page_title: List of Puerto Ricans
section_title: Composers, singers, musicians and opera performers
hierarchical_section_title: List of Puerto Ricans / Composers, singers, musicians and opera performers
caption_attribution_description: José Feliciano (born September 10, 1945) is a Puerto Rican singer and guitarist. He was left permanently blind at birth due to congenital glaucoma. Feliciano overcame the effects of this impairment to score many international hits.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican descent. The Government of Puerto Rico has been issuing "Certificates of Puerto Rican Citizenship" to anyone born in Puerto Rico or to anyone born outside of Puerto Rico with at least one parent who was born in Puerto Rico since 2007. Also included in the list are some long-term continental American and other residents and/or immigrants of other ethnic heritages who have made Puerto Rico their home and consider themselves to be Puerto Ricans.
  The list is divided into categories and, in some cases, sub-categories, which best describe the field for which the subject is most noted. Some categories such as "Actors, actresses, comedians and directors" are relative since a subject who is a comedian may also be an actor or director. In some cases a subject may be notable in more than one field, such as Luis A. Ferré, who is notable both as a former governor and as an industrialist. However, the custom is to place the subject's name under the category for which he/she is most noted.
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  Anuel AA, rapper and singer-songwriter
  Mary Ann Acevedo Rivera, singer, songwriter
  Juan F. Acosta, danza composer
  Johnny Albino, singer
  Natalie and Nicole Albino, members of R&B duo Nina Sky
  Rafael Alers, danza composer; first Puerto Rican to compose a Hollywood musical score
  Carlos Alomar, guitarist, composer, arranger, producer
  Zayra Álvarez, rock singer-songwriter
  Miguel Ángel Amadeo, composer
  Marc Anthony, singer
  Henry Arana, composer
  Chucho Avellanet, singer
  B
  Bad Bunny, rapper
  Manolo Badrena, percussionist
  Adrienne Bailon, singer, actress, songwriter; part of the former girl group trio 3LW, and of The Cheetah Girls
  Puchi Balseiro, composer
  Lloyd Banks, rapper (Puerto Rican mother)
  Ray Barretto, percussionist, jazz and salsa leader
  Eddie Benitez, guitarist
  John Benítez, a.k.a. "Jellybean Benítez", music producer and remixer
  Lucecita Benítez, a.k.a. "Lucecita", singer
  Samuel Beníquez, music producer, composer and musician
  Obie Bermúdez, singer and composer
  Big Pun, rapper
  Willie Bobo, Latin jazz musician and bandleader. This was his stage name. His real name was William Correa.
  Ángela Bofill, singer
  Américo Boschetti, singer and composer
  Roy Brown, folklore singer, composer
  C
  Antonio Cabán Vale, a.k.a. "El Topo", folklore singer, composer
  Tego Calderón, rapper, reggaeton artist
  Juan Morel Campos, composer of danzas
  Héctor Campos-Parsi, singer, composer
  Bobby Capó, singer, composer
  Nydia Caro, singer
  Vicente Carattini, singer and composer; composed many of Puerto Rico's Christmas themes
  Joseph Cartagena, a.k.a. "Fat Joe", rapper
  Marta Casals Istomin, cellist; former President of the Manhattan School of Music
  Pablo Casals, cellist (Puerto Rican mother), classical musician
  Kevin Ceballo, salsa music singer
  Rafael Cepeda, composer; a.k.a. "Patriarch of the Bomba and Plena"
  Iris Chacón, singer and vedette
  Keshia Chanté, R&B and pop singer-songwriter
  Arístides Chavier Arévalo, pianist and composer
  Choco Orta, salsa singer
  José Miguel Class, a.k.a. "El Gallito de Manatí", singer
  Robert Clivillés, freestyle producer; founder and member of C + C Music Factory
  Javier Colón, singer and winner of the first season of U.S. reality series The Voice
  Santos Colón, singer
  Willie Colón, salsa composer
  Rubén Colón Tarrats, band director
  César Concepción, orchestra leader
  Ernesto Cordero, composer and classical guitarist
  Federico A. Cordero, composer and classical guitarist
  Millie Corretjer, singer. She is the granddaughter of Juan Antonio Corretjer, poet and a leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.
  Rafael Cortijo, bandleader, founder of Cortijo y Su Combo, forerunner of El Gran Combo.
  José Cosculluela, hip hop and reggaeton artist
  Elvis Crespo, merengue singer
  Tony Croatto, singer/composer of Puerto Rican folk songs
  Bobby Cruz, salsa singer, bandleader
  Joe Cuba, bandleader, a.k.a. "The Father of the Boogaloo". This is his stage name. His birth name is José Calderón.
  Tite Curet Alonso, ballad and salsa composer
  D
  Christian Daniel, singer-songwriter
  Iluminado Davila Medina, cuatrista
  Héctor Delgado, a.k.a. "El Father", reggaeton singer
  Rafael José Díaz, a.k.a. "Rafael José", singer and television host
  Carmen Delia Dipiní, bolero singer
  Edgardo Díaz, founder of the boy band Menudo
  Braulio Dueño Colón, composer of "Canciones Escolares"
  Huey Dunbar, singer, member of DLG (Puerto Rican mother)
  E
  Rafi Escudero, musician, singer, composer
  Noel Estrada, composer of "En Mi Viejo San Juan"
  Cano Estremera, singer, composer and poet
  F
  Lucy Fabery, singer
  Rene Farrait, singer; former member of Menudo
  Cheo Feliciano, salsa singer; singer for Joe Cuba Sextet
  José Feliciano, singer, composed "Feliz Navidad"
  Ruth Fernández, singer
  Elmer Figueroa, a.k.a "Chayanne", singer
  Jose "Pepito" Figueroa, violinist, one of the few Hispanic violinists to reach international status
  Narciso Figueroa, composer
  Pedro Flores, composer and bandleader
  Hector Fonseca, producer, musician
  Luis Fonsi, singer
  G
  Angelo Garcia, singer; former member of Menudo
  Kany García, singer-songwriter
  Jenilca Giusti, singer, songwriter, actress, model
  Eddie Gómez, jazz musician and 
caption: José Feliciano, singer and composer of "Feliz Navidad"
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