Artist Overview
# R&B
# Hip Hop
# Pop
Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr., best known as Frankie J, is a Mexican-American musician, songwriter, and a former member of the Kumbia Kings musical group. Born in Mexico, he grew up in San Diego and became a freestyle artist named Frankie Boy in the late 1990s. He then joined the Kumbia Kings before embarking on a solo career. Frankie J's solo debut album, What's a Man To Do, was released in 2003, followed by more English and Spanish-language albums. In 2013, he won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album for his album Faith, Hope y Amor.
In 1997, Bautista signed with the now-defunct Hola Recordings. At the time, he was a freestyle artist known as Frankie Boy, and his music was released on 3 Maximum Freestyle compilations. Frankie J signed as a solo artist with Columbia Records and released his first album What's A Man To Do in 2003. His self-titled first Spanish-language album Frankie J was also released later in the same year. Following his departure from Columbia Records, Frankie J released a few singles between 2008 and 2011, as well as starting his own label, Soulsick Records. In 2017, he scored a radio hit with 'Si Una Vez (If I Once)'. Also, he released his new studio album titled Eleven through his label Soulsick Musick Inc.
