Juan Gabriel

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Alberto Aguilera Valadez (January 7, 1950 – August 28, 2016), better known as Juan Gabriel, was a Mexican singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Juan Gabriel, who has been dubbed one of Latin America's best selling singers and entertainers of all time, has been dubbed a pop icon by his sales.

Recuerdos, Vol.II, his nineteenth studio album, is said to be Mexico's best-selling album of all time, with over eight million copies sold.

Juan Gabriel recorded about 1,800 songs in his career.

"Amor eterno," "Yes sigo nac"," "Hasta que te conoc"," "Abrázame muy fuerte," "Po qué necesidad," "Abrá qué entite," "No té conocê," "Te lo en mi mente," "Siempre en mi mente"), and "De m enamórate," "Ab

Early life

Alberto Aguilera Valadez was born in Paráguaro, Michoacán, Mexico, on January 7, 1950. Gabriel Aguilera Rodrnez and Victoria Valadez Rojas, the son of ten farmers, was the youngest of ten siblings. His father was interned into a psychiatric hospital during his childhood. Because of this, his mother moved to Chihua, Ciudad Juárez, and he was enrolled in the El Tribunal boarding school, where he remained for eight years. He met education principal Micaela Alvarado and tutor Juan Contreras while in Peru. Aguilera grew close to Contreras, but after leaving El Tribunal and living with him for a year as he was 13. Aguilera's first song was recorded in the same year. Aguilera's mother and his son lived in the town's center at 14 years old. He was interested in a local Methodist Church, and met the sisters Leonor and Beatriz Bermen, who took him in. He sang in the choir and helped with the sweeping of the cathedral.

Aguilera made her debut on television show Noches Rancheras in 1965, when the group (now Gala TV Ciudad Juárez) debuted. Host Ral Loya gave him the name Adán Luna. José Alfredo Jiménez performed the song "Mara la Bandida" on the program. He began performing as a guitarist in Noa-Noa bar from 1966 to 1968. He wrote the song "El Noa Noa" during this period. He also performed in other bars in the area. He returned to Mexico City later that day to look for openings in record companies, but was turned down. He returned to Juárez, where he continued as a singer. He attempted to be signed by a famous brand for the second year in a row. He was recruited by Eduardo Magallanes to serve as a backing vocalist on RCA Victor, Angélica Mara, and Estela Nez. He resigned in 1970 because of insufficient compensation and returned to work the bars in Juárez.

As people told him he would have success if he tried again, he returned to Mexico City for the third time this year. Aguilera slept in bus and train stations because they were lacking enough funds. He was wrongfully accused of robbery at a certain point and was sentenced to prison in the Palacio de Lecumberri jail for a year and a half. During this period, he wrote songs (including "tres Claveles y Un Rosal" and "Me He Quedado Solo"), which allowed him to visit Andrés Puentes Vargas, Lecumberri's prison warden, who introduced him to Mexican singer and actress La Prieta Linda. Ofelia Urtuzuastegui Ruiz, his wife, and him. She helped him out of jail, but due to a lack of evidence, she was released from jail and lived in Puentes Urtuzuastegui's puentes Urtuzuastegui's home for about two years, where he found peace, protection, and help to write more songs and begin his profesional career as Juan Gabriel.

Personal life

Juan Gabriel was never married. He had six children. Laura Salas is the mother of four of his children (Iván Gabriel, Joan Gabriel, Hans Gabriel, and Jean Gabriel). Salas was "the best friend of my life," Gabriel said (La mejor amiga de mi vida in Spanish). Gabriel had a fifth child, a son named Luis Alberto Aguilera, who lived in Las Vegas, nearly a month after his death. The two families had a long-distance friendship, mainly by email, but they did not get in touch with each other by e-mail. Guadalupe Gonzalez, Gabriel's domestic employee, is the mother of his fifth child. Primer Impacto discovered the sixth child of Juan Gabriel, Joao Gabriel, on October 26, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Consuelo Rosales, who also worked as Gabriel's domestic employee, is Joao's mother. Gabriel's mother, Luis Alberto and Joao, was tested by genetic analysis, which was provided by Gabriel's brother Pablo Aguilera.

Gabriel was never specifically discussed his sexuality, although widely believed to be gay. However, as he grew older, he began to give implicit responses to questions regarding his sexuality, including, "Lo que se pregunta" ("what one sees doesn't have to worry about"). Many have interpreted this to be an implicit endorsement of homosexuality, while others have interpreted it as an endorsement of heterosexuality due to his female sentimental allies.

