{{Short description|Bolivian singer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Vaccix | caption = | birth_name = María Lucía Aramayo Díez de Medina | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|08|04|df=y}} | birth_place = Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | death_date = | death_place = | origin = | genre = {{hlist|Latin trap|Latin hip hop}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|rapper|songwriter}} | instrument = Vocals | years_active = 2017–present | label = | website = }}
'''María Lucía Aramayo Díez de Medina''' (born 4 August 1999), better known by her stage name '''Vaccix''', is a Bolivian singer, rapper, songwriter, and clothing designer.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Jiménez León|first=Roxana|title=María Lucía Aramayo: “Lo primero que se cruzó por mi cabeza fue agradecer a Dios por estar viva y sana”|url=https://eldeber.com.bo/sociales/maria-lucia-aramayo-lo-primero-que-se-cruzo-por-mi-cabeza-fue-agradecer-a-dios-por-estar-viva-y-sana_331113|date=4 July 2023|access-date=4 December 2023|publisher=El Deber|location=Santa Cruz de la Sierra|archive-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204185453/https://eldeber.com.bo/sociales/maria-lucia-aramayo-lo-primero-que-se-cruzo-por-mi-cabeza-fue-agradecer-a-dios-por-estar-viva-y-sana_331113|url-status=live}}</ref> She began her musical career in 2017 and has explored a variety of genres, including trap and hip hop. She currently resides in both Buenos Aires and Santa Cruz.<ref name=":0"/>
==Career== Vaccix settled in Argentina at the age of 13, marking the beginning of her musical career in this country.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://eldeber.com.bo/edicion-impresa/el-flow-es-de-ellas_250430|title=El flow es de ellas|access-date=2023-12-04|date=2021-10-10|website=El Deber|language=es|archive-date=21 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421061946/https://eldeber.com.bo/edicion-impresa/el-flow-es-de-ellas_250430|url-status=live}}</ref> She studied fashion design in Buenos Aires,<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://noticias.unitel.bo/farandula/vaccix-la-artista-que-causa-furor-en-la-musica-prepara-nuevo-album-NE9402825|title=‘Vaccix’, la artista que causa furor en la música, prepara nuevo álbum|access-date=2024-01-29|website=noticias.unitel.bo|language=es-BO|archive-date=21 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221190038/https://noticias.unitel.bo/farandula/vaccix-la-artista-que-causa-furor-en-la-musica-prepara-nuevo-album-NE9402825|url-status=live}}</ref> where she founded her own clothing and accessories brand called Mery Vaccix, which served as inspiration for adopting her stage name Vaccix.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eldeber.com.bo/edicion-impresa/vaccix-si-imagine-llegar-hasta-donde-estoy-y-me-imagino-muchisimo-mas_308596|title=Vaccix: “Sí imaginé llegar hasta donde estoy y me imagino muchísimo más”|access-date=2023-12-04|date=2022-12-23|website=El Deber|language=es|archive-date=21 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221190818/https://eldeber.com.bo/edicion-impresa/vaccix-si-imagine-llegar-hasta-donde-estoy-y-me-imagino-muchisimo-mas_308596/|url-status=live}}</ref> Although this name has an apparent connection with numerology, Vaccix has chosen to keep its meaning secret, revealing it only after achieving a personal goal.<ref name=":4" />
Vaccix career took off in 2019 with the release of "Choca Bandida", a collaboration with fellow Santa Cruz native Corona.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.bolivia.com/entretenimiento/musica/vaccix-trapera-boliviana-se-presenta-festival-primavera-sound-349390|title=Vaccix, la trapera boliviana que se presentará en el Festival Primavera Sund en Buenos Aires|access-date=2023-12-04|last=Brañez|first=Sofía|date=2022-04-29|website=Bolivia.com|language=es}}</ref> During the pandemic, she created a song titled "Cuarentena", which reflects her experience during confinement.<ref name=":1" /> Aware of the lack of female representation in Bolivia's urban music scene, she felt compelled to return to her native country to actively integrate into the music industry and contribute to changing this situation.<ref name=":1" />
