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	<td class="column-1">Real Name:</td><td class="column-2">Juan Luis Londoño Arias</td>
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	<td class="column-1">Birthday:</td><td class="column-2">January 28, 1994</td>
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	<td class="column-1">Net Worth:</td><td class="column-2">$12 million</td>
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	<td class="column-1">Height:</td><td class="column-2">177 cm</td>
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	<td class="column-1">Occupation:</td><td class="column-2">Colombian Singer, Songwriter, Actor</td>
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<p><strong>Maluma</strong> is the stage name for Juan Luis Londono Arias. He is one of the most, if not the<strong> most popular Latin star at the moment</strong>. The <strong>Colombian singer and actor</strong> developed an interest in music at a young age. He started his <strong>career when he was just 16 years old</strong>. Born in 1994, he released his <strong>debut album in 2012</strong>. His latest <strong>collaboration with Madonna</strong> broke records.</p>
<p>He has <strong>several singles</strong> charting within the <strong>top 10 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs</strong>. Some of them include <em>Corazon, El Perderor, Borro Cassette</em>, and<em> Felices Los 4.</em> Besides Madonna, he also <strong>worked with Ricky Martin, Shakira, Thalia, </strong>and <strong>Anitta</strong>.</p>
<p>Maluma has <strong>two</strong> <em>Latin American Music Awards</em>, <em>Latin Grammy Award</em>, and <strong>nominations</strong> for <em>Best Latin Pop Album</em>. His music falls into the <strong>Latin trap, pop, and reggaeton category</strong>.</p>
<h2>Career Ups and Downs</h2>
<p>Malum started his <strong>career in 2010.</strong> He was just <strong>16 years old at the time</strong>. He released his<strong> first single</strong>, <em>Farandulera</em> and it was a hit. <em>Sony Music Colombia</em> signed the signer for his<strong> first studio album.</strong> Under the Sony brand, he released his <strong>next single</strong>, <em>Loco</em>.</p>
<p>The Latin singer released his <strong>debut album,</strong> <em>Magia</em>, in <strong>2012</strong>. For the <em>Obsesion</em> video, he invited <strong>Colombian model Lina Posada</strong> to be in the video. She was also in the music video for <em>Taboo</em> by <strong>Don Omar.</strong> This video accumulated more than <strong>180 million views on YouTube.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In 2013,</strong> he began working on his <strong>mixtape</strong>. He released<em> La Temperature</em><strong> featuring Eli Palacios,</strong> a P<strong>uerto Rican singer</strong>, as the first single. This was his <strong>first single to enter the US charts</strong> for the Latin audience by <strong>Billboard</strong>.</p>
<p>Between <strong>2014 and 2018,</strong> Maluma had a <strong>prolific career</strong>. He released several music videos and songs. Most of them reached more than <strong>100 million views on YouTube.</strong> In 2014, he collaborated with singer <strong>Elvis Crespo</strong> on the <em>Ole Brazil</em> <strong>theme song</strong> for the <em>2014 FIFA World Cup</em>. This is when the world started noticing him. <strong>In July 2014,</strong> he became a<strong> judge/coach</strong> for the<em> Colombian The Voice Kids.</em></p>
<p>In 2015, he released his <em>PB.DB The Mixtape</em>, <strong>featuring various singles</strong>. Later the same year, he released his<strong> second album,</strong> <em>Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy</em>. For his second album, he focused on <strong>urban music and pop paired with reggaeton</strong>. <strong>Three of the singles</strong> entered the <strong>top 10 on Billboard Hot Latin Songs.</strong></p>
<p>Maluma spent most of <strong>2016 touring.</strong> He started his <em>Dirty Boy World Tour</em> in <strong>May 2016</strong>. In <strong>2017</strong>, he got his <strong>fifth top 5 single</strong> on the<strong> Hot Latin Songs chart </strong>with <em>Felices Los 4.</em> The music video for this song reached<strong> 1 billion views on YouTube.</strong> The same thing happened with the <strong>next song</strong>, <em>Corazon</em>.</p>
