As of 2013, Gabriel had released twenty studio albums, three live albums, and fifteen compilation albums. Three Gabriel albums reached number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums, and seven singles reached number one on the Billboard Latin Songs chart, including "Ay Amor", "Es Demasiado Tarde", and "Quién Como Tú". Her work earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award nomination, four Latin Grammy Award nominations, thirteen Lo Nuestro Awards, as well as awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; in 2006, she received the Excellence Award at the Lo Nuestro Awards.
In 1987, Ana Gabriel won third place at the OTI Festival in 1987, celebrated in Lisbon, Portugal, where she performed an orchestral version of the pop-power ballad song "Ay Amor", which later was released as a single in its album version; it climbed to the top position in Mexico, all-over Ibero-America and on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart for 14 consecutive weeks.
In 1988 Gabriel released her first album, Tierra de Nadie, followed by Pecado Original in 1989, which met with some chart success. Her 1990 album Quien Como Tú made her a force within the Mexican music industry. Eight months later, her live album En Vivo showcased her powerful stage act and scored several hits: "Hice Bien Quererte", "Propuesta", and "Solamente una Vez".
Throughout the 1990s Gabriel released an album almost every year. A versatile singer, she showcased her talent as an interpreter of many different musical styles, from lambada to mariachi and romantic ballads to pop music. She also honed her skills as a songwriter and a producer, releasing Mi Mexico, a ranchera-influenced, mariachi-backed pop album, in 1991. This unique blend of styles was also reflected in the songs, all written by Gabriel. Her lyrics described strong, active women involved in their love lives, counter to their passive, traditional depiction in older songs. The album also included a tribute to Mexico's most popular singer-songwriter, Juan Gabriel (no relation).
Gabriel scored a number-one hit with the duet "Cosas del Amor" in 1991, which she sang with Vikki Carr, a Mexican-American pop singer famous in the 1960s. The single earned Gabriel a Lo Nuestro Award for Song of the Year in 1992. At the same awards ceremony Gabriel was also named Female Artist of the Year in the Regional Mexican category and Pop Female Artist of the Year; Mi México was named Regional Mexican Album of the Year. In 1993, Gabriel was awarded Best Pop Female Performer at the Lo Nuestro Awards.
In 1996 she released the pop-oriented Viven-cias. She followed this with the traditional ranchera album Con un Mismo Corazón in 1997, an album she wrote and produced herself. Of particular interest is her title-track duet with Vicente Fernandez, one of the most prolific and popular ranchera singers in Mexican history. Burr wrote of the duet, "The beauty here lies in the melding of two great voices—Gabriel's husky sensuality and Fernandez's powerful, understated expressions—set against a 25-piece symphony."
Gabriel released another live album in 1998, En la Plaza de Toros Mexico, a 30-track boxed set. That same year she traveled to Miami to work with the renowned producer Emilio Estefan, Jr., on her 1999 album Soy Como Soy. The result was a pop-influenced ranchera album that went gold in the Latin music market and helped Gabriel win the Ritmo Latino Music Award for Female Pop Artist of the Year in 2000.
With the release of Eternamente in 2000 Gabriel returned to mariachi love ballads, using only guitar as accompaniment. That same year she also appeared with other Mexican music icons in an independence day television special called Viva Mexico, a celebration of Mexican music and history. In 2001 Gabriel released Huelo a Soledad, once again balancing the traditional sounds of Eternamente with sophisticated pop songs, a cappella numbers, and dance tracks.
In 2002 Gabriel's platinum-selling album Sagitario was released. In that same year she won the Billboard Latin Music Estrella Award in recognition of her contribution to the Latin music industry, performed at a tribute concert for Vicente Fernandez sponsored by the Latin Music Awards, and participated in the ninth annual Las Cruces International Mariachi Concert and Festival in New Mexico. In December of that year she was scheduled to perform at the eleventh annual Christmas Mariachi Festival in Phoenix, Arizona, but was denied a work visa and refused entry into the United States.
Gabriel is a devout Catholic, telling Luther Orrick-Guzman of QV Magazine, "I believe and have a lot of faith in God." She places a red rose and a white carnation onstage at each of her performances, telling Orrick-Guzman the flowers symbolize "communication between myself and God." Her performances are also noted for their power and the respect she has for all of her fans.
Algo
Ana Gabriel Lyrics
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Me en quiebro y no puedo
Fingir que da lo mismo tu presencia frente a mi
Frente a mi
Miradas casuales
Que aumentan latidos
Y el tiempo se hace corto si te tengo junto ami
Mas no se
Como explicarte de mi amor
Como decirte que hace tiempo me robaste el corazón
Mi corazón
Hay amor
No se que tiene tu mirar
Que día a día
Me conquista mas y mas
Hay amor
Cuanto daría por romper
Ese misterio
Que me atrapa sin querer
Hay amor
Mis días se alargan
Cuando no te miro
Y busco entre mil cosas una que me hable de ti
Solo de ti
Mas no se
Como explicarte de mi amor
Como decirte que hace tiempo me robaste el corazón
Mi corazón
Hay amor
No se que tiene tu mirar
Que día a día
Me conquista mas y mas
Hay amor
Cuanto daría por romper
Ese misterio
Que me atrapa sin querer
Hay hay amor
No se que tiene tu mirar
Que día a día
Me conquista mas y mas
Hay amor
Cuanto daría por romper
Ese misterio que me atrapa sin querer
Hay amor
No se que tiene tu mirar
Que día a día
Me conquista mas y mas
Hay amor
Cuanto daría por romper
Ese misterio que me atrapa sin querer
In Ana Gabriel's song Algo (Something), she sings about the overwhelming feeling of falling in love and being unable to resist the one person who has captured her heart. The song starts with her expressing her surprise at running into the person again, and how she cannot hide her feelings in their presence. The casual glances exchanged between them take her breath away, and she wishes to spend more time with them.
The song begins with the struggle of not wanting to let the other person know of her feelings but being unable to contain the love inside. As the song progresses, Ana Gabriel sings about how she cannot understand how this person has such a hold over her and that she wishes to break free from the spell they have cast on her. She tells the person how much they mean to her and how they stole her heart without even trying. The chorus is a proclamation of her love, how it grows day by day, and how she wishes to solve the mystery of why his presence affects her so much.
In summary, Algo by Ana Gabriel is a heartfelt ballad about the blissful and often painful experience of falling in love. She expresses the feeling of being unable to resist and how the other person has taken hold of her heart. The song is a testament to the overwhelming power that love holds over us.
Line by Line Meaning
Te encuentro de nuevo
I have found you again
Me en quiebro y no puedo
I am shattered and cannot
Fingir que da lo mismo tu presencia frente a mi
Pretend that your presence in front of me doesn't matter
Miradas casuales
Casual glances
Que aumentan latidos
That increase heartbeats
Y el tiempo se hace corto si te tengo junto ami
And time feels short if I have you by my side
Mas no se Como explicarte de mi amor
But I don't know how to explain my love for you
Como decirte que hace tiempo me robaste el corazón
How to tell you that you stole my heart a long time ago
Mi corazón
My heart
Hay amor
Oh love
No se que tiene tu mirar
I don't know what your gaze has
Que día a día Me conquista mas y mas
That conquers me more and more every day
Cuanto daría por romper Ese misterio Que me atrapa sin querer Hay amor
How much I would give to break that mystery that traps me unintentionally, Oh love
Mis días se alargan Cuando no te miro
My days are longer when I don't see you
Y busco entre mil cosas una que me hable de ti
And I search among a thousand things for one that speaks of you
Solo de ti
Only of you
Hay hay amor
Oh, oh love
No se que tiene tu mirar
I don't know what your gaze has
Que día a día Me conquista mas y mas
That conquers me more and more every day
Cuanto daría por romper Ese misterio Que me atrapa sin querer Hay amor
How much I would give to break that mystery that traps me unintentionally, Oh love
Hay amor
Oh love
Cuanto daría por romper Ese misterio que me atrapa sin querer
How much I would give to break that mystery that traps me unintentionally
Hay amor
Oh love
No se que tiene tu mirar
I don't know what your gaze has
Que día a día Me conquista mas y mas
That conquers me more and more every day
Hay amor
Oh love
Cuanto daría por romper Ese misterio que me atrapa sin querer
How much I would give to break that mystery that traps me unintentionally
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: George Harrison
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Eli Montilla
DEFINITIVAMENTE UNA DE LAS MEJORES DE ANA GABRIEL...
Julio Cesar Silva Ortiz
!!Pues soy fan de los Beatles, pero este cover de George Harrison con la voz
apachurrada,romantica y profunda de Ana Gabriel
me gusta.....!!
REALREYSO
Me encanto esta version wow no sabia existia bella interpretacion
Criter0
Que bellísima interpretación, que hermoso arreglo de este tema de George Harrison, una primerísima joya del Abbey Road de Los Beatles, realmente me recorre electricidad al recorrer esta melodía por mi espíritu, nadie ha más grande que Los Beatles, George HArrison qué Maestro excepcional, hermoso realmente, me hace renacer oir este tema, he llorado como la primera vez que escuché a Los Beatles, gracias Ana Gabriel por esta sensibilidad tan mágica que has logrado con este tema, una obra magistral, en tu voz queda maravillosamente retratado el misterio del sentimiento de amor de esta obra musical inmortal.
Hector Acevedo
BELLA ...me deja sin palabras!
fridha v.c
Que hermosa versión.La escucho una y otra vez.Es Amor...
Estoy enamorada...❤
Juan Leonardo Bustos Valdez
El gusto se rompe en géneros a mi me encanta;a partir de este disco ya no dejé de escuchar a Ana
Mario Romero
Tienes razón Ami tambien me gusta ésa voz
spanky bony
el resultado es magnifico, la adapta a su estilo y lo hace bien...... bravo ana
tania de leon
Todo este disco en buenísimo!!! ¡Parecieran exitos! ¡El mejor q ha sacado esta gran cantante!