NEW YORK, June 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM announced
today that multi-award winning reggaeton singer/ songwriter J
Balvin will join actress Dascha
Polanco in front of a live audience of SiriusXM listeners
and fans for SiriusXM's "Town Hall" series.
The "Town Hall" special will feature Colombian superstar J
Balvin answering questions about his rapidly rising career,
recently released album Energía, and famous
collaborations. The special will feature Orange is the New
Black's Dasha Polanco as special
guest.
"SiriusXM's Town Hall with J Balvin" will be take place at the
SiriusXM studios in New York and
will air Thursday, June 30 at
1:00 pm ET on SiriusXM Caliente
channel 158, Flow Nación channel 765, and Viva channel 763 and
through the SiriusXM app on smartphones and other connected
devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com.
"J Balvin is a powerhouse reggaeton artist and we are excited to
pair him with award-winning actress Dascha
Polanco in this exclusive SiriusXM Town Hall event," said
Scott Greenstein, President and
Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM. "These are two artists at the top
of their game, and we think that bringing them together in this
special setting will generate compelling content for our SiriusXM
listeners."
"SiriusXM's Town Hall with J Balvin" is part of SiriusXM's "Town
Hall" series, featuring iconic musicians and figures sitting down
with a studio audience of SiriusXM listeners. Previous
"SiriusXM Town Hall" specials have featured Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, Juanes,
Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan, Pelé, Billy Crystal, Pitbull, Quentin Tarantino, Carol
Burnett, Willie Nelson, KISS,
Coldplay, Juan Luis Guerra,
Hugh Jackman, Dolly Parton, the surviving members of Nirvana,
Gregg Allman, Usher and Tony Hawk.
José Álvaro Osorio Balvin, better
known as J Balvin, has had four straight #1 Latin singles,
including breaking the record for the longest-ever #1 chart-run for
a song by a single Latin artist. J Balvin has also
received "Artist of the Year" recognition at Premios Lo
Nuestro, a Latin GRAMMY® Award for Best Urban Artist, and is the undeniable leader
of a second-generation Reggaeton revolution. During the past
year, J Balvin has collaborated in remixes with Justin Bieber, Ariana
Grande, Maroon 5, French Montana, and Nicky Jam, among
others.
Known for her role as Dayanara
Diaz on Netflix's "Orange is the New Black," Dascha Polanco recently co-starred in the films
"JOY" and "The Perfect Match." The SAG Award winning actress
landed her first lead role in Adrian
Martinez's "iCreep," which recently wrapped filming.
Polanco has been named one of the 40 Young Latino Powerhouses in
Hollywood by The Hollywood
Reporter and has been featured in numerous magazine covers.
The SiriusXM Latino channel lineup features exclusive
commercial-free music channels covering a wide variety of music
genres, including Caliente
(tropical, channel 158), Rumbón (classic salsa, channel
767), Flow Nación (Latin hip-hop and Reggaeton, channel
765), La Kueva (rock en español, channel 768), Viva
(contemporary pop, channel 763), Aguila (regional Mexican,
channel 761), Caricia (classic ballads, channel 762),
Latidos (romantic love songs from the 90s to today, channel
764), Luna (Latin jazz, channel 766) and more.
For more information on SiriusXM, please visit
www.siriusxm.com.
About SiriusXM
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