Julio Reyes Copello

Julio Reyes Copello
Background information
Born (1969-04-26) April 26, 1969 (age 55)
OriginCúcuta, Colombia
Occupation(s)Producer, songwriter, record engineer, pianist
InstrumentPiano
Years active2001-present
LabelsArt House Records
Websitejulioreyescopello.com

Julio Reyes Copello (born April 26, 1969) is a Colombian producer, songwriter and record engineer. Throughout his career he has worked with various artists such as Jennifer López, Marc Anthony, Thalía, Chayanne, Kany García, Alejandro Sanz, Paula Arenas, Laura Pausini and Pablo Alborán, among others, as well as receiving four Grammy Awards and seven Latin Grammy Awards.

Early life

Reyes Copello was born in 1969 in Cúcuta, Colombia and grew up in Bogotá, 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 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 1999.[1]

Career

After graduating from the Colegio San Bartolomé La Merced, he entered to the Pontifical Xavierian University to study music.[1] In 1996, he composed the music for the miniseries Leche, for which he won the India Catalina Award for Best Music the next year.[2] He later received a scholarship for a master's degree in Media Writing and Production at the University of Miami in Miami, 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 Plácido Domingo, the album featured Tony Bennett, Charlotte Church and Vanessa Williams alongside the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.[3]

While in Miami, he met Andrés Recio, who would become his manager. After working as a songwriter for artists like Malú, Thalía and Jerry Rivera, he met Marc Anthony 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.[4] 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 Latin Grammy Award 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 Thalía, Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez. In 2009, he was one of the composers of the music for TNT's medical drama series Hawthorne.[5] In 2011, Copello met Alejandro Sanz after a call with Universal Music's president Jesús López, the meeting would result in La Música No Se Toca, the tenth album by Sanz.[4] At the 14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Copello received his firsts Latin Grammys, winning three, Record of the Year 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 Miami, 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 Latin Grammy Awards out of over thirty nominations, eleven Album of the Year nominations, twelve Record of the Year 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, Alejandro Sanz's La Música No Se Toca and Ricky Martin's A Quien Quiera Escuchar peaking at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.[6][7][8][9]

Discography

Year Title Artist Production Writing/
Arrangements 		Technical
2001 Our Favorite Things (A) Plácido Domingo, Tony Bennett,
Charlotte Church and Vanessa Williams 		checkY
Esta Vez (A) Malú checkY
2002 Thalía (A) Thalía checkY
Vuelva Muy Alto (A) Jerry Rivera checkY checkY
"The Rhythm" (S) Patricia Manterola checkY
2003 Sincero (A) Chayanne checkY
Milagro (A) Jaci Velasquez checkY
Estrella Guía (A) Alexandre Pires checkY checkY
"Y Todo Queda en Nada" (S) Ricky Martin checkY
2004 Amar Sin Mentiras (A) Marc Anthony checkY checkY
2005 El Sexto Sentido (A) Thalía checkY
2007 "Qué Hiciste" (S) Jennifer Lopez checkY checkY checkY
Brave (A) Jennifer López checkY checkY
Como Ama una Mujer (A) checkY checkY
"En las Manos de Dios" (S) Nelly Furtado checkY
2008 Satisfied (A) Taylor Dayne checkY checkY checkY
2009 "Moments Like This" Reamonn checkY
Sin Frenos (A) La Quinta Estación checkY checkY
C'est comme ça (A) Florent Pagny checkY checkY checkY
Mi Plan (A) Nelly Furtado checkY
2010 No Hay Imposibles (A) Chayanne checkY checkY checkY
Viva el Príncipe (A) Cristian Castro checkY
2011 Brava! (A) Paulina Rubio checkY checkY checkY
"Ven a Bailar (On the Floor)" (S) Jennifer Lopez checkY
2012 La Música No Se Toca (A) Alejandro Sanz checkY checkY
Kany Garcia (A) Kany García checkY checkY
2013 Canciones Para La Luna - Sinfónico En Vivo (A) Belanova checkY
3.0 (A) Marc Anthony checkY checkY checkY
2014 Un Alumno Más (A) Melendi checkY checkY checkY
Voice Demos (A) Brika checkY checkY
2015 Amor & Pasión (A) Il Divo checkY checkY checkY
Mil Ciudades (A) Andrés Cepeda checkY
A Quien Quiera Escuchar (A) Ricky Martin checkY checkY checkY
Conexión (A) Fonseca checkY
Buena Vida (A) Diego Torres checkY checkY checkY
Similares (A) Laura Pausini checkY checkY checkY
2016 Habana (A) Florent Pagny checkY checkY
2017 Prometo (A) Pablo Alborán checkY checkY checkY
"Amor, Amor, Amor" (S) Jennifer Lopez featuring Wisin checkY checkY checkY
"Ni Tú Ni Yo" (S) Jennifer López featuring Gente de Zona checkY checkY
2018 Oxígeno (A) Malú checkY checkY checkY
"Lento" Thalía featuring Gente de Zona checkY
Index (A) Ana Mena checkY checkY
Hazte Sentir (A) Laura Pausini checkY checkY
2019 Visceral (A) Paula Arenas checkY checkY
Opus (A) Marc Anthony checkY
#ElDisco (A) Alejandro Sanz checkY checkY checkY
2020 "Tiburones" (S) Ricky Martin checkY checkY checkY
PAUSA (EP) checkY checkY
Mesa Para Dos (A) Kany García checkY checkY checkY
Vértigo (A) Pablo Alborán checkY checkY
Renacer (A) Nahuel Pennisi checkY
2021 Leyendas (A) Carlos Rivera checkY checkY checkY

