Mario Domm

Mario Domm
Mario Domm performing
Background information
Birth name	Mario Alberto Domínguez Zarzar
Born	(1977-01-22) January 22, 1977
Origin	Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
Genres	Latin music, soul, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, record producer
Instruments	Vocals, piano, drums, guitar, bass
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Sony Music
Associated acts	Camila, Kalimba, Thalía, Paulina Rubio
Website	www.camila.tv

Mario Alberto Domínguez Zarzar (born January 22, 1977), known professionally as Mario Domm, is a Mexican pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Torreón, in the Mexican state of Coahuila, he enrolled in various performing arts schools, where he studied singing on stage.^[1] Domm rose to fame in the late 2000s as the lead singer of the band Camila.

Domm's début solo album Mexi-Funk-Music (2002), from which came the singles "Disco Amor", "Quiero" and "Si Te Vas", was not successful. After this debut, Domm devoted himself to writing and producing songs for other artists such as Kalimba, OV7, Alejandra Guzmán, Magneto and Reyli Barba. In 2006, Domm formed the band Camila with Samuel "Samo" Parra and Pablo Hurtado, releasing the album Todo Cambió, which became a number-one album in Mexico and the United States. Camila presented another number-one album in 2010, entitled Dejarte de Amar, which earned them three Latin Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Domm had a number-one hit in the United States with the single "Causa y Efecto", performed by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio, and four top-ten hits with Camila ("Todo Cambió", "Mientes", "Aléjate de Mi" and "Bésame").^[2][3] Billboard listed Domm as the fourth most successful Latin songwriter of 2000.^[4]

Early life and career beginnings

In 1993, Domm joined Mexican rock band Dulce Ana (later known as Dragon Zaga), getting radio airplay with a song called "Arboles Gigantes", which gave them the opportunity to play along with Café Tacuba and Jonathan Liberato and Santa Sabina.^[5] Domm also worked as a keyboardist for the Mexican group OV7.^[6]

The album Aerosoul by Kalimba was produced by Domm, Áureo Baqueiro, Edgar Oceransky and Sebastián Arocha. The first single, "No Me Quiero Enamorar", written by Kalimba, Domm and Oceransky, became a top-ten hit in the United States.^[7] The following single "Tocando Fondo", also written by Domm with Erik Guecha, spent 18 weeks in the Billboard charts.^[8][9] Later there was another successful album, En la Luna, produced by Domm for fellow Mexican singer-songwriter Reyli. Samuel Parra "Samo" performed the backing vocals for the album.^[10] En la Luna peaked at number 16 in the Billboard Top Latin Albums and sold a half-million units worldwide.^[11][12] Domm also produced "Desde Que Llegaste" for Barba. The song was included on the soundtrack for the Mexican film Ladies' Night, which sold 120,000 units in Mexico helped by the success of the song.^[1][11][13] The album also included "Si Te Vas" performed by Domm.^[13]

Domm co-wrote three songs for Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán for her album Indeleble (2006).^[14] The first single, "Volverte a Amar", written by Domm and Guzmán, became the first number-one single for the singer in over 15 years in Mexico and also her highest peak in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart, reaching number six and number-one in the Latin Pop Airplay chart.^[14][15] The song received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Song.^[16] "Necesito Amarme", another song written by Domm for Guzmán, was included on the soundtrack for the Mexican film Asi del Precipicio.^[17] Also in 2006, Domm produced two songs for Mexican band Sin Bandera, "Será" and "Si Tu No Estás Aquí".^[1]

Forming Camila

During the recording of En la Luna by Reyli Barba, Domm met Samuel "Samo" Parra. Impressed by Parra's vocals, Domm invited him to join forces to create a new project.^[10] They began rehearsing with a piano and decide to add a guitarist to the newly created band. Pablo Hurtado, the first one to audition, was selected.^[10] The band was named Camila, meaning "close to god", as the "appropriate thanks to the granting of the group's collective dream."^[18] The band released in 2006 their début album entitled Todo Cambió, which sold one million copies worldwide and reached number-one in Mexico and the United States.^[10][19][20] The album yielded six singles, "Abrázame", "Coleccionista de Canciones", "Todo Cambió", "Sólo Para Ti", "Me Da Igual" and "Yo Quiero".^[3] Domm received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Song of the Year in 2008 for the single "Todo Cambió".^[21] In 2010, Camila released their second album Dejarte de Amar.^[10] Dejarte de Amar debuted at the top of the charts in Mexico and the United States.^[20][22] In Mexico the album has spent eight weeks at number-one and 70 non-consecutive weeks within the top ten.^[22] At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2010, the band earned three awards, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for the song "Mientes" and Best Pop Vocal Album by a Group.^[23]

Collaborations

In January 2001 Mario Domm co-produced with Edgar Oceransky and Edel Juárez the (BCD) Book and Compact Disc “Títeres de tú” for Edel Juárez. This BCD included a book with 28 poems and a cd with a combination of poems and Trova music from important latinamerican singer-songwriters like Fernando Delgadillo, Mexicanto, Jaime Ades, Edgar Oceransky and Armando Rosas.^[24] In 2007, Domm worked on the album Entre Mariposas for Mexican singer Yuridia. Domm co-wrote "Ahora Entendí" and "Más de lo que Pido".^[25] "Ahora Entendí" reached the top 20 in the Billboard Latin charts and the album peaked at number-one in Mexico, spending 83 weeks in the Top 100.^[26][27] Domm wrote "Causa y Efecto" for Mexican singer Paulina Rubio, who released it as the first single from her album Gran City Pop in 2009.^[28] The track became a number-one hit in the Billboard Top Latin Songs and Latin Pop Airplay charts.^[2] As a part of a concert series by the record label Sony Music Latin entitled Primera Fila, Mexican singer Thalía recorded her first live album at the BankUnited Center of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.^[29] The first single, "Equivocada", was written by Domm and Maria Bernal, and peaked at number eight in the Latin charts in the United States.^[30] Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández recorded "Cielo de Acuarela", written by Domm, and included it on his album Dos Mundos: Evolución (2009).^[31]

Featured in Bachata artist's Romeo Santos' debut solo album Formula, Vol. 1 (2011) on the track Rival. He is also featured on Jesse & Joy's Llorar

Personal life

Domm has been linked romantically with Mexican TV presenter Mónica Noguera, singers Yuridia, Irán Castillo and Belinda.^{[32][33][34][35]} Allegedly, Domm wrote "Mientes" and "Bésame" (recorded by Camila) for Yuridia.^[36] In February 2010, Domm criticised the participation of Enrique Iglesias in the remake of the single "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" saying on his Twitter account that "he ruins the whole thing". Domm later apologized to Iglesias and his fans.^[37]

Discography

As a solo artist

• Mexi-Funky-Music (2002)

With Camila

• Todo Cambió (2006)
• Dejarte de Amar (2010)
• Elypse (2014)

References