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Adonis Puentes
Person · male · Cuba · Artemisa Province · born 1974
Cuban singer, jazz musician and jazz guitarist
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1970s
Biography
English biography180 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1368381189
Biography
Adonis Puentes (born 1974) is a Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter who sings in Spanish and English.
Biography
Puentes was born in Artemisa, Cuba, the son of guitar player and music teacher Valentin Puentes and the twin brother of Alex Cuba. At the age of six, the brothers began performing in a children's guitar ensemble. As adults, they shifted into jazz fusion styles and formed their own band, Puentes Brothers. They both later emigrated to Canada after marrying Canadian women they met while touring in the country.
The Puentes Brothers garnered a Juno Award nomination for Best Global Album at the Juno Awards of 2001. They parted ways as a band to launch solo careers in 2004, but have continued to cowrite songs.
As a solo artist, Puentes fronts the Voice of Cuba Orchestra, was a guest musician in José Rizo's projects Mongorama and Jazz on the Latin Side All Stars, and has performed with Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades. At the Juno Awards of 2014, he was a shortlisted nominee for World Music Album of the Year for his album Sabor A Café.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Adonis Puentes head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adonis_Puentes.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20685192seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonis_Puentesbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonis_Puentes
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Canadian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Laurel L. Russwurm · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q20685192 · MusicBrainz: 6807240b-65ac-46a7-9f1b-15f2f4b452c5
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