# Cris MJ Source: https://www.popfiltr.com/artist-profile/cris-mj Published: 2026-09-23T00:28:06.046Z Language: en > Chilean reggaeton singer Cris MJ turned iPhone-made videos in La Serena into global hits like “Una Noche en Medellín” and “Gata Only,” two Billboard awards, and a sold-out Estadio Nacional. --- Artist profile ## Cris MJ Chilean reggaeton singer Cris MJ turned iPhone-made videos in La Serena into global hits like “Una Noche en Medellín” and “Gata Only,” two Billboard awards, and a sold-out Estadio Nacional. ## Quick facts - **Origin:** Chile - **Genres:** reggaeton, latin hip-hop/rap, chilean hip-hop, urbano latino - **Award-winning work:** Gata Only - **Awards:** 2 Wins · 5 Nominations - **Audience:** 30.5M Spotify monthly listeners, as of April 30, 2026 ![Cris MJ official artist profile image](https://www.popfiltr.com/artist-profile-assets/v1/3626425/70c66cbd5dae09644f39ac57a8cf5a3e8477b7bd745d26d11d60bfbe5288ac75.jpg) *[Artist image via Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Yj5Xey7kTwvZla8sqdsdE)* - **Spotify monthly listeners:** 30.5M (No. 206 by Spotify monthly listeners) - **TikTok tracked video views:** 23.4B (No. 211 by TikTok top-video views) - **YouTube total views:** 5.7B - **Pandora lifetime streams:** 88.8M - **Total platform audience:** 20.5M - **Spotify followers:** 8M (No. 510 by Spotify followers) - **YouTube subscribers:** 4.6M (No. 1221 by YouTube subscribers) - **TikTok followers:** 2.8M (No. 1987 by TikTok followers) Figures as of April 30, 2026. Data ## Audience, reach and discovery Figures as of April 30, 2026. ### Platform audience - **Spotify monthly listeners:** 30.5M (No. 206 by Spotify monthly listeners) - **Spotify followers:** 8M (No. 510 by Spotify followers) - **YouTube subscribers:** 4.6M (No. 1221 by YouTube subscribers) - **Instagram followers:** 4.9M (No. 1915 by Instagram followers) - **TikTok followers:** 2.8M (No. 1987 by TikTok followers) - **Deezer fans:** 81.4K (No. 5637 for Deezer fans) ### Consumption and discovery - **YouTube total views:** 5.7B - **YouTube daily views:** 8.5M - **YouTube monthly views:** 206.3M - **TikTok likes:** 23.2M (No. 4215 for TikTok likes) - **TikTok tracked video views:** 23.4B (No. 211 by TikTok top-video views) - **TikTok track posts:** 19.9M (No. 235 for TikTok track posts) - **Pandora lifetime streams:** 88.8M - **Shazams:** 35.2M - **Genius pageviews:** 1.2M ### Playlist footprint - **Spotify playlist reach:** 170.7M - **Spotify editorial playlist reach:** 66.3M - **Spotify playlists:** 528.1K - **Spotify editorial playlists:** 135 - **Apple Music playlists:** 195 - **Apple Music editorial playlists:** 64 - **Deezer playlists:** 85 - **Deezer editorial playlists:** 26 - **YouTube playlists:** 158 - **YouTube editorial playlists:** 20 ### Top listener markets Leading cities by Spotify monthly listeners. | Rank | City | Listeners | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Santiago CL | 1.8M | | 2 | Mexico City MX | 1.5M | | 3 | Bogotá CO | 637.4K | | 4 | Lima PE | 583.4K | | 5 | Buenos Aires AR | 468.8K | Biography ## Life and career ### Roots in La Serena Christopher Andrés Álvarez García was born on 16 September 2001 in La Serena, Chile, a coastal city where reggaeton was easy to hear but hard to make. He has said reggaeton videos replaced cartoons for him as a child, and at eight he imitated urban artists at school talent shows. Daddy Yankee, Jory and Ñengo Flow shaped his early taste, alongside American trap by Travis Scott, Drake and Lil Baby. There were only about two recording studios in town, so he filmed his own videos on his phone and drew his own covers. Álvarez grew up in a public housing complex in La Serena. In a 2025 Billboard interview he described hard years at home as motivation rather than material for pity, saying he wanted to lift his relatives out of the neighborhood and refused to plan for any work other than music. He told the magazine that his father was shot in front of him and survived, an episode he framed as fuel for his ambition. ### Learning the trade, 2019–2021 He began releasing music of his own around 2019, uploading Spanish-language covers and early originals while still in La Serena. The stage name Cris MJ pairs his first name with Mala Junta, the nickname of a friend group connected to his father. Moving to Santiago in 2020, he issued his first official single, “Como Tú Ninguna,” an urban-mambo song that put him on the Chilean map. Local support for reggaeton artists was scarce, he has said, so he built an audience on social platforms. Before the move, Billboard has reported, he went through a period of depression and nearly quit music. Before albums, he worked at a furious pace. Independent singles and guest