1948 - Today
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (Spanish: [ruˈβem ˈblaðes], but [- ˈbleðs] in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in the salsa, and Latin jazz genres. As a songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and politically inspired Son Cubano salsa to his music, creating "thinking persons' (salsa) dance music". Blades has written dozens of hit songs, including "Pedro Navaja" and "El Cantante" (which became Héctor Lavoe's signature song). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rubén Blades has received more than 2,390,044 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Rubén Blades is the 350th most popular singer (up from 372nd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Panama (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Panamanian Singer.
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Among singers, Rubén Blades ranks 350 out of 3,528. Before him are Sabah Fakhri, Loalwa Braz, Jon Anderson, Heino, Neil Sedaka, and Sinéad O'Connor. After him are Joseph Kobzon, Franzl Lang, Dave Evans, Sacha Distel, Ricky Nelson, and Anastacia.
1933 - 2021
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 344
1953 - 2017
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 345
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 346
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 347
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 348
1966 - 2023
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 349
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 350
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 351
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 352
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 353
1933 - 2004
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 354
1940 - 1985
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 355
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 356
Among people born in 1948, Rubén Blades ranks 125. Before him are Carel Struycken, Christa McAuliffe, Vincent Schiavelli, Michael Kamen, Siim Kallas, and Hema Malini. After him are Lluís Llach, Akira Yoshino, Kate Jackson, Krešimir Ćosić, George Abela, and Alberto Manguel.
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 119
1948 - 1986
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 120
1948 - 2005
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 121
1948 - 2003
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 122
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 123
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 124
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 125
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 126
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 127
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 128
1948 - 1995
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 129
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 130
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 131
Among people born in Panama, Rubén Blades ranks 7 out of 66. Before him are John McCain (1936), Manuel Noriega (1934), Carlos Fuentes (1928), Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918), Omar Torrijos (1929), and Roberto Durán (1951). After him are Billy Cobham (1944), Miguel Bosé (1956), Diego de Almagro II (1520), Guillermo Endara (1936), Laurentino Cortizo (1953), and Ricardo Martinelli (1952).
1936 - 2018
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 1
1934 - 2017
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 2
1928 - 2012
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 3
1918 - 1990
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 4
1929 - 1981
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 5
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 7
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 9
1520 - 1542
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 10
1936 - 2009
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 11
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 12
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 13
Among singers born in Panama, Rubén Blades ranks 1. After him are Miguel Bosé (1956).