Claudia Brant

Claudia Brant (born July 21, 1968) is an Argentine singer and composer of international acclaim. She has composed songs for singers like Il Divo, Ricky Martin, Santana, Luis Fonsi, Anahí and Paulina Rubio. Claudia also has teamed with composers as famous as the acclaimed David Foster, Walter A., Noel Schajris (Sin Bandera), Gianmarco, Jorge Luis Piloto and Luis Fonsi. She won the OTI Festival in 1991 and the Festival of Viña del Mar in 1994 or 1995 with the theme "Como ayer", as author and interpreter, being the first representative of Argentina to win it. The two songs were sung by her. Brant was awarded as Songwriter of the Year of Latina SESAC in three consecutive times in United States from the period 2006–07, addition to the Latin Grammy and Premio Oye (Hey Award.) In 2010, Claudia Brant was awarded three international awards: the Latin Grammy 2009 (from the Latin Academy of Recording United States) in Las Vegas for his song "Aquí estoy yo" (Here I Am), Hey Prize 2009 (Academy Mexican Music) in Guanajuato, México, by "No me doy por vencido" (No I give up) (that was included in the category of Song of the Year), and the title of Songwriter of the Year 2009 awarded by the Monitor Latino Convention in Los Angeles, California. The latter has received the decision of a broad panel of representatives from radio and the music industry across the United States. To this is added to SESAC Latina Award # 1 in 2009 for his song "Aquí estoy yo" (Here I Am), that performed by co-author Luis Fonsi with David Bisbal, Aleks Syntek and Noel Schajris and swept the charts in Latin America and Spain, and spent 35 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart in the U.S. She also received two nominations Latin Grammy for the album "Manuscrito (Manuscripts)" in early 2011, for best recording´s engineering and by Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In addition, in that same year, she received the third nomination in the twelfth edition of the Latin Grammys, that she shared with the Cuban Desmond Child, on the "Song of the Year" category for the song "Lo mejor de mi Vida eres tú" (Best of my life is you), played by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin and the Spanish Natalia Jimenez.