spots — among them Los Malvekes with Marcianeke and Simon la Letra, Me Arrepentí with AK4:20 and Pailita, and Marisola with Standly — carried him up Chilean and regional charts. Those songs fed his debut album, Welcome to My World, released in 2022, and its follow-up, Partyson, in 2023. Those years also taught him self-reliance. He shot videos on his phone, made his own cover art, and uploaded finished songs himself, habits he later described to Billboard as necessities for an artist without resources behind him. ### Una Noche en Medellín and the leap, 2022–2023 Released in January 2022, Una Noche en Medellín turned a hard-hitting perreo about Colombian nightlife into a TikTok phenomenon. It became his first Billboard chart entry, reaching No. 24 on Hot Latin Songs and No. 29 on the Global 200 that year, and it topped the Chile Songs chart while charting across Latin America. Karol G took notice; after an earlier attempt at a remix fell through, she brought Cris MJ onto the Quinta Vergara stage at the Viña del Mar festival in February 2023 to perform it live. The studio remix followed in August 2023 with Karol G and Ryan Castro, issued on Karol G's Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season). It entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 68, his first appearance on the all-genre tally, and started at No. 12 on Hot Latin Songs. Around the same period, Marisola with Standly reached No. 70 on the Global 200, and a later remix added Duki and Nicki Nicole. ### Gata Only and global stardom, 2024 In February 2024 Cris MJ reshaped a track by FloyyMenor, a fellow La Serena artist he had discovered online: he invited him to Santiago, reworked the song, and they filmed the video the next day. Gata Only debuted on the Hot 100 at No. 27, reached No. 3 on the Global 200, and spent seven weeks at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs. The pair became the first Chilean act in about 25 years to reach that chart's top 10. Billboard named it the top Latin song of 2024 on the year-end Hot Latin Songs chart, and reported it as TikTok's most-played song of the year in any language. The recording won the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Award for Global 200 Latin Song of the Year and, that December, the 2024 Billboard Music Award for Top Latin Song. His solo single Si No Es Contigo then debuted in the top ten of Hot Latin Songs in mid-2024. That summer Billboard chose him as its Latin Artist on the Rise, a profile published ahead of touring through Mexico and Europe. Throughout 2024 he also sold out three nights at Santiago's Movistar Arena, a run Billboard cited as proof of his standing at home. ### Apocalipsis and stadium scale, 2025–2026 Apocalipsis arrived on 27 June 2025 through Sonar, the Rimas-owned label distributed by The Orchard. Cris MJ described medieval Paris as the visual and musical inspiration for the 18-track set — his first album without featured artists — and framed it as a rebirth aimed at opening doors for Chilean music. Billboard noted the album kept his party reggaetón core while adding futuristic melodies and pop. A second 2025 album, LAS FILTRADAS, followed. Forbes Chile included him in its 2025 30 Under 30 list in the sports and entertainment category. Live, he has escalated from club dates to national stages: after an Apocalipsis-era run through Europe and Mexico, he headlined the Estadio Nacional in Santiago on 17 April 2026 as the first Chilean urban artist to top a show there, with a stage reaching halfway onto the field and organizers reporting a sellout. Weeks before the show, The Clinic reported that he had become the first Chilean artist to pass 10 billion streams on Spotify, with nearly 20 of his songs beyond 100 million plays. His stated aim remains the one he gave Billboard: keep growing, and open doors for Chilean music beyond home. Selected moments ## Career highlights 1. 2022 **Una Noche en Medellín goes viral** Released in January 2022, the single became his first Billboard chart entry, reaching No. 24 on Hot Latin Songs and No. 29 on the Global 200 that year. 2. 2023 **Viña del Mar stage with Karol G** In February 2023 Karol G brought him out at the Quinta Vergara to perform “Una Noche en Medellín” live after an earlier remix plan fell through. 3. 2023 **First Billboard Hot 100 entry** The Karol G and Ryan Castro remix, issued in August 2023 on Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season), debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 68. 4. 2024 **Gata Only tops Hot Latin Songs** With FloyyMenor, “Gata Only” spent seven weeks at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs, debuted at No. 27 on the Hot 100 and reached No. 3 on the Global 200. 