Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. His music spans multiple genres though it is generally categorized as a fusion of pop vocals and traditional musical styles of Colombia, including vallenato, cumbia, porro and champeta.
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Birth name | Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo |
Born | (1961-08-07) 7 August 1961 (age 61) Santa Marta, Colombia |
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Years active | 1978–present |
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Website | carlosvives |
His hits include "Volvi a Nacer", "La Gota Fría", "Pa' Mayte", "La Tierra del Olvido", "Fruta Fresca", "Robarte un Beso", (a collaborative effort with fellow Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra), "La Bicicleta" (with Shakira) and "Canción Bonita" (which he worked on with Ricky Martin).
He also performed the Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned theme song ("Colombia, Mi Encanto") for the Disney animated feature film Encanto, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Carlos Vives was born on 7 August 1961[1] in Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, where he spent his first 12 years of life. At that age, he and his family moved to Bogotá in search of a better life. He enrolled at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University and holds a degree in Advertising from the university. In Bogotá, he also acquired a taste for rock, getting involved in the local music scene, and started playing in bars and cafés around the city.[citation needed]
In 1982, Vives began acting in a number of shows and telenovelas including Pequeños Gigantes ("Little Giants" – 1983) and Tuyo es Mi Corazón ("Yours Is My Heart" – 1985). He finally found fame in 1986 by playing the title role of Gallito Ramírez, which told the story of a Colombian Caribbean coast boxer who falls in love with an uptight girl, who was portrayed by his first wife, Margarita Rosa de Francisco. That same year, he released his first album, Por Fuera y Por Dentro. The album, primarily made of ballads, failed to gain any success. In 1987, he released his second ballad album, No Podrás Escapar de Mí. Though the title track reached No. 30 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks, the album did not sell well. His next album, Al Centro de la Ciudad, would become his last album to feature synthesizer-romantic ballads. Some of the songs got some attention being featured in telenovelas, but the album, just as its predecessors, failed to gain success.[citation needed]
In 1989, he was offered an acting job in Puerto Rico, and upon moving, he took a break in his music career. He is remembered for his leading roles in the soaps La Otra and Aventurera.[1] He married Herlinda Gómez,[1] his second wife (they have since divorced). Vives would spend his time between Colombia, Miami and the city of Mayagüez, Herlinda's hometown, during his marriage to her.[citation needed]
Upon his return to Colombia in 1991, he was offered a TV role that would change his life forever. He was cast in the leading role of a fantasy series based in the life of vallenato composer Rafael Escalona unsurprisingly titled Escalona.[1] He sang the composer's songs in the series, and that's when he retooled his career towards vallenato,[2] gaining national success with the release of the Telenovela's two soundtrack albums, Escalona: Un Canto a la Vida and Escalona: Vol. 2.
In 1993, backed by the band "La Provincia", Vives released the album Clásicos de la Provincia in which he started fusing Vallenato with rock,[1] pop and other Caribbean Colombian ethnic rhythms. This fusion scandalized Vallenato purists. Clásicos de la Provincia, won the Billboard Latin Music Awards Best Album, introducing Vallenato to both Colombia and the rest of the world.[citation needed]
The follow-up album, La Tierra del Olvido would mark a further step in Vives' desire to fusion rock, funk and pop music with traditional Colombian genres. The album gave Vives classic hits such as the title track, and the up-tempo opening track Pa' Mayte.
His subsequent releases, Tengo Fé (1997), El Amor de Mi Tierra (1999), Déjame Entrar (2001) and El Rock de Mi Pueblo (2004), were all commercially successful and were well received by the critics. In 2002 Carlos Vives' album "Déjame Entrar" won him his first Grammy award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album.[citation needed]
In 2009 he released the album Clásicos de la Provincia II, which was sold exclusively in Colombian supermarket chain "Almacenes Éxito." The album saw Vives' return to covering Vallenato songs in his own style.[citation needed]
His hits include "Matilde Lina", "La Hamaca Grande", "La Gota Fría", "Alicia Adorada", "Pa' Mayte", "La Tierra del Olvido", "Tu Amor Eterno", "Fruta Fresca", "Déjame Entrar", "Luna Nueva", "Carito", "Papadio", "Como Tú" and "Décimas Del Parecido" (this last one a tribute to Guillermo Martínez, a Cuban-born radio host who resides in Mayagüez, and for whose program Vives was an occasional master control technician).