(A) Album, (S), Single[10][11][12]

Film Scoring

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Artist Result Ref.
2005 Best Latin Pop Album Amar Sin Mentiras Marc Anthony Won [13]
2017 A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) Ricky Martin Won
2019 Prometo Pablo Alborán Nominated
2020 #ElDisco Alejandro Sanz Won
Best Tropical Latin Album Opus Marc Anthony Won

Latin Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Artist Result Ref.
2003 Album of the Year Estrella Guía (as producer) Alexandre Pires Nominated [14]
2010 Producer of the Year Himself Nominated
2012 Record of the Year "Que Te Vaya Mal" (as producer, engineer) Kany García Nominated [15]
"No Me Compares" (as producer, engineer) Alejandro Sanz Nominated
2013 Album of the Year La Música No Se Toca (as producer) Alejandro Sanz Nominated [16]
Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album Won
Record of the Year "Vivir Mi Vida" (as producer, engineer) Marc Anthony Won
"Mi Marciana" (as producer) Alejandro Sanz Nominated
Best Engineered Album Kany García (as engineer) Kany García Won
Producer of the Year Himself Nominated
2014 Album of the Year Más Corazón Profundo (as engineer) Carlos Vives Nominated [17]
3.0 (as producer, engineer) Marc Anthony Nominated
Best Salsa Album Won
Song of the Year "Cambio de Piel" (as songwriter/producer) Nominated
Record of the Year Nominated
"Cuando Nos Volvamos a Encontrar" (as engineer) Carlos Vives & Marc Anthony Nominated
2015 Record of the Year "Disparo al Corazón" (as producer, engineer) Ricky Martin Nominated [18]
2016 Album of the Year Mil Ciudades (as producer) Andrés Cepeda Nominated [19]
Conexión (as producer) Fonseca Nominated
Buena Vida (as producer) Diego Torres Nominated
Record of the Year "Iguales" (as producer, engineer) Nominated
2017 "Vente Pa' Ca" (as producer, engineer) Ricky Martin & Maluma Nominated
2018 Album of the Year Prometo (as producer, engineer) Pablo Alborán Nominated [20]
Record of the Year "No Vaya a Ser" (as producer, engineer) Nominated
Producer of the Year Himself Nominated
2019 Album of the Year Visceral (as producer, engineer) Paula Arenas Nominated [21]
#ElDisco (as producer, engineer) Alejandro Sanz Nominated
Record of the Year "Mi Persona Favorita" (as producer, engineer) Alejandro Sanz and Camila Cabello Won
"Parecen Viernes" (as engineer) Marc Anthony Nominated
"No Tengo Nada" (as producer) Alejandro Sanz Nominated
Producer of the Year Himself Nominated
2020 Best Singer-Songwriter Album Mesa Para Dos (as producer, engineer) Kany García Won [22]
Album of the Year Nominated
PAUSA (as producer, engineer) Ricky Martin Nominated
Record of the Year "Contigo" (as producer, engineer) Alejandro Sanz Won
"Lo que en ti veo" (as producer, engineer) Kany García featuring Nahuel Pennisi Nominated
2021 "Un Amor Eterno (Versión Balada)" (as producer, engineer) Marc Anthony Nominated [23]
"Si Hubieras Querido" (as producer, engineer) Pablo Alborán Nominated
Song of the Year Nominated
Album of the Year Vértigo (as producer, engineer) Nominated
Mis Amores (as producer, engineer) Paula Arenas Nominated
2022 Song of the Year "Besos en la Frente" (as songwriter) Fonseca Nominated [24]
Best Pop Song Nominated
Album of the Year Viajante (as producer, engineer) Nominated
Dharma (as producer, engineer, songwriter) Sebastián Yatra Nominated
Pa'lla Voy (as producer) Marc Anthony Nominated
Best Salsa Album Won
Producer of the Year Himself Won
2023 Album of the Year La Cuarta Hoja Pablo Alborán (as producer and engineer) Pending [25]
Best Pop Song "Bailo Pa Ti" (as songwriter) Monsieur Periné Pending
Producer of the Year Himself Pending

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