Carolina Giraldo Navarro has her birthday in Mexico this February 14. The 33 will say goodbye to what has so far been her best year in the entertainment industry. The Colombian has been the first Latin woman to reach number one globally with an album in Spanish, she has among her achievements her participation in Griselda Blanco from Netflix, has become the first woman to win the Grammy in the category of Best Urban Music Album and has broken a record by being the female artist with the most performances at the Azteca Stadium; In a matter of minutes Karol G sold out the tickets for four of her presentations in the most important stadiums in the country, not just the Coloso de Santa Úrsula.
In 1996, when she was five years old, the singer of Tomorrow will be nice He already showed his passion for singing. With drums and a small family audience, they encouraged her to continue with the lyrics “what am I going to do, what am I going to do, what am I going to do if Eva María is gone,” the artist intoned while improvised music accompanied her singing and the enthusiastic hip movements. “Even at family wakes they made me sing, I always entertained all the parties,” says Karol G in an interview on the Colombian nighttime variety show. I, José Gabriel. Thanks to the encouragement of her father, Guillermo Giraldo, who is also a musician, she was able to debut in the early years of her childhood.
Due to his insistence, the Antiochian also made her first public appearance in the reality show XS Factoran adaptation of the American The X Factor in which Colombian children competed to be the next talent in the country. She was 14 years old when she participated and was a few programs away from reaching the final; However, this flash of fame on television did not mean the takeoff of her career, although it did lead her to stand on stage, in the middle of thousands of attendees, and she got a record contract with Flamingo Récords in Colombia and Diamond Music. In Puerto Rico.
Shortly after, Karol G stood next to the emblematic Colombian presenter Jorge Barón in The star show to make her debut on stage with broadcast on national television, “I had had the opportunity to sing in several parts but not with such an extremely large audience,” declares Karol G with an emotion that she transmits through the screen while her team of dancers and chorus girls wait for the signal to begin the act.
Interprets For youone of his first songs, and the hit of Daddy Yankee burial night in a tone that is not his. People chant excitedly while on stage their team cheers with a “left, right!” non-stop. The presenter gives him a kiss for “good luck”, the omen for Bichota's success, although it took a while to arrive.
In 2010 he was still singing in the living room of his house, with a background reminiscent of any middle-class home in Latin America, a bulbous TV, helium balloons that no longer fly and a wooden door adorned by a litmus star, La Bichota She decided to record herself in the hope that someone famous would recognize her talent and launch her into fame.
“As they say, the stories tell, Justin Bieber was seen singing in a YouTube video, [lo descubrió] Usher, the great singer. And from there came his first contract and his career began. “I wanted to try by all means, I tried recording videos on YouTube but the truth is, nothing came of it,” the singer declared in I, José Gabrielwhere he also confessed that his dream was to do a duet with Rihanna.
Karol G studied college in the musical hotbed of Antioquia for five years before forgetting her passion, but the lack of opportunities made her doubt her dream. She opened for Don Omar, she did backing vocals for Reykon for two years and then, she decided that she wanted to leave music for good and moved to the United States, where she learned English. However, an advertisement for a music course from the business side that she saw every day on the way to school made her remember her ambition and she returned to Colombia to continue her career.
He met Rihanna during the 2023 Super Bowl and although they have not collaborated together so far, they took photos and talked for more than an hour on the day of the event. Until now, The girl from Medellín, as Karol G is also known, has collaborated with talents such as Nicky Minaj, Daddy Yankee, Dj Tiësto, Shakira, Bad Bunny, Maluma, Romeo Santos, Kali Uchis, Peso Pluma, Sean Paul, Carla Morrison or Anuel AA (his ex-partner), .
His success came by launching 301 with Reykon in 2012, the first time they would hear it nationally. More than ten years later, Karol G fills stadiums and venues of all kinds. Her virtual queues to see her, wherever they may be, have made her one of the most popular singers today.
The Coloso de Santa Úrsula can accommodate more than 80,000 people and has three dates in it, fans will be able to see La Bichota on February 10 in Mexico City, in addition to the dates that have just passed, February 8 and 9 . In Monterrey it will be presented on February 16 and 17 at the Mobil Super stadium and on February 24 in Jalisco, at the 3 de Marzo UAG stadium.
Only in 2023 had he reached the sales record on his tour of the United States, the tour highest grossing of all time by a Latin artist. In 2022 she herself had broken that mark. Levi's Stadium in San Francisco gave him the record for the Latin show with the highest grossing, tickets sold and attendance; while the Rose Bowl in Pasadena gave him the merit of having the first Latin show with two completely sold-out performances with more than 120,000 attendees during one weekend. According to Ocesa, Mexico is the country where Karol G is heard the most.
This year she is waiting for the award as Woman of the Year 2024 by Billboard, which she will receive on March 6, to join a list of powerful women who have it, among them, Madonna, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Selena Gom
ez or Cardi B In addition, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Santo Domingo, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and her native Colombia are waiting for her, where she also sold out the tickets for her only concerts on April 5 and 6 at the stadium. El Campin.
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