Junior H

On February 2, 2019, Herrera released his debut album Mi Vida en un Cigarro, with nine songs. Among them was his first renowned single "No He Cambiado" and other songs such as "Mi Vida en un Cigarro" and "El de la Chevy".[8] That same year, contacted by businessman Jimmy Humilde, he joined the independent Chicano record company Rancho Humilde, where he met fellow singer Natanael Cano, with whom he collaborated on the single "Disfruto lo Malo" on the album Corridos Tumbados; an album that includes Herrera's hit "Ella", a song written by himself.

In 2020, Herrera released his second studio album titled Atrapado en un Sueño, which features his most recognized singles, "Mente Positiva", "Atrapado en un Sueño" and "Jueves 10", surpassing 100 million views on platforms. The album was positioned in the top five of the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.[3] Later that year, on September 2, he would release two albums that same day titled Musica <3 and Cruisin' with Junior H, which would feature 12 songs on each album.[4] On December 18, together with Natanael Cano and Ovi, they released the album Las 3 Torres, including 16 songs which feature artists such as Snoop Dogg, Ñengo Flow and Snow Tha Product.[9]

On February 12, 2021, Herrera released $ad Boyz 4 Life, with 16 songs, whose lyrics talk about love and heartbreak.[10] In less than 24 hours, the album managed to position itself in the top spot of Apple Music's Latin Albums chart. Some of his recognized singles from the album are: "La Bestia", "160 Gramos" and "Me Consume". On February 7, 2022, he announced and revealed the tracklist of his seventh studio album titled Mi Vida en un Cigarro 2, in reference to the name of his first album, which was officially released on February 11.[11]

Months later, Herrera announced that he was working on a new album, but it contained trap songs, which would be his first and last album of that genre (said by Herrera himself). In October, he revealed the release date of his album, which would be November 11, although days later he changed it to a later date that would be the official one, November 23 of that same year. At the end of 2022, it would be released with the name Contingente in which it contains twelve songs, with collaborations with other well-known artists such as Alemán, Big Soto, Ovi, Paloma Mami, and Snow Tha Product.[12]

In January 2023, Herrera released the single "Fin de Semana" with Oscar Maydon, which debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on number 86, making it both artists' first time appearing in the chart.[13] In February, Herrera collaborated with Mexican musician and singer Peso Pluma on "El Azul". Herrera and Peso Pluma became frequent collaborators and had appeared on "El Tsurito", "Lady Gaga,"[14] "Luna", and "Bipolar".[15] "Lady Gaga" had peaked at No. 1 on the Mexico Songs and Hot Latin Songs charts, making this Junior H's debut on both charts.[16] In August 1, 2023, three of Herrera's studio albums were certified platinum by RIAA; Cruisin' with Junior H (5x), Mi Vida En Un Cigarro 2 (3x), and $ad Boyz 4 Life (1x) were all certified platinum. In September 14, Herrera was featured in a song with norteño band Grupo Frontera, titled "En Altavoz", the eighth and final single for the former's debut studio album, El Comienzo. Musica <3 was later certified platinum eleven days later.[17] On October 6, 2023, he released his eighth studio album $ad Boyz 4 Life II,[18] in which Herrera refers it as "more of an accident" since there were supposedly going to be featured artists in the album.[19] The album's release date was first announced through his Instagram account.[20]

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