Carlos Vives (born ) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. Through his career he was honored with two Grammy Awards and eighteen Latin Grammy Awards, being awarded with the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year in 2024.
Born in Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, Vives spent his first 12 years there before moving to Bogotá. He enrolled at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University and holds a degree in Advertising. In Bogotá, he acquired a taste for rock, getting involved in the local music scene.
Vives is globally renowned for his command of traditional styles such as vallenato, porro, cumbia, and champeta, as well as pop, rock, and reggaeton. He has sold tens of millions of recordings and his videos regularly garner billions of views.
His duets with Sebastián Yatra ("Robarte un Beso") and Shakira ("La Bicicleta") have registered more than a billion views each and topped Latin Songs charts. In 2019, Vives was chosen by Billboard magazine as one of the Top Latin Artists of the 2010s.
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References
- "Carlos Vives." Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Vives