kubendran (bass guitar) and Esteban Muñoz (drums). Boy Pablo gained attention in late 2017 after the music video for the song "Everytime" gained international popularity on

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EPs ''Roy Pablo'' (2017) and ''Soy Pablo'' (2018) were released under Boy Pablo's own independent label 777 Music. His debut studio album, ''Wachito Rico'' was released in October 2020. Out of nominations for five Spellemann Awards, Boy Pablo has won one, and has additionally been nominated for three ''GAFFA'' Awards and one

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award, having won the latter.

Early life

Nicolás Pablo Rivera Muñoz (born 29 November 1998) was born and raised in

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after his Chilean parents immigrated to Norway in the 1980s. Born into a musical family as the youngest child, his father and brother were both multi-instrumentalists and helped teach him how to play guitar, drums, bass guitar and piano. He attended secondary school at Kongshaug Upper Secondary School of Music, a music boarding school in nearby Os. He and his parents moved to

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when he started secondary school, two years prior to January 2017. "6 January 2017 ..For to år sidan flytta han til Os med foreldra. ..Vi flytta til Os då eg skulle starta på Kongshaug Musikkgymnas."

History

2015–2016: Career beginnings

Muñoz began the "Boy Pablo" project in December 2015, and released his debut single "Flowers" in January 2016. He played his first-ever gig as a warm-up band for Tellef Raabe (brother of Norwegian singer Sigrid) at Hulen in April 2016. In September 2016, he performed as part of the Vill Vill Vest festival in Bergen. Boy Pablo gained immense national popularity after receiving a Bergenfest scholarship of 35 thousand kroner in November 2016. Alongside this scholarship, he additionally won his own headlining gig as well as a performance at the 2017 Bergenfest.

2017–2019: ''Roy Pablo'' and ''Soy Pablo''

Muñoz further gained international popularity in 2017 with the song and

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for "Everytime", originally uploaded to

in May 2017. Within a few weeks, the video had received millions of views, with Muñoz significantly expanding his fanbase. Boy Pablo released the 6-song EP, ''Roy Pablo'', in May 2017, which includes "Everytime". In August 2017, Boy Pablo opened as a supporting act for American band Beach Fossils at Red Bull Sound Select in Oslo. Boy Pablo released the single "Losing You" in March 2018,Jagota, Vrinda (26 March 2018)
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'' Pigeons & Planes'' (in English) and embarked on a sold out thirty-nine date headlining world tour of United States, Europe and Asia. On 5 October 2018 Boy Pablo released his second EP, ''Soy Pablo''. The EP received critical acclaim and was successful commercially in Norway, topping the national

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albums chart. The EP additionally landed in the top 10 of year-end critics lists from

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, placing at Nos. 9 and 4 respectively. At the 2018

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(also referred to as Norwegian Grammy Awards), Boy Pablo was awarded with the award for Breakthrough of the Year which additionally gave him the Gramo scholarship of 250.000 kroner. At the same ceremony he was nominated in the categories of Best International Success, and Indie/Alternative of the Year for ''Soy Pablo''. At the 2018 P3 Gull Awards, Boy Pablo also won Årets Nykommer. In January 2019, Boy Pablo was the only Norwegian artist to perform at the

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, U.S. in that year. At the 2019

(also referred to as Norwegian Grammy Awards), Boy Pablo was nominated for Best International Success for the second consecutive year in addition to Årets Musikkvideo ("Losing You").

2020: ''Wachito Rico''

In May 2020, Boy Pablo announced the release of his debut studio album, ''Wachito Rico''; the title is a Chilean expression and means "handsome boy." The album's singles are "Hey Girl", "Honey" and "Rest Up". With the release of the latter single, Boy Pablo announced his second-ever headlining world tour to support ''Wachito Rico'', which kicked off in the UK in March 2021.

Live band

Current live band *Nicolas Pablo Rivera Muñoz – rhythm guitar, vocals *Gabriel Muñoz – lead guitar *Esteban Muñoz – drums *Judah Kubendran – bass Former live band *Eric Tryland – keyboard, backing vocals *Henrik Åmdal – bass guitar *Sigmund Vestrheim – drums *Amund Valde - keyboard

Artistry

Muñoz cites

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track,"Everytime" (2017), which gained popularity through the YouTube

has drawn comparisons to that of American singer

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Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Other certified singles

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boy Pablo 1998 births Living people Norwegian indie pop groups Norwegian people of Chilean descent Musicians from Bergen Bedroom pop musicians Musicians from Os, Hordaland