| Jhayco | |
| Birth Name: | Jesús Manuel Nieves Cortés[1] |
| Birth Date: | 9 April 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico[2] |
| Years Active: | 2013–present |
Jesús Manuel Nieves Cortés (born April 9, 1993), known professionally as Jhayco (formerly Jhay Cortez),[3] is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and record producer. After releasing multiple EPs, his debut studio album Famouz was released in 2019.[4]
Cortés was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Later, he moved to Camden, New Jersey, where he learned English. [5] [6]
Cortés began songwriting at age 15, gaining the interest of producer Eddie Dee. Cortés wrote music with Lele el Arma Secreta and Eliel, who introduced Cortés to the duo Zion & Lennox. Cortés composed three songs that featured on Zion & Lennox's 2011 album Los Verdaderos: "Como curar", "Detective de tu amor", and "Soltera" (under the pseudonym Jay el Superdotado).[7]
Cortés wrote five singles for Tito El Bambino, including "Llama al sol" featured on his 2011 album Invencible, which won a Latin Grammy for Best Tropical Album.
In 2013, Cortés began as a singer for the Latin pop group Stereo 4, composed of four Puerto Rican singers: Jafet Cortes, Eduardo Esteras, Rubén Chinea, and Jesús M. Nieves.[8] Cortés later launched his career as a soloist. He collaborated with Stereo 4 for the last time in 2016 with the song "Te quiero ver".[9]
On August 22, 2017, Cortés was the first artist signed under House of Haze, a partnership established between Universal Music Latino and producer Fino como el Haze. He released his first single, "Donde no se vea" under this label, collaborating with Jory Boy and Pusho.[10]
On March 16, 2018, Cortés performed at SXSW's Sounds from Puerto Rico showcase.
Cortés helped in the composition of the songs "Criminal" by Natti Natasha with Ozuna and "Mi Religión" by Yandel. On May 16 2018, he released the EP Eyez on Me under the Universal Music Latino record label.[11] At the end of 2018, he released his single "Costear" with Almighty, which led to the release of two remixes.
On February 22, 2019, Cortés released the single "No Me Conoce" which reached the top of several Latin American music charts. It was certified triple platinum by PROMUSICAE of Spain; the song also featured a remix with J Balvin and Bad Bunny[12] and was certified 20 platinum by the US RIAA.[13] In that same year, he also released the song "Deseame suerte" with the collaboration of Karol G.[14] On May 24, 2019, he released his first studio album, Famouz, under the Universal Music Latino label. It was ranked 164 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[15] [16] [17]
In 2020, Cortés published a special edition of his first studio album with unreleased songs under the name Famouz Reloaded[18] and released a new single, "Dime a Ve", which would be part of his second album, Timelezz.[19] He was also the winner of five ASCAP awards as a composer[20] and two Tú Música Urbano Awards in the categories of Composer of the Year and New Generation Album by Famouz.[21] He received nominations for the Billboard Awards for Latin music,[22] Premios Juventud,[23] Lo Nuestro Awards[24] and the Latin Grammys.[25] On October 30, he released the song "Dakiti" in collaboration with Bad Bunny which reached number one on the Billboard Global 200 charts; it also reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 9.[26] At the end of that year, he collaborated on the remix "La Curiosidad" by Jay Wheeler and Myke Towers.[27] It also appeared on Yandel's album Quien Contra Mí 2 in the collaboration of the song "Ponme al día".[28]
At the beginning of 2021, Cortés participated in a production of Los Legendarios with the song "Fiel" with Wisin, which reached number 9 globally on the Spotify music platform.[29] [30] On March 14, he appeared with Bad Bunny performing "Dakiti" at the Grammy Awards ceremony.[31] He also received another IHeartRadio Music Awards nomination in the Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year category for "Dakiti".[32]
Cortez was in a relationship with pornstar Mia Khalifa.[33] [34]
In 2020, Cortez had a public spat with fellow rapper Bryant Myers on Twitter.[35] [36] The two rappers published diss tracks.[37]
