Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1985-05-07
- 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
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,880,024
- Total plays
- 66,282,329
Tags
ReggaetonpopcolombianlatinColombia
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
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· 2007 · cited 350x
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· 2001 · cited 302x
- 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
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 7 May 1985
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alvaro
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Colombia
- Place of birth
- Medellín
- Occupation
- rapper
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Spanish
- Field of work
- dance
- Genre
- Latin trap
Article
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".