Ed Maverick
{{short description|Mexican singer-songwriter (born 2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{family name hatnote|Hernández|Saucedo|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ed Maverick
| image = Ed maverick 21 de julio.jpg
| image_caption = Maverick performing in 2021
| birth_name = Eduardo Hernández Saucedo
| alias = {{hlist|Eddie|El Niño de Oro}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|1|19}}
| birth_place = Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2018–present
| awards = Full list
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = solo_singer
| genre = {{hlist|Folk|folk rock|indie rock|neo-psychedelia}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|acoustic guitar|electric guitar|synthesizer|electric bass|drums|banjo}}
| label = Universal Mexico
}}
| signature = Ed Maverick signature.svg
| signature_size = 90px
| signature_alt = Autographed signature of Ed Maverick in ink
}}
Eduardo Hernández Saucedo (born 19 January 2001), known professionally as Ed Maverick, is a Mexican singer-songwriter and musician of folk and alternative music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/ed-maverick-se-vuelve-el-artista-mas-viral-en-spotify|title=Ed Maverick se vuelve el artista más viral en Spotify (Ed Maverick became the most viral artist on Spotify)|last=Escobar|first=Elizabeth|website=El Universal (Mexico City)|url-status=live|access-date=September 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123132228/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/ed-maverick-se-vuelve-el-artista-mas-viral-en-spotify |archive-date=23 November 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imer.mx/reactor/ed-maverick-estrena-video-musical-acurrucar-enterate-del-nuevo-fenomeno/|title=Ed Maverick, estrena video musical "Acurrucar" (Ed Maverick, premieres music video of "Acurrucar")|website=Reactor 105.7 FM|language=es|url-status=live|access-date=September 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620045106/https://www.imer.mx/reactor/ed-maverick-estrena-video-musical-acurrucar-enterate-del-nuevo-fenomeno/ |archive-date=20 June 2019 }} He started his music career by sharing his songs on social media.{{Cite web |last=Rozales |first=Berenice |date=September 4, 2019 |title=Un fenómeno llamado "Ed Maverick" (A phenomenon called Ed Maverick) |url=https://www.lifeboxset.com/nota/199709/editorial-02-un-fenomeno-llamado-ed-maverick/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908213322/http://www.lifeboxset.com/nota/199709/editorial-02-un-fenomeno-llamado-ed-maverick/ |archive-date=8 September 2019 |access-date=September 13, 2019 |website=LifeBoxset |language=es}} He gained fame after the release of his debut album, Mix pa' llorar en tu cuarto (2018) and its Mexican hit single "Fuentes de Ortiz", later certified-diamond by the AMPROFON. After signing a record deal with Universal Music México in 2019, his debut album was reissued and subsequently reached the number two of the Mexican Album Chart.
In 2021, he released the acclaimed self-titled Eduardo (2021); and was featured on C. Tangana's "Párteme la Cara", included in El Madrileño (2021). "Párteme la Cara" reached the top 5 on the Spanish Single Chart, and earned him the Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album (as a credited music engineer) and an Odeon Award.{{Cite web |last=Flores |first=Griselda |last2=Cobo |first2=Leila |date=2021-11-19 |title=Camilo Is Top Winner, Cuban Anthem ‘Patria y Vida’ Wins Song of the Year at 2021 Latin Grammys: Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/2021-latin-grammys-winners-list-1234999583/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Ganadores 2022 – Premios Odeón |url=https://premiosodeon.es/ganadores-2022/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |language=es}} He has also collaborated with artists such as Bratty and Señor Kino,{{Cite web |title=Latin GRAMMYs |url=https://www.latingrammy.com/es/nominees/search?artist=Ed+Maverick&field_nominee_work_value=El+Madrile%C3%B1o&year=All&genre=36 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=Latin GRAMMYs
|language=es}} as well as receiving multiple nominations at the MTV MIAW Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards. As of March 2025, Maverick had already sold over 1.1 million records worldwide.{{Efn|This figure is the sum of his albums and singles certifications
- In Mexico, Maverick has sold 920,000 units, with the sum of his multi-platinum certified singles & albums.{{Cite web |last=«To visualize the certitfications, in ARTISTA type "Ed Maverick"». |title=AMPROFON |url=https://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/certificaciones.php |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=amprofon.com.mx |format=url}}
- In Spain, his single "Parteme la cara" is 2x platinum and "Fuentes de Ortiz" is platinum, equivalent to 180,000 units.{{Citation |last=Música |first=El portal de |title=PÁRTEME LA CARA - C. TANGANA / ED MAVERICK {{!}} EPDM |url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/single/c-tangana-ed-maverick-parteme-la-cara |language=en-US |access-date=2022-08-21}}
