Andrés Torres (producer)

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Andrés Torres
Born	Bogotá, Colombia
Alma mater	Pontifical Xavierian University Musicians Institute
Occupations	Record producer musician
Musical career
Instruments	Drums piano guitar
Years active	2012–present
Musical artist

Andrés Torres is a Colombian record producer, musician, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work in Latin music, including producing the 2017 single "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, in addition to a remix with Justin Bieber. It was the first Latin song to top the Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks.^[1] It also reached number 1 on Hot Latin Songs.^[2] Torres has won 3 Latin Grammy Awards and been nominated for an additional 24,^[3] and is also a Grammy Award nominee.^[4]

Career

Torres and his frequent producing partner Mauricio Rengifo were listed at #27 on the Billboard list of the 50 Greatest Producers of the 21st Century. As a duo, they are known for their work in Latin pop, mixing live instruments with technology.^[1] They won the 2020 Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, and have been nominated in that category two other times.^[5] They have been working together since 2015, on music for artists including Luis Fonsi, Sebastian Yatra, Morat, Thalía, Demi Lovato, Tini, Christina Aguilera, and OneRepublic.^[2]^[6]^[7]

Personal life

Torres was born and raised in Colombia.^[6] He graduated from the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles,^[8] where he is currently based.^[7]

Discography

Albums

Main personnel

Year	Title	Artist	Producer	Engineer	Songwriter	Musician
2014	Verte Nacer^[9]	Noel Schajris	Co-producer	No	No	No
	Tú y Yo^[10]	David Bisbal	No	Yes	No	Drums
	Al Son De Mi Corazón^[11]	Gusi	No	Yes	No	Drums
2015	Sirope	Alejandro Sanz	No	Yes	No	Drums
2015	Welcome to Babylon^[12]	Disciples of Babylon	Yes	No	No	Drums
2016	Buenaventura^[13]	La Santa Cecilia	No	Yes	Yes	Drums
2017	Extended Play Yatra^[9]	Sebastián Yatra	Yes	No	Yes	No
2017	The Rise and Fall of Babylon^[14]	Disciples of Babylon	Yes	No	No	No
2018	Rosa^[9]	Cami	No	No	No	Drums
	Quiero Volver^[15]	Tini	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar Ukulele
	Balas Perdidas^[9]	Morat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Drums Guitar Keyboard
2019	Vida^[16]	Luis Fonsi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar
2019	Fantasía^[17]	Sebastián Yatra	Yes	Yes	Yes	Drums Guitar Keyboard
2020	Tini Tini Tini^[9]	Tini	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar Programming
2023	Alpha	Aitana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar Keyboards
2023	Cupido	Tini	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2024	Un Mechón de Pelo	Tini	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar Keyboards Harmonica

Other

Year	Title	Artist	Producer	Engineer	Songwriter	Musician
2015	Manuel Medrano^[9]	Manuel Medrano	No	No	No	Drums
2016	Inesperado^[9]	Anahí	Yes	Yes	Yes	Drums Piano Synthesizer
2017	Mantra^[9]	Sebastián Yatra	Yes	No	Yes	No
2018	Agustín^[9]	Fonseca	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar Ukulele Keyboard
2019	¿Dónde Bailarán Las Niñas?^[18]	Ximena Sariñana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar
2022	Aguilera	Christina Aguilera	Yes	Yes	Yes	Keyboards

Singles

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Producer	Engineer	Songwriter	Musician
2015	"Un Zombie a la Intemperie"	Alejandro Sanz	No	Yes	No	Drums
2017	"Despacito"	Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee	Yes	Yes	No	Guitar
	"Robarte Un Beso"	Carlos Vives and Sebastián Yatra	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar Ukulele
	"Échame La Culpa"	Luis Fonsi and Demi Lovato	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar
	"Cásate Conmigo"	Silvestre Dangond with Nicky Jam	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Unknown
2018	"Calypso"	Luis Fonsi and Stefflon Don	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar
2018	"Imposible"	Luis Fonsi and Ozuna	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar
2019	"Runaway"	Sebastián Yatra, Daddy Yankee and Natti Natasha featuring Jonas Brothers	Yes	Unknown	Yes	No
2019	"Un Año"	Sebastián Yatra with Reik	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Unknown
2020	"Siempre He Estado Aquí"	RBD	Yes	No	Yes	No
2021	"Canción Bonita"	Carlos Vives and Ricky Martin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar Keyboards
	"Miénteme"	Tini and María Becerra	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	"Bar"	Tini and L-Gante	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar Keyboards
2022	"La Triple T"	Tini	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2022	"Suéltame"	Christina Aguilera and Tini	Yes	Yes	Yes	Keyboards
2024	"Gala y Dalí"	Nelly Furtado and Juanes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guitar Keyboards
	"We Pray"	Coldplay featuring Burna Boy, Little Simz, Elyanna and Tini	No	No	Yes	No
	"Pa"	Tini	Yes	Yes	Yes	Keyboards
	"Posta"	Tini	Yes	Yes	Yes	Keyboards
	"Buenos Aires"	Tini	Yes	Yes	Yes	Keyboards

