Born and raised in Medellín, Colombia, Juan Esteban Aristizábal, JUANES, has become the main global ambassador of Latin Rock. Acclaimed by TIME magazine as "one of the 100 most influential people in the world", and by The New York Times as "the best singer and composer in Latin America... A poet full of soul with an electric guitar", JUANES has built a distinctive sound that fuses his love for rock and pop music with a multi-layered composition and a deep reverence for traditional folk and other indigenous rhythms of Colombia and Latin America.
With seven multiplatinum studio albums, a critically acclaimed MTV Unplugged release and two Disney soundtracks to his credit, Juanes has sold millions of albums worldwide, has recorded 11 #1 singles on Billboard, and has been recognized with numerous awards, including 25 GRAMMY LATINO, 2 Anglo Grammy, 11 MTV Awards, 2 NRJ Music Awards, 9 Premios Lo Nuestro, 12 Premios Nuestra Tierra, the highest possible awards in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival (torches of silver, silver gull, and symbolic gold) and a long list of recognitions worldwide.