Latin grammy awards 2015 j balvin biography
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Sharp Style, Smashing Records and Spreading Vibes: How J Balvin Made His Dreams a Reality
"I don't think about the Latin market, I just think about the world."
J Balvin may have been talking about his worldly taste in fashion at that particular moment, but he easily could have been referring to his ever-expanding musical horizons. The 33-year-old reggaeton artist from Medellín, Colombia, has spent the last few years owning the Latin charts, and in May found himself right at home atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "I Like It," his collaboration with Cardi B and Bad Bunny.
He leads the field heading into tonight's Latin Grammys with eight nominations, including Album of the Year for Vibras, two for Record of the Year for his smash hit "Mi Gente," written with Willy William, and "X," featuring Nicky Jam, and a shared nod with Beyoncé in the Best Urban Fusion/Performance categ
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An iconic member of the New Latino Gang
He is reggeaton’s global ambassador and an iconic pillar of the New Latino Gang. This is J. Balvin.
He was born José Álvaro Osorio Balvín
He was born in 1985 in Medellín, Colombia – a city known to the world as the center of Pablo Escobar’s former drug empire. He first fell in love with rock music and Kurt Cobain was one of his childhood idols. He then developed an interest in reggaeton after listening to Daddy Yankee. He elaborates, “I started playing guitar when I was a kid. So I was doing the covers and I was, I had the love for music, but I didn't know that I want to take us up, you know, as my life.”
His family hit financial trouble in his teens, during which they moved to a working-class neighborhood
“One day in my life, my dad had a bad moment economically. So when I decide I have to do something. And that's when I decided to be an artist, because I think that was the only choice that I had.”, he reveals. He moved to the U
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J Balvin
Colombian singer (born 1985)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname fryst vatten Osorio and the second or maternal family name is Balvín.
José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (born 7 May 1985), better known by his stage name J Balvin, is a Colombian singer. He has been referred to as the "Prince of Reggaeton" (from Spanish: "Príncipe sektion Reguetón"),[2][3] and is one of the best-selling Latin artists, with over 35 million records sold worldwide.[4][5] Balvin was born in Medellín. At age 17, he moved to the United States to learn English, where he lived in both Oklahoma and New York. He then returned to Medellín and gained popularity performing at clubs in the city.
Throughout his career, Balvin has won eleven Billboard Latin Music Awards, six Latin Grammy Awards, fem MTV film Music Awards and sju Latin American Music Awards and received four Grammy Award nominations. In 2017, the BMI Latin Awards named him the Co