Linar Espinal (Juncalito, Jánico, December 4, 1978),[1][2] better known as El Chaval de la Bachata, is a Dominican musician, singer, composer and producer.

[4] He is a composer and performer of important songs in the bachata genre like "Donde Están Esos Amigos", "Estoy Perdido", "No Soy tu Marido"[5] and "Canalla" with Romeo Santos,[6] among others.

[19] In 2012 he released the album Por el maldito dinero, and in 2014 he recorded the song "Tres Semanas", written by Marco Antonio Solís.

[8] After his collaboration with Romeo Santos on the song "Canalla" from the album Utopía, El Chaval published a new musical production titled Mil Historias,[21] where he invited various emerging talents from the Dominican Republic.

[24] In 2019 he performed with Romeo Santos at MetLife Stadium in New York City in front of an audience of more than 80,000, as part of the American artist's Utopia album tour.

[25] With a concert at the United Palace theater in New York City, El Chaval announced the celebration of his twenty-five years in music in October 2022.

[8][28] In celebration of his twenty-six years as an artist, he published the album Alayah #15 in 2023, with more than twenty songs,[29] among them "La Plata", in which he pays tribute in vallenato rhythm to the Colombian singer Diomedes Díaz.