Julio Reyes Copello (born April 26, 1969) is a Colombian producer,

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and record engineer. Throughout his career he has worked with various artists such as Jennifer López,

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, Chayanne, Kany García,

Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. He has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Award ...

, Paula Arenas,

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and Pablo Alborán, among others, as well as receiving four

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and seven

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Early life

Reyes Copello was born in 1969 in Cúcuta,

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and grew up in

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, his interest for music started from an early age learning howto play the piano with his mother. He has two brothers, Gabriel, the president of the Colombian television network RCN, and Gerardo, an investigative journalist and one of the recipients of the

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in 1999.

Career

After graduating from the Colegio San Bartolomé La Merced, he entered to the

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to study music. In 1996, he composed the music for the miniseries ''Leche'', for which he won the India Catalina Award for Best Music the next year. He later received a scholarship for a master's degree in Media Writing and Production at the

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, the city where he lives since 1997, following his years of study, he was chosen by Jorge Calandrelli to compose the arrangements for seven of the songs from the 2001 album ''Our Favorite Things'' by

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, the album featured

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, Charlotte Church and Vanessa Williams alongside the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. While in

, he met Andrés Recio, who would become his manager. After working as a songwriter for artists like Malú,

and Jerry Rivera, he met

in 2004 with Colombian producer Estéfano, Copello would co-write songs like "Ahora Quien" and "Tu Amor Me Hace Bien" from Anthony's albums '' Amar Sin Mentiras'' and '' Valió la Pena''. The former won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, with Copello also receiving the award as one of the engineers of the album. His first

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nomination came in 2003 for his work in Alexandre Pires's ''Estrella Guía'', the record was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Album at the 4th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. During the 2000s, he continued working with Latinamerican artists such as

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and

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. In 2009, he was one of the composers of the music for TNT's medical drama series '' Hawthorne''. In 2011, Copello met

after a call with

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's president Jesús López, the meeting would result in '' La Música No Se Toca'', the tenth album by Sanz. At the 14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Copello received his firsts Latin Grammys, winning three,

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for Sanz's " Mi Marciana" and Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album for '' La Música No Se Toca'', both as producer and Best Engineered Album for Kany García's '' self-titled album'' as engineer. In 2013, Copello founded the recording studio and label ArtHouse Records in

, producing albums by several artists such as Paula Arenas, Julio Pablo Vega, Mariana Vega and Brika, among others. Ever since his first nomination in 2003, Copello has won seven

out of over thirty nominations, eleven Album of the Year nominations, twelve

nominations and four Producer of the Year nominations. Many albums produced by Copello have been highly successful, with Jennifer López's '' Como Ama una Mujer'', Chayanne's '' No Hay Imposibles'',

's '' La Música No Se Toca'' and

's '' A Quien Quiera Escuchar'' peaking at number one on the

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chart.

Discography

(A) Album, (S), Single

Film Scoring

* '' Reach for Me'' (Film, 2008) * '' Hawthorne'' (TV Series, 2009) * ''Mars 2030'' (Videogame, 2017)

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

References

External links

Official Website

Art House Website
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