On 29 June 2021, Vaccix arrived in Santa Cruz, and just three months later, she was singing for Sara Hebe.<ref name=":4" /> Upon her return, she released "Ay Ay Ay" in collaboration with Viudita Moderna, a song that accumulated 75 thousand views on YouTube in just one week.<ref name=":4" /> This musical piece, conceived during her stay in Argentina three years before its publication, initially began recording at Tiluchi Records with the intention of making a duet with the musician Corona.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/cultura/tengo-ganas-romper-mujer-perfecta-vaccix-nueva-trapera-crucena-que-arrasa-redes-sociales/20211123111620844261.html|title=Vaccix, trapera boliviana: "Tengo ganas de romper con la (imagen de) mujer perfecta"|access-date=2023-12-04|last=Bolivia|first=Opinión|date=2021-11-23|website=Opinión Bolivia|language=es}}</ref> However, it was not until her return to Bolivia that the project was completed and the song was finally released in a video clip under the production of Saqra Collective, with the collaboration of Viudita Moderna.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> In September of that same year, Vaccix made five more new releases, of which four were among the 50 most listened to songs on Spotify in Bolivia.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=https://eldeber.com.bo/sociales/trapera-crucena-vaccix-actuara-en-festival-primavera-sound-buenos-aires_276329|title='Trapera' cruceña Vaccix actuará en festival Primavera Sound Buenos Aires|access-date=2024-01-29|date=2022-04-29|website=El Deber|language=es}}</ref> This effort culminated in her recognition as Best New Artist at the Bolivia Music Awards 2021.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boliviamusicawards.com/post/conoce-a-los-artistas-ganadores-de-bolivia-music-awards-2021|title=Conoce a los artistas ganadores de “Bolivia Music Awards 2021”|access-date=2024-01-28|last=Music|first=Bolivia|date=2021-12-23|website=Bolivia Music|language=es|archive-date=21 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221190158/https://www.boliviamusicawards.com/post/conoce-a-los-artistas-ganadores-de-bolivia-music-awards-2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Later, on the eve of Bolivian Women's Day, on 9 October 2021, the Music Festival with M for Women was held at the Meraki Theater in Santa Cruz with the purpose of highlighting and celebrating female talent in the music industry. Vaccix participated in the event alongside other national artists such as Lu de la Tower, Mariana Massiel, Viudita Moderna, Las Majas, among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eldeber.com.bo/gente/meraki-propone-una-celebracion-musical-por-el-dia-de-la-mujer-boliviana_250345|title=Meraki propone una celebración musical por el Día de la Mujer Boliviana|access-date=2024-02-09|date=2021-10-09|website=El Deber|language=es}}</ref>
In mid-March 2023, Vaccix suffered an accident that resulted in severe burns all over her body,<ref name=":8">{{cite web|url=https://eju.tv/2023/03/vaccix-esta-en-terapia-intensiva-en-argentina-y-piden-apoyo-moral-de-sus-fans/|title=Vaccix está en terapia intensiva en Argentina y piden apoyo moral de sus fans|access-date=2023-12-04|last=Cadena|first=Patricia|date=2023-03-23|website=eju.tv|language=es|archive-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204192524/https://eju.tv/2023/03/vaccix-esta-en-terapia-intensiva-en-argentina-y-piden-apoyo-moral-de-sus-fans/|url-status=live}}</ref> leading to her admission to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Argentina on 13 March. During her time in the hospital, she required multiple interventions from the plastic surgery and internal medicine teams of both Bolivia and Argentina.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lostiempos.com/doble-click/musica/20230323/vaccix-sufre-accidente-e-ingresa-terapia-intensiva-argentina|title=Vaccix sufre accidente e ingresa a terapia intensiva en Argentina|access-date=2023-12-04|date=2023-03-23|website=Los Tiempos|language=es|archive-date=25 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425082041/https://www.lostiempos.com/doble-click/musica/20230323/vaccix-sufre-accidente-e-ingresa-terapia-intensiva-argentina|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the clinical complications, Vaccix slowly managed to overcome these challenges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bolivia.com/entretenimiento/entretenimiento-y-farandula/tras-un-grave-accidente-vaccix-vuelve-con-un-nuevo-lanzamiento-403327|title=Tras un grave accidente, Vaccix vuelve mejor que nunca y con un nuevo lanzamiento|access-date=2023-12-04|last=Ordóñez|first=Micaela Sanjines|date=2023-05-19|website=Bolivia.com|language=es|archive-date=14 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214021956/https://www.bolivia.com/entretenimiento/entretenimiento-y-farandula/tras-un-grave-accidente-vaccix-vuelve-con-un-nuevo-lanzamiento-403327|url-status=live}}</ref>
