Diego Gomes

Diego Gomes (born August 27, 1996) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer and director from Toronto, Ontario. He is best known as the season three winner of the Canadian YTV television series, The Next Star. He is also the CEO of videography business, New Wave Visuals.

Early life Gomes was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He is of Portuguese and Italian descent. At the age of ten, Gomes formed a band before auditioning for The Next Star. He cites music influences from G-Eazy, Mötley Crüe, Diplo, Michael Jackson, Metro Boomin and Future, among many more. A music video was filmed for the song and was released on September 17, 2010. At the finale, Gomes was announced the winner of that season. "My Best Friend's Girl" amassed over 550,000 views on YouTube and reached the top ten on the Billboard Canada's Emerging Artist Chart. The song also debuted at number 85 on the Canadian Hot 100. In December 2010, the top six were called back to Toronto once again to perform a cover of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You".

In January 2011, Gomes did a Long & McQuade in-store performance with Suzie McNeil, presented by CHUM-FM. Following his appearance on the show, he was signed to Universal Music Canada and released two songs under the label. He released the single, "Call My Name", in August 2011. In 2012, Gomes formed the pop-punk band, More Than Us, and toured across Ontario as well as performing shows at the Rogers Centre for the 2012 Spring Fling and the FazeSuperGirl Power-Up Event. In August 2013, he released the single, "Just Let Go" from his upcoming EP, which was expected to be released in early 2014.

In 2017, Gomes signed with Studizzy Entertainment and released his first single under the label titled, "Understand Me". In an interview with Canadian Dope, Gomes stated that after signing with the label, he was able to make music he wanted to make.

In 2019, Gomes began focusing on videography full-time, shooting over 300 music videos. In October 2021, Gomes started a YouTube series on his channel, Dreams 2 Reality, documenting his financial success over the years. He also became the CEO of videography business, New Wave Visuals, where he has worked with artists such as DJ Unimerce and Chromazz. while continuing to direct music videos for several artists.

Musical style Early in his career, Gomes' music primarily focused on pop, which he expressed not having the freedom in what he wanted to do.

Discography Extended Plays + List of EPs with selected details Title Details Summer 18 Released: September 3, 2018 Label: Diego Gomes Music Formats: Streaming

Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album CAN 2010 85 YTV Presents The Next Star, Season 3 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" — "Call My Name" 2011 — "Prom Night" 2013 — "Just Let Go" — "Bow Tie" 2015 — "Impossible" 2016 — "#Celebrate" — Summer 18 "Understand Me" 2017 — "Sirens" — "Rocket" — "Focus" — "Te Quiero" — "Summer in the Winter" 2018 — "Now You're Sorry" — "Wicked Games" 2019 — "Halloween Haunt" — "Nasty" 2020 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist Title Year Album "I Can Feel It" 2013 "In a Moment" 2017 "It Goes Down in the Six " 2018 "By the Lake" 11:34 "Vibe" 2019 "Money"

Promotional singles

Music videos Title Year Director(s) "My Best Friend's Girl" 2010 "Let It Snow!" "Understand Me" 2017 TunnelVisionTO "Dancer" "Let's Do This"

Other appearances