Morat (band)

Morat in 2020.

Morat is a Colombian folk-pop band from Bogotá that has been performing since 2015. The group currently consists of the following four members: Simón Vargas Morales, Juan Pablo Isaza Pineros, Martín Vargas Morales and Juan Pablo Villamil Cortés.

history

The four band members have known each other since school days and finally decided to found a band in 2015. At the beginning Alejandro Posada played drums, who left the band in 2016. He was later replaced by Martín Vargas Morales, the brother of Simón Vargas Morales.

Morat released their first album Sobre El Amor Y Sus Efectos Secundarios on June 17th, 2016, which was particularly successful in Latin America and Spain. The first single, Mi nuevo vicio , was awarded platinum.

For their debut album, the band was also nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category "Best Newcomer" in 2016 .

Due to the increasing popularity, especially in the Spanish-speaking world, Morat also collaborated with well-known artists such as Juanes , Álvaro Soler and Martina Stoessel . The song Besos en guerra , which the band recorded together with the Colombian singer Juanes, reached over 200 million views on YouTube (as of November 2018).

The second studio album, Balas Perdidas , was released on October 25, 2018 .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	title	IT	Remarks
2016	Sobre el amor y sus efectos secundarios	IT5 gold (132 weeks)IT
2018	Balas perdidas	IT1 platinum (… Where.)IT

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	Title album	IT	Remarks
2016	Cómo te atreves Sobre el amor y sus efectos secundarios	IT2 × 5 Quintuple platinum (72 weeks)IT
2016	Cuánto me duele Sobre el amor y sus efectos secundarios	IT53 gold (19 weeks)IT
2017	Cupid con hielo	IT50 gold (27 weeks)IT
	Yo contigo, tu conmigo	IT18th platinum (31 weeks)IT	with Álvaro Soler
	Besos en guerra Balas perdidas	IT22nd × 2 Double platinum (60 weeks)IT	with Juanes
2018	Cuando nadie ve Balas perdidas	IT21st × 2 Double platinum (49 weeks)IT
2018	Yo no merezco volver Balas perdidas	IT88 (1 week) IT
2019	Presiento	IT9 × 2 Double platinum (52 weeks)IT	with Aitana
	A dónde vamos	IT31 platinum (24 weeks)IT
	Enamórate de alguien más	IT61 (1 week) IT
2020	No termino	IT83 (1 week) IT
	Nunca te olvidé	IT72 (1 week) IT
	Más de lo que aposté	IT21 (... weeks) IT	with Aitana

More singles

2018: Para que nadie se entere
2018: Antes de los veinte
2018: La correcta
2018: Punto y aparte
2018: Una y otra vez (with Santiago Cruz )
2018: El embrujo (feat. Antonio Carmona & Josemi Carmona )
2019: Qué ganas
2019: Mi suerte
2019: Causa perdida

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	Title album	IT	Remarks
2015	Mi nuevo vicio Deseo	IT2 × 2 Double platinum (43 weeks)IT	Paulina Rubio feat. Morat
2016	Sé que te duele Rompiendo Fronteras	IT29 platinum (27 weeks)IT	Alejandro Fernández feat. Morat

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Mexico Mexico
- 2018: for the single Aprender a quererte
- 2018: for the single Amor con hielo
- 2019: for the single El Embrujo
United States United States
- 2020: for the album Balas perdidas (Latin)
- 2020: for the album Sobre el amor y sus efectos secundarios (Latin)

Platinum record

Italy Italy
- 2017: for the single Yo contigo, tu conmigo
Mexico Mexico
- 2019: for the single Punto y aparte
- 2019: for the single Presiento
United States United States
- 2020: for the single Cómo te atreves (Latin)
- 2020: for the single Cuando nadie ve (Latin)
- 2020: for the single Besos en guerra (Latin)

5 × gold record

Mexico Mexico
- 2017: for the single Cómo te atreves
- 2018: for the album Sobre el amor y sus efectos secundarios
- 2019: for the single Balas perdidas

9 × gold record

Mexico Mexico
- 2019: for the single Besos en guerra
- 2019: for the single Cuando nadie ve

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Italy (FIMI)	0! G-	platinum1	50,000	fimi.it
Mexico (AMPROFON)	8 × gold8th	16 × platinum16	1,200,000	amprofon.com.mx
Spain (Promusicae)	3 × gold3	17 × platinum17th	740,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	240,000	riaa.com
All in all	13 × gold13	37 × platinum37

Web links

Morat at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

^ Morat, así es la banda colombiana que ha puesto 'patas arriba' el verano . In: HOLA USA . June 23, 2016 ( hola.com [accessed November 27, 2018]).
^ María Martín Consuegra: Morat, pop comercial colombiano a la conquista de Europa . In: El País . May 18, 2016, ISSN 1134-6582 ( elpais.com [accessed November 27, 2018]).
↑ MoratVEVO: Morat, Juanes - Besos En Guerra. November 3, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2018 .
↑ LOS40: Todo lo que sabemos sobre 'Balas perdidas', el nuevo disco de Morat . In: LOS40 . ( los40.com [accessed November 27, 2018]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Chart sources: ES

[1] Morat, así es la banda colombiana que ha puesto 'patas arriba' el verano . In: HOLA USA . June 23, 2016 ( hola.com [accessed November 27, 2018]).

[2] María Martín Consuegra: Morat, pop comercial colombiano a la conquista de Europa . In: El País . May 18, 2016, ISSN 1134-6582 ( elpais.com [accessed November 27, 2018]).

[3] MoratVEVO: Morat, Juanes - Besos En Guerra. November 3, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2018 .

[4] LOS40: Todo lo que sabemos sobre 'Balas perdidas', el nuevo disco de Morat . In: LOS40 . ( los40.com [accessed November 27, 2018]).

[charts-5] Chart sources: ES