Marcos Da Costa is a Uruguayan singer who emerged from Montevideoâs carnival and murga tradition to become one of the key voices of contemporary plena and tropical urban music. Born in Uruguay in 1993 into an artistic family headed by murguista Orlando âMonoâ Da Costa, he began singing at age five in Carnaval de las Promesas with the murga Suertempila and spent more than a decade performing in childrenâs murgas and revue groups before debuting at 17 with the historic murga Falta y Resto at Buenos Airesâ Luna Park. In the mid-2010s he left the murga circuit to pursue a solo career, singing on Montevideo buses until producer Alejandro Jasa and radio executive Neil Criscio took him under their wing, leading to early singles like âSofÃaâ and, in October 2016, the breakthrough tracks âEl Animalâ and âBáilame Lento,â which turned him into a major live draw across Uruguay. Marcos Da Costa released his first full-length album Saborcito on February 1, 2019, consolidating his style and spawning further tropical hits, while parallel singles such as âSoltera,â âIlegales,â âSi Me Tomo una Cerveza (Plena),â âLinda y Soltera,â and collaborations with acts like El Gucci, Vanesa Britos, Lucas Bunnker and Lucas Sugo expanded his profile regionally. In December 2023 he explored a more melodic tropical sound with âOjos Chinos,â followed in 2024 by tracks including âAdicciónâ and âMaquillaje,â and in 2025 by an intensive run of releases through Montevideo Music Group, among them âSanta O Demonia,â âHookiao,â âEl Ingeniero,â âSi No Es Contigo,â the collaborative âJardÃn Con Enanitosâ with Los Pikantes and La Corrien7e, the EP SESSIONS 10, and the single âYo y Tú.â
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