Balvin released his most recent album José in March 2021. He collaborated with Cardi B and Bad Bunny on the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single " I Like It", which was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. In January 2018, he released the hit single " Machika" featuring Jeon and Anitta. On 1 August 2017, "Mi Gente" topped the Global Top 50 on Spotify, and later reached one billion views on YouTube. In June 2017, Balvin released the single " Mi Gente" with Willy William. In 2016, he released Energia, which included the hit singles "Ginza", " Bobo", " Safari", and "Sigo Extrañándote". His breakthrough came in 2014 with " Ginza" and the single " 6 AM" featuring Puerto Rican singer Farruko which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart following with " Ay Vamos" and "Ginza". The Guinness World Records acknowledged him as a "leader of a second-generation reggaeton revolution". He became the first Latino to headline world-musical events such as Coachella, Tomorrowland, and Lollapalooza. 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. 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. He then returned to Medellín and gained popularity performing at clubs in the city. At age 17, he moved to the United States to learn English, where he lived in both Oklahoma and New York.
He has been referred to as the " Prince of Reggaeton" (from Spanish: "Príncipe del Reggaetón"), and is one of the best-selling Latin music artists with sales of more than 45 million records worldwide. José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (born ), known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer.
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