Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician and singer of

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music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre. In 1998, he decided to create his own vallenato group and teamed with accordionist Jimmy Zambrano.

Early life

Celedon grew up singing

making him a very good singer. His first performance was with his uncle Daniel Celedón in his own group called Doble Poder (Double Power). This helped him to become a great star of vallenato by the time he was an adult.

Latin Grammy

Celedon and his vallenato group were nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards on August 29 2007 in Miami. At the 8th Annual

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ceremony held on November 8 2007 in

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, Celedón and accordionist Jimmy Zambrano received the award in the category Cumbia/Vallenato for their album Son... Para El Mundo (

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Music/North) . In July 2008, he performed in front of president George W. Bush at an event at the White House in celebration of Colombian independence day.

Discography

Binomio de Oro de América Jorgito Celedón becomes a lead singer *1996 - '' A su Gusto'' *1997 - '' Seguimos por lo Alto'' *1998 - ''

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With Jimmy Zambrano

*2001 - ''

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'' *2003 - '' Canto Vallenato'' *2004 - '' Nuevas Canciones del Alma'' *2004 - '' ¡Juepa je!'' *2006 - '' Son Para el Mundo'' *2009 - '' La invitacion'' *2011 - "

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" *2013 - " Celedón Sin Fronteras Vol 1"(Shared album with Gustavo García) *2014 - " Celedón Sin Fronteras Vol 2"(Shared album with Gustavo García)

With Gustavo García

*2014 - " Sencillamente"

With Sergio Luis Rodríguez

*2017 - " Ni un paso atrás" *2020 - " Sigo cantando al amor"

Awards and nominations

Latin Grammy Awards

A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the

Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., trading as The Latin Recording Academy (; ), is a multinational membership-based association composed of Latin music industry professionals, musicians, producers, recording engineers, and ...

to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Jorge Celedón has received the award four times from six nominations. , - ,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, , '' Grandes Exitos En Vivo'' , , Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album , , , - ,

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, , '' Son...Para El Mundo'' , , Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album , , , - ,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, , "Me Vio Llorar" , , Best Tropical Song , , , - ,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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Lo Que Tú Necesitas Lo may refer to any of the following: Arts and entertainment * Comic LO, a Japanese ''lolicon''-focused erotic manga magazine * ''Lo!'', the third published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort * L.O., a fictional character in the Playhou ...

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, , '' Sencillamente'' , , Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album , , , - ,

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

, , '' Ni Un Paso Atrás'' , , Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album , , , - ,

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

, , '' Sigo Cantando al Amor (Deluxe)'' , , Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album , , , -

Premios Nuestra Tierra

A Premio Nuestra Tierra is an accolade that recognizes outstanding achievement in the Colombian music industry. Jorge Celedón has received four nominations.Premios Nuestra Tierra received to Jorge Celedón: * , - , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4", 2014 , , ''Celedón Sin Fronteras, Vol.1'' , , Album of the Year , , , - , Himself, , Best Vallenato Artist or Group , , , - , "La Candela Viva" (with

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) , , Best Folk Performance of the Year , , , - , Himself , , Tweeter of the Year , ,

References

External links

Jorge Celedon official websiteJimmy Zambrano
- official {{DEFAULTSORT:Celedon, Jorge 1968 births Living people Colombian musicians Latin Grammy Award winners Vallenato musicians Sony Music Latin artists Sony Music Colombia artists Colombian songwriters Colombian male songwriters Latin music songwriters