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Athenas María Venica (Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 10, 1992) is a Catholic music singer-songwriter from Argentina.

She gained international aclaim after her performance at the 2013 World Youth Day in Brazil.

In 2022 was nominated to the Latin Grammy for her album Alfa y Omega for Best Christian Album. With over six released albums, her YouTube videos have gained over three hundred million views, and her YouTube channel is in the top 10 with more subscribers among female singers from Argentina.

Biography
Athenas was born in the Buenos Aires city, Argentina. During her childhood, folklore music marked the beginning of his love for music. Since then, she began her training as an integral artist in singing, dancing, and acting, among others.

At the age of ten, she applied for the musical reality show Cantaniño hosted by the Argentine TV channel Telefe, and was chosen among thousands of participants along with other four kids. The winners formed the child musical group KtrasK, with whom she toured all over Argentina and Uruguay and visited the most prominent Argentinian media outlets. The group was nominated to several music and TV awards, including Premios Gardel awards and Martín Fierro awards and their albums gained gold and platinum certifications in Argentina.

Once away from the media and secular music, Athenas had her first contact with contemporary Christian music at the age of 15, awakening her desire to sing for God. In 2012, she recorded some music videos with producer Jonatan Narvaez, which went viral on YouTube. Thanks to the popularity generated, Athenas was able to perform at various events in Latin America. One of them was the World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the presence of Pope Francis and an audience of millions of people.

Since then, he has released several studio albums, including Cristo Reina (2014), Me Basta Tu Gracia (2016), Todo Es Tuyo (2018), Todo Es Tuyo (Deluxe) (2020) and Alfa y Omega (2021) nominated to the Latin Grammy in the category for Best Christian Album in Spanish. She has also released several volumes of sung psalms, Catholic prayers set to music, and various collaborations and recordings, and her YouTube videos have over 300 million views. In addition, she participated in Juan Delgado's album, Todo Pasa, a Latin GRAMMY®-winning record work in the "Best Christian Album" category, in 2019.

In 2020, Athenas was invited to compose and record "El Cielo Para Ti", the end credits song for Corazón Ardiente, a documentary film about the Sacred Heart of Jesus, made by the Catholic film producer Goya Producciones. She has also had the opportunity to collaborate with prominent figures in Catholic music such as Jon Carlo, Juan Delgado, The Vigil Project, Jésed, Alfareros, Celinés Díaz, Pablo Martínez, Kairy Márquez, Maxi Larghi and Verónica Sanfilippo, among others.

In 2022, she was nominated for a Latin Grammy for her album Alfa y Omega in the Best Christian Album in Spanish category. She has also received various Catholic music awards, including the Pío Awards, such as "Best Female Artist of the Year", "Best Musical Collaboration" and "Best Music Video". She also won the Spera Awards for “Best Latin Artist”, the Cecilia Music Awards for “Best Catholic Music Artist of the Year” and the YouTube Silver Creator Award (Youtube Silver Button), recognition for having reached 100,000 subscribers on her channel, which has already exceeded 700,000 and is in the top 10 with the most subscribers among female singers from Argentina.

Studio Albums

 * Cristo Reina (2014) - "Digno de Alabar", "Cristo Reina", "Santo"
 * Me Basta Tu Gracia (2016) - "Siempre Te Amaré", "Espíritu Santo", "Aumenta mi Fe"
 * Todo Es Tuyo (2018) - "Contigo María", "Todo Lo Haces Nuevo", "Qué Bien Se Está Aquí"
 * Todo Es Tuyo (Deluxe) (2020) - featuring 15 catholic artists
 * Alfa y Omega (2021) - nominated to the Latin Grammy, includes songs "Acaso No Estoy Yo Aquí", "Glorioso Rey en la Cruz", "Niño Dios"
 * Navidad Es Jesús (2022) - Christmas EP; includes Noche de Paz, La Primera Navidad, Niño Dios, among others

Singles

 * Diario de María (2018)
 * Tú estás conmigo (Salsa) (2019)
 * Pieta (Dulce Madre) (2019) - withThe Vigil Project, Nico Cabrera, and Jonatan Narvaez
 * El Cielo Para Ti (2020) - end credits song for the film “Corazón Ardiente”
 * Samaritana - (2022)
 * Una Canción para la Comunión - (2023) - written by Jorge Luis Bohórquez
 * Vive Jesús - (2023) - written by Fr. Lucas Casaert
 * Junto a Ti María - (2023) - written by José Miguel Cubeles

Psalm Albums

 * Salmos Vol. I - (2016)
 * Salmos Vol. II - (2017)
 * Salmos Vol. III - (2017)
 * Salmos Vol. IV - (2017)
 * Salmos Vol. V - (2018)
 * Salmos Vol. VI - (2019)
 * Salmos Vol. VII - (2020)

Catholic Prayers

 * Santo Rosario: Misterios Gozosos - (2017)
 * Santo Rosario: Misterios Gloriosos - (2019)
 * Santo Rosario: Misterios Dolorosos - (2020)
 * Santo Rosario: Misterios Luminosos - (2020)
 * Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia - (2021)
 * Via Crucis - Meditaciones de San John Henry Newman - (2022)

Other Releases

 * Todo Es Tuyo (Instrumental) (2019) - album
 * A Jesús por María (2020) - collaborative album with The Vigil Project, Verónica Sanfilippo, Nico Cabrera and Jonatan Narvaez

