Karol G

Background

Carolina Giraldo Navarro, popularly known as Karol G, is easily recognizable in the Latin music industry. With her songs played numerous times and her collaboration with iconic artists of the scene, it’s clear that the artist has succeeded in establishing a powerful place for herself in the world of music and plans on maintaining it for a long time. Karol G was born on February 14, 1991, in Medellín, Colombia. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius, and she is Colombian. She is the daughter of Guillermo Giraldo, a musician, and Marta Navarro and has two sisters, Verónica and Jessica. She first became interested in music during childhood, inspired by her musician father, and decided to compete in the Colombian version of “The X Factor” at 15.

She obtained a record deal signing with Diamond Music in Puerto Rico and Flamingo Records in Colombia. At this point, she decided to go by the stage name Karol G. She was aware that she needed to learn more about music, so after graduating from high school, she went to the University of Antioquia in Colombia to study music before relocating to New York to pursue a musical profession.

Karol G’s musical career started in 2007 with the release of her single ‘En La Playa’ (‘On the beach’), which was moderately successful in Colombia. She released other singles over the following years, which were unsuccessful. Disheartened, she started to study music business administration in New York but quit once she received support from her family to pursue a career in music. In 2010, that exact thing started happening when she got hired to sing backup vocals for Colombian reggaeton singer Reykon. In 2012, she finally gained her desired international recognition when she released a song called ‘301’ with Reykon, which ranked first on many different radio and T.V. music lists and allowed her to perform in various countries. Thanks to this success, she decides to quit her job as a backup singer and focus on her career.

In 2013, Karol G collaborated with reggaeton singer Nicky Jam, whose success was also just beginning, on two songs: ‘Bajo control’ (‘Under control’) and ‘Amor de dos’ (‘Love for two’). This made her successful in Colombia as a solo artist, and she followed this up with more collaborations and solo singles in the following couple of years. Finally, in December 2015, she signed a record deal with Universal Latin. However, the year that would bring Karol G her true breakthrough after years of work would be 2016. Her song ‘Hello,’ for which she collaborated with reggaeton star Ozuna, was a massive hit, and Karol G followed it up with collaborations with other big names in reggaeton like Sebastian Yatra and Daddy Yankee.

In 2017, she released her debut album “Unstoppable,” which featured artists like Bad Bunny, and she followed it up with more singles in 2018 with artists like Maluma and Anuel AA. In 2019, she released her second album, “Ocean,” which debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 200. In the same year and 2020, she collaborated with Nicky Minaj, Snoop Dogg and Migos, and the Jonas Brothers. In 2021, she released her third studio album, “KG0516,” which featured famous reggaeton artists.