What Happened to J Balvin's Mom? The Singer's Mama Was in the Hospital

J Balvin ended 2020 asking his hundreds of thousands of followers to sign up for him in praying for his mother, Alba Balvin. What happened to her and is she OK?

During the ultimate couple days of 2020, Colombian superstar J Balvin took to Instagram to ask his millions of followers to join him in praying for his mom, Alba Mery Balvin, who was about to input surgical procedure. But what happened to J Balvin's mom?

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It was the very last thing to occur in what was a rollercoaster 12 months for the Medellín native, who immediately broke Guinness data for his greater than 13 Grammy nominations, collaborated with McDonald's, launched his personal tackle Air Jordans, yet also unfortunately contracted COVID-19 and printed to the public his ongoing battles with psychological health.

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What happened to J Balvin's mom?

"Oración por mi madre: una cirugía en la cabeza," Balvin posted on his Instagram stories (which translates to "prayers for my mother: a surgery in the head") along with a photo of his mom, Alba Balvin, in a hospital room.

In the next slide he shared in his stories, the "No Me Conoce" singer wrote in Spanish: "The tests are ongoing. Something very big will come." From what we were ready to glean from his social media and other outlets, apparently that his mom, to whom he's famously very shut, had to undergo surgical operation on her head. 

As a outcome, J Balvin harnessed his Forty five million fans and asked them to sign up for him in sending Alba prayers and just right thoughts for her procedure.

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A couple of hours into the new year, the Medellín local and Colores crooner thanked his loyal fanbase for his or her prayers. "Thank you to everyone who prayed for my mother," he wrote in Spanish on his web page. "She is out of the most dangerous part, we are awaiting her recovery."

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He added: "Thank you for seeing in me a person like any other, that's the only thing I need, nothing more, I'm the same as you."

J Balvin has printed ahead of that his mom, who is certainly one of his largest inspirations and motivations, battles a blood disease — one who she's been preventing for upwards of 40 years. "She keeps fighting, and her and I, we help each other," he told the South American newsletter Semana.

Is J Balvin's mom OK?

The "Mi Gente" singer spent New Year's Day visiting his mother in the hospital. He recorded every other Instagram story where he asks Alba how she is feeling on the first day of the new yr. 

"Another testimony that light covers us all," she tells the digital camera joyfully, while her loving son blows her a kiss.

Following their seek advice from, Balvin, who cites his mother as his greatest supporter, took the likelihood to percentage a moving John Lennon quote on his social media page: "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life."

We wish Alba Balvin all the very best in her restoration!

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