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. 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 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 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 "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. , 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:
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.
Filmography + Film roles Year Title Role Notes 2024 Despicable Me 4 Poppy Prescott Voice role; Latin Spanish-language dub + Stage roles Year Title Role Location 2017 Original, Laboratorio de Clones Herself National tour of Argentina
Discography
Animal (2021) La Nena de Argentina (2022) Quimera (2025)
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 Fans Choice Awards 2021 Best Female Video Herself Urban Female Artist Heat Latin Music Awards 2022 Best Female Artist Herself Best Artist South Region Best Music Video "Entre Nosotros (remix)" Best Collaboration "Qué Más Pues?" 2024 Best Female Artist Herself Best Collaboration "Los del Espacio" Best Music Video "Así es la Vida" iHeartRadio Music Awards 2022 Best New Latin Artist Herself Kids' Choice Awards 2019 Favorite Latin Musical Influencer Kids' Choice Awards Argentina 2017 Favorite YouTuber 2018 Favorite Musical Influencer Latin American Music Awards 2022 New Artist of the Year Favorite Video "Los Tragos" 2023 Collaboration of the Year "Te Espero" Best Collaboration – Tropical 2024 "Así es la Vida" Latin Grammy Awards 2021 Best New Artist Herself 2022 Best Urban Music Album Animal 2023 Album of the Year La Cuarta Hoja Song of the Year "Amigos" Best Urban Fusion/Performance "Ojalá" Best Reggaeton Performance "Automático" Best Urban Song 2024 Best Urban Fusion/Performance "Corazón Vacío" Los 40 Music Awards 2021 Best New Latin Act Herself 2022 Best Latin Live Act 2023 Best Latin Urban Act or Producer Best Spanish Collaboration "Amigos" Best Latin Video "Corazón Vacío" Best Latin Urban Collaboration "Los del Espacio" Martin Fierro Digital Awards 2019 Favorite YouTuber Herself MTV Europe Music Awards 2021 Best Latin America South Act 2022 MTV Millennial Awards 2019 Argentine Instagrammer of the Year 2021 Emerging 2022 MIAW Artist Motomami of the Year Music Ship of the Year "Marte" 2023 "Los del Espacio" La Loba of the Year Herself MTV Millennial Awards Brazil 2021 Feat Gringo "Qué Más Pues?" Premios Gardel 2021 Best Urban/Trap Song or Album "High (remix)" 2022 Best Urban Music Album Animal Record of the Year "Miénteme" Song of the Year Best Pop Song Best Urban Music Collaboration "Wow Wow" 2023 Album of the Year La Nena de Argentina Best Urban Music Album Best Urban Music Song "Tranquila" Best Urban Music Collaboration "Entre Nosotros (remix)" 2024 Song of the Year "Corazón Vacío" "Los del Espacio" Best Urban Song Best Urban Collaboration Record of the Year "Corazón Vacío" Best Urban Pop Song Collaboration of the Year "Perfecta (2023 version)" Best Pop Song Best Urban Pop Album Acoustic Session Premios Juventud 2021 The New Generation – Female Herself 2022 Artist of the Youth – Female Female Artist – On The Rise Best Girl Power Collab "Hasta los Dientes" Viral Track of the Year "Qué Más Pues?" Best Tropical Mix "Te Espero" 2023 Artist of the Youth – Female Herself My Favorite Trendsetter Girl Power "Lokita" Social Dance Challenge The Hottest Choreography "Suelta" Best Pop/Urban Collaboration "Extasis" Best Urban Album – Female La Nena de Argentina 2024 Artist of the Youth – Female Herself Best Pop/Urban Song "Corazón Vacío" Best Regional Mexican Fusion "El Amor de Mi Vida" Premios Lo Nuestro 2022 New Artist – Female Herself Female Urban Artist of the Year Urban/Pop Song of the Year "Qué Más Pues?" 2023 Female Urban Artist of the Year Herself The Perfect Mix of the Year "Te Espero" Tropical Collaboration of the Year Urban Dance/Pop Song of the Year "Berlín" Remix of the Year "Entre Nosotros (remix)" "La Ducha (remix)" 2024 Female Urban Artist of the Year Herself The Perfect Mix of the Year "El Amor de Mi Vida" Urban/Pop Song of the Year "Éxtasis" Urban/Pop Collaboration of the Year "Berlín" Urban Dance/Pop Song of the Year Urban Album of the Year La Nena de Argentina Premios Odeón 2023 Best Latin New Artist Herself Premios Quiero 2020 Best Female Video "High" (remix) 2021 "Acaramelao" Best Pop Video "Mienteme" Video of the Year "¿Qué Más Pues?" Best Urban Video Best Rap / Trap / Hip-Hop Video "Además de Mí" (remix) Best Influencer Musician Herself 2022 Video of the Year "Automático" Best Female Video Best Pop Video "OJALA" Best Urban Video "Berlin" Best Party Video Best Trap / Rap / Hip-Hop Video "Entre Nosotros" (remix) Best Collaboration "Marte" Premios Tu Música Urbano 2022 Top Rising Star — Female Herself Song of the Year "Qué Más Pues?" Song of the Year – Duo or Group "Mal Acostumbrao" Album of the Year – Female Artist Animal Video of the Year – New Artist "Entre Nosotros (remix)" "Wow Wow" "Marte" "Mienteme" Collaboration of the Year 2023 Top Artist – Female Herself Song of the Year – Duo or Group "Berlin" Album of the Year – Female Artist La Nena de Argentina
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