Monday, January 23, 2012

Juan Gabriel

By Octavio Mercas


Are you a devoted supporter of ranchera music and songs? Well then there's no excuse if you have not heard anything at all pertaining to Juan Gabriel, who is also known as Alberto Aguilera Valadez in real world. He found the famous Mexican performance artist, Jose Alberto Jimenez. His need to be a music star some day has made Jose Alberto Jimenez in helping him. And happily, at age 21, he sign a contract with RCA Records and went with the name of Juan Gabriel for a better attraction. And over the years, he's recorded over fifteen music albums. Using his ability in performing, he has distributed over 20 million copies of his albums up to date and has recorded over 1000 songs in various genres. He's not merely a brilliant singer but in addition a talented actor. In 1975, he performed his drama debut together with the Mexican film Nobleza Racnhera which revealed his versatility both equally as a music performer and an acting professional.

Juan Gabriel started to be well-known in Mexico and has also created collaborations together with the various music artists like Rocio Durcal, Ana Gabriel and Luis Miguel. With his capability to sing any kind of genre, lots of enthusiasts dearly loved him. He's not merely referred to as a ranchera performer but also a recognized pop star topping concert places every year.With Juan Gabriel's long list of capabilities, he did not hold on there. He was also able to create songs for Latin music artists like Rocio Durcal and among the finest music artists these days, Isabel Pontoja.

In the year 1984, he recorded the new song "Querida" that made him an excellent balladeer. It also went along to # 1 the first day it was launched.In Juan Gabriel's individual life, he's got four youngsters from Laura but they were never married. He was often inquired about his sexuality whether he's gay or not. But regardless of of those issues, he continued to be busy in charitable exercises. He founded his very own foundation called Semjase which has orphan little ones in Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. Here are several of the items that you need to know concerning Juan Gabriel.

October 5, 1985 was proclaimed by Mayor Tom Bradley as "Juan Gabriel Day". A decade after, he was part of the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame. 1 year before that occurred, the got the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year award. His success in music and songs has received him along with six Grammy nominees up to date and also his album has distributed more than one hundred million globally. Juan Gabriel's accomplishment in Billboard journal did not stop there. In 1995, he reached the Hot Latin Charts together with his three songs.

Juan Gabriel was awarded at the same time with a Lifetime Achievement award in the year 1999. And because of his expertise in creating a song, he win 4 Billboard Awards in the year 1992. Due to his own popularity and achievement, he was also honored by the Latin Recording Academy as the man of the year which took place in 2009. If you're currently residing in Hollywood, you can view his name in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.




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