# María Becerra

María de los Ángeles Becerra (born 12 February 2000) is an Argentine singer and songwriter. She has been dubbed as "a leading voice in Argentina's urban pop movement". Becerra has received eight nominations for Latin Grammy Awards, including the category Best New Artist.
Becerra started to gain popularity as a YouTuber, uploading song covers, vlogs, and tutorials. In 2019, she started her musical career with the release of her debut extended play (EP), 222. The remix to the song "High" became Becerra's first top-ten single on the Argentina Hot 100. In 2020, she signed a record deal with 300 Entertainment to release her first studio album, Animal. Becerra featured on the remix to "Además de Mí" in 2021, which became her first number-one single in Argentina, followed by "Miénteme" with Tini, and "¿Qué Más, Pues?" with J Balvin. Becerra's second album, La Nena de Argentina, was released in December 2022 and preceded by the singles "Ojalá" and "Automático". In 2024, she became the first Argentine female singer to perform at the River Plate Stadium. Her third album is scheduled to be released in 2025.

## Early life and career beginnings

María de los Ángeles Becerra was born on 12 February 2000 in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, to cardiologist Pedro Becerra and nurse Irene Aletti. She has two older siblings, Juan Manuel and Geraldine, and a younger sister, Aylín. Becerra is of Chilean and Mapuche descent; her great-grandmother was Chilean.
Attracted to music from a young age, Becerra began taking singing, musical comedy, dance, and body expression classes between the ages of six and seven at Valeria Lynch's academy. She alternated classes with football training. Her childhood was marked by bullying and violence she suffered in high school. At age 12, she started uploading covers of songs to Facebook and YouTube, along with comedy videos and acting parodies. On the latter platform, one of those videos reached a million views in a few hours, prompting Becerra to devote herself to that for several years. She later became a popular internet celebrity with her comedy, music, and vlog postings.

## Career

In 2019, Becerra abandoned her career as a YouTuber and ventured into her musical career. She self-released her debut extended play (EP), 222, in the same year. On the EP, she experimented with urban pop and achieved her first entry on Billboard Argentina's Argentina Hot 100 with the track "Dime Cómo Hago". The release of her single "High" in November 2019 marked "a turning point in her musical career," according to Argentine magazine Clarín. In 2020, Becerra became the first Latin artist to be signed to the indie record label 300 Entertainment. She later released the remix to "High", featuring Argentine singer Tini and Spanish singer Lola Índigo, along with a "minimalist and colorful" music video. It peaked at number two in Argentina, becoming Becerra's highest-charting song at the time. Becerra was dubbed by Billboard as "a leading voice in Argentina’s urban pop movement". Becerra featured on several remixes, including "En Tu Cuerpo" with Lyanno, Rauw Alejandro, and Lenny Tavárez, "AYNEA" with FMK and Beret, and "Además de Mí" with Rusherking, Khea, Duki, Lit Killah, and Tiago PZK; the latter song became Becerra's first number-one single on the Argentina Hot 100.
In 2021, Becerra released her second EP, Animal, Pt. 1, which included the Cazzu-assisted "Animal" and the solo "Acaramelao"; both singles became hits in Argentina, where they peaked at number five and seven, respectively. On the EP, Becerra explored with hip hop, reggaeton, trap, R&B and hints of salsa, and expressed about themes including women empowerment, love and lust. It was the first part of her debut album Animal, produced by Big One, Subelo Neo, and Tatool. In the same year, she collaborated with Tini on "Miénteme", and with Colombian singer J Balvin on "¿Qué Más, Pues?"; both songs topped the Argentina Hot 100 chart, while the latter entered on the Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. Becerra received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
Becerra appeared on the remix to Tiago PZK and Lit Killah's "Entre Nosotros", alongside Nicki Nicole, released at the beginnings of 2022, which also topped the Argentina Hot 100. They performed the song at the Latin American Music Awards of 2022. She also performed "¿Qué Más, Pues?" with J Balvin at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on 3 April. She later announced the name of her second studio album, La Nena de Argentina. Preceded by the singles "Ojalá" and "Automático", the album was released on 8 December 2022. It contains songs with several musical genres including bachata, cumbia, pop, trap, reggaeton, and dancehall.
In 2023, Becerra signed with Warner Music Latina and Warner Chappell Music. She also signed with Wasserman Music for representation worldwide except Latin America. The singer performed "Adiós" at the 2023 edition of the Billboard Latin Women in Music annual event, in which she received the Visionary Award. She also received five nominations at the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. As of 14 December 2023, she holds the record for the most entries by a woman on the Argentina Hot 100 with 43.
She became the first Argentine female singer to sold out the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. On the Argentine talk show Susana Giménez, Becerra announced that her upcoming third studio album was "finished and ready to release", and was scheduled to be released at the beginnings of 2025. On 17 October 2024, Becerra was invited to The Kelly Clarkson Show where she performed her single "Imán (Two of Us)".

