Biography
María de los Ángeles Becerra (Quilmes, February 12, 2000), known as María Becerra, is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former Youtuber.
In 2015 she began creating entertainment content on her YouTube channel, which had more than three million subscribers. With this she managed to win several awards and star in a play. Likewise, Becerra was named as one of the 10 most influential you-tubers in Argentina, according to Hill & Knowlton in 2018.
As for her facet as a singer, she consolidated in 2019 after the release of her debut EP, 222, which includes the songs "Tu Lady", and "Dime cómo hago". With the latter, she debuted on Billboard's Argentina Hot 100 chart. In 2021 she released the EP Animal, part 1, a preview of her first studio album, Animal, released six months later, which contains songs such as "Acaramelao", and "Wow wow". Her success allowed her to go on her Animal Tour.
She was born in the city of Quilmes, located in the southern area of Greater Buenos Aires (Argentina). She was the third daughter of Pedro Becerra, a cardiologist, and Irene Aletti, a nurse. She has two older brothers, Juan and Geraldine, and a younger sister, Aylín. Since she was a little girl, she was interested in acting, singing and painting, so at the age of seven she began to take singing, musical comedy, dance and body expression classes at Valeria Lynch's academy. At thirteen she began writing poetry and short stories, which she published on the Internet. She also mixed her classes with football (soccer) practice, another of her passions. She played in a field near her house called "Viejobueno".
Trained as a Catholic, she attended a Catholic school from an early age. Later, she convinced her parents to change to a technical college, a career-oriented school, to learn carpentry. However, during her time at the industrial school, she reported having suffered physical violence, sexual harassment and countless situations of discrimination from her male classmates, because she was one of the few women in the institution. On the other hand, Becerra said she suffered from attention deficit disorder, which made it more difficult for her to study.
She began to become visible at the age of twelve, uploading covers. At fifteen, she posted a five-minute parody monologue that had over a million views in just a few hours. This encouraged her to create a YouTube channel, where she would later publish singing videos, vlogs and dance tutorials. However, when her fame grew, she was still in the fifth year of high school and was forced to choose between the videos or her studies, eventually dropping out her studies.
In September 2017 she earned her first nomination for "Favorite Youtuber" at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Argentina. In October, she participated in the third edition of the Club Media Fest of Argentina and Paraguay, an event for digital content creators. In January 2018, Hill & Knowlton named Becerra as one of the most influential you-tubers in Argentina, among ten other creators in the country. In August, she received the award for "Favorite Music Influencer". Also, in November, she was pre-selected in the category "Best youtuber" in the second edition of the Martín Fierro Digital Awards.
In March 2019, he published his Roast Yourself Challenge, the challenge that spread among you-tubers that consisted of composing songs to laugh at users' bad reviews, in celebration after reaching the figure of two million subscribers on his channel. The video had a great impact, surpassing the figure of one million views within hours of its publication. At the end of 2019, it was named as the most viewed video of the year in Argentina, according to a report released by YouTube Rewind.
Becerra left Youtube at 19, in the last semester of the year, to focus on her musical career. She debuted as a singer in September of the same year, with the release of her first EP, 222, which included elements of urban pop with brief passages of hip hop. "Tu lady" is the first cut of the album, completed by "Nada de amor" and "Dime cómo hago". This latter, which entered Billboard's Argentina Hot 100, was her first entry on the chart. In November she released the video clip of her first single, Maria Becerra: High (2019) . During the first half of 2020 she released three more songs. In July, Becerra signed with independent record label 300 Entertainment. In September she released Maria Becerra x TINI x Lola Indigo: High (Remix) (2020) , together with the Argentinian singer Tini Stoessel and the Spanish singer Lola Índigo . The song reached number 2 in the Argentinean chart and entered Spain. A week after the remix was released, the original song was certified platinum in Argentina. In November she released Maria Becerra & RusherKing: Confiésalo (2020) together with Rusherking , in whose video clip also appears Melisa Marzioni .
