Rubén Blades

Biography

Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna, known professionally as Rubén Blades, is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in the salsa, and Latin jazz genres. As a songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and politically inspired Son Cubano salsa to his music, creating "thinking persons' (salsa) dance music". Blades has written dozens of hit songs, including "Pedro Navaja" and "El Cantante". He has received 21 Grammy Award nominations, winning twelve of them, along with twelve Latin Grammy Awards.

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Awards & recognition

• ★Grammy Award — Best Tropical Latin Album · 2024
• ★Latin Grammy Award — Album of the Year · 2021
• ★Latin Grammy Award — Best Salsa Album · 2021
• ★Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year · 2021
• ★Latin Grammy Award — Best Tropical Song · 2020