- In Brasil, he has a gold single for 20,000 units.{{Cite web |title=CERTIFICADOS – Pro-Música Brasil |url=https://pro-musicabr.org.br/home/certificados/?busca_artista=Ed+Maverick |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=pro-musicabr.org.br}}|name=AMPROFON, PROMUSICAE & Pro-Música Brasil|group=}}
Bio
= 2001–2017: early years =
Eduardo Hernádez Saucedo was born on 19 January 2001, in Delicias, a town located in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. During his high school years, he taught himself to play the guitar. The first song he learned to play was Jake Bugg's "Simple As This".{{Cite web |last=TIM |first=Televisa |title=Ed Maverick cuenta las dificultades de saltar de lo independiente a lo mainstream |url=https://www.telehit.com/musica/ed-maverick-cuenta-las-dificultades-de-saltar-de-lo-independiente-a-lo-mainstream |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=Telehit |language=es}} He began composing in his hometown in addition to performing at parties, events and other public places in mid-2017. In addition to starting to upload song covers to his YouTube channel. Among his influences to start composing are some Mexican artists such as Dromedarios Mágicos, Juan Cirerol and Little Jesus.{{Citation |title=Ed Maverick - Fuentes de Ortíz y Ropa de bazar (EN VIVO) | date=25 April 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFVsq47xCSo |pages=EXA FM |language=en |access-date=2022-08-21}}
= 2018–2020: ''MPLLETC'', ''Transiciones'' and rise to fame =
File:B Roll Ed Maverick - Acurrucar y Fuentes de Ortiz (1).png
The independent record label Eidan Box Records, located in Chihuahua, invited him to record songs in their studios, and he began to record songs on said label, to later release them on digital platforms. In 2018, Maverick released his debut studio album entitled Mix pa' llorar en tu cuarto through Eidan Box. The song "Fuentes de Ortiz", his second song written by himself was included on the album;{{Cite web |last=González |first=Jesús |date=2019-09-06 |title=La noche en que Ed Maverick se consolidó en el Teatro Metropólitan |url=https://www.sopitas.com/musica/ed-maverick-resena-concierto-teatro-metropolitan-cdmx/ |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=Sopitas.com |language=es-MX}} and with the passing of the months went viral on social media and would end up becoming his first commercial success, an early cut of a music video for "Fuentes de Ortiz" was recorded and released.
In December 2018, Maverick traveled to Mexico City at the "band bazaar", a massive event where independent artists sell their merchandise and perform live, during the event Maverick met rapper Lng/SHT and got his contact. As the days passed, Lng/SHT called him to have a meeting with manager Chok Fermoso.
Fermoso signed Maverick to his talent agency, becomes his manager, and gets him a record deal with Universal Music Mexico in March 2019,{{Cite web |last=Redacción |date=2019-02-28 |title=Ed Maverick firma con Universal Music México |url=https://anton.com.mx/2019/02/ed-maverick-firma-con-universal-music-mexico/ |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=Noticias de hoy en Querétaro y el mundo |language=es-MX}} his debut album was reissued in physical stores and digital platforms under the Universal label, and then reached number two on the Mexican Albums Chart, "Fuentes de Ortiz" and "Acurrucar" were released as singles from the album, and a music video for "Fuentes de Ortiz" was reshot. By May 2019, Maverick had already become one of the most viral Mexican artists on Spotify.{{Cite web |date=2019-05-24 |title=Ed Maverick se vuelve el artista más viral en Spotify |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/ed-maverick-se-vuelve-el-artista-mas-viral-en-spotify |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=El Universal |language=es}} That same year he performed for the first time at the National Auditurium's "Lunario" and the Teatro Metropolitán in Mexico City, setting the record for being the Mexican artist who sold out his dates at the venue the fastest.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019 |title=Universal Music Publishing México {{!}} Artist, Ed Maverick |url=https://www.umusicpub.com/mx/News/2019/6/Ed-Maverick.aspx |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=www.umusicpub.com}}{{Cite web |title=Enamora Ed Maverick a 3 mil fanáticos |url=https://www.elnorte.com/libre/acceso/accesofb.htm?urlredirect=/enamora-ed-maverick-a-3-mil-fanaticos/ar1762872 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=www.elnorte.com}} In the same year his debut album received a gold record from the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas (AMPROFON).{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=2019-09-06 |title=Ed Maverick estrenó nuevo video y recibió un disco de oro |url=https://marvin.com.mx/ed-maverick-mix-pa-llorar-disco-de-oro-en-tu-cuarto-nuevo-video-2019/ |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=Revista Marvin |language=es-MX}} He released his second studio album Transiciones (2019).