## Influences

According to Becerra, her major personal influence was her mother. As for her artistic influences, Becerra's work is mostly influenced by Amy Winehouse, Ariana Grande, Shakira, Whitney Houston and Natti Natasha, while she has stated that she always admired Rihanna and Cardi B.

## Personal life

Becerra identifies as bisexual. In a 2021 interview for MTV News, she stated:
   I feel like I also represent the LGBTQ+ community because I'm bisexual. I love to represent them. I always had it in my head that, if I'm this way, then this is what I'm going to sing about. I'm not only going to make songs about men because I don't only like men. When I understood and accepted that I also liked girls, that was a difficult time. There was a lot of confusion and prejudice, and I had to think about how my family would take it. It was something very heavy that marked my life, so I have a lot of songs about that chapter.
She dated fellow singer Rusherking from 2019 to 2021. In mid-2022, Becerra began a relationship with rapper J Rei, and in July 2023, she proposed an engagement to him in Greece. In a 2022 interview, Becerra said that she had been a vegan for about a year and a vegetarian since she was 17. In September 2024, Becerra announced that she had an ectopic pregnancy.

## Filmography

Film roles :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | Poppy Prescott | Voice role; Spanish-language dub |
Stage roles :
| Year | Title | Role | Location | Ref. |
| 2017 | Original, Laboratorio de Clones | Herself | National tour of Argentina | |

## Discography

* Animal (2021)
* La Nena de Argentina (2022)

## Tours
### Headlining

* Animal Tour (2021–2023)
* La Nena de Argentina Tour (2023–2024)

## Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations received by María Becerra :
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| Fans Choice Awards | 2021 | Best Female Video | Herself | Nominated | |
| Fans Choice Awards | 2021 | Urban Female Artist | Herself | Nominated | |
| Heat Latin Music Awards | 2022 | Best Female Artist | Herself | Nominated | |
| Heat Latin Music Awards | 2022 | Best Artist South Region | Herself | Nominated | |
| Heat Latin Music Awards | 2022 | Best Music Video | "Entre Nosotros (remix)" (with Tiago PZK, Lit Killah and Nicki Nicoles) | Won | |
| Heat Latin Music Awards | 2022 | Best Collaboration | "Qué Más Pues?" (with J Balvin) | Nominated | |
| Heat Latin Music Awards | 2024 | Best Female Artist | Herself | Nominated | |
| Heat Latin Music Awards | 2024 | Best Collaboration | "Los del Espacio" (with Lit Killah, Duki, Emilia, Tiago PZK, FMK, Rusherking & Big One) | Nominated | |
| Heat Latin Music Awards | 2024 | Best Music Video | "Así es la Vida" (with Enrique Iglesias) | Nominated | |
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | 2022 | Best New Latin Artist | Herself | Nominated | |
| Kids' Choice Awards | 2019 | Favorite Latin Musical Influencer | Herself | Nominated | |
| Kids' Choice Awards Argentina | 2017 | Favorite Youtuber | Herself | Nominated | |
| Kids' Choice Awards Argentina | 2018 | Favorite Musical Influencer | Herself | Won | |
| Latin American Music Awards | 2022 | New Artist of the Year | Herself | Won | |
| Latin American Music Awards | 2022 | Favorite Video | "Los Tragos" (with Reik) | Nominated | |
| Latin American Music Awards | 2023 | Collaboration of the Year | "Te Espero" (with Prince Royce) | Nominated | |
| Latin American Music Awards | 2023 | Best Collaboration – Tropical | "Te Espero" (with Prince Royce) | Nominated | |
| Latin American Music Awards | 2024 | Best Collaboration – Tropical | "Así es la Vida" (with Enrique Iglesias) | Nominated | |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2021 | Best New Artist | Herself | Nominated | |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2022 | Best Urban Music Album | Animal | Nominated | |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2023 | Album of the Year | La Cuarta Hoja (as songwriter) | Nominated | |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2023 | Song of the Year | "Amigos" (with Pablo Alborán) | Nominated | |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2023 | Best Urban Fusion/Performance | "Ojalá" | Nominated | |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2023 | Best Reggaeton Performance | "Automático" | Nominated | |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2023 | Best Urban Song | "Automático" | Nominated | |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2024 | Best Urban Fusion/Performance | "Corazón Vacío" | Nominated | |
| Los 40 Music Awards | 2021 | Best New Latin Act | Herself | Nominated | |
| Los 40 Music Awards | 2022 | Best Latin Live Act | Herself | Won | |
| Los 40 Music Awards | 2023 | Best Latin Urban Act or Producer | Herself | Nominated | |
| Los 40 Music Awards | 2023 | Best Spanish Collaboration | "Amigos" (with Pablo Alborán) | Nominated | |
| Los 40 Music Awards | 2023 | Best Latin Video | "Corazón Vacío" | Won | |
| Los 40 Music Awards | 2023 | Best Latin Urban Collaboration | "Los del Espacio" (with Lit Killah, Duki, Emilia, Tiago PZK, FMK, Rusherking & Big One) | Nominated | |
| Martin Fierro Digital Awards | 2019 | Favorite Youtuber | Herself | Shortlisted | |
| MTV Europe Music Awards | 2021 | Best Latin America South Act | Herself | Nominated | |
| MTV Europe Music Awards | 2022 | Best Latin America South Act | Herself | Nominated | |
| MTV Millennial Awards | 2019 | Argentine Instagrammer of the Year | Herself | Won | |
| MTV Millennial Awards | 2021 | Emerging | Herself | Nominated | |
| MTV Millennial Awards | 2022 | MIAW Artist | Herself | Nominated | |
| MTV Millennial Awards | 2022 | Motomami of the Year | Herself | Nominated | |
| MTV Millennial Awards | 2022 | Music Ship of the Year | "Marte" (with Sofía Reyes) | Nominated | |
| MTV Millennial Awards | 2023 | Music Ship of the Year | "Los del Espacio" (with Lit Killah, Duki, Emilia, Tiago PZK, FMK, Rusherking & Big One) | Won | |
| MTV Millennial Awards | 2023 | La Loba of the Year | Herself | Nominated | |
| MTV Millennial Awards Brazil | 2021 | Feat Gringo | "Qué Más Pues?" (with J Balvin) | Nominated | |
