Question 1

Does Maluma write his own songs?

Accepted Answer

Yes, and the album credits carry his legal name, Juan Luis Londoño Arias, on every track of Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy, F.A.M.E., 11:11, Papi Juancho and Don Juan. He almost never writes alone. The names that keep reappearing next to his are Kevin Mauricio Jiménez and Bryan Snaider Lezcano, the pair credited as producers The Rude Boyz, and Edgar Barrera, who writes and produces as "Edge" and sits on nearly every song of 11:11. On F.A.M.E. the room widened to include Timbaland and Scott Storch, and on Don Juan the Rivera brothers Giencarlos and Jonathan, who produce as MadMusick, take the opening run. That is how urbano records get built: a handful of writers and producers pass a track around a studio, and the artist singing it is one voice in that group rather than the only one. The industry has treated him as an author on those terms, giving him Songwriter of the Year at the ASCAP Latin Awards (2019) and a Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album for F.A.M.E.

Question 2

Who are Maluma's regular songwriting collaborators?

Accepted Answer

Kevin Mauricio Jiménez and Bryan Snaider Lezcano Chaverra appear on more of his catalog than anyone else. Edgar Barrera is the other constant, writing with him from "Sin Contrato" on Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy through both versions of "ADMV". Stiven Rojas, Vicente Barco, Andrés Uribe, Miky la Sensa, Andrés Castro, Servando Primera and the Rivera brothers Giencarlos and Jonathan turn up again and again across the five albums.

Question 3

Who produces Maluma's albums?

Accepted Answer

The Rude Boyz are the anchor. They produced ten of the songs listed on F.A.M.E. and are named as the producer of Papi Juancho, with production credits on most of that record. 11:11 handed the desk mainly to Edgar Barrera as "Edge", working with Nyal, Gangsta, Madmusick, Mambo Kingz, DJ Luian, Hydro, Tainy, Tezzel, Sergio George and Ilya Salmanzadeh. Don Juan spread the work across a much longer list, with MadMusick handling the album's opening stretch.

Question 4

Why do Maluma's songs list so many writers?

Accepted Answer

Reggaeton and urbano get written in the room, not on a page, and the credit list is a record of who was in it. "Hawái" names Londoño alongside Jiménez, Lezcano, Édgar Barerra, Uribe, Kevyn Cruz, Juan Vargas, Miky La Sensa, René Cano and Johan Espinosa. "Felices los 4" names him with Servando Primera, Mario Cáseres, Jiménez, Lezcano, Stiven Rojas, Andrés Uribe and Eli Palacios. A hook idea, a melody line and a beat can each come from a different person in that session, and all of them end up on the paperwork.

Question 5

Has Maluma been recognized as a songwriter rather than just a singer?

Accepted Answer

The ASCAP Latin Awards named him Songwriter of the Year (2019), and he has collected their Most Performed awards steadily since "La Temperatura" won in 2015, including "Felices Los 4", "Sin Contrato", "El Préstamo", "Corazón", "Clandestino", "Mala Mía", "11 PM", "HP", "ADMV", "Hawái", "Sobrio", "Coco Loco", "La Fórmula" and "Según Quién". Premios Juventud also put him up for its singer-songwriter category (2019).

Question 6

What did Maluma write on Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy?

Accepted Answer

All of it, with company. His name is on every one of the album's songs, from "Borró Cassette" and "El Tiki" with Jiménez and Lezcano to "Sin Contrato" and "Tengo un Amor" with Edgar Barrera and Andrés Castro. Work on the record lasted three years, and he recorded roughly 80 songs that did not make the final track listing, which says something about how much of the writing was sifting rather than filling.

Question 7

How has his writing changed from album to album?

Accepted Answer

Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy was built as a two-sided concept, romantic ballads on one side and reggaeton with seductive lyrics on the other, and he explained it as showing a duality every person has. F.A.M.E. pushed him into English and Portuguese as well as Spanish, his first trilingual album. 11:11 came out cleaner and more romantic, written mostly with Barrera. Papi Juancho went back to the harder reggaeton room with The Rude Boyz, and Don Juan opened the writing out across merengue, bachata, salsa, house and regional Mexican.

Question 8

Did Maluma write the songs he made with Shakira and Madonna?

Accepted Answer

He is a credited writer on "Soltera", the 11:11 track that carries Madonna, Barrera, Mike Dean and the Rivera brothers alongside him, and he sang on "Medellín" and "Bitch I'm Loca" from her album Madame X. The ASCAP Latin Awards, which go to writers, listed him as a recipient for both "Chantaje" and "Clandestino" with Shakira.

Question 9

Does Maluma still write with the same people now?

Accepted Answer

Largely yes. Barrera and MadMusick carried much of Don Juan and The Rudeboyz are on it too. His seventh album Loco X Volver arrived in 2026 with the singles "1+1" with Kany García, "Botero" with Arcángel and NTG, and "Pa'la seca" with Ryan Castro. He called it the most personal project he has ever created and said it represents his roots and his culture, and the record blends pop reggaetón, salsa, vallenato and acoustic pop.