The Guatemalan be presented next February for the fifth time in that event tops the list of highest paid singers for their performance

Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona tops the list of highest paid artists for their performance in the 2010 version International Song Festival of Viña del Mar, according to a local publication.

The electronic portal Emol Arjona said Wednesday it is, so far, the most expensive artist event and also one of the most watched in the Quinta Vergara, the traditional scene of the most important Latin American musical encounter.

Arjona, who on 26 February next be presented for the fifth time in Vina del Mar, will receive 500 thousand dollars for his presentation, in which, according to the source, "will show basically the same" show "that made this year" within six concerts he gave in Chile.

That day will also serve the Chilean group of cumbia music and melodic Night, and Colombia's Fanny Lu in the stage debut of the Quinta Vergara, and incorporating tropical rhythms in their music, vallenato and pop.

Another best-paid artists of the next festival is Canadian Paul Anka, who will receive 350 thousand U.S. dollars to open the festival, the night of 22 February. On the list are also the Spanish Raphael, who charged 200 thousand dollars, followed by Argentines Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (220 thousand dollars), the reggaeton Don Omar (180 thousand), Tito El Bambino (150 thousand) and Chile's Americo (150 thousand dollars). (Con información de Notimex / MVC)