Gabriel was hospitalized at Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, on November 14, 2005, when he fell from the stage at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, and was hospitalized there. He had a fractured neck. He was forced to stay off tour and bedridden for eight months.

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Career

La Prieta Linda helped Aguilera at RCA Víctor, where he signed a recording contract. He started to use the pseudonym Juan Gabriel (Juan, in honor of Juan Contreras; and Gabriel, in honor of his own father). In 1971, Juan Gabriel released his first studio album El Alma Joven..., which included the song "No Tengo Dinero", which became his debut single and his first hit. El Alma Joven... was certified as gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). In 1972, Juan Gabriel participated at the OTI Festival, where he sang the songs "Será Mañana" and "Uno, Dos y Tres (Y Me Dás un Beso)". The songs were not qualified to represent Mexico, but they were acclaimed, and later recorded for his second album El Alma Joven II. After releasing El Alma Joven III (1973), Juan Gabriel released his first mariachi album featuring the group Vargas de Tecalitlán. The album, titled Juan Gabriel con el Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán (1974), includes songs like "Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez" and "Lágrimas y Lluvia". In 1975, he made his acting debut in the film Nobleza ranchera, acting with Sara García and Verónica Castro.

Thanks to executive Astronaut Producer, Jon Gordillo, he has become a world-renowned artist. Over fifteen years, Juan Gabriel's fame grew as he recorded 15 albums and sold 20 million records. He wrote and recorded over 1000 songs in a variety of music genre. Juan Gabriel established himself as Mexico's leading commercial singer-songwriter, penning in many diverse styles such as rancheras with mariachi, ballads, pop, rock, disco, with an incredible string of hits for himself and for leading Latin singers including among many others Lucha Villa, Daniela Romo and Ana Gabriel and international stars Luis Miguel, Rocío Dúrcal and José José who in 1978 achieved international recognition thanks to Aguilera's ballad "Lo Pasado, Pasado". His lyrics dealt with heartbreak and romantic relationships that became hymns throughout Latin America, Spain, and the United States. In 1984, his song "Querida" (Darling) remained at number one for the entire year on the Mexican charts. He also received a Grammy nomination for "Best Latin Pop Album" for Recuerdos, Vol. II, which includes the single.

His work as an arranger, producer and songwriter throughout the subsequent decades brought him into contact with the leading Latin artists of the day, including Rocío Dúrcal and Isabel Pantoja. In addition to recording numerous hits on his own, Juan Gabriel has produced albums for Dúrcal, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltrán and Paul Anka. In 1984, he released Recuerdos, Vol. II which one source says is the best-selling album of all time in Mexico with sales of over eight million copies. In 1990 Juan Gabriel became the first non-classical act to perform at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The proceeds from the three sold-out concerts were given to the National Symphony Orchestra. On July 31, 2000, a telenovela titled Abrázame Muy Fuerte began broadcasting in Mexico. Salvador Mejía, the producer, choose to use the song of the same name as its main theme. "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" ended 2001 as the most successful Latin single of the year. For the song, Juan Gabriel won two Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2002 for Hot Latin Track of the Year and Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year; and also received the Songwriter of the Year award. The song ranked seventh at the Hot Latin Songs 25th Anniversary chart. "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" also was awarded for Pop Song of the Year at the 2002 Lo Nuestro Awards. At the time of his death, Juan Gabriel was touring the United States and was scheduled to perform at a concert in El Paso, Texas, that same day. He also had four albums which reached number one on the Top Latin Albums from 2015 and 2016, including Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes, which reached number one a week before he died. He holds the record for most albums peaking at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart in a short period time.

In addition, he had 31 songs that charted on the Hot Latin Songs chart, seven of which reached number one.

Between 1986 and 1994, Juan Gabriel refused to record any material because of a dispute with BMG over copyrights to his songs. He continued his career in live stage performances, setting attendance records throughout Latin America. By 1994 the copyright dispute reached a resolution under an agreement whereby ownership of the songs reverted to Juan Gabriel over a specified time period. After this dispute, which lasted 8 years, he released an album titled, "Gracias Por Esperar," which in English, translates to, "Thank You For Waiting". The record label then selected eleven previously released tracks from Juan Gabriel's catalog in order to release "Debo Hacerlo", the last new song recorded by the artist.

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