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||||
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| US [38] | US Latin [39] | SPA [40] | |||||||||||||
| Famouz |
| 164 | 5 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Famouz Reloaded |
| — | — | 54 | |||||||||||
| Timelezz |
| 70 | 2 | 4 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| EP details | ||
| Eyez on Me |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [43] | US Latin [44] | ARG [45] | MEX [46] | SPA [47] | WW [48] | |||||||||||
| "Deseos"< | -- February 9, 2018 --> | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eyez on Me | ||||||
| "Se Supone" (remix)< | -- March 30, 2018 --> | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Están Pa' Mí"< | -- May 4, 2018 --> | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Costear"< | -- October 13, 2018 --> | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Famouz | |||||||
| "No Me Conoce"< | -- February 22, 2019 --> | 2019 | 71 | 4 | 4 | — | 4 | — | ||||||||
| "Deséame Suerte"< | -- August 30, 2019 --> | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Famouz Reloaded | |||||||
| "A Tu Manera (Corbata)"< | --October 11, 2019 --> | — | — | 85 | 25 | — | — | Mal de Amores | ||||||||
| "Easy" (remix)< | --November 19, 2019 --> | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | Famouz Reloaded | ||||||||
| "Medusa"< | --February 5, 2020 --> | 2020 | — | 12 | 57 | — | 5 | — |
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| "Dispo"< | --February 26, 2020 --> | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orgánico | |||||||
| "Dime a Ve"< | --July 3, 2020 --> | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Dakiti"< | --October 30, 2020 --> | 5 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | — |
| El Último Tour Del Mundo | |||||||
| "Kobe en LA"< | --November 12, 2020 --> | — | 44 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Los Bo"< | --January 7, 2021 --> | 2021 | — | 40 | — | — | 46 | — |
| Timelezz | ||||||
| "Fiel"< | --February 5, 2021 --> | 62 | 5 | 8 | — | 1 | — | Los Legendarios 001 | ||||||||
| "Christian Dior"< | --March 12, 2021 --> | — | 28 | — | — | 27 | — |
| Timelezz | |||||||
| "911" (remix)< | --July 9, 2021 --> ) | — | — | — | — | 11 | — |
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| "Súbele el Volumen"< | --July 15, 2021 --> | — | — | — | 2 | 62 | — | |||||||||
| "En Mi Cuarto"< | --July 29, 2021 --> | — | 22 | — | — | 31 | — |
| Timelezz | |||||||
| "Delincuente"< | --July 29, 2021 --> | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | |||||||||
| "Ley Seca"< | --September 3, 2021 --> | — | 12 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Timelezz | |||||||
| "Emojis de Corazones"< | --September 23, 2021 --> | — | 22 | — | — | 68 | — |
| Multimillo Vol. 1 | |||||||
| "Súbelo"< | --November 18, 2021 --> | — | 12 | — | — | 15 | — |
| Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren | |||||||
| "Sensual Bebé"< | --March 10, 2022 --> | 2022 | — | 22 | — | — | 28 | — |
| LCVRX | ||||||
| "Ande con Quien Ande"< | --August 18, 2022 --> | — | 49 | — | — | 56 | — |
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| "En la de Ella"< | --October 20, 2022 --> | — | — | — | — | 20 | — |
| LCVRX | |||||||
| "Cuerpecito"< | --March 30, 2023 --> | 2023 | — | — | — | — | 38 | — |
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| "Mami Chula"< | --April 28, 2023 --> | — | — | — | — | 5 | — |
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| "Fantasma/AVC"< | --June 2, 2023 --> | — | — | — | — | 69 | — |
| Data | |||||||
| "En To Lao"< | --June 16, 2023 --> | — | — | — | — | 51 | — |
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| "Rockstar 2.0"< | --June 23, 2023 --> | — | — | 16 | — | 26 | — |
| Antes de Ameri | |||||||
| "Holanda"< | --July 28, 2023 --> | — | — | 21 | — | 3 | 54 |
| LCVRX | |||||||
| "Ex-Special"< | --September 1, 2023 --> [70] | — | 22 | — | — | 58 | — | |||||||||
| "Bby Boo (remix)" | 2024 | — | 27 | 18 | — | 6 | 179 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
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| US | US Latin | ARG | SPA | ||||||||||||
| "Darte" (remix)< | --July 18, 2018 --> | 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| Sexflix 1.5 | |||||||