Translations

 * Con Te Maria (2020) - Contigo María in Italian
 * Contigo Maria (Quero Caminhar) (2020) - Contigo María in Portuguese
 * È Bello Stare Qui (2020) - Qué bien se está aquí in Italian
 * Mother Mary (2020) - Contigo María in English

Duets

 * Adonai (with Dave Moore from the United States) - (2015)
 * Vida En Ti (with RiM de Croacia) - (2016)
 * Pieta (Dulce Madre) (with Nico Cabrera from the United States) - (2019)
 * Duets from “Todo Es Tuyo (Deluxe)” (2020)
 * Todo Lo Haces Nuevo (with Verónica Sanfilippo from Argentina)
 * Al Contemplarte en la Cruz (with Joan Sanchez from the United States)
 * Inúndame (with Celinés Díaz from Dominican Republic)
 * Qué Bien Se Está Aquí (with Jon Carlo from the United States)
 * Contigo, María (with Kairy Marquez from the United States)
 * Gracias, Señor (with Maxi Larghi from Argentina)
 * Hoy Es El Día (with Siervas from Perú)
 * Todo Es Tuyo (with Pablo Martínez from Argentina)
 * Te Seguiré (with Estación Cero from Colombia)
 * Nada Puede Separarte (with Kiki Troia from Argentina; Juan Delgado from the United States; and Marcelo Olima from Spain)
 * Cuando Miro Atrás (with José Ibáñez from Spain)
 * Te Adoramos, Jesús (with Grupo Emmanuel from México)
 * Tú Estás Conmigo (with Alfareros from Dominican Republic)

Collaborations

 * No tenemos miedo (Filocalia from Argentina) - 2013
 * Jesus É o Senhor (Dyego Afonso from Brazil) - 2013
 * Seu amor é Demas (Marcio Pacheco, from Brazil) - 2014
 * Alabanza A Ti (Simones, from Argentina) - 2014
 * Fue Jesús (Maxi Larghi, from Argentina) - 2015
 * Aleluya (Javier Contreras from Argentina) - 2015
 * Cristianos Perseguidos (Fresh Sánchez y StelioN, from Spain) - 2015
 * Muévete En Mí (with Koren & Jessica, from the United States) - 2015
 * Todo Lo Espero De Ti (Pablo Martínez, from Argentina) - 2016
 * Si Tú Lo Quieres (Tobías Buteler, from Argentina) - 2017
 * Tú eres mi rey (Uriel Arcodaci from Argentina) - 2018
 * Misericordia (Juan Delgado from the United States, and various artists) - 2018
 * Con amor eterno (Pablo Martínez from Argentina) - 2018
 * Nada Soy (RioSquad, from the United States) - 2019
 * Lo Que Me Hace Feliz (Estación Cero, from Colombia) - 2019
 * No te vayas (Jon Carlo, from the United States) - 2019
 * Até a Locura (Pablo Martínez from Argentina) - 2019
 * Siempre contigo (Marcelo Olima, from Spain) - 2019
 * Mirándote a Ti (EPIC the Band from the United States) - 2020
 * Fluye tu amor (El Grito de Abel from Argentina) - 2020
 * Mi Pastor (Jésed from México) - 2020
 * Entra en mi vida (José Ibáñez from España) - 2021
 * Me completas (Jay Ramírez from Estados Unidos) - 2021
 * Misa de Paz (Dave Moore y Catholic Music Initiative, from the United States) - 2022

Chronological Order

 * Cristo Reina (2014) - album
 * Me Basta Tu Gracia (2016) - album
 * Salmos Vol. I (2016)
 * Salmos Vol. II (2016)
 * Salmos Vol. III (2017)
 * Salmos Vol. IV (2017)
 * Santo Rosario: Misterios Gozosos - (2017)
 * Salmos Vol. V (2018)
 * Diario de María (2018) - single
 * Todo Es Tuyo (2018) - album
 * Tú estás conmigo (Salsa) (2019) - single
 * Todo Es Tuyo (Instrumental) (2019) - album
 * Santo Rosario: Misterios Gloriosos (2019)
 * Pieta (Dulce Madre) (2019) - single
 * El Cielo Para Ti (2020) - single
 * Santo Rosario: Misterios Dolorosos (2020)
 * Santo Rosario: Misterios Luminosos (2020)
 * Con Te Maria (2020) - translation
 * Contigo Maria (Quero Caminhar) (2020) - translation
 * È Bello Stare Qui (2020) - translation
 * Mother Mary (2020) - translation
 * Todo Es Tuyo (Deluxe) (2020) - album
 * A Jesús por María (2020) - album
 * Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia - (2021)
 * Alfa y Omega (2021) - album
 * Via Crucis - Meditaciones de San John Henry Newman (2022)
 * Samaritana (2022) - single
 * La Primera Navidad (2022) - single
 * Niño Dios (Acústico) (2022) - single
 * Señor a Ti Clamamos (2022) - single
 * Cristianos Vayamos (2022) - single
 * Noche de Paz (2022) - single
 * Navidad Es Jesús (2022) - EP
 * Una Canción para la Comunión - (2023) - written by Jorge Luis Bohórquez
 * Vive Jesús - (2023) - written by Fr. Lucas Casaert
 * Junto a Ti María - (2023) - written by José Miguel Cubeles

Personal life
Athenas is married to the musician Tobías Buteler since February 25, 2017. On July 2, 2021, she announced through her social media she was pregnant with their first child. On September 4, 2021 their son Elías was born.