About Abraham Mateo by Abraham Mateo Album
"Abraham Mateo", the debut album of the spanish teen singer Abraham Mateo (12 years) , was put out by Emi Music Spain on December 4, 2009. Since his first appearances in the television show Menuda Noche on the Canal Sur TV of Andalucia, a friend of Abraham's family posted in Youtube videos of his performances, which soon enjoyed great popularity and caught the attention of executives of EMI Music Spain. Early 2009, when he was ten, Abraham signed a contract with Emi Music Spain and released in December of the same year his debut album, recorded in Madrid. The album produced by Jacobo Calderon and Jose Luis de la Peña contains twelve songs, seven of them were composed by Calderon himself and four tracks are covers of popular latin songs such as Raphael's "Cuando tu no estas", Alejandro Sanz's "Los dos cogidos de la mano", Laura Pausini's "La soledad" and Luis Fonsi's "Imaginame sin ti". The album includes a duet with the french teen singer Caroline Costa, the runner-up in the 2008 edition of the television contest Incroyable Talent, the french version of America's Got Talent. Abraham and Caroline recorded for the album a spanish version of Badfinger's "Without you", the song has also been covered with great success by Mariah Carey. "Vuelve conmigo" is the album's single. To promote the album, Abraham has toured through several cities in Spain and performed in many spanish radio and television shows, including the popular television programs Mas que baile, Tu si que vales, the show of Maria Teresa Campos, and the Christmas Eve Special of the Telecinco channel.
