[Artist Biography] Rubén Blades

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Artist: Ruben Blades
Real Name: Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna
Birth Date /Place: July 16, 1948. Panama City, Panama.
Age: 75 y.a
Social status (Single / Married): Married with Luba Mason (m. 2006)
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Musical Genres: Salsa, Latin Jazz, Latin Pop, World
Awards: Best Tropical Latin Performance, Best Latin Pop Performance, Best World Music Album, Best Salsa/Merengue Album, Best Singer-Songwriter Album, Album of the Year, Person of the Year.
Top 3 Songs (Names): La Perla, Amor y Control, Pedro Navaja.
Other Information: He has prominent roles in films such as Crossover Dreams (1985), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), The Super (1991), Predator 2 (1990), Color of Night (1994), Safe House (2012), The Counselor (2013) and Hands of Stone (2016), along with three Emmy Award nominations for his performances in The Josephine Baker Story (1991), Crazy from the Heart (1992) and The Maldonado Miracle (2003)- 

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