Denis Gonzalo Elías Trías, known as Denis Elías, is a Uruguayan plena singer from the Cerro neighborhood of Montevideo, born on April 17, 1981, and introduced to music as a child singing with his godfather’s guitar. He took his first professional steps in the late 1990s as a vocalist with legendary plena orchestra Karibe con K, debuting onstage with them at 18 in 1998, and later joined tropical group La Revancha. In the mid-2000s Denis Elías left La Revancha to start a solo career, quickly scoring local hits with “Corazón herido” and “Eres tan bella,” songs that became early calling cards in his live sets and later reappeared on compilations. He released his debut studio album El Príncipe in 2010 through Montevideo Music Group, establishing himself nationally with tracks like “Horas Vacías,” “Se Muere el Amor” and the bonus track “Que Te Aguante Él,” which grew into one of his signature songs. Over the next decade, he consolidated his catalog with the live collection Grandes Éxitos en Vivo (2015) and the studio album Mi Modo de Amar (2018), which yielded fan favorites such as “Dijiste Adiós,” “Mi Modo de Amar” and the reissued single “Horas Vacías,” while standalone releases like “Razón,” “Te Fui Queriendo” and “Desde Que Te Ví” kept him active on tropical playlists. In the 2020s, Denis Elías refreshed key songs in live form on the album En Vivo Teatro Movie and returned to “Que Te Aguante Él” with a 2023 studio single. He then partnered with Uruguayan label One Play for the crossover singles “No Te Creo,” “El Trato” with Mariano Bermúdez, and “La Bachata en Plena,” followed in 2025 by “No Te Creo (En Vivo)” and “Ame,” while Montevideo Music Group summarized his catalog that year with the anthology 20 Grandes Éxitos.
