In June 2017, J Balvin released the single "Mi Gente" with Willy William.
22 Facts About J Balvin
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In 2012, J Balvin released a mixtape featuring many of his early hits in Colombia, including "En Lo Oscuro" and "Como un Animal".
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In February 2014, J Balvin released a new track entitled "6 AM," featuring Puerto Rican singer Farruko.
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Shortly after, J Balvin released his second track in the United States, "Ay Vamos," which solidified his mark in the Latin urban market.
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On 16 January 2016, J Balvin premiered his new single "Ginza" from his upcoming album, at the Premios Juventud.
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On 24 June 2016, J Balvin released his third studio album Energia.
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On 30 June 2017, J Balvin released his new single along with the official music video "Mi Gente" featuring Willy William.
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On 19 January 2018, J Balvin released his new single along with the official music video "Machika" featuring Jeon and Anitta.
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On 23 April 2018, J Balvin announced the dates for his Vibras tour revealing the 27 cities where he will be performing.
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On 27 June 2019, J Balvin released his new album in collaboration with Bad Bunny titled Oasis.
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In November 2019, J Balvin released the music video for the single "Blanco", which introduced a "futuristic, all-white environment filled with hypnotic dancers and flying cats".
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On 20 March 2020, J Balvin released the album Colores, in which every song is named after a color except the song "Arcoiris".
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Later that year J Balvin released a new song in collaboration with Pokemon for their 25th anniversary.
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In December 2021, J Balvin earned his 33rd No 1 on the Billboard Latin Airplay Chart with "Una Nota", breaking the record for the most No 1s on the chart.
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Colombian artist Lido Pimienta has argued that J Balvin is more of an entertainer than an artist.
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In yet another incident, J Balvin accepted the award for "Afro-Latino Artist of the Year" from the 2021 African Entertainment Awards USA.
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The name of the award was changed to "Best Latin Artist of the Year" and J Balvin, who is not black, deleted his original Instagram post.
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Nobody was injured in the accident, and J Balvin called it "a miracle".
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In 2020, it was revealed that J Balvin contracted COVID-19, but he has since recovered.
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Since 2018, J Balvin has been in a relationship with the Argentine model and Miss Argentina 2014 Valentina Ferrer.
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Nicole Acevedo of NBC News said that although Latin artists such as Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias and Shakira achieved crossover success by recording English-language albums, "J Balvin is reinventing the way Latin music artists cross over to the US music scene" with musical productions recorded entirely in Spanish.
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Iman Amrani from The Guardian felt that J Balvin is "now arguably Colombia's biggest cultural export" and described him as example on "how embracing national pride can be a force for cultural good".