Rubén Blades

Acting

Born 1948-07-16 Panama City, Panama 92 credits Grammy Awards 9 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year 1 Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts 1 Latin Grammy Hall of Fame 1 International Latin Music Hall of Fame 1

Awards

Won 9 Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards 9 won

2024 Best Tropical Latin Album Won
2021 Album of the Year Won
2021 Best Salsa Album Won
2020 Best Tropical Song Won
2017 Best Salsa Album Won Salsa Big Band
2017 Album of the Year Won Salsa Big Band
2015 Best Salsa Album Won
2011 Best Salsa Album Won
2010 Best Singer-Songwriter Album Won Cantares del Subdesarrollo

Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year 1 won

2021 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year Won

Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts 1 won

2018 Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts Won

Latin Grammy Hall of Fame 1 won

2007 Latin Grammy Hall of Fame Won Siembra

International Latin Music Hall of Fame 1 won

2001 International Latin Music Hall of Fame Won

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948) is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres. As songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and political inspired Nuyorican salsa to his music, creating thinking persons' (salsa) dance music. Blades has composed dozens of musical hits, the most famous of which is "Pedro Navaja," a song about a neighborhood thug who appears to die during a robbery (his song "Sorpresas" continues the story), inspired by "Mack the Knife." He also composed and sings what many Panamanians consider their second national anthem. The song is titled "Patria" (Fatherland). He is an icon in Panama and is much admired throughout Latin America, and managed to attract 18% of the vote in his failed attempt to win the Panamanian presidency in 1994. In September 2004, he was appointed minister of tourism by Panamanian president Martín Torrijos for a five-year term. He holds a law degree from the University of Panama and a master's in international law from Harvard University. He is married to singer Luba Mason. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rubén Blades, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.