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Juan Luis Londoño Arias, better known as Maluma, is a Colombian singer of pop, reggaeton, and Latin trap born in Medellín, Colombia on January 28, 1994. His stage name is a combination of the first two letters of his mother's name Marlli, his father Luis, and his sister Manuela. After dedicating over 8 years to soccer, a sport he is passionate about and in which his father hoped he would become a successful athlete, he decided in 2010, at the age of 16, to start receiving vocal lessons to give a twist to his life and dedicate himself fully to singing, which has definitively propelled him to stardom.

In 2011, he released the single "Farandulera" which propelled him to fame in Colombia and garnered the attention of Sony Music, with whom he signed a recording agreement in the middle of that same year. Subsequently, other songs followed such as "Loco," "Obsesión," or "Pasarla bien," which were well received until the release of his first album "Magia" in 2012, which sold over ten thousand copies in his home country.

With the theme "La Temperatura," in 2013 it rose to the top of the charts in the United States and Latin America and received a nomination for the Latin Grammy in 2013 in the category of Best New Artist.

With a career that was starting to solidify, and after a second album, Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy (2015), where the song Solos, recorded with the Cuban El Micha, is found, Maluma released the single Felices los cuatro at the beginning of 2017, which propelled him to fame. Its music video became the most viewed Latin video worldwide in its first 24 hours, earning the singer a Vevo certification.

The bold letter that deals with the love triangle between Maluma and a married woman, interpreted by the Cuban-Croatian model Natalia Barulich, who later became his partner, does not go unnoticed and in the middle of that same year, Marc Anthony records the salsa version with the artist and appears in the music video for this version filmed a month later.

Both versions are part of their third single, F.A.M.E., which won at the Latin Grammy Awards for "Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album" and which, due to the number of copies sold, achieved Gold and Platinum certifications in different countries around the world.

The friendship between Maluma and Marc Anthony has been forged over the years, and it is common to see them sharing stages and projects. In 2019, the Colombian singer composed the lyrics for the song "Parecen Viernes," a single that is part of the thirteenth studio album of the American artist, "Opus."

In 2019, one of the most important collaborations in the singer's life arrived when he became part of Madonna's album Madame X. Medellín, the first single from the album, reached the eighteenth position on the Hot Latin Songs chart and became Madonna's 47th number one on the Dance Club Songs chart, extending her record as the artist with the most entries at number one on that list. Two months later, from the same album, the artists came together again on the track Bitch I'm loca.

That same year, in 2019, the Colombian artist released his fourth album, 11:11, under the Sony Music Latin label. The album features collaborations with Ricky Martin, Ozuna, Nicky Jam, Zion & Lennox, Sech, Ty Dolla $ign, Chencho Corleone from Plan B, Farina, and also includes a track with Madonna, in which they perform the song "Soltera" together.

Among his most prominent collaborations is "Clandestino," with Shakira in June 2018. Rolling Stone ranked the song at number six on its list of the 20 Best Latin Singles of 2018, and it landed at number 14 in Billboard's critics' choice for the Top 20 Latin Songs of 2018.

In 2018, he was selected by People magazine as the sexiest man in the world.

In 2019, as a guest on the famous Jimmy Fallon show - The Tonight Show, he confessed to the host that he would like to have a musical collaboration with Justin Timberlake, who has influenced his musical style.

In 2019, his first movie, "Marry Me," started filming alongside Jennifer Lopez and American actor Owen Wilson, marking the Colombian artist's film debut. In September 2020, Lopez announced through her social media their collaboration on two tracks with Maluma, "Pa' Ti" and "Lonely," which will likely be part of the soundtrack for the movie they both star in, that is yet to have a release date.