In January 2021, she released the lead single from the first part of her first album Maria Becerra & Cazzu: Animal (2021) , featuring Argentine singer Cazzu , in the music video Melisa Marzioni appeared again. In February she presented Animal, part 1, the beginning of her first album; followed by her second single Maria Becerra: Acaramelao (2021) . The EP switches between hip-hop, reggaeton, trap, R&B and touches of salsa, and explores the themes of female empowerment, love and lust. In March Maria collaborated with Mexican Paty Cantú on the single and video "Si yo fuera tú". She participated in Rusherking, Tiago PZK, KHEA, LIT Killah, Duki, Maria Becerra: Además de mí (Remix) (2021) of Rusherking with Duki and Khea with Tiago PZK and Lit Killah . The song reached the top of Billboard's Argentina Hot 100, and was certified triple platinum. She participated in Rusherking, Tiago PZK, KHEA, LIT Killah, Duki, Maria Becerra: Además de mí (Remix) (2021) of Rusherking with Duki and Khea with Tiago PZK and Lit Killah . The song reached the top of Billboard's Argentina Hot 100, and was certified triple platinum. The following month, he collaborated with Tini Stoessel on Tini & Maria Becerra: Miénteme (2021) . The single topped the Argentina Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks. In May, she obtained her first nomination at the Carlos Gardel Awards, for "High (Remix)" in the best urban/trap music album/song category. She was part of the opening of the Showmatch show, La academia, where she performed "High" and "Acaramelao". María released shortly after J. Balvin & Maria Becerra: Qué más pues? (2021) together with J Balvin , the latter reached the first position in the charts in Argentina and was the third first position of the artist in the Argentina Hot 100.
In June she released the first single, a preview of the second part of her first album, Maria Becerra & Tiago PZK: Cazame (2021) , in which she sings with Tiago PZK . It was followed by a collaboration with Mariah Angeliq and Bad Gyal , Mariah Angeliq, Bad Gyal, Maria Becerra: Bobo (2021) . She also received two nominations for the Juventud awards. In July she released a new single titled "Mi debilidad", and in that month the Spotify platform reported that she was the most listened to Argentine artist worldwide. On August 26, 2021, she released Animal, her first studio album, accompanied by the single, Maria Becerra & Becky G: Wow Wow (2021) , in collaboration with American singer Becky G . The album debuted at number five on Spotify's Top 10 Album Debuts Global chart, and ranked number forty-nine on the Spanish chart. To promote Animal, Becerra embarked on her Animal Tour, her first world tour that toured several Latin American countries and Spain, and the album was nominated for the Gardel Awards for Best Urban Music Album, while "Wow Wow" was nominated for Best Urban Music Collaboration.
In September she recorded with the Venezuelan duo Mau y Ricky the song "Mal acostumbrao", which was presented for the first time, within hours of its release, on the reality show La Voz Argentina. She participated in the release of Lit Killah's "En la oscuridad", a single from her debut album MAWZ. That same month, Becerra was named one of the 100 most influential Latinas in the world in the "Latina Powerhouse Top 100" list, published by Hola! US magazine. She also received her first nomination at the Latin Grammy Awards, in the category of best new artist. The following year she released a bachata, "Antes de tí", a song with her ex-partner Rusherking. In December, Becerra was crowned as one of the most listened female artists of the year in Argentina, Spain and Uruguay; and "Miénteme" as the most played song in both Latin countries. She also obtained five of the 10 most viewed videos of the year in Argentina, according to the annual report of the YouTube platform.
On January 5, 2022, Becerra participated in the remix of Tiago PZK, LIT Killah, Maria Becerra, Nicki Nicole: Entre nosotros (Remix) (2022) by Tiago PZK, LIT Killah with Nicki Nicole . After its release, the song debuted at the top of the charts in Argentina and Peru, in addition to entering the top twenty in Spain, Mexico and Paraguay, among others. During that month, Becerra gave several interviews where she confirmed that she had started composing songs for her new album and that it would be released that same year. Later, she revealed the album's title, La nena de Argentina. Maria Becerra: Felices x Siempre (2022) was released on February 22 of the same year, the singer's birthday, as the lead single from what will be the second studio album.
In May 2022 he collaborated with Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello on the song Camila Cabello & Maria Becerra: Hasta los dientes (2022) from her album Familia, also appearing in the official video. And in August with the Spanish Lola Índigo in Lola Indigo, Maria Becerra: Discoteka (2022) . In December 2022, she released one of her most special videos Maria Becerra: La nena de Argentina (2022) , as this is the nickname she has in her homeland.
