After spending much of his young adulthood writing songs for others (including Mexican singers Paulina Rubio and Julieta Venegas and fellow Argentines Diego Torres and Alejandro Lerner), Coti Sorokin moved to Spain to embark upon a solo career, and released his self-titled debut in 2002 (much of it had been recorded in Buenos Aires, however). It was enough to win Sorokin the opening spot on Shakira's 2003 tour stop in Madrid, and the singer/songwriter came out with his second album, Canciones Para Llevar, the following year. The record was re-released with additional bonus tracks in 2005, just months before his first live album, Esta Mañana y Otros Cuentos, was issued.