Ricardo Arjona Biography Facts
Ricardo Arjona has been appeared in channels as follow: RicardoArjonaVEVO, Ricardo Arjona, FAM Letras.
Born 19 January, 1964 (59 years old).
What is the zodiac sign of Ricardo Arjona ?
According to the birthday of Ricardo Arjona the astrological sign is Capricorn .
Career of the Ricardo Arjona started in 1985 .
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| Birth name | Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales |
| Born | 19 January 1964 Jocotenango, Guatemala |
| Genres | Latin pop latin ballad folk A capella |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter, record producer, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals guitar piano |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | PolyGram Sony Music Warner Latina Metamorfosis |
| Associated acts | Chino Kim and Diego Cabrera, Gaby Moreno |
| Website | ricardoarjona.com |
Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales , known as Ricardo Arjona ), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. Arjona is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million records sold. He is often called El Animal Nocturno , thanks to his breakthrough success with his fourth studio album which bears the same name. 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 other Afro-American 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, 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 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.
Early years and personal life
Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales was born on 19 January 1964, in Jocotenango, Guatemala, to parents Ricardo Arjona Moscoso and Mimi Morales de Arjona. He spent most of his childhood in Guatemala City, where he began his musical instruction. At age twelve, he participated in the contest "Festival Infantil Juventud 74" with "Gracias al Mundo", a song composed by his father, finally winning the event. Although he initially enrolled in architecture and engineering at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala , he graduated with a degree from the School of Communication Sciences. In the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he met Puerto Rican Leslie Torres and had two children with her: Adria and Ricardo. They separated in 2005. As of 2010, Arjona was dating Venezuelan model Daisy Arvelo, with whom he has a child.
Sports career
Arjona was a talented basketball player who played for Leones de Marte and TRIAS. He 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. He also taught at a primary school , where he claimed to have spent six 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 his pupils. The representative found that the students' education was actually above average. In 1988, he became the basketball coach of a boys' school .
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