As a pioneer of Spanish-language rock in his country, in 1989 he paid tribute to Rock together with Argentine legend Charly García. He performed at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium, becoming the first Latin artist to sing at this baseball stadium, filling it to capacity on two occasions. In London, England, he starred alongside Tina Turner in a bilingual commercial with worldwide distribution With his worldwide success “Sopa de Caracol”, produced together with Emilio Estefan, he reached the top spots in popularity in Germany and was presented a year and a half after the fall of the Berlin Wall in front of 25,000 people at the German Radio and Television Fair.

In Argentina, he broke all sales and attendance records from 1992 onwards, achieving unprecedented recognition from the people and prominent figures of the country, such as Mr. President Menem, Diego Maradona, Mercedes Sosa, Ernesto Sábato, Palito Ortega, among others.
In 1997, he acquired a medieval castle in Argentina, a place that would be a true enigma for Wilkins.
A challenger and with great vision as an entrepreneur, in 1978 he created Masa Records, his own record company, and as a winemaker, since 1999, he has promoted the wine industry in Puerto Rico, producing his own wines. In 2002, he received a proclamation from the Senate of Puerto Rico, for his artistic achievements and for being the first winemaker in the history of his country.
He was selected by Billboard and ASCAP magazines in the U.S. as best singer, best composer, and best album of the year in 1981 and 1986, respectively. His album “Respiraré” was chosen as the most popular and best-selling.

With his worldwide hits “Margarita”, the central theme of the soundtrack of the Hollywood film “Salsa” and “Sopa de Caracol”, Wilkins reached the charts in more than 25 countries, including Greece, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Chile, Ecuador, Norway, Sweden, Argentina, Uruguay, among others.

His album “Panggayo”, co-produced with Michael Sembello, was released in Japan by BMG.

In 1995, he received the Cassandra Award in the Dominican Republic, in recognition of his successful artistic career. In Caracas, Venezuela, he received the Ronda Award at the María Teresa Carreño Theater, after being selected as the "International Singer in Film of the Year." In Brazil, Silvio Santos presented him with the Gold Record.

In 2010, he received the Medal of Excellence in Cuba from the President of Cuban Music. After his acclaimed performance at the Teatro América in Havana, he was invited to tour the country.

He began the Christian music movement on secular radio in 1976, when he recorded songs of faith for the first time. From that moment until today, "Como no creer en Dios", "Un Nuevo Amor", "Corre y Búscalo" and "Dios" became hymns in his voice.

Wilkins has worked alongside world-renowned music legends such as maestro Gian Piero Reverberi, Michael Sembello, Emilio Estefan, Tito Puente, Jorge Calandrelli, Carlos Alomar, Eduardo Magallanes, Daniel Santos, Ricardo Cocciante, José Feliciano, Arturo Somohano, Tite Curet Alonso, Paquito D’Rivera, Gato Barbieri, among others.

He has carried out humanitarian missions in La Paz, Bolivia in 1992, Kenya, Africa in 1993, Amazonas, Brazil in 1994 and in Indonesia in 2009. Wilkins decided to retire from the stage in December 2007, after several difficult years in his life due to the loss of his son, his father and his only sister. He begins in his country, a series of farewell concerts “Wilkins – Respiraré El Último Concierto”, 6 performances at the Centro de Bellas Artes and in his hometown, Mayagüez at the Palacio de Recreación y Deportes, continuing in Indonesia at the Ambon Jazz Festival, singing in Molocco (Indonesian dialect), with Michael Sembello and to Cuba on a tour of several provinces invited by the Institute of Music of this country.

In October 2011, Wilkins found himself on the verge of death, after acquiring a strange bacteria that lodged in his spine. He underwent an emergency operation that left him immobilized with a Cervicothoracic vest for 9 months. Part of his recovery process was carried out in the mountains of Argentina in his castle. After this terrible ordeal, Wilkins decided to live. Feeling like a new man, he returned to the stage.