| Premios Gardel | 2021 | Best Urban/Trap Song or Album | "High (remix)" (with Tini and Lola Índigo) | Nominated | |
| Premios Gardel | 2022 | Best Urban Music Album | Animal | Nominated | |
| Premios Gardel | 2022 | Record of the Year | "Miénteme" (with Tini) | Nominated | |
| Premios Gardel | 2022 | Song of the Year | "Miénteme" (with Tini) | Won | |
| Premios Gardel | 2022 | Best Pop Song | "Miénteme" (with Tini) | Won | |
| Premios Gardel | 2022 | Best Urban Music Collaboration | "Wow Wow" (with Becky G) | Nominated | |
| Premios Gardel | 2023 | Album of the Year | La Nena de Argentina | Nominated | |
| Premios Gardel | 2023 | Best Urban Music Album | La Nena de Argentina | Nominated | |
| Premios Gardel | 2023 | Best Urban Music Song | "Tranquila" (with FMK) | Nominated | |
| Premios Gardel | 2023 | Best Urban Music Collaboration | "Entre Nosotros (remix)" (with Tiago PZK, Lit Killah and Nicki Nicole) | Nominated | |
| Premios Gardel | 2024 | Song of the Year | "Corazón Vacío" | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Premios Gardel | 2024 | Song of the Year | "Los del Espacio" (with Lit Killah, Duki, Emilia, Tiago PZK, FMK, Rusherking & Big One) | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Premios Gardel | 2024 | Best Urban Song | "Los del Espacio" (with Lit Killah, Duki, Emilia, Tiago PZK, FMK, Rusherking & Big One) | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Premios Gardel | 2024 | Best Urban Collaboration | "Los del Espacio" (with Lit Killah, Duki, Emilia, Tiago PZK, FMK, Rusherking & Big One) | Won | [79] [80] |
| Premios Gardel | 2024 | Record of the Year | "Los del Espacio" (with Lit Killah, Duki, Emilia, Tiago PZK, FMK, Rusherking & Big One) | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Premios Gardel | 2024 | Record of the Year | "Corazón Vacío" | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Premios Gardel | 2024 | Best Urban Pop Song | "Corazón Vacío" | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Premios Gardel | 2024 | Collaboration of the Year | "Perfecta (2023 version)" (with Miranda! & FMK) | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Premios Gardel | 2024 | Best Pop Song | "Perfecta (2023 version)" (with Miranda! & FMK) | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Premios Gardel | 2024 | Best Urban Pop Album | Accoustic Session | Nominated | [79] [80] |
| Premios Juventud | 2021 | The New Generation – Female | Herself | Won | |
| Premios Juventud | 2022 | Artist of the Youth – Female | Herself | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2022 | Female Artist – On The Rise | Herself | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2022 | Best Girl Power Collab | "Hasta los Dientes" (with Camila Cabello) | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2022 | Viral Track of the Year | "Qué Más Pues?" (with J Balvin) | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2022 | Best Tropical Mix | "Te Espero" (with Prince Royce) | Won | |
| Premios Juventud | 2023 | Artist of the Youth – Female | Herself | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2023 | My Favorite Trendsetter | Herself | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2023 | Girl Power | "Lokita" (with Natti Natasha) | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2023 | Social Dance Challenge | "Lokita" (with Natti Natasha) | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2023 | The Hottest Choreography | "Suelta" (with Dímelo Flow, Rauw Alejandro, Farruko, Mr. Vegas & Fatman Scoop) | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2023 | Best Pop/Urban Collaboration | "Suelta" (with Dímelo Flow, Rauw Alejandro, Farruko, Mr. Vegas & Fatman Scoop) | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2023 | Best Pop/Urban Collaboration | "Extasis" (with Manuel Turizo) | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2023 | Best Urban Album – Female | La Nena de Argentina | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2024 | Artist of the Youth – Female | Herself | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2024 | Best Pop/Urban Song | "Corazón Vacío" | Nominated | |
