22 Facts About Mon Laferte

Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte was born on 2 May 1983 and better known as Mon Laferte, is a Chilean and Mexican musician, singer, songwriter and painter.

Mon Laferte's accolades include five Latin Grammy Awards, a Musa Award, three Telehit Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards, four MTV MIAW Awards, and three Grammy Awards nominations.

Mon Laferte grew up with her mother Myriam Mon Laferte Herrera, her maternal grandmother Norma, and her younger sister Solange, in their hometown of Vina del Mar, Chile.

Mon Laferte was given a guitar, on which she first began to compose her own songs.

On November 30,2022, after living and working in Mexico for more than 15 years, Mon Laferte was granted Mexican citizenship.

Mon Laferte became part of the Clan Rojo and was on the television series for four seasons.

In 2007, Mon Laferte decided to start a new chapter in her musical career by moving from Chile to Mexico City, where she began singing in nightclubs and recording cover songs.

Around the time of her battle with cancer, she abandoned her original stage name and introduced the world to Mon Laferte, expressing that the name represented a new beginning for her:.

Mon Laferte decided to scrap the album she was recording in 2009, and returned two years later with her second studio album, titled Desechable.

Mon Laferte received media attention in 2015 with her single "Tu falta de querer" from the album Mon Laferte, Vol.

Mon Laferte released her fifth album La Trenza, her most acclaimed album to date, in 2017.

In February 2019, Mon Laferte received her first nomination at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in the Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year category, Female.

On 14 November 2019, Mon Laferte made headlines with her act of political protest, exposing her breasts at the Latin Grammys to display the message "En Chile Torturan Violan y Matan" on her bare chest.

On 19 November 2019, Mon Laferte was interviewed by Patricia Janiot from Univision.

In that interview, Mon Laferte justified the looting and burning of numerous supermarkets and other buildings by saying that "they were only material goods".

On 30 November 2019, Mon Laferte was subpoenaed by Chilean prosecutors to give a statement regarding the evidence she may or may not have to support her accusation that Chilean police and armed forces actively participated in the burning of subway stations.

In 2021, Mon Laferte contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Nothing Else Matters" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist.

Mon Laferte commented she has painted for ten years as a self-taught artist with some lessons from her father, a painter himself.

Mon Laferte took the opportunity to sing "Cancion sin miedo" by the Mexican singer Vivir Quintana, provoking the admiration of the public.

Mon Laferte resided briefly in Los Angeles, CA in 2021.

Mon Laferte's husband is musician, Joel Orta, who is a guitarist for the Mexican rock band, Celofan.

Mon Laferte is a feminist and an LGBTQ+ rights activist.