After her recovery, Vaccix returned to the music scene with new projects. She released a new song titled "Quemando veneno". The song was created in early March, but its release had to be postponed due to her health condition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eju.tv/2023/04/volvi-a-nacer-el-conmovedor-mensaje-de-vaccix-tras-recuperarse-de-grave-accidente/|title=“Volví a nacer”: El conmovedor mensaje de Vaccix tras recuperarse de grave accidente|access-date=2023-12-04|last=Cadena|first=Patricia|date=2023-04-20|website=eju.tv|language=es|archive-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204193824/https://eju.tv/2023/04/volvi-a-nacer-el-conmovedor-mensaje-de-vaccix-tras-recuperarse-de-grave-accidente/|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2023, she made the release of her album public.<ref name=":0" />
In February 2024, Vaccix released the album ''Apolo 44'', consisting of 8 songs that explore a wide variety of musical genres, including reggaeton, trap, boom bap and experimental, with notable collaborations. The album's name is inspired by the Greek god Apollo, who personifies both medicine and art, reflecting the duality between Vaccix's artistic expression and her clinical past, evident after the accident she suffered. Furthermore, the choice of the number 44 for the album is symbolic, representing the sum of the 8 songs that compose it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/apolo-44/1727167979|title=Apolo 44 on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music}}</ref>
==Discography== Credits taken from iTunes.<ref name=itunes>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/vaccix/1478558612|title=Vaccix on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music}}</ref>
=== Studio albums === * 2024: ''Apolo 44''
=== Singles === * 2019: ''Choca Bandida'' (ft. Corona) * 2020: ''Cuarentena'' * 2021: ''Basura'' * 2021: ''Ay, ay, ay'' (ft. Viudita Moderna) * 2022: ''Sola'' * 2022: ''Soberbia'' * 2022: ''Efímero'' (ft. Angel Blanchard) * 2022: ''Zafiro'' * 2023: ''All ma Bithches'' * 2023: ''Quemando Veneno'' (ft. Red Shine) * 2025: ''No sé amar'' (ft. Chin) * 2025: ''Modo asesina'' (ft. Viudita Moderna) * 2025: ''Dydy'' (ft. Chin)
== Awards and nominations ==
=== Bolivia Music Awards === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Category ! Work ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2021 |Best New Artist | rowspan="2" | ''Herself'' | {{won}} | align="center" |<ref name=":7" /> |- | rowspan="3" |2022 |Best Urban Artist (female) | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lostiempos.com/doble-click/musica/20230415/bolivia-music-awards-2022-premio-artistas-destacados|title=“Bolivia Music Awards 2022” premió a los artistas destacados|access-date=2024-03-17|date=2023-04-15|website=Los Tiempos|language=es}}</ref> |- |Video of the Year |''Sola'' |{{nom}} |- |Female Artist of the Year | rowspan="2" |''Herself'' |{{nom}} |- |2023 |Best Urban Artist (female) |{{nom}} |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lostiempos.com/doble-click/espectaculos/20231124/bolivia-music-awards-2023-premia-talento-industria-musical|title=“Bolivia Music Awards 2023” premia el talento en la industria musical boliviana|access-date=2024-03-17|date=2023-11-24|website=Los Tiempos|language=es|archive-date=2 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302072320/https://www.lostiempos.com/doble-click/espectaculos/20231124/bolivia-music-awards-2023-premia-talento-industria-musical|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2024 |Album of the Year |Apolo 44 |{{nom}} | rowspan="2" align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://larazon.bo/la-revista/2024/11/01/nominados/|title=Anuncian lista preliminar de artistas nominados para los Bolivia Music Awards|access-date=2025-06-28|last=Aliaga|first=Rodolfo|date=2024-11-01|website=La Razón|language=es}}</ref> |- |Best Urban Artist (female) |''Herself'' |{{nom}} |}
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== * {{instagram|vaccix}}
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Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Bolivian women singers Category:21st-century women rappers Category:Bolivian singer-songwriters Category:People from Santa Cruz de la Sierra