Awards and nominations

Latin Grammy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2015	Sirope (by Alejandro Sanz)	Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album	Won	^[19]
	Sirope (by Alejandro Sanz)	Album of the Year	Nominated	^[3]
	"Un Zombie a la Intemperie" (by Alejandro Sanz)	Record of the Year	Nominated	^[3]
2017	"Despacito" (by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee)	Record of the Year	Won	^[19]
2018	Andrés Torres & Mauricio Rengifo	Producer of the Year	Nominated	^[20]
	"Robarte Un Beso" (by Carlos Vives featuring Sebastián Yatra)	Song of the Year	Nominated
	"Cásate Conmigo" (by Silvestre Dangond featuring Nicky Jam)	Best Tropical Song	Nominated
	"Simples Corazones" (by Fonseca)	Best Tropical Song	Nominated
2019	Andrés Torres & Mauricio Rengifo	Producer of the Year	Nominated	^[21]
	Vida (by Luis Fonsi)	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Fantasía (by Sebastián Yatra)	Album of the Year	Nominated
	"La Plata" (by Juanes featuring Lalo Ebratt)	Record of the Year	Nominated
	"Cobarde" (by Ximena Sariñana)	Record of the Year	Nominated
	"Un Año" (by Sebastián Yatra featuring Reik)	Song of the Year	Nominated
2020	Andrés Torres	Producer of the Year	Won	^[3]
	"Bonita" (by Juanes & Sebastián Yatra)	Best Pop Song	Nominated
	"Bonita" (by Juanes & Sebastián Yatra)	Song of the Year	Nominated
2021	"Canción Bonita" (by Carlos Vives and Ricky Martin)	Song of the Year	Nominated	^[22]
2021	"Canción Bonita" (by Carlos Vives and Ricky Martin)	Best Pop Song	Nominated	^[22]
2022	"A Veces Bien y a Veces Mal" (by Ricky Martin and Reik)	Song of the Year	Nominated	^[3]
	Viajante (by Fonseca)	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Dharma (by Sebastián Yatra)		Nominated
	Aguilera (by Christina Aguilera)		Nominated
2023	"Contigo" (by Sebastián Yatra)	Best Pop Song	Nominated
2023	Décimo Cuarto (by Andrés Cepeda)	Album of the Year	Nominated

Grammy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2018	"Despacito" (by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber)	Record of the Year	Nominated	^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "The 50 Greatest Producers of the 21st Century". Billboard. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b Cobo, Leila. "'Despacito' Producers Talk Making a Smash Hit". Billboard. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Andres Torres". Latin Grammy. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Andres Torres". Grammy. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ Roiz, Jessica. "Producer of the Year Nominees Discuss Latin Grammys 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Deahl, Dani. "How the producers of Despacito use samples". The Verge. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b Duffy, Mike. "A Day in the Studio". Fender. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ "MI Success Story: Andres Torres". MI. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Credits for Andrés Torres". Tidal. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
^ "David Bisbal – Tú y Yo (2014, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ "Gusi – Al Son De Mi Corazón (2014, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ "Disciples of Babylon – Biography". DisciplesOfBabylon.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ "La Santa Cecilia – Buenaventura (2016, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ "Disciples of Babylon Unveil Release Date, Artwork & tracklist for 'The Rise and Fall of Babylon' Album". DisciplesOfBabylon.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ "Tini – Quiero Volver (2018, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
^ "Vida – Luis Fonsi – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
^ "Andrés Torres – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
^ "¿Dónde Bailarán las Niñas? – Ximena Sariñana – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Past Winners Search: Andrés Torres". The Latin Recording Academy. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
^ "The Latin Academy Of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. – 19th Latin Grammy Awards" (PDF). The Latin Recording Academy. September 20, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
^ "The Latin Academy Of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. – Final Nominations – 20th Latin Geammy Awards" (PDF). The Latin Recording Academy. September 24, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
^ "Los 2021 Latin Grammys Nominees Announced: See The Complete List". Grammy Awards. September 28, 2021. Archived from the original on September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.

v t e Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year
2000s	Emilio Estefan (2000) K. C. Porter (2001) Kike Santander (2002) Bebu Silvetti (2003) Javier Limón (2004) Gustavo Santaolalla (2005) Cachorro López (2006) Sebastian Krys (2007) Sergio George (2008) Cachorro López (2009)
2010s	Jorge Calandrelli and Gregg Field / Sergio George (2010) Rafael Arcaute and Calle 13 (2011) Juan Luis Guerra (2012) Sergio George (2013) Sergio George (2014) Sebastian Krys (2015) Rafael Arcaute (2016) Eduardo Cabra (2017) Linda Briceño (2018) Tony Succar (2019)
2020s	Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo (2020) Édgar Barrera (2021) Julio Reyes Copello (2022) Édgar Barrera (2023) Édgar Barrera (2024)

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