The Most Famous
MUSICIANS from Dominican Republic
This page contains a list of the greatest Dominican Musicians. The pantheon dataset contains 2,662 Musicians, 2 of which were born in Dominican Republic. This makes Dominican Republic the birth place of the 68th most number of Musicians behind Mali and Egypt.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dominican Musicians of all time. This list of famous Dominican Musicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Juan Luis Guerra (1957 - )
With an HPI of 50.42, Juan Luis Guerra is the most famous Dominican Musician. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born 7 June 1957) is a Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. He has sold 15 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards including 24 Latin Grammy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and one Latin Billboard Music Award. He won 3 Latin Grammy Awards in 2010, including Album of the Year. In 2012, he won the Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year. 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. He is also credited for popularizing bachata music on a global level and is often associated with the genre, although his distinct style of bachata features a more traditional bolero rhythm and aesthetic mixed with bossa-nova influenced melodies and harmony in some of his songs. He does not limit himself to one style of music, instead, his music incorporates a wide arrange of diverse rhythms such as merengue, bachata, bolero, balada, fusion, salsa, cumbia, mambo, cha-cha-cha, pop, rock and roll, reggae, classical, R&B, folk, blues, jazz, funk, soul, rock, hip-hop/rap, son cubano, and religious, amongst many others. "Ojalá Que Llueva Café" ("I Wish That It Rains Coffee") is one of his most critically acclaimed pieces.
2. Michel Camilo (1954 - )
With an HPI of 46.93, Michel Camilo is the 2nd most famous Dominican Musician. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Michel Camilo (born April 4, 1954) is a Dominican pianist and composer. He specializes in jazz, Latin and classical piano work.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as musicians born between 1954 and 1957. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living musicians include Juan Luis Guerra and Michel Camilo.
