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Maluma began his musical career in 2010, recording singles. After "Farandulera" became
a radio hit,
Sony Musicand its subsidiary label Sony Music Colombiadecided to sign the
singer to record his first studio album.[3]The label then launched the next single, "Loco",
which was inspired by "rampant and uncontrolled love".
In 2013, "La Temperatura", featuring Puerto Rican singer Eli Palacios, was released as the
first single from his upcoming mixtape, PB.DB The Mixtape; the song reached number
seven on the National-Reportcharts. It also became his first single to enter the US charts
for the Latin audience by
Billboard; it reached number 25 on the Tropical Songschart,
number 8 on the Latin Pop Airplaysongs chart, number 24 on the BillboardHot Latin
Songschart and number 4 on the Latin Rhythm Airplaysongs chart.[9][10]