Biography
Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato 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
Early life
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Celedon grew up singing vallenato 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 29 August 2007 in Miami. At the 8th Annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony held on 8 November 2007 in Las Vegas, United States, Celedón and accordionist Jimmy Zambrano received the award in the category Cumbia/Vallenato for their album Son... Para El Mundo (Sony BMG Music/North) .[2] 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
1993 - Todo Corazón
1994 - De la Mano con el Pueblo
1995 - Lo Nuestro
Jean Carlos Centeno and Jorgito Celedon became lead singers
1996 - A su Gusto
1997 - Seguimos por lo Alto
1998 - 2000
1999 - Más cerca de tí
With Jimmy Zambrano
2001 - Romántico Como Yo
2002 - Llevame en Tus Sueños
2003 - Canto Vallenato
2004 - Nuevas Canciones del Alma
2004 - ¡Juepa je!
2006 - Son Para el Mundo
2009 - La invitacion
2011 - "Lo que tú necesitas"
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"
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