Why juan luis guerra is famous

He is a proud Dominican for all. You just need to find something different; that's the key. I used to sing it and had no idea what it was about. He transformed folk music into pop music and made it universal, reinvigorating merengue, taking Bachata to the masses twenty years before todays Bachata boom. Sign up to our weekly newsletter for the latest articles, events, news and special offers Here. Tweets by latinolifeuk. Skip to main content. Spotlight on Tropical Music.

He is devoutly religious, and his witty, poetic songs often tackle social issues. Guerra says he can't explain his success, and tries not to think about it in making his music. But you can't do things thinking about where it's going to end up. You just have to do what you have to do, and it works or it doesn't.

Because I don't have the final decision, it's the public that makes the final decision. Most [artists] take a more commercial attitude. It's been [nine] years since he's been in Miami, and we needed a big act that would guarantee a sellout. In , they released their next album, Bachata Rosa, which also became a major hit and earned him his first Grammy award. Guerra became a controversial figure in the Dominican Republic after he released his next album, Areito.

It won three Latin Grammys in In , Guerra released his first new album in six years. With this album the singer won two awards at the Billboards in the categories of Gospel-Pop and Tropical-Merengue, for the hit single Las Avispas, being this the first time ever that the same song wins these two categories at the same time.

In the same time, Guerra was honored with the Latino Special Award for the Music Academy of Spain for his contributions to the music of his country and the Caribbean in the last 20 years. Guerra is the uncle-in-law of Miss Universe , Amelia Vega. At the Premio Lo Nuestro awards in , he was given the honorary lifetime achievement award.