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Rubén Blades

Panamanian musician (born 1948)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blades and the second or maternal family name is Bellido de Luna.

Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948),^[1] known professionally as Rubén Blades (Spanish:[ruˈβemˈblaðes], but[-ˈbleðs]in Panama and within the family),^[2] 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" (which became Héctor Lavoe's signature song). He has won twelve Grammy Awards^[3] out of 20 nominations and twelve Latin Grammy Awards.^[4]

His acting career began in 1983, and has continued, someti

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Latin Music icon Rubén Blades was at the center of the New York Salsa revolution in the 1970s. His landmark albums in classic Afro-Cuban salsa are touched with rock, jazz, pan-Latin, and worldwide influences. Blades has collaborated with rock, jazz, pop, hip-hop, reggaeton, and salsa artists, and has composed hundreds of songs and dozens of hits, known for their eloquent, socially charged lyrics, colorful characters, and memorable melodies. His 2017 album Salsa BigBand was awarded the Latin Grammy Album of the Year, and in 2021 the Latin Recording Academy named him Person of the Year, and was awarded, again, the Latin Grammy Album of the Year and the Latin Grammy Best Salsa Album
He is the subject of the 2018 award-winning documentary Yo No Me Llamo Rubén Blades directed by Abner Benaim. He has won 12 Grammy and 11 Latin Grammy Awards, and this year he returns to star in the AMC television series Fear the Walking Dead. His role in the show has earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor Imagen Award.

He has starred in Hands of Stone opposite Robert D

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Rubén Blades is an internationally prominent and popular musician, actor and politician who has won many Grammys and other awards for his Latin pop and salsa recordings.

He played a key role in the salsa music scene in New York in the 1970s, an influential period of burgeoning popularity for this musical and dance style. Blades graduated from Harvard University Law School in 1985 with a Masters degree in international law.

The predominant musical style represented in the collection is salsa, a Latin musical style that incorporates traditional and popular song forms that have originated in countries such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama and the United States, to name a few. Elements of jazz and rock are also frequently included in salsa music.

One of Blades' notable musical distinctions are his collaborations across genres with all types of musicians, including work in musical theater. Blades is also known for incorporating socio-cultural and political commentary within salsa and Latin popular music.

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