Nicky Jam

Nicky Jam
Birth name Nick Rivera Caminero
Also known as Nicky
Born (1981-03-17) March 17, 1981
United States
Genres Reggaeton
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1994–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website nickyjampr.net

Nick Rivera Caminero (born March 17, 1981),[1] known by his stage name Nicky Jam, is a singer and songwriter. He is best known for the hit ("El Perdón")

Early life

Nicky Jam was born to a Puerto Rican father and a Dominican mother. He later moved with his family to Barrio Obrero in Puerto Rico when he was ten years old.[1] He has been in reggaeton since his youth. The name "Nicky Jam" was jokingly given to Rivera by a homeless man. Rivera's family was low-income and as a minor he performed illegal work in a grocery store in order to help support them, in his free time improvising in front of his workplace. One day a music executive noticed his talent and signed him, and at the age of fourteen he recorded his first album "...Distinto A Los Demás". The album was not successful, but it did gain him recognition in the music industry, and warranted the attention of some music producers such as DJ Joe, DJ Playero and DJ Chiklin.[2]

Musical career

Daddy Yankee and Nicky Jam: Los Cangris

After his first album, he continued working in the music industry creating many hits. Thanks to those hits, Nicky Jam had the opportunity to meet Daddy Yankee. They met when they were recording with Guatauba and DJ Playero. Daddy Yankee offered Nicky Jam to work with him and thanks to this opportunity a strong friendship began. During the late '90s and early 2000s, they became close friends and formed the unofficial Daddy Yankee and Nicky Jam duo, also known as, Los Cangris. They created many well known hit singles such as "Sabanas Blancas", "Guayando", "Sentirte" and many others. They also worked together on the album "Los Super Amigos" in 2000 which was never released.[3][4] In 2001, Daddy Yankee released El Cartel II: Los Cangris, which Nicky Jam took a small part in.[5] Due to personal issues, they ended their friendship in 2004 and stopped working together. Nicky Jam continued working as a solo artist and created many hits, as well as Daddy Yankee.[2] In 2012, after many years of splitting apart, they both recorded "El Party Me Llama" from the album Prestige and confirmed they had both settled their disagreements from years prior.[6]

Nicky Jam: solo career

Nicky Jam rose to fame after the release of Haciendo Escante in 2001. However, he did not gain international recognition until 2004 with the release of Vida Escante. He and Daddy Yankee separated due to many arguments and conflicts between the two thus resulting in a rivalry. This rivalry led both artists to "tiraera". Due to Daddy Yankee's popularity at the time, many saw Nicky Jam as the "bad guy" in the whole rivalry and he became very disliked. His most recent studio album is The Black Carpet, released in 2007. Throughout his career, Nicky Jam has worked with many artists such as Daddy Yankee, R.K.M & Ken-Y, Héctor & Tito (Hector el Father and Tito El Bambino), Lito & Polaco, Big Boy, Magnate & Valentino and many others. However, by the late 2000s his career suffered a decline, and he decided to move to Medellin, Colombia in 2010 after performing a few concerts there. In Colombia, Nicky Jam found the attention from the fans he needed and had the opportunity to restart his career. Thanks to the Colombian audience, he made a powerful comeback with his successful singles: "Tu Primera Vez", "Piensas en Mi", "Curiosidad", "Juegos Prohibidos" and, most notably, "Voy A Beber". He also worked with Daddy Yankee again, after 8 years of not working together, on the album Prestige by Daddy Yankee. Nicky Jam has appeared in many reggaeton albums, currently holding the record for most appearances on various artist albums, which was formerly held by Daddy Yankee. His most recent album appearance is with Daddy Yankee's album Prestige, with the track "El Party Me Llama". In 2015, Nicky Jam won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Performance.[7] "Hasta el Amanecer" was released on January 15, 2016 on U.S. radios. Billboard called the song a "sultry, sexy reggaetón track" that contains the singer's "trademark catchy melodic hooks. Still a hopeless romantic, here Jam pines after a girl he met at the laundromat, and let go, without even finding out her name." The music video was viewed over 53 million times on YouTube after three weeks, for which Billboard's Suzette Fernandez predicted that Jam will have a prosperous award season in 2017.It is also a blatant copy of Childish Gambino AKA Donald Glover's song, "Sober".

Discography

Main article: Nicky Jam discography

Albums

Studio albums
Compilation albums
Mixtapes

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Award Result
2015 Premios Juventud[8] La Combinación Perfecta (The Perfect Combo) Nominated
La Más Pegajosa (Catchiest Tune) Nominated
Premios Tu Mundo[9] Party-Starting Song Won
Latin American Music Awards[10] Song of the Year Won
Favorite Collaboration Won
Favorite Streaming Song Won
Latin Grammy Awards[11] Best Urban Performance Won
NRJ Music Awards International Group/Duo of the Year Nominated
2016 Lo Nuestro Awards[12] Collaboration of the Year Won
Urban Song of the Year Won

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2017 xXx: Return of Xander Cage Lazarus Post-production

References

  1. 1 2 Birchmeier, Jason. "Nicky Jam - Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 http://nickyjampr.net/biografia
  3. ↑ es:Los Super Amigos
  4. ↑ "Los Cangris, Inc.". Wayback Machine. 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  5. ↑ "Carátula Trasera de Daddy Yankee - El Cartel Ii: Los Cangris - Portada". Coveralia. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  6. ↑ "DY Hablando de el junte con Nicky Jam (El Party Me Llama / Prestige) - YouTube". YouTube. 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  7. ↑ Cobo, Leila (November 20, 2015). "Latin Grammys: Natalia LaFourcade & Juan Luis Guerra Win Big; Mana & Los Tigres Get Political". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ Irizarry, Doris (May 8, 2015). "Fans start voting for Premios Juventud 2015 finalists". axs. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  9. ↑ Romero, Angie (August 20, 2015). "Nicky Jam, Daddy Yankee Win Big at Premios Tu Mundo". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  10. ↑ Cobo, Leila (October 8, 2015). "Latin AMAs Winners List: Enrique Iglesias & Nicky Jam Win Big at Inaugural Awards Show". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  11. ↑ Roiz, Jessica Lucia (September 23, 2015). "Latin Grammys 2015 Nominations: Ricky Martin, J Balvin, Alejandro Sanz Get Nods, Plus Full List". Latin Times. IBT Media. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  12. ↑ Flores, Griselda (December 1, 2015). "Premio Lo Nuestro 2016: Lista completa de nominados". Variety Latino (in Spanish). Penske Business Media. Retrieved December 1, 2015.

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