Career
Early years (2010–2014)
In 2012 Reyes was a finalist at the talent competition Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento on Estrella TV as "Julio Arevalo." [3] Afterwards, he released his original song "No Puedo Regresar" and attracted the attention of Sony Music. [3] In August 2012, [2] Sony Music Latin released Reyes' debut album No Inventes [2] to favorable reviews in the United States and Mexico. [4] The twelve songs were completed over a two-year time period, [2] and the lead single "No Inventes" peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard Regional Mexican Songs Chart. [4] "Recompense" was the second single from the album to chart. [6] In September 2013, he performed at a Noche Bohemia showcase series in Encino, California. [10]
He was nominated in the "Artista Revelación del Año" (newcomer artist of the year) category at Premios Texas 2013. [11]
In 2014, his original song "Sin Verguenza" was featured in the Televisa soap opera Dos Hogares . [5] Also in 2014, Reyes made his acting debut as the title role in the film Pecado Mortal: Historias de Corrido, where he plays an assassin. The show debuted in January 2014 on the Fox channel Mundo, and was distributed by Cine Latino. [5] His track "Sin Verguenza" was used as the main movie theme. [12] Afterwards, he performed a BMI showcase with other regional Mexican performers. [5]
Recent projects (2015)
| External videos | |
|---|---|
 Julio Reyes – "No Inventes" Music Video (Aug 4, 2012) | |
| Julio Reyes – "Me Canse De Rogarte" Music Video (May 25, 2015) |
In 2015, Reyes released a video and track titled "Me Canse De Rogarte", the first single of his upcoming album set for fall release. [7] The upcoming project, titled Region*Al*Ternativo, employs genres such as soul, R&B, and ranchero, among others. [12] Produced by Ulises Lozano, it features a number of guest female vocalists. [3]
The track "Paloma Negra" where both Chiquis and Julio perform as a duet is a writing collaboration between T.Mendez, Reyes, U.Lozano and Chiquis. [13] The song is included in her debut album Ahora in 2014 [14] on Sony Music Latin. [15] Reyes also worked on a vocal producer on the entire production. [16] The overall album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and No. 1 on the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums charts. [15] He has worked on other songs by Chiquis, including Billboard's Top 40 Latin Airplay song "Esa No Soy Yo" [17] and Billboard's Top 40 Regional Mexican song "Completamente." [8]
Reyes' most recent work as a songwriter includes his collaboration in the English version of the track "Habla Blah Blah" performed by Gloria Trevi in 2014 [18] and his collaboration with producer Humberto Gatica. [18] Directing Gloria's voice for her 2015 released album "El Amor," [18] [19] that same year Reyes worked as a songwriter on the No. 1 iTunes Brasil Hit Song "Están Ahí," [20] which was recorded by Mexican pop star Anahí in 2015 under Reyes' vocal direction. [21] In 2015 Reyes performed as a solo artist at the BMI Latin music showcase in New York City, [10] along with several other shows. [22]
