The Colombian singer/songwriter was nominated for Best International Male Artist of the year in the Pop/Rock category. The 12 annual ECHO Awards will be held in Berlin, Germany on March 12th and will be broadcast on RTL.

The ECHO Awards are based on votes by the recording academy in Germany and are considered the most prestigious. The other nominees in this category are Robbie Williams, James Blunt, Jack Johnson and Michael Buble.

In Germany the album "Mi Sangre" has sold more than 250,000 copies and the single "La Camisa Negra" more than 200,000 copies. Both the album and the single have occupied the number 1 spot on the charts.

Juanes is the first artist that by singing solely in Spanish has managed to reach record sales and chart positions in Germany in the past 10 years.

The album "Mi Sangre" has sold more than 2.1 million copies worldwide. According to Billboard Magazine Mi Sangre is among the top 10 in sales after a record 70 weeks since its launch.

Juanes will tour Germany for the second time on the 14th of March 2006 and will visit Manheim, Stuttgart, Munich, Trier, Freiburg, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf.

The 28th of January kicks off the start of the second leg of the USA tour with a show at the Atlantic Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida. The second part of this tour will add 22 more concerts which brings the total to 54 concerts total in the USA for the MI SANGRE TOUR.

This week the single "La Camisa Negra" is Number 1 in France after remaining in the top five sales charts during the holiday season.

In his last 6 years as a solo artist, the Colombian rocker Juanes has sold more than 4.5 million albums and has received 12 Latin Grammy's, 6 Billboard Awards, 8 Latin MTV Awards and 7 Premios lo Nuestro Awards, positioning him as the Latin artist with the most international awards.