Carlos Vives will be honored with the Billboard Hall of Fame Award

Telemundo

announced today that world-famous Colombian singer, songwriter, actor, and businessman

will be honored with the

to celebrate his artistic career that goes beyond musical performance and takes into account his incredible influence as an artist globally in multiple fields.

The interpreter who has taken the traditional music of vallenato around the world will also sing at the

that will be broadcast live on

on

beginning with “The Billboard Awards Carpet” at 7 pm/6c, and followed by the awards ceremony at 8 pm/7c from the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

The

is reserved for those artists who have achieved worldwide recognition for their work, transcending genre and language boundaries.

Previous winners of the exceptional award include José José, Vicente Fernández, Rocío Dúrcal, Marco Antonio Solís, Mongo Santamaría, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Banda El Recodo, Joan Sebastian, Marc Anthony, Franco de Vita and Alejandro Fernández.

Vives 

will receive this award because, in addition to his singing career, he is also an actor, television presenter, judge of “La Voz” and owner of the restaurant and music club Gaira.

Additionally, he is the founder of “Tras la Perla”, an initiative to improve the quality of life in his native Santa Marta and its surroundings with educational and environmental programs.

And as if that were not enough, he is also the founder of the Rio Grande music school in Bogotá, where children develop their artistic skills.

This diffuser of traditional Colombian and Latin American music worldwide is an interpreter of songs such as "The cold drop", "Fresh fruit", "Volví a nacer", "Dance with you" and "La bicicleta" (with Shakira), which He has toured the most important places in the world including the United States, Europe and Latin America.

After starting his artistic career in 1982 as an actor, it was in 1986 that he began to sing ballads and in 1991 that he leaned towards the classic vallenatos that made him the face of the new Colombian sound worldwide.

His approach to playing this traditional music with pop and rock elements expanded the genre to an international audience.

His most recent album, 

, explores the origins of cumbia in the deepest Colombia and in the instruments created by native peoples, highlighted in the documentary "The lost world of Cumbiana."

puts an image to that personal journey that actually began 25 years ago with another of his albums, 

.

Winner of multiple international awards, the artist has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, and his songs and albums have reached No. 1 on Billboard's different Latin music charts 33 times.

In total, 26 of his songs made the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.

Of those, 13 made the top 10 and 5 of these reached No. 1, including his hit "Fresh Fruit," which topped the chart for six weeks in 2000. On the Latin Airplay chart he managed to place 26 titles, with 15 topping. the list, including his most recent hit "Si me das tu amor," featuring Wisin, who topped the list in August 2019;

while on the Tropical Airplay list, she managed to locate 27 titles in total, of which eight reached No. 1, including “Hoy Tengo tiempo (Pinta Sensual)” that ruled for six weeks in 2018.

Vives' albums have also enjoyed great success.

On the Top Latin Albums chart, he has made 10 entries, with nine of them within the top 10 and three of his titles reached No. 1, including

.

On Tropical Albums he had a total of eight entries, with seven of them reaching the top 10 and two reaching No. 1, including

, which reigned for seven weeks in 1995.

The

coincide with

(Music Week) of

, a virtual three -

day experience dedicated to music, culture and Latin entertainment.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the event will take place October 20-23 and will feature intimate conversations with artists, panels with industry personalities, exclusive performances and more.

For more information and to reserve your spot, visit BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com.

For the latest news, visit Billboard.com/Latin. 

The

will also be broadcast simultaneously on the Hispanic entertainment cable channel, Universo and throughout the Americas on Telemundo Internacional.

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