Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales (born January 19, 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (Spanish pronunciation: [riˈkaɾðo arˈxona]), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and former basketball player and school teacher. Arjona is one of the most successful Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million albums sold. He is often called El Animal Nocturno (The Nocturnal Animal), 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 2014, Arjona had released fourteen 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.
Lo Nuestro Awards: Excellence Award, Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album, Billboard Latin Music Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominations
Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Lo Nuestro Award for Video of the Year, Billboard Latin Music Award for Tour of the Year, Latin Grammy Award for Best Singer-Songwriter Album, Billboard Latin Music Award for...
Movies
Bandidas
Star Sign
Capricorn
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tu cara me suena - Argentina
TV Series writer - 3 episodes, 2013 - 2015 producer - 1 episode, 2015
Poquita Ropa
2011
TV Movie performer: "Vida", "Marta", "Aleluya", "Soledad enamorada", "Que voy a hacer contigo", "Escrir una canción", "Usted", "Puente acústico", "Todo estará bien", "Mi país", "Por tanto amarte", "Puente Caribe" / writer: "Vida", "Marta", "Aleluya", "Soledad enamorada", "Que voy a hacer contigo", "Escrir una canción", "Usted", "Puente acústico", "Todo estará bien", "Mi país", "Por tanto amarte", "Puente Caribe"
Feroz
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Soy tu fan
2006
TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode
La vida es una canción
2004
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Son amores
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2003 writer - 1 episode, 2003
1000 millones
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2002 writer - 1 episode, 2002
As Filhas da Mãe
2001
TV Series performer: "Se Nos Muere El Amor"
Alcanzar una estrella II
1991
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Alcanzar una estrella
1990
TV Series "Libre"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Poquita Ropa
2011
TV Movie
Bandidas
2006
Waiting Businessman
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cara o Cruz
2001
TV Series
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar