Almes Granados

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Almes Granados
Birth nameAlmes Guillermo Granados Melo
Born1958or1959(age 66–67)
Valledupar, Colombia
Genres Vallenato

Almes Guillermo Granados Melo [a] (born 1958 or 1959) is a Colombian vallenato accordionist. He was crowned vallenato king for winning the accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival in 2011, and in 2022 he won the king of kings competition.

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Biography

Almes Guillermo Granados Melo was born in 1958 or 1959 in the Mariangola neighbourhood of Valledupar, in the Colombian department of Cesar (but at that time still in Magdalena). [1] He started playing accordion in his early twenties, while working in the workshop of his brother Ovidio Granados. [2]

Granados won the accordionist competition of the 2011 Vallenato Legend Festival, accompanied by Reynaldo Ortiz on guacharaca and his brother Adelmo Granados on caja. [3] He performed the merengue "El Malherido" (written by Leandro Díaz), the paseo "El Pobrecito" (Ovidio Granados), the puya "Los Parecidos" (Andrés Emilio Beleño) and the son "El Soncito" (Calixto Ochoa). [3] In the years following his win, Granados accompanied several vallenato singers on the accordion, including Lucy Vidal  [ es ] and Ivo Díaz. [1]

In 2022 Granados won the king of kings competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival, which is held every 5 years and is only open to accordionists who have previously been crowned king. [4] He was accompanied by José Dolores Bornacelli on guacharaca, and again by his brother Adelmo on caja. [5] In the competition Granados performed two songs written by his brother Ovidio, as well as a composition of his own and the puya "Dejala Vení" by Náfer Durán. [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Granadosand the second or maternal family name is Melo.

References

  1. 1 2 Liliana Martínez Polo (1 May 2022), "Almes Granados, un rey de reyes que quedó en familia" [Almes Granados, a king of kings who stayed in the family], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 16 September 2025
  2. ↑ "La dinastía que se transformó en leyenda" [The dynasty that became a legend], El Espectador (in Spanish), 2 May 2011, retrieved 16 September 2025
  3. 1 2 "Almes Granados, un rey con tradición" [Almes Granados, a king with tradition], El Universal (in Spanish), 3 May 2011, retrieved 16 September 2025
  4. ↑ Anthonny José Galindo Florian (1 May 2025), "¿Quiénes han sido Rey de Reyes en el Festival Vallenato? Omar Geles se unió al prestigioso listado" [Who has been King of Kings at the Vallenato Festival? Omar Geles has joined the prestigious list], RCN Radio (in Spanish), retrieved 16 September 2025
  5. 1 2 "El Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata tiene nuevo rey" [The Vallenato Legend Festival has a new king], El Colombiano (in Spanish), 1 May 2022, retrieved 16 September 2025
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