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J Balvin, born Alvaro in Medellín, Colombia, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He began his professional work in 2007 and performs in the genres of reggaeton, Latin pop, and Latin trap. His musical output includes the work "Comuna 13." Balvin is a male baritone who sings in Spanish and English. He is also identified as a collector and has one child.
The artist’s career spans music, singing, and dance. He has been associated with acting as well. His social media presence includes 34,800,000 followers. On Last.fm, he has 1,880,024 listeners and 66,282,329 plays, with tags including reggaeton, pop, and latin.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Comuna 13
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Medellín, Colombia
Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin, who is known as J Balvin, is an urban music singer born in Colombia. During his high school studies in Medellin he was part of rock bands. He traveled to the United States on a cultural exchange. There he learned English and met hip hop, a style that would cause a complete change in his way of relating to music.
Known for
- Little Lorraine — Agent Lozano2026
- Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2025 : Le concert événement — Self - Guest2025
- Tapis Rouge Gala Des Pièces Rouge2025
- KPOPPED — Self2025
- Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2024 : Le concert événement — Self - Guest2024
- Where's Usher? — Self2024
- A Great Day with J Balvin — Self - Host2024
- Amazon Music Live — Self2022
- Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World — Self - Performer2021
- Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | The Concert — Self2020
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Colombia
- Active from
- 1985
Discography
- Real2009
- El negocio2011
- El negocio: Unreleased Edition2011
- Llegó Navidad2011
- Sin compromiso (remix)2011
- Con flow mátalo2012
- Mix Tape2012
- Yo te lo dije2012
- 6 AM2013
- La familia2013
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,880,024
- Total plays
- 66,282,329
Tags
José Álvaro Osorio Balvin (born May 7, 1985), known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian reggaeton singer. Balvin was born in Medellín, Colombia, where he became interested in music at a young age. At age 17, he moved to the United States and learned English, which influenced the music he would make later. He then returned to Medellín and gained local popularity by performing at various clubs around the city. Though his music is primarily reggaeton <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/J+Bal
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Ca2+- and mitochondrial-dependent cardiomyocyte necrosis as a primary mediator of heart failure
· 2007 · cited 351x
- Overexpression of Bcl-2 attenuates apoptosis and protects against myocardial I/R injury in transgenic mice
· 2001 · cited 303x
- Overexpression of MnSOD Protects Against Myocardial Ischemia/reperfusion Injury in Transgenic Mice
· 1998 · cited 270x
- Upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor by H2O2 in rat heart endothelial cells
· 1998 · cited 176x
- Humanin Is a Novel Neuroprotective Agent Against Stroke
· 2006 · cited 153x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- José Álvaro Osorio Balvin , ( 1985-05-07 ) 7 May 1985 (age 41) , Medellín , Antioquia, Colombia
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter record producer
- Years active
- 2004–present
- Partner
- Valentina Ferrer (2018–present)
- Genres
- Reggaeton urbano Latin pop
- Labels
- Capitol Latin Universal Latino Infinity Capitol
- Website
- jbalvin .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
J Balvin | Omerta | Trust, Family and Strength
OMERTA is a story of honor, loyalty, and respect that unites two of Colombia’s most powerful musical forces, J Balvin and Ryan Castro. OMERTA is a living CODE.
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Encyclopedic overview
José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (born 7 May 1985), known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer. He is one of the best-selling Latin artists, with 35 million records sold worldwide. Balvin was born in Medellín. At age 17, he moved to the United States to learn English, living 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, five MTV Video Music Awards and seven Latin American Music Awards and received four Grammy Award nominations. In 2017, the BMI Latin Awards named him the Contemporary Latin Songwriter of the Year for his contribution in the Latin music industry, and has won the first Global Icon Award given by Lo Nuestro Awards, in recognition of his contribution to spread Latin music worldwide. He became the first Latino to headline world-musical events such as Coachella, Tomorrowland, and Lollapalooza. The Guinness World Records acknowledged him as a "leader of a second-generation reggaeton revolution".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “J Balvin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.