India Martínez

Martínez is born on October 13, 1985, in Córdoba, Spain. Her first contact with flamenco was through dance classes she received from Nieves Camacho in Córdoba at the age of 5. At 11 years old, she moved with her parents to Puerto de Roquetas de Mar (Almería), where a year later she began to sing and also started to be called "La Niña del Puerto".^[1] Her artistic name was created by the first manager she had at the age of 17, when she signed her first record contract.^[2]

Martínez made her first television appearance in 1998 on the program Veo, Veo, presented by Teresa Rabal, where she was among the finalists. In 2000, she was awarded a prize for promising young performer. In 2001, she participated in a contest of tarantos and tarantas, as well as the Contest of Flamenco Between Quejíos and Pitas held in San José (Almería), receiving the prize for best performance, the audience award, and a scholarship from the Cristina Heeren Foundation to study flamenco in Seville. The following year, she performed at the IV Encuentro de Peñas Flamencas de Almería at the Hotel Playadulce in Roquetas de Mar, alongside Triana Pura, and at the II Noche Flamenca in Roquetas de Mar.^[3]

In 2001, she attended the tribute to Fosforito and José Sorroche, celebrated in the restaurant La Juaida, as a guest artist and obtained the second prize in the Contest of Trilleros organized by Peña Antonio de Torres de la Cañada. She has carried out solo performances in Almería pubs, in the Villaespesa Library and in Peña El Palangre de Roquetas de Mar. In the same way, she took part in the Easter Proclamation held at the Apolo Theater, in the election of Mister Almería held in the Llanos de Vicar, in recitals held at the Library of Murcia on several occasions, and, during her stay at the Cristina Heeren Foundation in Seville, at the festival held at La Alameda, where she sang for dancing for the first time. ^[4]

In 2003, she signed a contract with "La Voz del Sur", which released her first album, Azulejos de Lunares in 2004.^[5] This first album contained performances with several musical modifications of the classic boleros and tangos by José María Cortina.

In 2009, she was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award in the category of Best New Artist.^[6] She has won three Cadena Dial awards: the first in 2011, her album Trece Verdades, the second in 2013, and the third in 2017 for Te Cuento un Secreto. In 2015, she won the Goya for the best song for the movie El Niño, directed by Daniel Monzón. She has collaborated with artists including David Bisbal, Paulo Gonzo, Pitingo, Pablo Alborán, Vanesa Martín, and La Oreja de Van Gogh. In February of 2017, she was awarded the Medal of Andalusia.

Her second album, Despertar, was released in 2009. In this album, the singer remembered her deceased grandfather and paid tribute to him. The memory of her grandfather can be heard in two songs from her second album: a cover of Antonio Molina's song, Adiós a España, and La Voz de un Marinero. This album was also nominated for the Best Production.

In 2011, she released her third album Trece Verdades, with the song Vencer al amor as the first single. She pushed the song to become one of the three best-selling songs in Spain and Gold Record. A year later, in 2012, the album Otras Verdades was released with her own versions of songs by well-known artists such as Luis Fonsi and Camila.^[7]

The latter has also been recognized as a Gold Record and was also nominated for a Latin Grammy Award in the category Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. In 2013, she released her fifth album Camino de la Buena Suerte, which once again became a Gold Record. In 2014, her release Dual (Platinum Record), compiled duets with national and international artists such as David Bisbal with Olvidé Respirar, Enrique Iglesias with Loco, and Abel Pintos with Corazón Hambriento.^[8]

In 2014, she performed at Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid and started her sixth tour to promote her album of duets, Dual.^[9]

In 2016, she released her seventh album called Te Cuento un Secreto, which was the best selling album in Spain in the first week after its release.

Other albums have followed: Palmeras in 2019, Nuestro mundo in 2022, and Aguachile in 2025.