Ricardo Arjona
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| Birth name | Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales |
| Born | 19 January 1964 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, Jocotenango, 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] History
Ricardo was born in the village of Jocotenango, near Antigua, Guatemala to Ricardo Arjona Moscoso and Noemí Morales de Arjona. When he was three years old he and his family moved to Guatemala City.
He spent some time as a teacher at a rural primary school, where he reputedly said he spent three hours giving lessons and the rest of the day playing football. 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 Guatemala national basketball team; until recently he held the record for the most points scored in a single game by a Guatemalan player.
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 Guatemala (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.
His song "Se fue" from the album "Santo Pecado" is strikinlgy similar to "Change the locks" from Tom Petty.
[edit] Discography
| Year of release | Title |
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| 1985 | Dejame Decir Que Te Amo
(Let Me Say I Love You) |
| 1990 | Jesus Verbo, No Sustantivo
(Jesus Is A Verb, Not A Noun) |
| 1993 | Animal Nocturno
(Nocturnal Animal) |
| 1994 | Historias
(Stories) |
| 1996 | Si El Norte Fuera El Sur
(If North Were South) |
| 1998 | Sin Daños A Terceros
(Without Hurting Others) |
| 1998 | Vivo
(Live) |
| 2000 | Galeria Caribe
(Caribbean Gallery) |
| 2002 | Santo Pecado
(Holy Sin) |
| 2004 | Lados B
(B Sides) |
| Solo
(Alone) |
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| 2005 | Adentro
(Inside) |
| 2007 | Quien Dijo Ayer
(Who Said Yesterday) |
[edit] References
This page has been translated from the Spanish Wikipedia site Ricardo Arjona
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Non-Official Website of Ricardo Arjona
- Fan Club Arjona Puerto Rico
- News, Photos and Videos de Ricardo Arjona
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