Roberto Blades

{{short description|Panamanian Salsa singer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Roberto Blades

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| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Roberto Bellido de Luna

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1962|7|2}} Panama City, Panama

| genre = Salsa music

| occupation = singer

| years_active = 1981–present

| label = Fania Records

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Roberto Blades (born Roberto Bellido de Luna) is a Panamanian Salsa singer. His most popular songs are "Ya No Regreso Contigo", "Lagrimas", "Poquita Fe", "Casco", "Detalles", "El Artista Famoso", "Victima de Afecto", "Flor Dormida" and "Si Estuvieras Conmigo" among many more. He is the younger brother of singer Rubén Blades, the grandson of poet Ricardo Miró, the nephew of sociologist Carmen A. Miró, and the great-nephew of poet Amelia Denis de Icaza.

In 2002, Roberto Blades won the Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album.{{cite web

|url= http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=blades&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1

|title= Grammy Award Winners |accessdate= 20 June 2008

}} He has not released a new album since preferring to work as a songwriter and producer.

In June 2010, Blades appeared on Dateline NBC to discuss Joran van der Sloot. According to Blades, he witnessed van der Sloot's behavior on the night of the death of Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramírez.{{cite web |url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37650865/ns/dateline_nbc-crime_reports/t/deadly-connection/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130130182403/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37650865/ns/dateline_nbc-crime_reports/t/deadly-connection/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= 30 January 2013 |title= Deadly Connection?|work=Dateline NBC|publisher=NBC News |last= Hansen |first= Chris |authorlink= Chris Hansen |date= 11 June 2010 |accessdate= 27 June 2010 }}