| "Only Fans" (remix)< | --October 23, 2020 --> | 2020 | — | — | — | 94 |
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| "La Curiosidad" (Blue Grand Prix remix)< | --December 18, 2020 --> | — | — | — | 14 | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Latin | ARG | SPA | ||||||||||||
| "Easy"< | -- May 24, 2019 --> | 2019 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Famouz | |||||||
| "Imaginaste"< | -- May 24, 2019 --> | — | 45 | 75 | — |
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| "Como Se Siente"< | -- January 24, 2020 --> | 2020 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Famouz Reloaded | |||||||
| "Como Se Siente" (remix)< | --May 10, 2020 --> | — | 7 | 61 | — | Las que no iban a salir | |||||||||
| "512"< | --February 5, 2021 --> | 2021 | — | — | 24 | 8 |
| Primer Día de Clases | |||||||
| "Magnum"< | --August 27, 2021 --> | — | 41 | — | 78 | Infinity | |||||||||
| "Dile (Homenaje)"< | --September 3, 2021 --> | — | — | — | 5 |
| Timelezz | ||||||||
| "La Venganza"< | --September 10, 2021 --> | — | 46 | — | — | Jose | |||||||||
| "Memorias"[77] < | --April 1, 2022 --> | 2022 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Microdosis | |||||||
| "Tarot"< | --May 6, 2022 --> | 18 | 7 | 52 | 2 |
| Un Verano Sin Ti | ||||||||
| "Llueve" | — | — | — | 92 |
| La Última Misión | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Award | Year | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Category | Result | ||
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| American Music Awards | 2021 | "Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | Collaboration of the Year | [80] | ||
| Favorite Song - Latin | ||||||
| 2022 | Himself | Favorite Male Latin Artist | [81] | |||
| ASCAP Latin Awards | 2020 | "Amanece" (as songwriter) | Winning Songs | [82] | ||
| "Hola" (as songwriter) | ||||||
| "Loco Contigo" (as songwriter) | ||||||
| "No Me Conoce (Remix) | ||||||
| "Reggaeton" (as songwriter) | ||||||
| 2021 | "Adicto" (as songwriter) | [83] | ||||
| "Agua" (as songwriter) | ||||||
| "Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | ||||||
| 2022 | Song of the Year | [84] | ||||
| "Fiel" (with Wisin) | Winning Songs | |||||
| 2023 | "Ley Seca" (with Anuel AA) | [85] | ||||
| "Sensual Bebé" | ||||||
| "Tarot" (with Bad Bunny) | ||||||
| Billboard Music Awards | 2020 | "No Me Conoce (Remix)" (with J Balvin & Bad Bunny) | Top Latin Song | [86] | ||
| 2021 | "Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | [87] | ||||
| Billboard Latin Music Awards | 2020 | Himself | New Artist of the Year | [88] | ||
| 2021 | Male Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year | [89] | ||||
| "Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | Vocal Event Hot Latin Song of the Year | |||||
| Hot Latin Song of the Year | ||||||
| Airplay Song of the Year | ||||||
| Sales Song of the Year | ||||||
| Streaming Song of the Year | ||||||
| Latin Rhythm Song of the Year | ||||||
| 2022 | Himself | Artist of the Year | [90] | |||
| Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male | ||||||
| Grammy Awards | 2023 | Un Verano Sin Ti | Album of the Year | |||
| Latin American Music Awards | 2019 | Himself | New Artist of the Year | [91] | ||
| 2022 | Artist of the Year | [92] | ||||
| Favorite Male Artist | ||||||
| Favorite Urban Artist | ||||||
| "Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | Song of the Year | |||||
| Favorite Urban Song | ||||||
| "Fiel" (with Wisin) | ||||||
| Collaboration of the Year | ||||||
| Viral Song of the Year | ||||||
| 2023 | Himself | Favorite Urban Artist | [93] | |||
| "Sensual Bebe" | Favorite Urban Song | |||||
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2020 | "Medusa" (with Anuel AA & J Balvin) | Best Rap/Hip Hop Song | [94] | ||
| "Adicto" (as songwriter) | Best Urban Song | |||||
| 2021 | "Agua" (as songwriter) | Song of the Year | [95] | |||
| Best Urban Song | ||||||
| "Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | ||||||
| 2022 | Un Verano Sin Ti (as songwriter) | Album of the Year | [96] | |||
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | 2021 | "Dakiti" (with Bad Bunny) | Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year | [97] |