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Ruben Blades

real name Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna

Panama City

Ruben Blades is credited on 1,777 releases across 392 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,777

Credits

392

Albums

6

Decades active

449

In collections

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Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948 in Panamá City), known professionally as Rubén Blades, is a Panamanian singer, songwriter, actor, musician, activist and politician, mostly performing musically in the Afro-Cuban, Salsa and Latin Jazz genres.

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1,777 releases · 392 albums · active 1970–2026

  • Performance · 2,899
  • Other credits · 574
  • Production · 120
  • Engineering · 26

Studios: La Tierra Sound Studios · Good Vibrations Sound Studios · Bell Sound Studios · Soundworks, New York

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