Nicky Jam is one of the most in-demand reggaeton artists in the world. The Latin Grammy Award-winning artist has released seven acclaimed solo albums over the course of his career and dominated the Billboard Latin Music Awards every year since 2016. Nicky is best known for his major hit singles ‘El Perdón’ ft. Enrique Iglesias, and solo track ‘Hasta El Amanecer’, both of which dominated the airwaves in the year of their release, and have remained radio favourites ever since. Born to a Puerto Rican father and Dominican mother, Nicky Jam was signed aged just 14. His debut album earned him attention in the music industry from major players including Daddy Yankee. The two collaborated throughout the ’90s and ’00s, forming the unofficial duo Los Cangris. Together they released several hit singles, including ‘Guayando’ and ‘Sabanas Blancas’, that solidified their popularity across both South and North America.
As a solo artist, Nicky Jam has become one of the most recognisable names within his genre. His reggaeton singles have been so popular that he has held the record for most appearances on various artists compilations – a title previously held by none other than Daddy Yankee. In 2015, he conquered the airwaves with ‘El Perdón’ ft. Enrique Iglesias. Then, in 2016 his track ‘Hasta el Amanecer’ was released. Billboard hailed the song as ‘a sultry, sexy reggaeton track’ with Jam’s ‘trademark catchy melodic hooks’. The public agreed with this sentiment, and the song has since racked up over one billion views on YouTube. Nicky Jam followed the single’s success with his seventh album Fénix in 2017, before rising even further in 2018, recording the FIFA World Cup Anthem with Will Smith and Era Istrefi and starring as himself in the Netflix biopic Nicky Jam: El Ganador. Continuous collaborations throughout 2019 have kept this world-class artist in the spotlight, as he tours internationally and contributes to Latin music’s global explosion in popularity.