José Álvaro Osorio Balvín, famous as J Balvin is a Singer and songwriter from Colombia. He is well known for Reggaeton, Hip-Pop, and Latin pop. J Balvin was born on May 7, 1985, in Medellín, Colombia. He is 35 years old. As a child he was fond of hip-pop music, especially admired Metallica and Nirvana rock stars. At the age of 16, he moved to New York for his further studies and simultaneously performed in various underground clubs. Balvin used to participate in street freestyle competitions where he met his partner David Rivera Mazo, who was a DJ. Both worked together and released their first song “Panas” which proved to be an average hit. Later in 2009 they collaborated with EMI Colombia and produced the single “Ella Me Cautivó” which acquired 35 positions in the Billboard Tropical Songs chart.
Balvin won till now in his career five Billboard Latin Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and two Grammy Award nominations, etc. Besides this, he has gained a huge fan following over different social media platforms. On Instagram, J Balvin has over 45.7m followers which he has earned by uploading awesome images and short videos. Apart from Instagram he also has gained 13.4m followers on TikTok where he uploads short videos.