Marco Antonio SolÃÂs Sosa (born 29 December 1959) is a Mexican musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, SolÃÂs began his musical career at the age of six, performing with his cousin Joel SolÃÂs as Los Hermanitos SolÃÂs. In 1975, he co-founded Los Bukis, of which he was the lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. The band split up after nearly two decades of success, with SolÃÂs pursuing a solo career. SolÃÂs released his debut solo album, En Pleno Vuelo, in 1996 by Fonovisa Records.
SolÃÂs has been awarded five Latin Grammy Awards, two Lo Nuestro Awards, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has been inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame. In 2022, SolÃÂs was recognized as Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy.
Marco Antonio SolÃÂs began performing at age six as part of "Los Hermanitos SolÃÂs" with his cousin, Joel SolÃÂs, as well as composing at a young age. In the early-mid 1970s he formed Los Bukis with whom he achieved success in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the United States. As lead singer and chief songwriter of Los Bukis, SolÃÂs became known in the industry for outside writing and producing for popular singers such as Marisela and RocÃÂo Dúrcal. In 1995, after almost 20 years of working with the group, his group members informed him that they wanted to make their own group, Los Mismos, without him. Due to internal conflicts in the group, he agreed. This event is discussed in more detail by Los Bukis members in the 2022 "El Buki" documentary available on Amazon Prime Video. This led him to pursue a solo career.
As a solo artist he has remained popular in his native Mexico as well throughout Latin America and Spain, and the United States with more than thirty entries on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart, including multiple number one hits. He has worked with Olga Tañón, Ana Bárbara, Enrique Iglesias, Chayanne, Marc Anthony and AnaÃÂs, among others. On 5 August 2010, SolÃÂs received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Marco Antonio SolÃÂs appeared as a vocal coach in the third season of La Voz... México and won the competition. He went on tour to promote his album Gracias Por Estar Aqui a few weeks after. His album, "Gracias Por Estar AquÃÂ", was released 22 October 2013 and debuted at number one on Billboards Top Latin Albums chart.
SolÃÂs provided the Spanish-dubbing of Ernesto de la Cruz, the main antagonist of the 2017 Disney-Pixar film Coco.
SolÃÂs returned to BillboardâÂÂs Regional Mexican Airplay chart for the first time in over two decades as "Se VeÃÂa Venir" climbed to No. 1 on the ranking dated October 2, 2021.
|- |rowspan="2"|1996 |rowspan="2"|Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Songwriter of the Year | |- |Producer of the Year | |- |rowspan="2"|1997 |rowspan="2"|Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Songwriter of the Year | |- |Producer of the Year | |- |1998 |Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Songwriter of the Year | |- |rowspan="3"|2000 |rowspan="2"|Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Hot Latin Tracks Artist of the Year | |- |Songwriter of the Year | |- |"Si Te Pudiera Mentir" |Hot Latin Track of the Year | |- |rowspan="3"|2002 |rowspan="2"|Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Hot Latin Tracks Artist of the Year | |- |Songwriter of the Year | |- |"O Me Voy O Te Vas" |Hot Latin Track of the Year | |- |2004 |Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Songwriter of the Year | |- |rowspan="4"|2005 |rowspan="3"|Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Hot Latin Tracks Artist of the Year | |- |Songwriter of the Year | |- |Lifetime Achievement Award | |- |"Más Que Tu Amigo" |Hot Latin Track of the Year | |- |2007 |Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Songwriter of the Year | |- |rowspan="2"|2008 |rowspan="2"|Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Songwriter of the Year | |- |Producer of the Year | |- |2009 |Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Songwriter of the Year | |- |2016 |Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Lifetime Achievement Award |
|- |2000 |Marco Antonio SolÃÂs |Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame |
The Latin American Music Awards are the Spanish-language version of the American Music Awards hosted on U.S. Spanish-language television network, Telemundo.
|- | 2015 | Marco Antonio SolÃÂs | Favorite Male Artist â Pop/Rock | |-
The Latin Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences in the United States. SolÃÂs has received five awards from nine nominations.
|- | 2002 | Más de Mi Alma | Best Male Pop Vocal Album | |- | 2004 | "Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio" | Best Regional Mexican Song | |- | 2005 | Razón de Sobra | Best Male Pop Vocal Album | |- | rowspan="2" scope="row"|2009 | "No Molestar" | Best Regional Mexican Song | |- | No Molestar | Best Grupero Album | |- | rowspan="3" scope="row"| 2011 | "Tú Me Vuelves Loco" | Best Regional Mexican Song | |- | En Total Plenitud | Best Male Pop Vocal Album | |- | "A Dónde Vamos a Parar" | Song of the Year | |- | 2014 | "De Mil Amores" | Best Regional Mexican Song |
<sup></sup> Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.
The Lo Nuestro Awards are awarded annually by the television network Univision in the United States. SolÃÂs has received two awards from thirteen nominations.
|- | 1994 | Inalcanzable |rowspan="2" scope="row"| Pop Album of the Year | |- |rowspan="2" scope="row"| 1996 | Por Amor a Mi Pueblo | |- |Himself |Excellence Award | |- |rowspan="2" scope="row"| 1997 | Marco Antonio SolÃÂs (himself) | Pop Male Artist of the Year | |- | En Pleno Vuelo |rowspan="2" scope="row"| Pop Album of the Year | |- |- |rowspan="3" scope="row"| 2002 | Pop Male Artist of the Year | |- | Más de Mi Alma | Pop Album of the Year | |- | "O Me Voy o Te Vas" | Pop Song of the Year | |- | 2014 |rowspan="2" scope="row"| Marco Antonio SolÃÂs (himself) | Pop Male Artist of the Year | |- |rowspan="4" scope="row"| 2015 | Pop Male Artist of the Year | |- | Gracias Por Estar Aquà| Pop Album of the Year | |- | "El Perdedor" |rowspan="2" scope="row"| Pop Song of the Year | |- | "Tres Semanas" |
<sup></sup> Each year is linked to the article about the Lo Nuestro Awards held that year.