María Becerra
Becerra in 2023
Born	María de los Ángeles Becerra (2000-02-12)12 February 2000 (age 25) Quilmes,Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2015–present
Works	Discography
Musical career
Genres	Urban pop[1][2] Latin pop[3]
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	300 Warner Latina
Musical artist
YouTube information
Origin	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Channel	Maria Becerra
Years active	2015–2019
Subscribers	3.08 million[4]
Total views	169 million[4]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 8 March 2025
Website	mariabecerraoficial.com

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'surban pop movement". Becerra has received eight nominations forLatin Grammy Awards, including the categoryBest New Artist.

Becerra started to gain popularity as aYouTuber, uploading song covers,vlogs, and tutorials. In 2019, she started her musical career with the release of her debutextended play (EP),222. The remix to the song "High" became Becerra's first top-ten single on theArgentina Hot 100. In 2020, she signed a record deal with300 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" withTini, and "¿Qué Más, Pues?" withJ 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 theRiver Plate Stadium. Her third album is scheduled to be released in 2025.

María de los Ángeles Becerra was born on 12 February 2000 inQuilmes,Buenos Aires, to cardiologist Pedro Becerra and nurse Irene Aletti.^[3] She has two older siblings, Juan Manuel and Geraldine, and a younger sister, Aylín.^[2] Becerra is of Chilean andMapuche descent; her great-grandmother was Chilean.^[5]

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 atValeria Lynch's academy.^[6] She alternated classes withfootball training.^[7] Her childhood was marked by bullying and violence she suffered in high school.^[3] At age 12, she started uploading covers of songs toFacebook andYouTube, along with comedy videos and acting parodies.^[7] 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.^[7] She later became a popularinternet celebrity with her comedy, music, and vlog postings.^[8]

In 2019, Becerra abandoned her career as aYouTuber and ventured into her musical career. She self-released her debutextended play (EP),222, in the same year.^[8][9] On the EP, she experimented withurban pop and achieved her first entry onBillboard Argentina'sArgentina Hot 100 with the track "Dime Cómo Hago".^[3] The release of her single "High" in November 2019 marked "a turning point in her musical career," according to Argentine magazineClarín.^[6] In 2020, Becerra became the first Latin artist to be signed to the indie record label300 Entertainment.^[10] She later released the remix to "High", featuring Argentine singerTini and Spanish singerLola Índigo, along with a "minimalist and colorful" music video.^[11] It peaked at number two in Argentina, becoming Becerra's highest-charting song at the time.^[12] Becerra was dubbed byBillboard as "a leading voice in Argentina’s urban pop movement".^[1] Becerra featured on several remixes, including "En Tu Cuerpo" withLyanno,Rauw Alejandro, andLenny Tavárez, "AYNEA" with FMK andBeret, and "Además de Mí" with Rusherking,Khea,Duki,Lit Killah, andTiago PZK; the latter song became Becerra's first number-one single on the Argentina Hot 100.^[12]

In 2021, Becerra released her second EP,Animal, Pt. 1, which included theCazzu-assisted "Animal" and the solo "Acaramelao"; both singles became hits in Argentina, where they peaked at number five and seven, respectively.^[12] On the EP, Becerra explored withhip hop,reggaeton,trap,R&B and hints ofsalsa, and expressed about themes includingwomen empowerment, love and lust.^[13] It was the first part of her debut albumAnimal,^[14] produced by Big One, Subelo Neo, and Tatool.^[15] In the same year, she collaborated with Tini on "Miénteme", and with Colombian singerJ Balvin on "¿Qué Más, Pues?";^[16][17] both songs topped the Argentina Hot 100 chart,^[18][19] while the latter entered on theHot Latin Songs chart in the United States.^[20] Becerra received a nomination forBest New Artist at the22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards.^[20]

Becerra appeared on the remix to Tiago PZK and Lit Killah's "Entre Nosotros", alongsideNicki Nicole, released at the beginnings of 2022,^[21] which also topped the Argentina Hot 100.^[22] They performed the song at theLatin American Music Awards of 2022.^[23] She also performed "¿Qué Más, Pues?" with J Balvin at the64th Annual Grammy Awards on 3 April.^[24][25] She later announced the name of her second studio album,La Nena de Argentina.^[26] Preceded by the singles "Ojalá" and "Automático", the album was released on 8 December 2022.^[27] It contains songs with several musical genres includingbachata,cumbia,pop, trap, reggaeton, anddancehall.^[28]

In 2023, Becerra signed withWarner Music Latina andWarner Chappell Music.^[29][30] She also signed withWasserman Music for representation worldwide except Latin America.^[31] The singer performed "Adiós" at the 2023 edition of theBillboard Latin Women in Music annual event, in which she received the Visionary Award.^[32][33] She also received five nominations at the24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.^[34] As of 14 December 2023^[update], she holds the record for the most entries by a woman on the Argentina Hot 100 with 43.^[31]

She became the first Argentine female singer to sold out theEstadio Monumental in Buenos Aires.^[35] On the Argentine talk showSusana 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.^[36] On 17 October 2024, Becerra was invited toThe Kelly Clarkson Show where she performed her single "Imán (Two of Us)".^[37][38]

According to Becerra, her major personal influence was her mother.^[39] As for her artistic influences, Becerra's work is mostly influenced byAmy Winehouse,Ariana Grande,^[40]Shakira,^[41]Whitney Houston andNatti Natasha,^[42] while she has stated that she always admiredRihanna andCardi B.^[43]

Becerra identifies as bisexual.^[44] In a 2021 interview forMTV News, she stated:

I feel like I also represent theLGBTQ+ 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.^[44]

She dated fellow singer Rusherking from 2019 to 2021.^[45] In mid-2022, Becerra began a relationship with rapper J Rei, and in July 2023, she proposed an engagement to him in Greece.^[46] In a 2022 interview, Becerra said that she had been avegan for about a year and avegetarian since she was 17.^[47] In September 2024, Becerra announced that she had anectopic pregnancy.^[48]

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

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

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