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J BALVIN And BAD BUNNY Surprise Fans With The Midnight Release Of Their New Collaborative Album "OASIS"
MIAMI , June 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Two of the top streaming music artists in the world, J Balvin and Bad Bunny delighted fans at midnight today with the surprise global release of their collaborative album This new eight-song release (also containing features from and of arrives with a simultaneous video release for the first single
As their distinctive Latin Urban sound has surged to a still-growing worldwide embrace, a unique factor has been the strong support and continued creative collaborations, as opposed to musical rivalry, that have developed among some of the genre's leading artists. This is especially apparent in the bond of near brotherhood that has formed between these two artists from opposite Caribbean shorelines. Between Colombia's and Puerto Rico's ' J Balvin and Bad Bunny have been at the forefront of propelling Latin music to unprecedented success. Now, close friends have joined forces to on a landmark album taking fans to a summer music Oasis.
Declared as " by the New York Times , J Balvin is now one of the top streaming music artists in the world (currently #2 YouTube, #2 Spotify), regardless of language, and has developed a legion of fans represented by over 60 Million social media followers. Likewise hailed by Billboard as and as J Balvin is leading a second generation of Musica Urbano stars that have propelled Latin music to an unprecedented global embrace. Simultaneously, Balvin has become Latin music's strongest cultural envoy to both the fashion and pop art communities, while becoming one of the music industry's most in-demand collaborators, and worldwide major festival performers.
Hailing from Medellin, Colombia, José Álvaro Osorio Balvin developed a distinctive musical style all his own that pays reverence to the first-wave of Reggaeton stars from
Puerto Rico , while fusing wider influences of hip-hop, mainstream pop, Dance Music and innovative global rhythms tied with lyrical inclusivity. Between his game-changing major-label debut album multiplatinum successor and several landmark singles such as and more J Balvin has won three Latin Grammy Awards, numerous Billboard Latin Music Awards, notched a Guinness World Record for the longest #1 run for a solo Latin single, and collected over TWENTY BILLION Along the way, Balvin has now worked with artists, such as and more.
J Balvin's most recent album VIBRAS debuted at #1, gave birth to Latin music's most-praised tour of 2018, and was hailed by and many more as: while also propelling the Colombian star to frequent #1 global rankings on both YouTube & Spotify's charts. This year has already seen J Balvin perform in the opening segment of The GRAMMY Awards, named the for an unprecedented third consecutive year, notch his 13 #1 Billboard single for his genre anthem , and become the first male Latin music artist to launch his own fashion line with GUESS' "VIBRAS" collection. As Latin music's leading representative on this year's global festival schedule, J Balvin has already been named the first-ever Latin music artist set to headline Lollapalooza, and just delivered the first-ever Reggaeton set on the mainstage at Coachella. That game-changing pop art production was praised by Variety as: ' This same unique production will also drive J Balvin's highly anticipated Arcoiris Fall tour of The United States .
Bad Bunny, originally from Puerto Rico , is most recognized for his explosive and infectious trap songs. Rolling Stone magazine has named him "The Four-Billion-Stream Man leading the Latin Trap Explosion." This talented artist has demonstrated his already overwhelming power, influence and demand with completely sold-out concerts on both of his headlining tours, "La Nueva Religión Tour" (The New Religion Tour) and the "X 100PRE Tour", all over Europe , Latin America and the U.S. His unmistakable voice and rhythm have led him to transition to the general market, where he's already created waves of revolution with his participation in "I Like It" alongside Cardi B and J Balvin, which reached #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. As well as his hit collaboration with Drake, "Mia", part of his debut album "X 100PRE" which has maintained itself at the top of the Billboard charts "Top Latin Albums" and "Latin Rhythm Albums" for 21 consecutive weeks. He has won several awards and has been nominated to the iHeart Radio Music Award, MTV VMA's, Latin AMAs, Latin GRAMMYs, and E! People Choice Awards. Furthermore, Bad Bunny celebrated being the face of the cover of FADER magazine where the artist boasts a feature story that perfectly recaps his story and properly introduces him to the American market as the Latin trap superstar he has become. He also added yet another major accomplishment to his book of accolades by appearing on the cover of COMPLEX magazine, along with J Balvin. This is a historic moment, as it is the first time in the magazine's history that Latin Urban artists are featured in the cover, showing the extent of Bad Bunny's reach across the globe, breaking cultural boundaries and language barriers and seamlessly transcending into the American market as a full-fledged urban artist of his own right. Consequently, the doors to the general market media had been open for him, leading him to be on the cover of other prominent magazines such as, Interview Magazine, Paper Magazine, Galore Magazine, and GQ Magazine. Currently, Bad Bunny has billions of views on YouTube and an overwhelming number of visits on other digital platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify, which pens him as one of the top Latin urban artists of the moment and one of the pioneers of the Latin Trap movement.
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