Jorge Ben

Jorge Ben is one of those artists I think more people outside Brazil should know. Writing and singing his own material as a guitarist and composer since the early 1960s, he helped shape the sound of Brazilian popular music, and that body of work earned him both Brazil's Order of Cultural Merit and a 2005 Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. What I find admirable is the longevity, performing under the name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s while staying recognizably himself. To me he reads as a genuine craftsman of song, the kind whose influence quietly runs deeper than the casual listener realizes.

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Name (English)

Jorge Ben

Name (Japanese)

ジョルジ・ベンジョール

Reading

じょるじ・べんじょーる

Born

March 22, 1939 (age 87)

Origin

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Occupation

singer / songwriter / recording artist / guitarist / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

Awards & achievements

• Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)
• 2005 Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jorgebenjoroficial/
• Xhttps://x.com/jorgebenjor
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge%20Ben
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119015

Tags

• Rio de Janeiro
• singer
• songwriter
• recording artist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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