| Celebrated Name: | J Balvin |
|---|---|
| Real Name/Full Name: | José Álvaro Osorio Balvín |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 36 years old |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Medellin, Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Height: | 1.7 m |
| Weight: | 75 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | N/A |
| Children: | No |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): |
Yes (Diana Osorio) |
| Profession: | Singer |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $14 million |
| Last Updated: | December 2024 |
J Balvin is a popular Colombian reggaeton singer who considered as one of the musical stars as music and dance run in his blood; he also has the talent of rapper, songwriting, and Record Producer in the Columbia itself.
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Early Life
At the age of 14, Balvin started the journey of his career, and after three years, he leaves his country and shifted to Oklahoma in the United States. He lives there only with his best friend ‘Jesus Marulanda,’ to learn and improve his English communication. After a few years, Jose moved to another City, New York, to learn the basics of Music and English.
For the next ten years, Jose worked and tried to find the new style that people like most, and he can make a platform for his career in the U.S. as well as Columbia. He also performed in the best and popular clubs in Medellin, Columbia, to start connecting with the people of the country.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 7 May 1985, J Balvin is 36 years old as of today’s date 10th December 2024. His height is 1.7 m. Tall, and weight is 75 kg.
Career
J Balvin recorder his first tape related to the different mix hit songs of Colombia in 2012. This mixtape includes ‘Como un Animal’ and ‘En Lo Oscuro’ song, which is very popular among the people. After a year of release, this mix trap gets viral in the United States and makes Jose so capable of working as industry radars and DJ.
In the very next year, Balvin released his trap with the title given ‘6 AM’, which is the featured song of Puerto Rican, and the song was also played in most of the radio stations of the United States, Europe, and Latin America. The second track, which was shared in the United States with the title ‘Ay Vamos,’ make Joes more popular in the market of Latin urban. People love to listen to Latin music as related to any other music type, and this song was top on the Billboard Latin song chart in the year 2015.
Balvin also canceled his first live telecast performance on Miss USA in June 2015 to protest for the insulting words says by Donald Trump, for the immigrants that they are bringing crime, drugs, and also doing rape activity in the United States. He also started the ‘LatinosSomosUnidos’ with the help of social media against all the activities that are occurring on the Venezuelan-Colombian Border. Most of the Latin artists have supported that movement and stand by them to protest.
On January 16, Jose has launched his new Ginza for the latest album, and this made a record of Two million viewers within 24 hours. He also launched his latest studio album in 2017, which is featured by Willy William. In the month of August 2017, ‘Mi Gente’ has reached to the rank one on the top 50 songs list of Spotify.
Awards & Achievements
Every year, Balvin has been nominated for several music awards, and he also achieved most of the awards in Latin music. He has won Latin rhythmic song as well artist of the year in the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2017. In the Heat Latin Music Awards, he was awarded for the best video and the best artist of all time in 2015 and in the present year as well.
Other than that, his name was also nominated in iHeart Music Awards in 2017 a few months back and achieved Latin album of the year title. Now, Balvin is considered as a Favorite urban artist in the nomination of Latin Music American Awards.
Net Worth & Salary of J Balvin in 2024
As of December 2024, Balvin’s net worth is more than $14 million. His success was started from the mixtape, which was released in the United States in 2013 and reached in the list of top 10. And his album ‘Yo Te Lo Diji’ has reached rank 1 in Mexico, the United States, and Columbia. He has increased his income as compared to the last several years by doing hard work.
Jose has made a great platform to prove himself as the toughest hardworking singer of all time. From the first mix trap in Latin America, he got the confidence to face the audience in any of the live performances. Later, when he got the chance to work as a DJ, Jose has taken advantage of that chance and proved him to be one of the best reggaeton singers as well rapper of all time.