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Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, (born 19 January, 1964,in Jocotenango, near Antigua Guatemala), known as Ricardo Arjona (pronounced {{IPA|/aɾ'xona/), is a popular Guatemalan singer. He has won two Grammy Awards from three nominations: The 2007 Grammy Award|Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album and the 2006 Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Male|Best Male Pop Vocal Album, both for his album ''Adentro'', (2005).
Biography
Ricardo was born in the village of Jocotenango, near Antigua, Guatemala to Ricardo Arjona Moscoso and Noemà Morales de Arjona. When he was two years old he and his family moved to Guatemala City.
At the age of 8, young Ricardo could already play the guitar. He kept studying and went through a teenage rebel phase which became a problem for him at school, but never put music aside, the only thing that he enjoyed. Time went by and he never forgot the idea of becoming a professional singer.
At age 21, Ricardo Arjona got the opportunity to record his first album “Dejame decir que te amoâ€. The recording turned out to be a bad experience for him and he decided to leave the music business. He spent some time as a teacher at a rural primary school (Santa Elena III), where he reputedly said he spent three hours giving lessons and the rest of the day playing soccer. This earned him a visit from a Ministry of Education representative, wh... read all
