Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra Seijas is a Dominican singer, songwriter, producer, and composer who lives in the United States. He is also a producer and a composer. In the past, Guerra has sold more than 30 million songs and won a lot of awards, like two Grammys, 18 Latin Grammys, and two Billboard Music Awards, among other things.
Across the world, he’s a well-known Latin artist. Many people in Latin America love Guerra’s Afro-Latin and meringue style because it’s so well-known there.

What is the Net Worth of Juan Luis Guerra?

Juan Luis Guerra is a performer, producer, composer, songwriter, and more. He makes a lot of money doing all of these things and more. As of 2018, Guerra is thought to have a net worth of $45 million.

Guerra has been nominated for many awards and honors, including more than 15 Grammy Awards. The pay of a celebrity can go up by 100 to 300 percent after he or she wins a Grammy.

CAPTION: Juan Luis Guerra(SOURCE: Orange County Resider)

Juan Luis Guerra’s Childhood and Education

Gilberto Guerra and Olga Seijas gave birth to Juan Luis Guerra on June 7, 1957. He is from the Dominican Republic and has a Caucasian background. They are his two brothers, Diego Esteban Guerra Seijas and Jose Gilberto Guerra Seijas.

Juan Guerra went to the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo to study literature and philosophy. Later, he learned music theory and how to play the guitar at Santo Domingo’s EL Conservatorio Nacional de Musica. Berklee College of Music in Boston is where Guerra went after he graduated from Conservatorio. There, he earned a diploma from the school in 1982 in jazz composition.

Guerra’s first album, “Soplando,” was made with local musicians when he came back to the Dominican Republic. Their name changed later. They were later known as Juan Luis Guerra and 400 other people. If you want to call your band Cuatro Cuarenta, that’s what you’ll say in Spanish.

Juan Luis Guerra’s Professional Career

When he played for a Dominican businessman in 1984, he was signed to Karen Records. If you want to know what happened in 1990, you can look at the album “Bachata Rosa.” It was a big hit, and Guerra won his first Grammy for it. Juan Guerra had to make a record that sold more than five million copies to keep their tour going.

After he released his album Areito in 1992

Juan Luis Guerra got a lot of negative feedback after he released his album Areito in 1992. The CD also had the popular song “El Costo de la Vida,” which was a big hit (The Cost of Living). The album’s video clearly sends a message that is against capitalism. After Fogarate came out in 1994, he made his second album. The CD focuses on more rural and less-known Dominican music styles, such as Perico Ripiao, which is on the CD.

Three Latin Grammy Awards were given to Juan Luis Guerra in 1998 for his album “Ni Es Lo Mismo, No Es Igual.” It won for Best Engineered Album, Best Merengue Performance, and Best Tropical Song. Guerra’s new album, Para, came out in 2004 after a six-year break. People who go to church listen to the songs on the albums mostly. They’ve won two Billboard Music Awards in the categories of Gospel-Pop and Tropical-Merengue.

CAPTION: Juan Luis Guerra on the stage (SOURCE: Peru.com)

Guerra was also given the Latino Special Award by the Music Academy of Spain for his contributions to Spanish and Caribbean music. Juan Guerra made records for the highest-grossing music tour when he opened for The Rolling Stones’ A Bigger Bang Tour in Puerto Rico in 2006.

Guerra received an honorary lifetime achievement award at the Premio Lo Nuestro awards the following year. He published his CD “La Leave De Mo Corazon” the same year. The album also earned him six Premios Casandra awards, five Latin Grammy awards, four Billboard awards, one Grammy Award, and two lo Nuestro awards.

Personal life of Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra has a wife. Guerra married Nora Clementina Altagracia vega Rasuk in 1983. Paulina Guerra Vega and Jean Gabriel Guerra Vega are the couple’s two children.

CAPTION: Juan Luis Guerra’s wife and daughter(SOURCE: bureo.com.do)

Apart from his marriage, Guerra has also acted as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador at an event called “Levantate y Actua contra la Pobreza y por los Objetivos de DEsarrollo del Milenio” at Bavaro, Dominican Republic.

Guerra planned a concert on April 18, 2010 to raise funds for Haiti’s earthquake victims. Following the event’s success, Guerra established a children’s hospital in Haiti.

Quick  facts:

Born Juan Luis Guerra Seijas, June 7, 1957, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nationality Dominican
Alma mater Berklee College of Music
Occupation Musician, singer, composer, record producer
Years active 1984–present
Children 2
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