5. 2024 **Billboard Latin Music Award win** “Gata Only” won Global 200 Latin Song of the Year at the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards, broadcast on Telemundo in October 2024. 6. 2024 **Billboard Music Award for Top Latin Song** At the 2024 Billboard Music Awards in December, “Gata Only” took Top Latin Song, with FloyyMenor accepting the trophy and shouting out Cris MJ. 7. 2024 **Billboard Latin Artist on the Rise** Billboard named Cris MJ its Latin Artist on the Rise in May 2024, spotlighting his path from La Serena to the U.S. charts. 8. 2025 **Apocalipsis album released** His third studio album arrived on 27 June 2025 on Sonar, an 18-track set without featured artists that he called a more mature rebirth. 9. 2025 **Forbes 30 Under 30 Chile** Forbes Chile placed him on its 2025 30 Under 30 list in the sports and entertainment category, citing “Gata Only” and “Una Noche en Medellín.” 10. 2026 **Estadio Nacional headliner** On 17 April 2026 he headlined the Estadio Nacional in Santiago as the first Chilean urban artist to top a show there, with tickets sold out. Recognition ## Awards and nominations Cris MJ's most prominent wins came through “Gata Only” with FloyyMenor: Global 200 Latin Song of the Year at the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards and Top Latin Song at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards. He has also collected nominations at the Heat Latin Music Awards, the MTV Miaw Awards and further Billboard Latin Music Awards categories; the items below list only results verified against the sources cited in this profile. - **Wins:** 2 - **Nominations:** 5 | Year | Award | Category | Work | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2024 | Billboard Latin Music Awards | Global 200 Latin Song of the Year Winner | Gata Only | | 2024 | Billboard Music Awards | Top Latin Song Winner | Gata Only | | 2024 | Billboard Latin Music Awards | Hot Latin Song of the Year Nominee | Gata Only | | 2024 | Billboard Latin Music Awards | Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event Nominee | Gata Only | | 2024 | Heat Latin Music Awards (Premios Heat) | Best Artist South Region Nominee | | | 2024 | MTV Miaw Awards | Himno Viral Nominee | Gata Only | | 2024 | MTV Miaw Awards | Bellakeo Supremo Nominee | Gata Only | Sources - [Wikipedia — Cris MJ ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cris_MJ) - [Billboard — Cris MJ Had the Top Latin Song of 2024 With ‘Gata Only.’ ↗](https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/cris-mj-apocalipsis-gata-only-michael-jackson-1236008314/) - [Billboard — How Cris MJ Is Globalizing Chile’s Booming Reggaetón Movement ↗](https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/latin-artist-rise-cris-mj-1235695183/) - [Billboard — 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards Winners: Complete List ↗](https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/2024-billboard-latin-music-awards-winners-list-1235806517/) - [Billboard — How FloyyMenor & Cris MJ Made Chart History With ‘Gata Only’ ↗](https://www.billboard.com/pro/floyymenor-cris-mj-gata-only-how-hit-song-global/) - [Billboard — Hot 100 First-Timers: Cris MJ Debuts on ‘Una Noche En Medellin’ Remix ↗](https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/hot-100-first-timers-cris-mj-debuts-karol-g-ryan-castro-una-noche-en-medellin-remix-1235397796/) - [Billboard — 2024 Billboard Music Awards Winners: Full List ↗](https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-billboard-music-awards-winners-bbmas-1235854482/) - [Billboard — Karol G & Feid Lead 2024 Heat Latin Music Awards Nominations ↗](https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/heat-latin-music-awards-2024-nominations-premios-heat-1235679262/) - [Rolling Stone — Karol G, Peso Pluma Win at 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards ↗](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/karol-g-peso-pluma-bad-bunny-lead-billboard-latin-music-awards-2025-winners-1235139209/) - [Forbes Chile — 30 Under 30 | Cris MJ ↗](https://forbes.cl/editors-pick/2025-07-07/30-under-30-cris-mj/) - [The Clinic — Sold out y los hitos de Cris MJ en el Estadio Nacional ↗](https://www.theclinic.cl/2026/04/17/cris-mj-estadio-nacional-sold-out-records-spotify-hito-urbano-chileno/) - [BioBioChile — Karol G y Cris MJ interpretan ‘Una Noche en Medellín’ en Viña 2023 ↗](https://www.biobiochile.cl/especial/vina/noticias/2023/02/19/los-suenos-se-cumplen-karol-g-y-cris-mj-interpretan-una-noche-en-medellin-tras-fallido-remix.shtml) - [CNN Chile — Chile destaca en nominaciones a Premios MTV Miaw 2024 ↗](https://www.cnnchile.com/cultura/mtv-miaw-nominados-dubidubidu-gata-only-canciones-votar_20240613/)