​ In October 2013, he presented a successful concert, which he titled “Wilkins Lives,” accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Puerto Rico Coliseum “José Miguel Agrelot,” where he performed his greatest hits, with symphonic arrangements. November 2014, Wilkins was honored in life, the Municipality of Mayagüez and its Mayor Hon. José Guillermo Rodríguez, officially named the “Palace of Recreation and Sports of Mayagüez”, the Center of cultural and sports activity in the Western region, after German Wilkins Vélez Ramírez. At the same event, a bronze monument was erected that represents the man and the artist, who through his career and life has left an indelible mark on time and in the hearts of his people, serving as an uplifting example for present and future generations. One of the plaques that accompanies the monument includes the singer’s phrase “Battles are won before the battle. It is an internal victory.”

​ In September 2015, Wilkins made history by becoming the first Puerto Rican artist to perform in concert at a place that bears his name, the “Palacio de Recreación y Deportes de Mayagüez” Germán Wilkins Vélez Ramírez. The concert titled "Wilkins Monumental" with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra under the direction of maestro Maximiano Valdés.

After his performances in 2016 and 2018 at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan, in 2020 he will release his new album, after five years of composing and producing it.

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020, in the middle of quarantine, Wilkins made a live performance from his home that went viral on social media. The media reviewed this “Live” as the one that changed the industry and the public chooses it as the “Best Live of the Quarantine”.

At that moment Wilkins decides to release “Ella”, the first single from his new album “Obra Maestra”.

He releases “Obra Maestra”, the 49th album of Wilkins’ artistic career, a conceptual album that describes the experiences of a man in love.

​ With an exquisite fusion of rhythms, the album “Obra Maestra” contains 12 songs that appeal to the most impactful and significant moments of his life. This album describes and represents Wilkins in all his splendor, a singer-songwriter who manages to capture his experience and genius in each song.

The cover of the album shows Wilkins as a gladiator; a man strengthened in the face of adversity. “Obra Maestra” features the participation of great artists, arrangers, musicians, and engineers. Wilkins produced this album in co-production with the talented arranger and director, “El Profesor Gómez.” Maestro Jorge Calandrelli made the orchestral arrangement for the song “Ella.” The grandson of Brazilian icon Antonio Carlos Jobim, Daniel Jobim, performs “Tú me has ladrón el corazón” with Wilkins, and from Havana, the renowned master of the tres, Cuban Pancho Amat, participates in “La Negra.” In addition, the legendary guitarist Carlos Alomar participates from New York, while the Dominican merengue star Toño Rosario sings with Wilkins on the hit “El Tornillito.”

​ Wilkins released the single and video for “Hey no te vayas”, a song he wrote, which is part of Wilkins' Album 50, a production that is finishing recording at the Castillo in Argentina.

In 2023, Wilkins begins an international concert tour, and finishes the documentary “Wilkins Su Locura y Gloria” (Wilkins His Madness and Glory), an hour and a half long, where unpublished material from his artistic career is presented, with the participation of the most important producers of the Puerto Rican entertainment industry and great personalities.

The Documentary is the winner at the Puerto Rico Film Festival and is preselected by four renowned international film festivals: Brussels Independent Film Fest (Brussels, Belgium), Amsterdam Loft-Off Film Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Indie Memphis Film Fest (Memphis, USA) and DOC LA, Los Angeles Documentary Film Fest (Los Angeles, USA). ​

In 2024, “PROMÉTEME QUE NUNCA ME DIRÁS ADIÓS” (Promise Me That You Will Never Say Goodbye), the second single from Wilkins' 50th album, is released, and the video for this song, which is part of the Documentary filmed in his Castle, is released. In June of the same year, he releases the single "Voy a Dejar" (I'm Going to Leave). This moving ballad, written by renowned composer Antonio De Jesús Méndez Rodas, delves into the Regional Mexican genre, offering a unique mix of styles that only Wilkins can achieve.

When we talk about Wilkins the artist, we cannot pigeonhole him into a style because he always responds to his inner voice, to his freedom to express what he feels, and this is understood by the hearts of thousands of people who know this magnificent artist and attest that his songs, like him, are eternal. (Source: https://www.wilkinsmusic.com/)