Black Guayaba

<a href="spotify:artist:2gATcpCSAygc4FqijAOJAt" data-name="Black Guayaba">Black Guayaba</a> is a Grammy-winning Puerto Rican pop/rock/alternative band formed in the year 2000 by Gustavo González (lead vocals/rhythm guitar), Carlos Colón (keys), Javier Morales (guitar) and Carlos Ortíz (bass). The band released their first album <a href="spotify:album:5WHyNlEB6IUlXC6ccIdXVx" data-name="[ Lo Demás Es Plástico ]">[ Lo Demás Es Plástico ]</a> in 2005 with hit singles <a href="spotify:track:1eD7qjzXxN84T9xhfqpjNn" data-name="Lejos">Lejos</a> and <a href="spotify:track:35aXPIkrhINwoRaH34NY5u" data-name="Despacio">Despacio</a>. The album was nominated for both Latin Grammy and Grammy in 2006. For their second album, <a href="spotify:track:3PADJWa45Q4LRbMerOmhwE" data-name="No Hay Espacio">No Hay Espacio</a> (2007), they won the Grammy as artist &amp; producers for &#34;Latin Rock/Alternative Album&#34; and that same year ASCAP awarded the band with the Vanguard Award for &#34;shaping the future of music&#34; making Black Guayaba the first latin artist to receive this honor. <a href="spotify:album:0DcFuopI2KoHeTqsY5kO9X" data-name="La Conexión">La Conexión</a> (2012) was the first time the band worked with composers and producers outside the band, paving the way for hits like <a href="spotify:track:0tzLc2aNF9IIHwurUOZi1K" data-name="Tú Lo Sabes Bien">Tú Lo Sabes Bien</a>, <a href="spotify:track:43MIFDnV9kvYeb2q9OJOpb" data-name="Una Vida Sin Ti">Una Vida Sin Ti</a> and <a href="spotify:track:02x97EJYaEkO9x9DJJqg6X" data-name="Siempre (feat. Jarabedepalo)">Siempre (feat. Jarabedepalo)</a>. <a href="spotify:track:4QlNkCAS9yIM2V4DYVLVKi" data-name="Invencible">Invencible</a> released in 2017 included hits such as <a href="spotify:album:2WRnqIOsgZVTYFgQjBNPcN" data-name="Tarde o Temprano">Tarde o Temprano</a>, <a href="spotify:track:5PJrtXKPrsTbrbxLr0kw8B" data-name="Pronto Llegarás">Pronto Llegarás</a> (co-written with <a href="spotify:artist:264nbMzGPSkDZqTY8nXwCG" data-name="Tommy Torres">Tommy Torres</a>) and <a href="spotify:track:2VurN06GAg5qIvGdQV1koG" data-name="Dulce Obscenidad">Dulce Obscenidad</a> (co-written with <a href="spotify:artist:4QVBYiagIaa6ZGSPMbybpy" data-name="Pedro Capó">Pedro Capó</a>). In 2020 they released their single <a href="spotify:album:76XaZvbLQ20gScfYAm3K6s" data-name="Te Quiero Tanto">Te Quiero Tanto</a>, a collaboration with <a href="spotify:artist:14FqcgpNCmfedRsAZTgMIG" data-name="Diana Fuentes">Diana Fuentes</a>. During the pandemic the band recorded remotely the single <a href="spotify:track:0o8fl1vrWcCQRcqyQOlANN" data-name="Un Abrazo">Un Abrazo</a>. In 2021 they released a collection of reworked material called <a href="spotify:album:12PKM6UsQaIjte0XIhKxxv" data-name="En Otro Viaje">En Otro Viaje</a>. During 2023, the band released singles that eventually made up the album <a href="spotify:album:18lKVz9mrQLkfP91RHvyUL" data-name="La Fábrica de Sueños">La Fábrica de Sueños</a> in 2024. Early 2025 the band released their eponymous album <a href="spotify:album:49hUgWaE7caCrRLY8TYkZy" data-name="Black Guayaba">Black Guayaba</a> going back to their rock n’ roll roots.