Short biography of ricardo arjona
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His musicranges from ballads to Latin pop, rock, pop rock, Cuban music, and more recently a cappellaperformances and a mixture of Tejanomusic and Norteño music, and other Afro-American and Latin sounds. He spent some time as a teacher at a rural primary school (Santa Elena III), where he reputedly said he spent six hours giving lessons and the rest of the day playing soccer.
Four Arjonaalbumsreachednumber one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums, and ten reachednumber one in Argentina. His work earned him numerousawards and accolades, including one Grammy Award, one LatinGrammy Award, the "Latin Heritage" Award as well as awards from the AmericanSociety of Composers, Authors and Publishers; a silver and goldentorch and two silverseagulls from the 2010 Viña del Mar International Song Festival, two BillboardLatinMusic Awards, and a "Latin Trajectory of the Year" Award at the OrgullosamenteLatinoAwards of 2010.
- Born
- Jan 19, 1964
Jocotenango - Also known as
- Arjona, Ricardo
- Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales
- El Animal Nocturno
- The Nocturnal Animal
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Communication sciences
- Bachelor of Science, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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History
Ricardo was born in the village of Jocotenango, near Antigua, Guatemala to Ricardo Arjona Moscoso and Noemí Morales de Arjona.
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. 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. Four singles had reachednumber one on the BillboardLatinSongschart and seven had done the same on Latin Pop Songs.
In Buenos Aires, he met Leslie Torres, a Puerto Rican woman, with whom he had two children named Adria and Ricardo. 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 and TRIAS. This time, luck was on his side, and the album 'Jesus verbo, no sustantivo' became the best-selling record in the history of the Central American music market.
Education and Personal Life
Ricardo pursued higher education in fields unrelated to music.
The recording turned out to be a bad experience for him and he decided to leave the music business.
Arjona is one of the most successfulLatinAmericanartists of all time, with more than 20 millionalbums sold. 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).
At the age of 8, young Ricardo could already play the guitar.
He decided to give it another try and recorded his second album. 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. Four albums had charted on the Billboard 200. He is oftencalled El Animal Nocturno, thanks to his breakthroughsuccess with his fourthstudioalbumwhichbears the same name.
When he was three years of age 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. There is also a street named for him in his birthplace, Jocotenango, Guatemala.
In the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he met Puerto Rican Leslie Torres and had two children with her: Adria and Ricardo.
He was born Edgar in Jocotenango, Antigua, Guatemala.
Early Interest in Music
Music interested Ricardo at a young age, and by the age of eight, he was already proficient in playing the guitar. Time went by and he never forgot the idea of becoming a professional singer.
At 21, Ricardo Arjona got the opportunity to record his first album “Dejame decir que te amo”.