With more than 40 songs written in 2012, the new album was released in April 2013 and featured 11 tracks. The first single, "Volví a Nacer", was released in September 2012 and went straight to No. 1 on Billboard.[clarification needed] The second single, "Como Le Gusta a Tu Cuerpo" featuring Michel Teló was released in late January 2013. Carlos appeared with fellow artists Ricardo Montaner, Fanny Lu, and Andrés Cepeda as one of the coaches for the first season of the vocal competition series phenomenon The Voice Colombia, which premiered October 2012 via Colombian TV network Caracol TV.[citation needed]
On 27 May 2016, "La Bicicleta" with fellow Colombian singer Shakira was released as a single. The video for the song was filmed in Colombia in each of their home cities.[3] The song debuted at the number one spot on Billboard's US Latin Airplay chart and number four on the US Hot Latin Songs chart.
On 13 September 2018, Telemundo announced Carlos Vives as the fourth coach of La Voz (U.S.).[4] Vives joins Luis Fonsi, Alejandra Guzman and Wisin as coaches on the Spanish-language version of NBC singing-competition The Voice.[5]
Vives was married to the Colombian actress Margarita Rosa de Francisco in a relationship that was closely followed by the national media. Puerto Rican Herlinda Gómez was his second wife, with whom he had two children: Carlos Enrique Vives and Lucía Vives.[6] He is now married to former Miss Colombia Claudia Elena Vásquez and they have two children:[1] Elena Vives, and Pedro Vives. He spends his time between Miami and Colombia, mainly Santa Marta and Bogotá.[1]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2017 | Latin Pop Songs Artist of the Year, Solo | Himself | Nominated |
Hot Latin Song of the Year | "La Bicicleta" (feat Shakira) | Nominated | |
Vocal Event | Nominated | ||
Airplay Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
Digital Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
Latin Pop Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
2018 | Tropical Album of the Year | Vives | Nominated |
2019 | Tropical Song of the Year | "Hoy Tengo Tiempo (Pinta Sensual)" | Nominated |
Tropical Artist of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |
2020 | Hall of Fame | Inducted | |
2021 | Tropical Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
Vives has won two awards out of five Grammy Award nominations.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2000 | Best Traditional Tropical Latin Performance | El Amor de Mi Tierra | Nominated |
2002 | Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album | Déjame Entrar | Won |
2005 | Best Latin Pop Album | El Rock de Mi Pueblo | Nominated |
2014 | Best Tropical Latin Album | Corazón Profundo | Nominated |
2015 | Best Tropical Latin Album | Más + Corazón Profundo | Won |
2019 | Best Latin Pop Album | Vives | Nominated |
A Latin Grammy Award is awarded by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Carlos Vives has won eleven awards from twenty two nominations.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2000 | Album of the Year | El Amor de Mi Tierra | Nominated |
Best Traditional Tropical Album | Nominated | ||
Record Of the Year | "Fruta Fresca" | Nominated | |
Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated | ||
Best Tropical Song | Nominated | ||
2002 | Album of the Year | Déjame Entrar | Nominated |
Best Contemporary Tropical Album | Won | ||
Record of the Year | "Déjame Entrar" | Nominated | |
Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
Best Tropical Song | Won | ||
Best Short Form Music Video | Nominated | ||
