Maluma is the pseudonym of
Juan Luis Londoño Arias, a Colombian reggaeton singer, born on January 28, 1994. His first singles “
Obsession” Y “
Miss independent“resonated with listeners because Maluma’s style celebrated the beginning of the pop-ification of the reggaeton genre.
Maluma He gained early fame as a teenager. Initially, he wanted to play soccer professionally, and he was gifted enough to attract media attention in his native Medellín. He sang simply for pleasure. However, given the rise of singing competitions on the Internet, YouTube and television, he was drawn to music. In 2011, at the age of 17, she cut her first single, “
Farandulera“independently. Due to its popularity on the Internet and the emergence of emerging airplay radio, the song gained the attention of Sony Music. The following year, it released
Magic, her debut album. Several of his singles – “
Obsession“,”
Mad” Y “
Miss independent“- they received a constant diffusion and reached the top of the charts in Colombia and Latin America. Their next single,”
Temperature“, entered the North American charts and earned him a Latin Grammy nomination in 2013.
In 2014, he was the featured vocalist on the Elvis Crespo hit “Ole Brazil“, recorded for the World Cup tournament.
Maluma returned in early 2015. His first release was PB DB. The Mixtape, a hit compilation with two new singles, “I like you so much” Y “ClimaxThese tracks mapped out and set the stage for a new album, Pretty boy dirty boy, which appeared in the fall. The recording was produced by Walter Kolm.
In 2016, Maluma He launched “Blackmail“, a song in collaboration with fellow Colombian star Shakira, and the video became very popular, accumulating more than a billion views online in five months. The song”Four Babys“Reflecting him as a boastful womanizer, sparked a backlash when offended listeners criticized the song’s message that depicted women as objects. Some launched a petition for it to be removed from digital platforms. (Not so, but Maluma He apologized).
In 2017, Maluma was named “Artist of the Year” at the Premios Lo Nuestro, a Latin music awards show presented by the Spanish-language television network Univision. That same year, he began working on his next album, writing songs in English and Spanish. In November 2017, he released a first single “Heart“pre-release, featuring Brazilian singer Nego do Borel, who peaked at number five on Hot Latin Songs. In May, he released the LP FAME Produced primarily by Medellín artists including Édgar “Edge” Barrera and “Rude Boyz” Kevin ADG and Chan El Genio, with further duet contributions from Timbaland (“My Statement“), Prince Royce (“Hangover“), and Jason Derulo in bilingual”The exThe album reached # 1 on the Latin Albums chart and # 37 on the Hot 200.