José Álvaro Osorio Balvín es un cantante de reguetón y productor discográfico colombiano más conocido como J Balvin. Nació en Medellín, Colombia el 7 de mayo de 1985. Con una carrera musical muy consolidada, Balvin es uno de los representantes del género que más éxitos ha cosechado a nivel internacional logrando ubicar muchos de sus temas en las primeras posiciones de las principales listas de éxito.
His first album was introduced in Colombia, and with the second one, La familia, released in 2013, he received significant international recognition after achieving gold and platinum certifications in several countries thanks to his multi-award-winning track 6 AM in collaboration with the Puerto Rican Farruko, which reached the top positions on the Billboard charts and became the first Spanish-language single to achieve diamond certification in the United States. The song won two Premios Lo Nuestro for Best Song and Urban Collaboration.
In 2015, he went on a musical tour, the Sex and Love Tour, with Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull.
That same year, he released "Ginza," which corresponds to his third studio album, "Energía." The song became Balvin's first to enter the main Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it stayed at the top for twenty-one consecutive weeks, in addition to reaching number one in Spain (platinum record), Mexico (gold record), Italy, and the USA (platinum record). With this track, the Colombian artist performed at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy in 2016, becoming the first representative from his country to do so.
He has won the Latin Grammy four times and has been nominated many times.
In 2017, he recorded with the French singer and producer Willy William the song Mi gente, another of his most popular tracks, which he performed at the halftime show of Super Bowl LIV, held on February 2, 2020, where Jennifer Lopez and Shakira also participated. On that occasion, he also performed Que Calor.
In 2017, for the soundtrack of the movie Fast and Furious 8, he recorded his first English song Hey Ma along with the Cuban-American Pitbull and the Cuban Camila Cabello. The latter has praised the singer several times, stating that he has been an inspiration for her.
Balvin has publicly acknowledged that he suffers from depression and is on medication. The musician intends to bring visibility to an illness that he says was difficult for him to recognize, and his references to the topic are frequent, as during the World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), when he shared his personal experience with journalist Enrique Santos.
In September 2020, Time magazine selected him as one of the most influential people in the world.
In July 2020, the Colombian sent a message to the Cuban violinist Zamir Muñoz Hernández, known for his violin renditions of urban genre songs.
In August 2020, former President Obama shared a list of his favorite summer music, which included "One Day" by J Balvin, Bad Bunny, and Dua Lipa. In 2018, Obama had mentioned the Colombian artist during a speech, asking the audience, "Who doesn’t like J Balvin and reggaeton?" thus validating the presence of Latin music in the United States.
In February 2021, he announced his parenthood alongside his girlfriend, the Argentine model Valentina Ferrer.
