Though they met while attending the University of Miami in Florida, Bacilos’ members hail from Brazil, Colombia, and Puerto Rico.
∙ The group’s sophomore album, Caraluna, won a pair of Latin Grammy Awards, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album.
∙ After their Grammy win, the band was recruited to record a song for a candy bar commercial, and their track “Mi Primer Millón” was licensed for an automobile ad.
∙ “Difícil,” from vocalist Jorge Villamizar’s solo album El Día Que Vuelva, hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Tropical Airplay chart.
∙ Villamizar has written with Julieta Venegas, Marc Anthony, and Paulina Rubio, and he won a Latin Grammy Award for penning Luis Enrique’s “Yo No Sé Mañana.”
∙ Villamizar is a judge on the Ecuadorian version of televised singing competition The Voice.
Hometown
United States of America
Genre
Pop Latino
Members of Bacilos
Bacilos was formed in 1995. Members of Bacilos include, or have included, the following 1 members.