María Becerra

Biography

María de los Ángeles Becerra (born 12 February 2000) is an Argentine singer-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×Animal26 August 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Animal3:232A solas3:363Cerquita de ti3:144Acaramelao3:055Cazame3:196Mi debilidad2:457Wow Wow3:198Hace rato3:139Hipnotiza'2:2910No eres tú soy yo3:0711Episodios2:51. 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×La Nena de Argentina8 December 2022 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1PERREO FURIOSO2:322AUTOMÁTICO2:553CUANDO HACEMOS EL AMOR3:344OJALÁ2:405ADIÓS2:416HASTA QUE LA MUERTE NOS SEPARE3:277DOBLE VIDA3:028INSPIRADORA3:009PÍDELO2:5010MANDAMIENTOS2:2311NUNCA PASARÁ2:5312LA NENA DE ARGENTINA2:32, was released in December 2022 and preceded by the singles "Ojalá" and "Automático×Automático8 September 2022 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Autómatico2:55". 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 partial 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×Animal26 August 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Animal3:232A solas3:363Cerquita de ti3:144Acaramelao3:055Cazame3:196Mi debilidad2:457Wow Wow3:198Hace rato3:139Hipnotiza'2:2910No eres tú soy yo3:0711Episodios2:51, 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×La Nena de Argentina8 December 2022 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1PERREO FURIOSO2:322AUTOMÁTICO2:553CUANDO HACEMOS EL AMOR3:344OJALÁ2:405ADIÓS2:416HASTA QUE LA MUERTE NOS SEPARE3:277DOBLE VIDA3:028INSPIRADORA3:009PÍDELO2:5010MANDAMIENTOS2:2311NUNCA PASARÁ2:5312LA NENA DE ARGENTINA2:32. Preceded by the singles "Ojalá" and "Automático×Automático8 September 2022 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Autómatico2:55", 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 sell 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)". She performed the Argentine National Anthem at the 2026 FIFA World Cup final at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey between Spain and Argentina.

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 is 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 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. In 2025, she had a second ectopic pregnancy.

Headlining

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