Up for auction "Ekhymosis" Juanes Hand Signed 10X8 Color Photo.

ES-593

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (born August 9, 1972), known professionally as Juanes,

is a Colombian musician who was a member of the rock

band Ekhymosis

and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien

won three Latin Grammy Awards. According to his record

label, Juanes has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide.Raised in Colombia,

Juanes began playing guitar at age seven. When Juanes was 15, he started his

first band, Ekhymosis, in 1988, which went on to release five albums, achieving

recognition in his native country of Colombia. The track "Sólo" from

the album Niño Gigante in 1992 was very popular. In 1997 after the band

broke up, Juanes continued solo and in 2000 he released the album, Fíjate

Bien, which earned him three Latin Grammys. His follow-up album, Un Día Normal,

was released in 2002 and was later certified platinum in multiple countries throughout

Latin America. Juanes' third album, Mi Sangre

(2004), which became an international bestseller, managing to position well in

a number of countries around the world, achieved success due to the single

"La Camisa Negra". He has since released La Vida... Es Un Ratico (2007) and P.A.R.C.E.

(2010). On May 29, 2012 Juanes released the album Juanes MTV Unplugged.According to his

label, Universal Music, Juanes has won, among others, twenty Latin Grammy Awards (5 wins in the Grammy

Awards on November 13, 2008) and two Grammy Awards.

Juanes received the BMI President's Award at the 2010 BMI

Latin Awards. Presented By James Edward Taylor  Juanes is also known for his humanitarian

work, especially with aid for Colombian victims of anti-personnel mines through his NGO Fundacion

Mi Sangre. On April 2013, Juanes released an autobiography titled Chasing

The Sun in which he tells his story through narratives and pictures.