Through his rapidly growing fame in Mexico, Maverick suffered from a massive attack perpetuated by fans and some digital creators on social networks, receiving almost daily messages inciting hate, suicide and death threats directly towards him and his family. In November 2019, he released a statement through Twitter in which he explained that he would close his account and stay away of the media for a while.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-23 |title=El día que Ed Maverick desapareció por el cyberbullying que le hacían |url=https://culturacolectiva.com/musica/ed-maverick-quien-es-por-que-lo-acosan-ciberbullying/ |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=culturacolectiva.com |language=es}} In the external statement:
{{Blockquote|text="I don’t want to go too far, I just want to clarify one thing about it: if at first I was joking and following your bullying, it was because I didn’t know how to react so that all of you would stop. Literally if I complained you guys were going to throw me more, but if I said it didn’t affect me it could be the same, so I’m at a point where I don’t know if I had to react or if what I did was right, it’s weird. And it’s not like I want to normalize that you guys crossed the line between joking and bullying. I’m so confused, I’m thinking too many things at the same time and I need to rest."|author=Ed Maverick, on Twitter}}
In 2020 he reappeared with the live album Ed Maverick en el Metropólitan (2020) performing the hits of his first two albums and included the song "Ropa de Bazar" with Bratty, and at the beginning of the same year the AMPROFON gave him the diamond record for "Fuentes de Ortiz" for selling over 300,000 equivalent units, double platinum for "Acurrucar", platinum and gold for "Del Río" and "Ropa de Bazar", platinum for "Quiero" and Mix Pa' Llorar en Tu Cuarto, and the gold record for "Siempre Estoy Pa' Ti" and "WRU".{{cite web|url=https://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/certificaciones.php|title=AMPROFON Certifications|last=Ed Maverick}} In addition to the release of his debut EP Esto No Tiene Nada Que Ver con Eduardo.
= 2021–present: ''Eduardo'' =
File:Ed Maverick julio de 2021.jpg
During 2021, Maverick released his third studio album titled Eduardo, in which the events of the harassment episode in his life were reflected in the songs "Gente", "Niño," and "Gracias". Rolling Stone magazine ranked it 26 at the 35 best Spanish-language albums of 2021.{{Cite magazine |last1=Vozick-Levinson |first1=Verónica Bayetti Flores, Ricardo Durán, Elias Leight, Julyssa Lopez, Jennifer Mota, Diego Ortiz, Richard Villegas, Simon |last2=Flores |first2=Verónica Bayetti |last3=Durán |first3=Ricardo |last4=Leight |first4=Elias |last5=Lopez |first5=Julyssa |last6=Mota |first6=Jennifer |last7=Ortiz |first7=Diego |last8=Villegas |first8=Richard |last9=Vozick-Levinson |first9=Simon |date=2021-12-16 |title=The 35 Best Spanish-Language and Bilingual Albums of 2021 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-spanish-language-albums-2021-1269982/ |access-date=2022-08-21 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}
In the same year he collaborated with C. Tangana, on the song "Párteme la cara" included on the album El Madrileño (2021) reaching the number three on the singles chart in Spain, and was certified double platinum in Spain, gold in Brazil and platinum in Mexico. This collaboration credited him as album engineer and earned him his first Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album at the 22nd ceremony.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-18 |title=Estos son todos los ganadores de los Latin Grammy 2021 |url=https://www.latimes.com/espanol/entretenimiento/articulo/2021-11-18/en-vivo-la-ceremonia-de-los-latin-grammy-2021 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=Los Angeles Times en Español |language=es-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-02-28 |title=Ed Maverick, el joven cantante mexicano que sufrió ciberbullying y triunfa con C. Tangana |url=https://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/abci-maverick-joven-cantante-mexicano-sufrio-ciberbullying-y-triunfa-tangana-202102281634_noticia.html |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=abc |language=es}} In October, Maverick formed the band Los Milagro, along with Mexican musician Daniel Quién and producer Wet Baes,{{Cite web |date=2022-07-07 |title=Ed Maverick se presenta por primera vez en Buenos Aires |url=https://es.rollingstone.com/ed-maverick-se-presenta-por-primera-vez-en-buenos-aires-arg/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Rolling Stone en Español |language=es}} and left it in May 2023.{{Cite web |title=Ed Maverick abandona el grupo Los Milagro |url=https://darkimpala.com/articles/ed-maverick-abandona-el-grupo-los-milagro/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Dark Impala |language=es}}
