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ALBUMMéxico con Escalas en Mi Corazón (Ciudades)Juan Gabriel
Albums by Juan Gabriel
ALBUMMéxico con Escalas en Mi Corazón (Ciudades)Juan Gabriel
ALBUMLos Dúo 3Juan Gabriel
ALBUMQué Bonito Es Santa Fe (with Rocío Dúrcal) [Remixes]Juan Gabriel
ALBUMLos Dúo 2Juan Gabriel
ALBUMLos Dúo (Deluxe Version)Juan Gabriel
ALBUMJuan Gabriel Canta las Canciones de Su Película en Esta PrimaveraJuan Gabriel
ALBUM1 Es Juan GabrielJuan Gabriel
ALBUMJuan GabrielJuan Gabriel
ALBUMInocente de TiJuan Gabriel
ALBUMJuan Gabriel el Alma Joven Vol. IIIJuan Gabriel
Juan Gabriel's Popular Music Videos
Querida (feat. Juanes)
Juan Gabriel
Yo Te Recuerdo (feat. Marc Anthony)
Juan Gabriel
Fue un Placer Conocerte
Juan Gabriel & Rocío Dúrcal
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Gracias al Sol)
Juan Gabriel
La Frontera (feat. Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda & J Balvin)
Juan Gabriel
Abrázame Muy Fuerte (feat. Laura Pausini)
Juan Gabriel
Así Fue (feat. Isabel Pantoja) [En Vivo Desde Bellas Artes, México/ 2013]
Juan Gabriel
Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez (feat. Marco Antonio Solís)
Juan Gabriel
Te Quise Olvidar (feat. Alejandro Fernández)
Juan Gabriel
Así Fue (En Vivo [Desde el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes])
Juan Gabriel
Artist Playlists
Juan Gabriel Essentials
Passionate hits from Mexico's iconic singer/songwriter.
Juan Gabriel Video Essentials
Larger than life, the late icon dominates the screen and stage.
Juan Gabriel: The Songwriters
Latin musicians pay tribute to a Mexican legend.
Juan Gabriel: Love Songs
Sweet odes and tearjerkers from one of Mexico's greatest songwriters.
Juan Gabriel: Live
Juan Gabriel: Sing
Grab the mic and sing along with some of their biggest hits.
Artist Biography
Abandoned at the age of 4, Juan Gabriel used his expressive voice and dramatic flair to find his true home in the musical heart of Mexico. Born Alberto Aguilera Valadez in 1950 in Michoacan, his first memory in life was being handed over to a Juarez orphanage after his dad died in a fire. At 16 he sang in local bars. By 21, he had a major recording contract in Mexico City, and soon a new name. Eventually, as fans began chanting “Juan Gabriel” in arenas, they boiled it down to a sound Spanish speakers all over the world came to know: Juanga. Gabriel made his mission clear in interviews—American songs were crowding the global airwaves; his job as a singer and songwriter was to celebrate and disseminate the music of his people, from heart-pounding mariachi like 1977’s Juan Gabriel con el Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán to the oompah beats of banda music on 1998’s Juan Gabriel Con Banda... El Recodo. He dominated mostly by setting the Mexican ballad tradition on fire, typically building from a conversational coo to a huge wall of wail. Songs like “Amor Eterno” and “Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez” became essential to quinceañeras, weddings, and funerals, but his personality was just as big. Onstage, Gabriel wore robes, neckerchiefs, and peacock-plumed fabrics, while his steep pompadour somehow maintained through his epic five-hour shows. In a country known for machismo, he demonstrated new ways to define masculinity and became an LGBTQ icon in the process. By the time he died in 2016, Juanga was loved for who he was: a man who turned his pride for Mexico into something that Mexico could in turn be proud of.
Hometown
Paracuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Genre
Pop Latino