2005 | Best Contemporary Tropical Album | El Rock de Mi Pueblo | Won |
Best Tropical Song | "Como Tú" | Nominated | |
2009 | Best Latin Children's Album | Pombo Musical (Varios Artistas) | Won |
2013 | Album of the Year | Corazón Profundo | Nominated |
Best Tropical Fusion Album | Won | ||
Record of the Year | "Volví a Nacer" | Nominated | |
Song of the Year | Won | ||
Best Tropical Song | Won | ||
2014 | Album of the Year | Más Corazón Profundo | Nominated |
Best Contemporary Tropical Album | Won | ||
"Record of the Year" | "El Mar de Sus Ojos" | Nominated | |
"Cuando Nos Volvamos a Encontrar" | Nominated | ||
Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
Best Tropical Song | Won | ||
2016 | Record of the Year | "La Bicicleta" (with Shakira) | Won |
Song of the Year | Won | ||
2018 | Song of the Year | "Robarte un Beso" | Nominated |
Best Contemporary Tropical Album | Vives | Won | |
2019 | Best Long Form Music Video | Déjame Quererte | Nominated[7] |
2020 | Album of the Year | Cumbiana | Nominated |
Best Contemporary Tropical Album | Won | ||
Song of the Year | "For Sale" (with Alejandro Sanz) | Nominated | |
Best Tropical Song | "Canción para Rubén" (with Rubén Blades) | Won | |
"Búscame" (with Kany García) | Nominated | ||
Best Long Form Music Video | El Mundo Perdido de Cumbiana | Nominated | |
2021[8] | Song of the Year | "Canción Bonita" (with Ricky Martin) | Nominated |
Best Pop Song | Nominated | ||
2022[9] | Song of the Year | "Baloncito Viejo" (with Camilo) | Pending |
Record of the Year | Pending | ||
Best Pop Song | Pending | ||
Best Pop/Rock Song | "Babel" (with Fito Páez) | Pending | |
Best Contemporany Tropical Album | Cumbiana II | Pending | |
Best Tropical Song | "El Parrandero (Masters en Parranda)" (with Sin Ánimo De Lucro, JBot & Tuti) | Pending | |
A Premio Nuestra Tierra is an accolade that recognize outstanding achievement in the Colombian music industry. Carlos Vives has received five awards from eleven nominations.[10]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2014 | Best Song of the Year | "La Foto de los Dos" | Won |
Best Music Video | Won | ||
Best Mainstream Song | Nominated | ||
Best Tropical Pop Performance of the Year | Nominated | ||
Best Tropical Pop Performance of the Year | "Bailar Contigo" | Nominated | |
"Como Le Gusta a Tu Cuerpo" | Nominated | ||
Corazón Profundo | Best Album of the Year | Won | |
Best Tropical Pop Artist of the Year | Himself | Won | |
Best Mainstream Artist | Nominated | ||
Best Artist of the Year | Won | ||
Tweeter of the Year | Nominated | ||
2020 | Best Tropical Artist | Nominated | |
Audicence Favorite Artist | Nominated | ||
Best Tropical Song | "Hasta Viejitos" (with Alejandro González) | Nominated | |
Best Folk Song | "Déjame Quererte" (with Cholo Valderrama, Cynthia Montaño, Elkin Robinson, Kombilesa Mi y Velo de Oza) | Won | |
2021 | Audicence Favorite Artist | Himself | Nominated |
Best Folk Artist | Won | ||
Colombian Artist in the World | Nominated | ||
Album of the Year | Cumbiana | Nominated | |
Song of the Year | "Cumbiana" | Nominated | |
Best Folk Song | Won | ||
Audience Favorite Song | Nominated | ||
Best Tropical / Salsa / Cumbia Song | |||
"Canción para Rubén" (with Rubén Blades) | Nominated | ||
Best Pop Song | "For Sale" (with Alejandro Sanz) | Nominated | |
Best Video | "Cumbiana" | ||
The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2013 | World's Best Album | Corazón Profundo | Nominated |
World's Best Male Artists | Carlos Vives | Nominated | |
World's Best Live Act | Nominated | ||
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