Scooter Braun’s SB Projects has signed J Balvin for management, Billboard has learned. Balvin will be the latest addition to a superstar SB roster that includes Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, and in May added Demi Lovato and Idina Menzel. “We are very excited to be working with my long-time friend J Balvin,” Braun said in a statement provided to Billboard. “He is not only an incredible talent,…… Read More
Tito El Bambino has made his official comeback. The Puerto Rican urban singer, born Efraín David Fines Nevares, released “Pega, Pega” today (May 31). The track is the first single of his forthcoming album El Bambino, due later this year. “I took time for me and my family,” Fines Nevares tells Billboard by phone. “But I never left the studio. I was always recording…… Read More
When former Fly Girl Jennifer Lopez decided she wanted to pursue a proper music career, she was just coming off her starring role as Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in the 1997 musical biopic Selena. But she faced plenty of skeptics — even after landing a record deal with Sony. “She wasn’t hearing it, though,” says longtime manager Benny Medina. “It would…… Read More