Get the latest gossip

Raphael to Be Honored as Latin Recording Academy 2025 Person of the Year

Raphael is the Latin Recording Academy's Person of the Year 2025, in celebration of his more than 60 years of artistic career.

“I feel deeply grateful to The Latin Recording Academy for this recognition that I have dreamed of receiving for many years,” Raphael said in a statement Tuesday (June 3). “We feel tremendously proud to pay this well-deserved tribute to Raphael for an exemplary artistic career that has transcended borders and languages,” Manuel Abud, CEO of The Latin Recording Academy, said in a press release. Born in Linares in 1943 and raised in Madrid, his talent was evident from an early age, earning him the title of Best Child Voice in Europe at the Salzburg Festival at just 9 years old.

Get the Android app