# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-balvin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:03:45.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-balvin"
name: "J Balvin"
slug: "j-balvin"
description: "José Álvaro Osorio Balvín, known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer. He is one of the best-selling Latin artists, with 35 million records sold worldwide. Balvin was born in Medellín. At age 17, he moved to the United States to learn English, living in both Oklahoma and New York. He then returned to Medellín and gained popularity performing at clubs in the city."
tagline: "Colombian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J_Balvin%2C_Noisey_Meets%3B_Oct_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1985-05-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.48781733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JBALVIN"
    handle:    "JBALVIN"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jbalvin/"
    handle:    "jbalvin"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@jbalvin"
    handle:    "jbalvin"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-k6JwNWHMXDBGm9IYHdsg"
    handle:    "UCt-k6JwNWHMXDBGm9IYHdsg"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JBalvinOficial"
    handle:    "JBalvinOficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6632237/"
    handle:    "nm6632237"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vyhD5VmyZ7KMfW5gqLgo5"
    handle:    "1vyhD5VmyZ7KMfW5gqLgo5"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://jbalvin.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جي بالفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جى بالفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جی بالوین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Джей Балвин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J Balvin"
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    title: "جی بالوین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'יי באלווין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%B6"
    title: "Ջեյ Բալվին"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Balvin"
    title: "J Balvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3"
    title: "J・バルヴィン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966845"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump