- Latin Grammy Award Latin Grammy Award
- Grammy Nomination Grammy Nomination
Biography
Maluma is widely considered one of the leading voices in Latin music and a bona fide global youth idol. Born Juan Luis Londoño in Medellin, Colombia, he formulated his artistic moniker Maluma from the first two letters of the names of his mother, father and sister.
The 2018 Latin GRAMMY award winner for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album (for F.A.M.E.) is one of social media’s most popular artists with over 23 million Facebook fans, 6 million Twitter followers, and a whopping 51.3 million Instagram followers, making him the leading Latin male artist on Instagram and the first and only one to reach 50 million followers. His official YouTube/VEVO channel has garnered over 9 billion views and has more than 23 million subscribers, having earned him a YouTube Diamond Play Button Award.
With his Maluma World Tour he has achieved unparalleled success, having sold over one million tickets in 105 worldwide concerts in 2017 alone and becoming the top concert-selling Latin artist in the world. In 2018 and 2019, he broke records achieving full houses in all of his shows throughout the United States and Europe selling out the Madison Square Garden arena (New York), the American Airlines Arena (Miami) and two The Forums (Los Angeles), among others. With his 11:11 World Tour he also sold out Israel's largest venue, Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv (60,000+ audience); made history at the 18th annual Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco, setting an all-time attendance record with his headlining concert in front of 200,000 people; and performed for the first time ever in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in front of 25,000.
In 2018, Maluma entered the fashion scene with his edgy, youthful and authentic look, and style. He has been named a “Menswear Icon in the Making” and “Men’s Fashion's Newest Muse” by Vogue. In addition, he was one of GQ’s “Men of the Year” in 2019 and continues to gain the fashion support of designers such as Kim Jones (Dior), Jeremy Scott (Moschino), Donatella Versace, Calvin Klein, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton, Olivier Rousteing, Balmain, and many more. In 2019, he attended the Met Gala for the first time, becoming one of the first Latin urban artists of this generation to be invited by Anna Wintour. Maluma has also released top campaigns and commercials as the face of global brands such as Moet Hennessy, Michelob and Adidas.
Since joining Sony Music Latin in 2015, Maluma has released three albums, all of which have debuted at #1 on Billboard's Latin Albums chart: Pretty Boy Dirty Boy (2015), F.A.M.E. (2018) and 11:11 (2019).Maluma is the youngest artist to simultaneously hold both the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard's Latin Airplay chart (with "Sin Contrato" and "Chantaje”) and only the sixth act to ever achieve the feat. To date Maluma has had fifteen #1 singles according to Billboard's Latin Airplay chart.
Songs
See all of MALUMA's songs in the catalog-
Global Music Rights represents 31.60%
Writers
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Global Music Rights represents 32.34%
Writers
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Global Music Rights represents 17.00%
Writers
Writer / Society
IPI/CAE Number
MALUMA
GMR684322339
HERNANDEZ QUILES, JORGE
ASCAP776985070
RAMIREZ LOPEZ, SHARON
SESAC771997874
ROHENA PEREZ, BRYAN ROBERT
ASCAP804737242
SANTANA-LUGO, JUAN JESUS
ASCAP524972143
SANTOS ROMAN, NOEL
SESAC822669129
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Global Music Rights represents 56.00%
Writers
Writer / Society
IPI/CAE Number
MALUMA
GMR684322339
CANO RIOS, RENE DAVID
ASCAP700437289
JIMENEZ LONDONO, KEVIN MAURICIO
BMI675473116
LEZCANO CHAVERRA, BRYAN SNAIDER
BMI675473410
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Global Music Rights represents 25.00%
Writers
Writer / Society
IPI/CAE Number
MALUMA
GMR684322339
GALARRAGA, ELIOSBEL
ASCAP821454654
ORSINI SCHMIDT, YAREK JOEL
SESAC764696979
SIERRA MIRANDA, MICHAEL FERNANDO
SGAE632580358