Juan Luis Guerra

Who is Juan Luis Guerra?

Juan Luis Guerra Seijas, known professionally as Juan Luis Guerra, is a Dominican singer, songwriter and producer who has sold over 30 million records, and won numerous awards including 15 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards. He won 3 Latin Grammy Awards in 2010, including Album of the Year. Most recently, he won the Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year in 2012.

Guerra is one of the most internationally recognized Latin artists of recent decades. His popular style of merengue and Latin fusion has garnered him considerable success throughout Latin America. Guerra is sometimes associated with the popular Dominican music called bachata, and while this association is partly true, his distinct style of Bachata has a more traditional bolero rhythm and feel with Bossa-Nova influenced melodies and harmony in some of his songs. He does not limit himself to one style of music, instead, he incorporates diverse rhythms like merengue, bolero-bachata, balada, salsa, rock and roll, and even gospel. "Ojalá Que Llueva Café" is one of his most critically acclaimed self-written and composed pieces. A remix of "La Llave de Mi Corazón" with Taboo from The Black Eyed Peas is also an example of his fusion of genres.