Ricardo Arjona

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Ricardo Arjona
Ricardo Arjona
Ricardo Arjona
Background information
Birth name Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales
Born 19 January 1964 (1964-01-19) (age 44)
Jocotenango, Guatemala
Genre(s) Pop
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Website www.ricardoarjona.com

Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, (born 19 January 1964,in Jocotenango, near Antigua Guatemala), known as Ricardo Arjona (pronounced /aɾ'xona/), is a popular Guatemalan singer. He has won two Grammy Awards from three nominations: The 2007 Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album and the 2006 Latin Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Album, both for his album Adentro, (2005).

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[edit] Biography

Ricardo was born in the village of Jocotenango, Guatemala to Ricardo Arjona Moscoso and Noemí Morales de Arjona. When he was two years old he and his family moved to Guatemala City.

At the age of 8, young Ricardo could already play the guitar. He kept studying and went through a teenage rebel phase which became a problem for him at school, but never put music aside, the only thing that he enjoyed. Time went by and he never forgot the idea of becoming a professional singer.

At age 21, Ricardo Arjona got the opportunity to record his first album “Dejame decir que te amo”. The recording turned out to be a bad experience for him and he decided to leave the music business. He spent some time as a teacher at a rural primary school (Santa Elena III), where he reputedly said he spent three hours giving lessons and the rest of the day playing soccer. This earned him a visit from a Ministry of Education representative, who was sent to evaluate the level of education amongst Ricardo Arjona's pupils. The representative found that the students' level of education was actually above average.

Ricardo Arjona was a talented basketball player, and he played for the team Leones de Marte. He also toured Central America as a member of the Guatemalan national basketball team; until recently he held the record for the most points scored in a single game by a Guatemalian player.

Music was always in him and decided to try again with the launch of his second album, His musical stamp “Jesus verbo, no sustantivo” a definite consolidation as composer and singer. The album was the most sold in history on the Latin market for some Central American countries; but is still not know internationally.

Although he initially enrolled in architecture and engineering subjects, he eventually graduated with a degree from the School of Communication Sciences at the Universidad de San Carlos de Venezuela(USAC).

At USAC there is a library hall that bears his name. There is also a street named for him in his birthplace, Jocotenango, [[Guatemala ]].

In the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, He met Leslie Torres and had two children with her: Adria and Ricardo. Later in 2002 they separated.

[edit] Discography

  • Déjame Decir Que Te Amo (1985)
  • Jesús Verbo, No Sustantivo (1990)
  • Del Otro Lado del Sol (1993)
  • Animal Nocturno (1993)
  • Historias (1994)
  • Si el Norte Fuera el Sur (1996)
  • Sin Daños a Terceros (1998)
  • Vivo (1998)
  • Galería Caribe (2000)
  • Santo Pecado (2002)
  • Lados B (2004)
  • Solo (2004)
  • Adentro (2005)
  • Quién Dijo Ayer (2007)
  • 5to Piso (2008)
  • Simplemente Lo Mejor (2008)

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