MALUMA'S BIOGRAPHY

 
 

 
  
  

  
 
     Juan Luis Londoño Arias, best known by the nickname of Maluma is singer, producer, entrepreneur, fashion designer and composer of the urban genre born in Medellín, Colombia, on January 28, 1994.

Maluma has the unconditional support of his family: Marlli, his mother; Luis, his father; And manuela, his sister.

This nickname is a tribute to them. Ma-Lu-Ma is the acronym that consists of the first two letters of the names of his parents and his sister, who has tattooed on his left foot.

Maluma Childhood and Adolescence .

Maluma grew like a normal child. He began to sing before his classmates and at family gatherings from an early age. Precisely in an event with his own, playing the hits of Andrés Cepeda and Diego Torres, an uncle created a recording studio, which was the beginning to raise his talent to another level by recording two songs with three recognized producers.
Football was another of his great passions during his childhood and adolescence. After eight years of practicing football and having been a part of the inferiors of Atletico Nacional and Equidad, I had to choose between the two professions that are most passionate about him: football and music. As a good bet, he decided the music as a career. Football left him as a teaching discipline still practicing to succeed in music.

Family and origin of the artistic name of Maluma.

Maluma has the unconditional support of his family: Marlli, his mother; Luis, his father; And manuela, his sister. In fact, his stage name, which he has tattooed on his left foot, is a tribute to them. Ma-Lu-Ma is the acronym that consists of the first two letters of the names of: his mother (Marlli), his father (Luis) and his sister (Manuela).

Beginnings of Maluma in music

Maluma rose to fame in Colombia in 2011 for its success with the song "Farandulera", a simple one that I have published without specifying a record agreement. The subject was very successful in his native country, with the excellent reception in the radio and Internet, the Colombian caught the attention of Sony Music Colombia. In the middle of the same year, I managed to sign with that same label.

Musical trajectory of Maluma

I n 2012, Maluma released the album "Magia", with which it obtained a notorious commercial success in Colombia, where it was certified gold by sales that surpassed the ten thousand copies. Soon it began to be widely recognized in the rest of Latin America and the United States by songs like "Obsession", "Loco", "To pass it well", "Miss Independent" and "The temperature". Later, in 2013, Maluma enjoyed wide popularity, so he entered the top forty positions on several Billboard charts, earning a Latin Grammy nomination in the Best New Artist category. Also, he was a candidate for the Best Latin American Artist at the MTV Europe Music Awards and Best New Artist of the Year at the Premios Nuestra Tierra.
In June of 2014, he began a musical tour of America, visiting countries such as Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, the United States, Ecuador and Venezuela, a month later staged at the Premios Juventud 2014 ceremony with his single "La Temperature, "where he was announced as a jury and coach in the" La Voz kids de Caracol Televisión "talent contest. Ivanna, of the group in which she acted as mentor, won the contest with 44.1% of the votes. In August of 2014, he made his debut as a presenter in the first edition of the Kids' Choice Awards Colombia, of Nickelodeon Latin America. In April of 2015, he released "El tiki", a simple one that gained popularity when entering the first fifty positions of the list Latin American Music Songs of Billboard, also was candidate to Latin Grammy like better urban interpretation. In June, he released the single "Borro cassette", which quickly became successful, having a receptivity in several countries of America when entering the 3 position of the Hot Latin Songs, reason why became the first song of the artist that Entered the first ten positions of the main list of Latin songs. In October of that same year, Maluma launched his first line of urban clothes and published his second album of study, "Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy", being successful in several South American countries when placing in the first positions of the lists of the albums more downloaded From iTunes. The album "Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy" managed to enter the number one position of the main Latin album list of Billboard by 3000 units sold, reason why it became the first disc of Maluma that obtained the first position and the first Album of an urban artist of Colombian origin that entered the number of said ranquin of musical popularity, respectively. In January 2016, Maluma sings alongside Thalía the single "Desde esa noche", which was popular in Latin America and the United States, when it reached position 16 on the Hot Latin Songs chart. In February, Maluma released "El Perdedor" as the third single from their second album, a remix that became their second track that entered # 1 on the Latin Airplay Chart after "Borró cassette". His video, based on the racism suffered by Latinos in the United States, became viral on YouTube. Later, at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, Maluma was nominated for the new artist award of the year, at the Billboard Music Awards 2016, opted for the best Latin song for "Borró cassette", at the Latin American Music Awards 2016, at the Categories favorite song of urban music by "Erase cassette" and favorite collaboration by "The loser" with Yandel. In the same year, Maluma became embroiled in controversy when entering the genre trap with the song "Four babys" in collaboration with Noriel, Bryan Mayer and Juhn, subject that caused criticism by its explicit content. Nevertheless, it managed to obtain a very fast growth in the social networks, surpassing the one hundred million reproductions in YouTube in a month. After several successes, Maluma manages to be a trend in the year 2016, since it was awarded for being one Of the most famous Latin artists in the world, notable for being the composer who has released more songs throughout the year.