| Premios Juventud | 2024 | Best Regional Mexican Fusion | "El Amor de Mi Vida" (with Los Ángeles Azules) | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2022 | New Artist – Female | Herself | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2022 | Female Urban Artist of the Year | Herself | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2022 | Urban/Pop Song of the Year | "Qué Más Pues?" (with J Balvin) | Won | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2023 | Female Urban Artist of the Year | Herself | Won | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2023 | The Perfect Mix of the Year | "Te Espero" (with Prince Royce) | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2023 | Tropical Collaboration of the Year | "Te Espero" (with Prince Royce) | Won | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2023 | Urban Dance/Pop Song of the Year | "Berlín" (with Zion & Lennox) | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2023 | Remix of the Year | "Entre Nosotros (remix)" (with Tiago PZK, Lit Killah and Nicki Nicole) | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2023 | Remix of the Year | "La Ducha (remix)" (with Elena Rose, Greeicy, Becky G and Tini) | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2024 | Female Urban Artist of the Year | Herself | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2024 | The Perfect Mix of the Year | "El Amor de Mi Vida" (with Los Ángeles Azules) | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2024 | Urban/Pop Song of the Year | "Éxtasis" (with Manuel Turizo) | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2024 | Urban/Pop Collaboration of the Year | "Berlín" (with Zion & Lennox) | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2024 | Urban Dance/Pop Song of the Year | "Berlín" (with Zion & Lennox) | Nominated | |
| Premios Lo Nuestro | 2024 | Urban Album of the Year | La Nena de Argentina | Nominated | |
| Premios Odeón | 2023 | Best Latin New Artist | Herself | Won | |
| Premios Quiero | 2020 | Best Female Video | "High" (remix) (with Tini and Lola Índigo) | Won | |
| Premios Quiero | 2021 | Best Female Video | "Acaramelao" | Nominated | |
| Premios Quiero | 2021 | Best Pop Video | "Mienteme" (with Tini) | Nominated | |
| Premios Quiero | 2021 | Video of the Year | "Mienteme" (with Tini) | Nominated | |
| Premios Quiero | 2021 | Video of the Year | "¿Qué Más Pues?" (with J Balvin) | Nominated | |
| Premios Quiero | 2021 | Best Urban Video | "¿Qué Más Pues?" (with J Balvin) | Won | |
| Premios Quiero | 2021 | Best Rap / Trap / Hip-Hop Video | "Además de Mí" (remix) (with Rusherking, Tiago PZK, Khea, Lit Killah and Duki) | Won | |
| Premios Quiero | 2021 | Best Influencer Musician | Herself | Nominated | |
| Premios Quiero | 2022 | Video of the Year | "Automático" | Nominated | |
| Premios Quiero | 2022 | Best Female Video | "Automático" | Nominated | |
| Premios Quiero | 2022 | Best Pop Video | "OJALA" | Nominated | |
| Premios Quiero | 2022 | Best Urban Video | "Berlin" (with Zion & Lennox) | Won | |
| Premios Quiero | 2022 | Best Party Video | "Berlin" (with Zion & Lennox) | Won | |
| Premios Quiero | 2022 | Best Trap / Rap / Hip-Hop Video | "Entre Nosotros" (remix) (with Tiago PZK, Lit Killah and Nicki Nicole) | Nominated | |
| Premios Quiero | 2022 | Best Collaboration | "Marte" (with Sofia Reyes) | Nominated | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2022 | Top Rising Star — Female | Herself | Won | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2022 | Song of the Year | "Qué Más Pues?" (with J Balvin) | Won | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2022 | Song of the Year – Duo or Group | "Mal Acostumbrao" (with Mau y Ricky) | Nominated | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2022 | Album of the Year – Female Artist | Animal | Nominated | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2022 | Video of the Year – New Artist | "Entre Nosotros (remix)" (with Tiago PZK, Lit Killah and Nicki Nicole) | Won | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2022 | Video of the Year – New Artist | "Wow Wow" (with Becky G) | Nominated | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2022 | Video of the Year – New Artist | "Marte" (with Sofia Reyes) | Nominated | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2022 | Video of the Year – New Artist | "Mienteme" (with Tini) | Nominated | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2022 | Collaboration of the Year | "Mienteme" (with Tini) | Nominated | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2023 | Top Artist – Female | Herself | Nominated | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2023 | Song of the Year – Duo or Group | "Berlin" (with Zion & Lennox) | Nominated | |
| Premios Tu Música Urbano | 2023 | Album of the Year – Female Artist | La Nena de Argentina | Nominated | |