Cristián Stambuk better known by his stage name Koko, is a Chilean

Chilean people

Chilean people, or simply Chileans, are the native citizens and long-term immigrants of Chile. Chileans are mainly of Spanish and Amerindian descent, with small but significant traces of 19th and 20th century European immigrant origin...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and producer, known for being the singer of the band Glup!

Glup!

Glup! was a Chilean rock-pop band active in the period 1996-2003. In 1999 the band performed at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, coming soon afterwards into mainstream popularity in Chile due to their adolescent lyrics and sticky melodies. Freebola, released in 1999, was the groups...

 and producing artists like Kudai

Kudai

Kudai was a Latin Grammy Award-Nominated Chilean pop group was founded in Santiago, Chile. Its original members were Tomás Cañas Manzi, Pablo Holman Concha, Nicole Natalino and Bárbara Sepúlveda Labra. In 2006 Nicole Natalino left the group citing personal reasons, and was replaced by Ecuadorian...

, Luis Fonsi

Luis Fonsi

Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...

, Reik

Reik

Reik is a Latin Grammy-winning Mexican band from Mexicali, Baja California formed by Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas , Julio Ramírez Eguía , and Gilberto Marín Espinoza...

 and Denise Rosenthal

Denise Rosenthal

Denise Rosenthal is a Chilean actress, singer, songwriter, and model who became famous as one of the young protagonists in the Chilean television series Amango, which aired on Canal 13 during 2007 and 2008...

 amog others.

Career

Koko began his career on 1996 being the lead man and songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 of the Chilean band Glup!

Glup!

Glup! was a Chilean rock-pop band active in the period 1996-2003. In 1999 the band performed at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, coming soon afterwards into mainstream popularity in Chile due to their adolescent lyrics and sticky melodies. Freebola, released in 1999, was the groups...

 until 2002. After the split off of Glup!, Koko participated on the soundtracks of En la Cama

En la cama

En la cama is a 2005 Chilean film directed by Matías Bize and starring Blanca Lewin and Gonzalo Valenzuela. The movie is filmed entirely in a motel room, where two young singles, Bruno and Daniela, end up after meeting at a party in Santiago. A simple one-night stand turns into a passionate night...

, Cesante and Los Debutantes

Los Debutantes

Los Debutantes is a 2003 Chilean film directed by Andres Waissbluth and starring Antonella Rios and Alejandro Trejo. It tells the story of two brothers from a small town, played by Nestor Castillana and Juan Pablo Miranda, who move to Santiago and visit a nightclub to celebrate the younger...

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Along with Cristian Heyne

Cristian Heyne

Cristian Heyne is a Chilean composer and producer, and formally a journalist. Initially he we was the leader of alternative rock band Christianes, and later of the experimental unit Shogún. Then he started to focus on making music for another artists, and made several hits in the Chilean pop scene...

 formed the successful pop groups Supernova, Amango, CRZ, Kel, Six Pack, Stereo 3, Denise Rosenthal

Denise Rosenthal

Denise Rosenthal is a Chilean actress, singer, songwriter, and model who became famous as one of the young protagonists in the Chilean television series Amango, which aired on Canal 13 during 2007 and 2008...

 and Guffi. In 2006 formed part of the creation of the first virtual band Frijoles along with Luis Tata Bigorra (former Los Tetas

Los Tetas

Los Tetas was a Chilean Funk band formed in 1995 by four musicians: Pepino , Rulo , C-Funk and Tea Time ....

) and Chico Claudio.

In addition to overseeing recordings for artist like Luis Fonsi

Luis Fonsi

Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...

 and Reik

Reik

Reik is a Latin Grammy-winning Mexican band from Mexicali, Baja California formed by Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas , Julio Ramírez Eguía , and Gilberto Marín Espinoza...

 in 2009 released his first studio album called Valiente for this work in 2010 was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist

Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist

The Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists, nationally and internationally...

, but lost against Alex Cuba

Alex Cuba

Alexis Puentes , better known by his stage name Alex Cuba, is a Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter who sings in Spanish and English. He has won two Juno Awards for World Music Album of the Year: in 2006 for Humo De Tabaco, and in 2008 for his second album, Agua Del Pozo...

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