In 2022 he won the Odeon Award from the Intellectual Rights Management Association (AGDI) for the Best Alternative Song of 2022 in Spain, being the first Mexican artist awarded at that ceremony. In April he performed for the first time at the Coachella music festival,{{Cite web |date=2022-01-13 |title=Coachella 2022: Grupo Firme, Ed Maverick, Natanael Cano y Banda MS integran el cartel |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/coachella-2022-grupo-firme-ed-maverick-natanael-cano-y-banda-ms-integran-el-cartel |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=El Universal |language=es}} in May he released a series of demos from the Eduardo album.{{Cite web |last=Durango |first=El Siglo de |date=2022-05-03 |title=Ed Maverick lanza nuevas versiones de Eduardo |url=https://www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx/noticia/2022/ed-maverick-lanza-nuevas-versiones-de-eduardo.html |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx |language=es}}
In July 2022, the Cartagena City Council recognized him at the Spanish festival "La Mar de Músicas" with the 2nd Paco Martín Award for "Breakthrough Artist of Global Music," at the proposal of the jury made up of different Spanish journalists from the Paco Martín Cultural Association. The jury explaining their choice by saying: "He represents like nobody else the new wave of singers who dazzle with their sensitivity, simplicity and naturalness. His voice, deep, melancholy, warm and full of nuances, is one of the most special on the international scene. He provokes emotion, intimacy and pause from the first verse, as if he were singing to us a few meters away accompanied by his young guitar".{{Cite web |date=2022-07-16 |title=El mexicano Ed Maverick recibe en Cartagena el Premio Paco Martín al artista revelación de las músicas globales |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/agencias/el-mexicano-ed-maverick-recibe-en-cartagena-el-premio-paco-martin-al-artista-revelacion-de-las-nid16072022/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-08 |title=El mexicano Ed Maverick, Premio Paco Martín del festival La Mar de Músicas |url=https://www.laverdad.es/culturas/musica/mexicano-maverick-premio-20220508001104-ntvo.html |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=La Verdad |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=l.o |date=2022-05-07 |title=Cartagena concede al mexicano Ed Maverick el Premio Paco Martín |url=https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/cultura/2022/05/07/cartagena-concede-mexicano-ed-maverick-65812722.html |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=La Opinión de Murcia |language=es}} That same month, he announced his first world tour entitled "Tour Eduardo", with dates in Latin America and the United States, as well as, for the first time, in European countries such as the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands.{{Cite web |last=practicas |date=2022-08-08 |title=Ed Maverick comparte detalles del 'Tour Eduardo 2022' |url=https://www.indierocks.mx/musica/noticias/ed-maverick-comparte-detalles-del-tour-eduardo-2022/ |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=Indie Rocks! |language=es}}
Discography
Studio albums
- Mix pa' llorar en tu cuarto (2018)
- Transiciones (2019)
- Eduardo (2021)
- La nube en el jardín (2024)
Awards and nominations
References
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Notes
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External links
- {{TikTok|edmaverickmus}}
- {{Instagram|edmaverick}}
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Category:People from Delicias, Chihuahua
Category:Musicians from Chihuahua (state)