Karol G is a Colombian singer and songwriter. She has received several awards and nominations including eight Latin Grammy Awards, one Grammy Award, five Billboard Music Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards, one American Music Award and eighteen Premios Lo Nuestro, among others.
In 2017, she released her first studio album titled Unstoppable, the following year she won the Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Her second album Ocean was released in 2019, the same year she participated in the song "China" alongside reggaeton singers Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee, Ozuna and J Balvin, the song was commercially successful and was nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards, for Record of the Year and Best Urban Fusion/Performance. In 2019, she released the song "Tusa" featuring rapper Nicki Minaj, the song was highly successful and received two Latin Grammy nominations, including Song of the Year, it also won three Latin American Music Awards and was nominated for five Billboard Latin Music Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards.
In 2021, she released her third album, KG0516, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Música Urbana Album, being her first Grammy Award nomination, it also won a Billboard Music Award and two Latin American Music Awards. The album includes the single "Bichota", which won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Reggaeton Performance in 2021, being her second Latin Grammy win. During 2022, she released two commercially successful singles, "Mamiii" with Becky G, which got five nominations at the 2022 Billboard Latin Music Awards, and "Provenza", which received nominations for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
In 2023 she published her fourth studio album Mañana Será Bonito which with its songs garnered seven nominations at the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, winning three awards, including Album of the Year and Best Urban Music Album. The collaboration "TQG" with Shakira which received three nominations at the Latin Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Best Urban Song and Best Urban Fusion/Performance, winning the latter. At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards the album won Best Música Urbana Album, being Karol G's first Grammy Award.
Major associations
Guinness World Records Year Category Nominated work Result 2022 Most Billboard Latin Music Awards nominations for a female artist in a single year (15) Karol G 2023 Most simultaneous entries on the US singles chart by a female Latin artist (11) Most streamed Latin album on Spotify in one week (female) Mañana Será Bonito Most streamed Latin album on Spotify in 24 hours (female) First female vocalist to reach No.1 on the Billboard 200 with an all-Spanish-language album Highest-charting Spanish-language track on the Billboard Hot 100 (female) "TQG" (with Shakira) 2024 First female winner of the Best Música Urbana Album Grammy Award Karol G Highest-grossing music tour by a Latin female artist ($313,000,000) Mañana Será Bonito Tour 2025 Most entries on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart by a female artist (67) Karol G Most weeks at No.1 on Billboard's Latin Airplay chart (one song) (26 weeks) "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido"
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2022 Best Música Urbana Album KG0516 2024 Mañana Será Bonito 2026 Best Latin Pop Album Tropicoqueta
Latin Grammy Awards +YearNominated WorkCategoryResult2018Karol G Best New Artist"Mi Cama" Best Urban Song 2020"China" (with Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee, Ozuna and J Balvin)Best Urban Fusion/PerformanceRecord of the Year"Tusa" (with Nicki Minaj)Song of the Year2021"Bichota"Best Reggaeton Performance2022"Provenza"Record of the YearSong of the Year"Mamiii" (with Becky G)Best Urban Song2023Mañana Será BonitoAlbum of the YearBest Urban Music Album"Mientras Me Curo del Cora"Record of the Year"TQG" (with Shakira)Song of the YearBest Urban Fusion/PerformanceBest Urban Song"Gatúbela" (with Maldy)Best Reggaeton Performance2024Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season)Album of the YearBest Urban Music Album"Mi Ex Tenía Razón"Record of the YearSong of the Year"S91"Best Urban Fusion/Performance"Labios Mordidos" (with Kali Uchis)Best Reggaeton Performance"Qlona" (with Peso Pluma)Best Urban Song2025"Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido"Record of the YearSong of the YearBest Tropical Song2026TropicoquetaAlbum of the YearBest Urban Music Album"Coleccionando Heridas" (with Marco Antonio Solis)Record of the YearSong of the Year"Ese Hombre es Malo"Best Regional Mexican Song"Dile Luna" (with Eddy Lover)Best Urban Performance"Verano Rosa" (with Feid)Best Reggaeton Performance
Miscellaneous awards