Juanes Named One Of The Top 20 Global Music Icons of The Last 50 Years By CNN

The youngest musician named to the list, The World’s Leading Latin Rock Artist joins the company Of The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Celia Cruz & Other Global Music artists.“Hero to working-class Latin America and its global diaspora, Juanes is very much the Bruce Springsteen of the Latin world. He was hailed by TIME as one of 2005's most influential people for his social activism and campaign against land mines.” - CNNLatin Music superstar JUANES has been named one of the twenty “most iconic” global musicians of the last fifty years by CNN. The Colombian rock singer, composer and guitarist joins an illustrious group of music legends including The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Youssou N'Dour and more. Juanes is the youngest musician selected to the list, and joins Celia Cruz and Gilberto Gil as the only Latin Music artists. Compiled by CNN’s new arts and culture show "icon," in conjunction with music magazine "Songlines," the list of iconic global musician’s can be found online here. Fans can vote for their favorite artist and the results will be unveiled when the “Icons” music show airs August 25th on CNN.A GRAMMY and record-setting 17-Time LATIN GRAMMY winner, Juanes was named Latin Music’s “Star of the Decade” by Billboard and just recently became the first Spanish-language artist to have his music added to the famed ROCK BAND video game catalogue. Juanes’ eagerly-awaited fifth album is set for global release on December 7th. The album’s recently released first single “Yerbatero” has already reached #1 in 19 countries.