Juanes

Musical career

Juanes has been playing the guitar since childhood. At the age of fifteen, he began his musical career with the heavy metal band Ekhymosis , with which he released 5 albums, and with which he became popular after the release of the song “ La tierra ”. After the band disintegrated in 1998, Juanes decides to start a solo career and in 2000 made his debut with the release of the album Fijate bien , which was well received by critics, achieved some commercial success and won 3 Latin Grammy awards. In 2002, he improved the quality of his work in the album “ Un dia normal ”, which became platinum in most of the Spanish-speaking world and became one of the main preferences of Latin American listeners, and the main composition from this album “ A Dios le Pido ” took first place in the charts 12 countries. In 2004, achieved international success with the album " Mi sangre ".

At the end of 2007 , on October 23 , he released an album considered one of the best music albums in Spanish: “ La vida ... es un ratico ”, the song “ Me enamora ” occupied the first line in the charts of more than 20 countries, and the song “ Gotas de agua dulce ", took the first line in the Latin Billboard .

Juanes was awarded by the French government the Order of Arts and Literature. In addition, he was included in the list of 100 most influential people in the world according to People magazine , and the Los Angeles Times magazine called him "the most prominent representative of Latin American rock of the last decade."

According to his record label Universal Music , Juanes received 19 Latin Grammy awards, 5 MTV awards, 2 NRJ Radio Awards, 6 Lo Nuestro awards, and many other international acclaims for his songs about love, life, family, peace and about the scourge of war.

Juanes releases his fifth album in November 2010 under the name "PARCE", which means the abbreviation of the expression "parcero" adopted by Colombian youth - friend, buddy ^[3] .

Community Activities

Juanes is a supporter of peace, not only in Colombia, but throughout the world, demonstrating this through his songs.

From the very beginning of his career, Juanés has been active in social affairs regarding war, the Spanish language and other issues. He once said that there are people, young people, people with families, and every day four or five of them die. In 2005, Juanes founded the Mi sangre Foundation to help victims of landmines.

On April 19, 2006, Juanes speaks to the European Parliament , a speech that was part of a company aimed at drawing attention to the increasing use of anti-personnel mines around the world, including his native Colombia. He was the first singer to perform in a room where the European Parliament holds plenary meetings. Parliament donated a symbolic gift of 2.5 million euros to mine Colombia and to rehabilitate mine victims. On May 24, 2006, Juanes, together with KLVE and Univision, gave a charity concert, thanks to which more than 350 thousand US dollars were collected for prostheses, wheelchairs and rehabilitation of mine victims. On July 19, 2006, French Minister of Culture - Renaud Donnedie awarded Juanés France's highest award in the field of culture - the Order of Arts and Literature . In December 2006, work began on the creation of the Parque Juanes de la Paz rehabilitation park for the disabled in Medellin. The construction of the park with a total area of ​​68 thousand square meters will cost 10.6 billion Colombian pesos .

Juanes also actively supports his native Spanish ; he has claimed many times that he respects Hispanic artists singing in English (such as the Colombian singer Shakira ), but he will not sing in English in order to be able to better express his thoughts and feelings (as he thinks and speaks Spanish) and to spread Spanish. He made only one exception for the song “The Shadow of your Smile” with Tony Bennett .

March 16, 2008, Juanes organizes a concert in response to the outbreak of the Andean diplomatic crisis . The concert was held on the border between Colombia and Venezuela . This concert was free and attracted about 300 thousand listeners. It was broadcast by Colombia and Venezuela. The concert was attended by such performers as Miguel Bose, Alejandro Sanz from Spain , Juan Luis Guerra from the Dominican Republic , Ricardo Montaner from Venezuela, Juan Fernando Velasco from Ecuador , Juanes and Carlos Vives from Colombia. The concert was made possible thanks to the help of many private companies from Colombia and Venezuela.

In September 2009, Juanes holds a landmark open concert, “A World Without Borders,” in the capital of Cuba, Havana .

Grammy

• 2000 - Fíjate bien
• 2002 - Un día normal
• 2004 - Mi sangre ^[4]
• 2007 - La vida ... es un ratico
• 2010 - PARCE
• 2012 - Juanes MTV Unplugged
• 2014 - Loco de Amor
• 2017 - Mis Planes Son Amarte

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•   Media Files Related to Juanes at Wikimedia Commons
• juanes.nm.ru An unofficial Russian-language site dedicated to Juanes
• es.lyrsense.com Juanes song translations