Reik is a Mexican

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, formed in 2003 by Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas (lead vocals), Julio Ramírez Eguía (guitar, background vocals), and Gilberto Marín Espinoza (guitar). The group's first five albums have been classified as Latin pop, but the group has since transitioned to a more urban-influenced sound since 2015. Reik has won a Latin Billboard Music Award, four Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica awards, and a Latin Grammy. Formed in 2003, the group released its self-titled debut album in 2005 which featured the singles "Yo Quisiera" and "Qué Vida La Mía". Reik's second studio album, ''

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'', was released on 12 December 2006, anchored by the single, "Invierno". On 30 September 2008, Reik released its third studio album ''

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'', for which the band won the

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in 2009. The band's following releases '' Peligro'' (2011) and ''

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'' (2015) featured a more electronic sound. Feeling frustrated with the perceived stagnation of Latin pop after the release of ''Des/Amor'', the band evolved its sound and began collaborating with

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artists. The band has since released popular singles "Ya Me Enteré" with

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" with

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, and "Amigos Con Derechos" with

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. These singles have charted on numerous ''Billboard'' charts and have renewed the band's popularity. The group also collaborated with Korean pop group

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on the song “One More Time (Otra Vez)”.

Members

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Jesús Alberto Navarro

Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas is the vocalist. He was born on 9 July 1986, in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. He started singing at the age of six when he joined a choir at his local church. Growing up his musical influences were very diverse. He was inspired by

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, and

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Julio Ramírez Eguía

Julio Ramírez Eguía is the guitarist. He was born on 21 December 1987, in the city of Mexicali. He has been playing the guitar since he was twelve years old. Growing up, he was influenced by

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. At nine years old, he was a black belt national champion in karate. When he was about fourteen or fifteen years old, he had his own soccer team and were champions as well.

Gilberto Marín Espinoza

Gilberto Bibi Marín Espinoza is the group's electric guitarist. He was born on 26 January 1983, in the city of Mexicali. He was the last one to join the band. In 2002, he enrolled in the

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in Mexicali but dropped out to focus on his music career. He is married to Kalinda Kano and has two children Jazz and Emil.

History

2005-2015: Formation and early albums

In 2003, Abelardo Vázquez ended their then-nascent musical project, tentatively called "Reik". Vázquez invited Jesús Navarro and Julio Ramirez to record their first

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underground club scene. Two of the most successful demos — "Levemente" and "Ahora Sin Ti" — brought more widespread coverage across Mexico. In early 2004, Reik invited Gilberto to join the band. On 24 May 2005, Reik released their self-titled debut album, produced by Kiko Cibrian. The group's name actually means "rake" (as in raking the guitar's strings), but the band wanted their non-English speaking Mexican listeners to pronounce it correctly, hence, Reik. The first single "Yo Quisiera" got heavy rotation on Mexican

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radio stations and soon went to number one. Their second single "Qué Vida La Mía" also topped the Mexican charts as did their third single "Noviembre Sin Ti". Their fourth single, "Niña", failed to match the success of their previous singles, charting only at number 33. Reik's debut album went

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in Mexico on 6 May 2005 after selling 50,000 copies. In June 2005, Reik traveled to the

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to promote their album and its first single. They had a promotional mini-tour that visited Miami, McAllen, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, San Juan (Puerto Rico), and New York. The album was formally released in the United States in May of that same year. To date, the album has sold 40,000 copies in the United States alone. By May, the album was certified

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for selling 120,000 copies. Holi copies all over America to date. On 6 July 2007, Reik participated in the Alltel Wireless "Mi Círculo, Mi Música" (My Circle, My Music) concert in

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. On 8 August 2013, Reik performed at the concert of MBLAQ at the Pepsi Center in Mexico City as guest performers and on 29 October, they performed at the 2013 Seoul International Music Fair in Seoul, South Korea.

2015-present: Transition to urban music and successful singles

While finishing its sixth studio album ''

'' the band members began to feel frustrated with the state of Latin pop music and longed for a change. Espinoza recalled, “Traditional romantic pop was in a rut...We needed to renovate ourselves.” The group enlisted reggaeton singer

in 2016 for a remix of "Ya Me Enteré" from ''Des/Amor'', which became the group's first platinum-certified single. The band initially struggled with the transition from pop to urban music, with Eguía noting, “We were used to doing verse, pre-chorus, chorus, repeat, bridge, chorus. In the urban world, they're like, ‘hell no!’ For them, it's introduction, chorus, the rap part, then second chorus.” In May 2018, Reik released the single "

" with Puerto Rican reggaeton singer

. "Me niego" won best Latin Pop Song of the Year at the 2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards. The song's accompanying music video was filmed in Miami and was described by Marjua Estevez of ''Billboard'' as a "heart-racing, action-packed drama". In November 2018, the band's collaboration with Colombian singer

on the single "Amigos Con Derechos" became Reik's second number one song on the ''Billboard'' Latin Pop songs chart. "Amigos Con Derechos" discusses a couple that is in love but wants to remain "friends with benefits". The group continued collaborating with urban singers, with the band enjoying the "natural disposition that urban superstars have. They help each other in collaborations, and the union they have is admirable." In May 2019, the group renewed its contract with Sony Music Mexico. Reik made its first collaboration with a

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group in October 2019 when it collaborated with Korean pop group

on the song “One More Time (Otra Vez)”. The single debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Digital Song Sales chart. On 9 April 2020, the group performed a live virtual concert via Youtube while in quarantine during the

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with Navarro broadcasting from New York City, Ramírez from

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, and Marín from

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, Mexico.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featuredartist

Promotional singles

Other charted and certified songs

Other appearances

Awards and nominations

Latin American Music Award

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Latin Billboard Music Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

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to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Reik has received one award from five nominations. , - ,

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LOS40 Music Awards

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to recognize the best in Spanish and international music. Reik has received one award from three nominations. , - ,

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Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica

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MTV Europe Music Award

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to honour artists and music in pop culture. Reik has received two nominations. , - ,

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MTV Millennial Awards

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Premios Lo Nuestro

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are awarded annually by television network

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