Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Juan Gabriel

By Octavio Mercas


Are you an avid fan of ranchera songs? Well then there's no reason if you haven't been told anything about Juan Gabriel, who is also known as Alberto Aguilera Valadez in real life. He met the recognized Mexican singer, Jose Alberto Jimenez. His want to become a performer 1 day has made Jose Alberto Jimenez in assisting him. And happily, at the age of 21, he was able to sign a contract with RCA Records and went with the name Juan Gabriel for a better appeal. And over the years, he has recorded over fifteen albums. With his natural talent in music and singing, he has distributed more than 20 million copies of his albums up to date and also has recorded over 1000 songs in numerous styles. He is not merely a brilliant music performer but also a skilled actor. In 1975, he made his drama debut with the Mexican movie Nobleza Racnhera which revealed his flexibility both as a music performer as well as an actor.

Juan Gabriel became popular in Mexico and has as well made collaborations with the completely different music artists like Luis Miguel, Ana Gabriel RcioDurcal. With his capacity to sing any type of music genre, lots of followers loved him. He is not merely referred to as a ranchera singer but also a recognized pop star topping concert areas every year.With Juan Gabriel's long list of capabilities, he didn't stop there. He was also able to produce songs for Latin singers like Rocio Durcal and among the very best music artists at this time, Isabel Pontoja.

In the year 1984, he recorded the new song "Querida" that created him a terrific balladeer. It even went to number one the initial day it had been launched.On Juan Gabriel's individual life, he has four children from Laura however they were never married. He was usually questioned about his sexuality whether he's gay or perhaps not. But regardless of of those controversies, he remained active in charitable exercises. He established his very own foundation named Semjase of which has orphan kids in Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. Here are some of the stuff that you must know concerning Juan Gabriel.

October 5, 1985 was proclaimed by Mayor Tom Bradley as "Juan Gabriel Day". Decade later, he was included in the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame. A year before that happened, the got the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year award. His success in music has earned him along with six Grammy nominees up to date and his album has sold above one hundred million worldwide. Juan Gabriel's achievements in Billboard journal didn't stop there. In the year 1995, he got to the Hot Latin Charts together with his three new songs.

Juan Gabriel was honored at the same time with a Lifetime Achievement award in 1999. And due to his own expertise in song writing, he get four Billboard Awards within the year 1992. Simply because of his own recognition and also achievement, he was also awarded by the Latin Recording Academy as being the person of the year that happened during 2009. If you're presently residing in Hollywood, you will find his name in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.




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