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Nicky Jam sits down exclusively with Billboard to share details about changing record labels, a new album on the way and more!  Are you excited for Nicky’s new music? Let us know in the comments!

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00:00This new album is like a new Nicky Jam.

00:02Nicky Jam has changed his record label and we have the exclusive interview and announcement.

00:08Nicky, you are switching record labels after a long time with Sony.

00:13So where are you going first of all?

00:15I'm going to Virgin Records.

00:17I went with my gut.

00:18I thought it was the best move to do.

00:20I have too much respect for Afo, the president of Sony Records, Sony Latin Records.

00:28It's just sometimes you feel like you have to move.

00:30It's nothing personal.

00:32It's a mix of business and something that I just felt in my gut that it was the best move to do.

00:39I'm very spontaneous and it's just the way I am.

00:44I could say I'm a bohemian.

00:49I take my luggage and I go wherever I have to go.

00:52It's just the way I am.

00:53What were they offering you that you liked or what did they bring to the table that you liked?

00:57Family-wise, their whole team and the creative part.

01:02This corporate way of coming out with music could kill the buzz of the music, the momentum of the music.

01:09You have to wait four, five, six months to come out with a single.

01:13With these people at Virgin, I don't have to wait.

01:16If I feel that a song is going to be a hit in a moment, they are not going to mess with my creative part.

01:22They are going to say, go ahead, come out.

01:25That's the way Bad Bunny works. That's the way Fade works.

01:34I still work with Sony.

01:36Even if there's no contract, I still call them.

01:40We still do stuff. We're still working on campaigns.

01:43Like the ten years of El Perdón.

01:46X is popping again and we're doing a campaign to maintain that.

01:52We have a good relationship, so I like it like that.

01:54What is your first release under your new deal?

01:57It's going to be the 28th of this month, February.

01:59Okay, the last day of the month.

02:01Can we have the title?

02:04Or not yet?

02:05For more on the interview and Nicki's new sound, check the article with Billboard's Leila Cobo at Billboard.com.

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