. Vocals. guitar. pianoYears active1985–presentLabels(1985–1989)(1991–2008)(2008–2011) (2011–present)Associated actsChino Kim and Diego Cabrera,WebsiteEdgar R. Arjona Morales (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona ( Spanish pronunciation: ), is a Guatemalan. Arjona is one of the most successful Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million albums sold.
He is often called El Animal Nocturno ( The Nocturnal Animal), thanks to his breakthrough success with his fourth studio album which. His music ranges from to, rock, and more recently and a mixture of and, and other. Arjona is noted for his lyrical style, and often addresses topics such as love, sexuality, violence, and immigration.As of 2016, Arjona had released sixteen studio albums, one live album, nine and forty-three singles. Four Arjona albums reached number one on the, and ten reached number one in.
Four albums had charted on the. Four singles had reached number one on the chart and seven had done the same on. His work earned him numerous awards and accolades, including one, one, the 'Latin Heritage' Award as well as awards from the; a silver and golden torch and two silver seagulls from the, two, and a 'Latin Trajectory of the Year' Award at the Orgullosamente Latino Awards of 2010.
Although many believe is a treshed topic, it isn't for a Cuban, be it on. The status of this dispute hasn't changed since 1959 and I've never seen something as disgusting as a rivality between people created by politics. Can fight with, with, but does this have to do with two third-generation cousins that inherit an enmity from a politic matter?.—Ricardo Arjona in a discussion about the political theme of 'Puente'.The Quinto Piso Tour was one of the most successful tours made by a Latin artist, with more than one million attendees from 19 countries. He received in 2010 the 'Latin Tour of the Year' for the tour. On 26 February 2010, he participated in the as one of the top performers. His performance was followed by Colombian singer. One hour after Lu's performance, a affected the south-central regions of Chile.
On, Arjona was jokingly blamed, with remarks such as 'earthquakes go where he goes', making reference also to the after the singer arrived. After the tour, Arjona announced his twelfth studio album, which was released on 24 August 2010. It was preceded by the genre-mixing track ', an ode to, Cuba's largest and capital city. The song failed to break in the upper tier of Billboard charts, and was reportedly prohibited in Cuba. The album became his third to debut or reach No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart. Within two weeks of release, the album received a Gold certification in Chile, United States, Colombia and; and Platinum certification in Mexico and Argentina.The album marked a change in Arjona's sound, which he called a 'stripped-down version' of his music.
Birchmeier gave the album a somewhat positive review, saying that it was a 'stripped-down acoustic effort' yet considered it 'impressive'. Two more singles were released from Poquita Ropa, ', a song the singer dedicated to his recently deceased father; and ', an autobiographical song whose stars. Both, like the lead single, failed to gain much airplay in the U.S., and charted poorly.2011–13: Independiente, Metamorfosis and world tour Arjona released his thirteenth studio album, on 4 October 2011. It became his fourth number-one on the Top Latin Albums chart the week ending 22 October 2011; and within a week went Gold in Chile, United States and Mexico; and Platinum in Venezuela and Argentina. Independiente was his first release as an independent artist, appearing on his label, a company he created to refocus his career.
The album was distributed by Warner. Billboard noted that although other groups have decided to go independent after working with major record labels, Arjona was by far the most important artist in Latin pop to do so. By the end of 2012, the album sold more than 75,000 copies in the United States and 400,000 copies worldwide. Arjona singing in.'
' was released in August 2011 as the lead single from Independiente; it managed to top both the US Latin Songs and Latin Pop Songs charts. It also became a hit in the rest of Latin America, reaching number one in several countries. ', a collaboration with Guatemalan singer, followed as second single in February 2013; it reached number two on the Latin Songs chart, and topped the Latin Pop Songs chart. On May, Arjona released the music video for '.'
However, ' was released as third single in July 2012, and became the second song off the album to top the Latin Songs chart. This made Independiente Arjona's first album to ever have two number-one hits on that chart. The song also topped the Latin Pop Songs chart, becoming the third song off the album to do so. ' was released in November 2012, and managed to peak at number 14 in Mexico.To promote the album, Arjona embarked on the. The show, his first since 2009's, comprised five legs across North and Latin America. It ran from January 2012 until March 2013 and included 102 shows in 18 different countries, with an estimated attendance of over one million people. The tour opened in, where he had started all of his concert tours, and grossed more than $13.4 million in the United States.Music and style.
Italian artist (guitarist, composer, arranger, teacher), born in Prato, Italy, 9 Apr 1956.Guitar with,.Present in more of 60 album of various artists; composer, arranger & realizer of more 30 soundtrack; Orchestra Leader from 1991 until 2002 at the 'Festival di Sanremo' for various artists (RAF, Paolo Vallesi, Irene Grandi, Fandango, Alessandro Canino, Ivana Spagna, Michele Zarrillo, Boris.In March 2001 Orchestra Leader of for album 'Iperbole' of.From 1984 teacher of Guitar, Bass, Music & Armony, Ear Training in many tuscan schools (now at the School 'G. Verdi' in Prato).