<p>In 2018, he recorded the <strong>Spanish version</strong> of <em>Colors</em>, a theme song of the<em> 2018 FIFA World Cup.</em> The same year he released the<strong> third studio album</strong>, <em>F.A.M.E.</em> It means<strong> Faith, Alma, Music, and Essence</strong>. <strong>Alma is Spanish for &#8220;soul&#8221;</strong>.<strong> Daddy Yankee, Jason Derulo</strong>, and<strong> Prince Royce</strong> worked with him on this album.</p>
<p><strong>In 2019,</strong> <strong>Maluma</strong> and <strong>Madonna</strong> recorded the <em>Medellin songs</em>. <strong>This song broke almost all records.</strong> In <strong>May 2019</strong>, he released his <strong>fourth studio album.</strong></p>
<h2>Musical Style</h2>
<p>Maluma has a <strong>vocal range of a tenor.</strong> He says that <strong>Michael Jackson</strong> and <strong>Justin Timberlake</strong> are his <strong>biggest inspiration</strong> in music. They influenced him when he was young. You can define his music as <strong>urban pop</strong>. His brand of <strong>reggaeton syncs</strong> nicely with his image in a<strong> romantic and raw way.</strong></p>
<p>He grew up with reggaeton and that is part of his life. But he is an urban performer. But if you listen to his songs, there are also <strong>ballads, mambo, merengue, and other styles.</strong></p>
<h2>Awards and Nominations</h2>
<p>Maluma has <strong>won several awards</strong> and got even more <strong>nominations</strong>. In 2013, he earned <em>Best Latin America Central Act</em> <strong>nomination</strong> at the <em>MTV EMAs</em>. He also got a nomination for<em> Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist</em>. In <strong>2017,</strong> he got<strong> two nominations</strong> at the<em> Billboard Music Awards, </em>including <em>Top Latin Artist.</em></p>
<h2>Net Worth, Income and Earnings</h2>
<p>Maluma is one of the <strong>hottest acts at the moment.</strong> He sells out concerts easily. The popular singer and songwriter has four albums under his belt. And his<strong> singles rank high on the charts.</strong></p>
<p>Besides his music career, he is also a<strong> TV host</strong>, a<strong> coach on a reality competition</strong>, and <strong>appeared in a few movies.</strong> But most of his earnings come from music. <strong>Maluma fortune is a bit more than $12 million.</strong></p>
<p>He has more than <strong>10 million followers</strong> on his <em>VEVO account</em> on <em>YouTube</em>. His videos accumulated more than <strong>6 billion views.</strong> <em>VEVO</em> pays <strong>$15,000 for every 1,000,000 views on vides.</strong> So do the math.</p>
<p>One of his most successful year in terms of earnings was 2017. This is when he was on a <em>World Tour.</em> During this period, he <strong>earned between $160,000 and $250,000 per month.</strong> In<strong> 2018,</strong> his earnings fall slightly to between<strong> $120,000 and $160,000 per month.</strong> In <strong>2019,</strong> he earned between <strong>$80,000 and $110,000 per month.</strong></p>
<h2>Personal Life</h2>
<p>Maluma grew up with an <strong>older sister</strong>. When he was little, he showed an<strong> interest in football.</strong> He played as a toddler all the way up to middle school. The reggaeton singer even <strong>competed in the lower divisions</strong> in the<em> Teams Atletico National</em> and<em> Equidad Sports Club.</em></p>
<p>But during his <strong>teenage years</strong>, he developed an <strong>interest in music.</strong> During his high school years, teachers praised his singing.</p>
<p>Maluma is a <strong>Catholic</strong> but takes aspects from other religions as well. His <strong>romantic life</strong> is always a topic for speculations. But the singer <strong>keeps it private</strong> for the most part. In <strong>January 2018</strong> he admitted that he <strong>dates the Cuban-Croatian model Natalia Barulich</strong>. Yet, the two <strong>broke up in 2019.</strong></p>