Ricardo Arjona

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arjona and the second or maternal family name is Morales.
Ricardo Arjona
Ricardo Arjona in Miami, Florida
Ricardo Arjona in Miami, Florida
Background information
Birth nameEdgar Ricardo Arjona Morales
Born (1964-01-19) 19 January 1964 (age 60)
Jocotenango, Guatemala
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1985–2023
LabelsPolyGram (1985–1989)
Sony Music (1991–2008)
Warner Latina (2008–2011)
Metamorfosis (2011–present)
Websitericardoarjona.com

Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (Spanish pronunciation: [riˈkaɾðo aɾˈxona]), is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter. He is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million records sold.[1] His music ranges from ballads to Latin pop, rock, pop rock, Cuban music, and more recently a cappella performances and a mixture of Tejano music and Norteño music, and Latin sounds. Arjona is noted for his lyrical style, and often addresses topics such as love, sexuality, violence, racism and immigration.

As of 2016, Arjona had released sixteen studio albums,[2] one live album, nine compilation albums and forty-three singles. Four Arjona albums reached number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums, and ten reached number one in Argentina. Four albums had charted on the Billboard 200. Four singles had reached number one on the Billboard Latin Songs chart and seven had done the same on Latin Pop Songs. His work earned him numerous awards and accolades, including one Grammy Award, one Latin Grammy Award, the Latin Heritage Award[3] as well as awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; a silver and golden torch and two silver seagulls from the 2010 Viña del Mar International Song Festival, two Billboard Latin Music Awards, and a "Latin Trajectory of the Year" Award at the Orgullosamente Latino Awards of 2010.

  1. ^ "Ricardo Arjona recibirá el Billboard latino por su trayectoria musical". El País (in Spanish). Spain. 17 April 2017. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Ricardo Arjona" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ^ "14th Annual El Premio ASCAP 2006 – ASCAP Latin Heritage Award honoring Ricardo Arjona". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Archived from the original. Retrieved 24 March 2012.