The artist who released the album "Al Despertar" is sometimes known as what?
Al Despertar (album) Al Despertar is a 1998 album by Mercedes Sosa. The album won the 1999 Premios Gardel in the folklore category. The album features the song written by Peteco Carabajal from Al Despertar (Mercedes Sosa song) which was nominated for Best Female Performance at the first ever Latin Grammy Awards of 2000.
Ricardo Arjona Edgar R. Arjona Morales (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (] ), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and former basketball player and school teacher. Arjona is one of the most successful Latin American artists of all time, with more than 40 million albums sold. He is often called "El Animal Nocturno" ("The Nocturnal Animal"), thanks to his breakthrough success with his fourth studio album which bears the same name. His music ranges from ballads to Latin pop, rock, pop rock, Cuban music, and more recently a cappella performances and a mixture of Tejano music and Norteño music, and other Afro-American and Latin sounds. Arjona is noted for his lyrical style, and often addresses topics such as love, sexuality, violence, racism and immigration.