Ricardo Arjona

Ricardo Arjona fascinates me because he proves lyrics can still sell. In a Latin pop landscape dominated by danceable production, he built one of the best-selling careers in the region's history on wordy, novelistic songwriting, twenty million records moved largely by storytelling. The former basketball player turned troubadour writes about taxi drivers, immigrants, and complicated love with a journalist's eye and a poet's excess, and yes, he sometimes overwrites; that is part of the charm. Guatemala gave him the Order of the Quetzal, and I understand why: he made a small country's voice enormous. I respect artists who trust their audience's patience, and Arjona has never stopped doing that.

Name (English)

Ricardo Arjona

Name (Japanese)

リカルド・アルホナ

Reading

りかるど・あるほな

Born

January 19, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Jocotenango, Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala

Occupation

musician / basketball player / singer-songwriter / actor / singer

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2015 Lo Nuestro Excellence Award
• 2007 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
• 2006 Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album
• 2004 Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year
• 2006 ASCAP Latin Heritage Award
• Order of the Quetzal

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.ricardoarjona.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ricardoarjona/
• Xhttps://x.com/ricardo_arjona
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo%20Arjona

Tags

• Sacatepéquez Department
• musician
• basketball player
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-10

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.