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.
Fue en un café
Ana Gabriel Lyrics
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Que una vez lo abandone
Yo me pongo a llorar
Y no se que hacer para olvidar
Oh! Yo no se que voy a hacer
Su ausencia me mata
Y yo no puedo volver
Que una vez me engaño
El dolor me haré ver
Que al dejarlo yo tuve razón
Oh! Yo no se que voy a hacer
Su ausencia me mata
Y yo no puedo volver
Fue en un café, donde yo lo deje
Fue en un café, donde lo abandone
Fue en un café, donde lo vi llorar
Fue en un café, y no quise escuchar
Fue en un café
Cuando yo recuerdo
Que una vez me engaño
"Fue en un café" by Ana Gabriel tells the story of a woman who tragically ended her relationship with her partner in a café. The song features a melancholic melody that excellently captures the saddened tone of the lyrics. The lyrics mainly detail the memories that this woman has of her former partner and how the pain of leaving him and his subsequent betrayal still affect her. She recalls abandoning him once and leaving him to cry in the café, highlighting how those are moments that still haunt her to this day.
The woman's reflections show how she's still struggling to move on with her life. Even though she left him because she believed she had reasons to do so, she's still grappling with the pain that comes with a failed relationship. She can't stop crying and doesn't know what to do to forget him. It's clear that her partner's presence was a crucial aspect of her life, and now that he's gone, the emptiness eats away at her.
Overall, "Fue en un café" is a heart-wrenching composition that highlights the after-effects of failed relationships, including the memories that can't seem to be forgotten.
Line by Line Meaning
Cuando yo recuerdo
When I remember
Que una vez lo abandone
that I once left him
Yo me pongo a llorar
I start to cry
Y no se que hacer para olvidar
And I don't know what to do to forget
Oh! Yo no se que voy a hacer
Oh! I don't know what I'm going to do
Su ausencia me mata
His absence kills me
Y yo no puedo volver
And I can't go back
Cuando yo recuerdo
When I remember
Que una vez me engaño
that he once cheated on me
El dolor me haré ver
The pain makes me see
Que al dejarlo yo tuve razón
That I was right to leave him
Fue en un café, donde yo lo deje
It was in a café where I left him
Fue en un café, donde lo abandone
It was in a café where I abandoned him
Fue en un café, donde lo vi llorar
It was in a café where I saw him cry
Fue en un café, y no quise escuchar
It was in a café and I didn't want to listen
Fue en un café
It was in a café
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CARLIN AMERICA INC
Written by: Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young
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JOSE PEDRO SERRANO LOPEZ
--- FUE EN UN CAFE ---
( ARTHUR RESNICE KENNY YOUNG )
CUANDO YO RECUERDO QUE UNA VEZ LO ABANDONE
YO ME PONGO A LLORAR Y NO SE QUE HACER PARA OLVIDAR.
OH ! YO NO SE QUE VOY A HACER, SU AUSENCIA ME MATA Y YO NO PUEDO VOLVER.
CUANDO YO RECUERDO QUE ALGUNA VEZ ME ENGAÑO
EL DOLOR ME HACE VER QUE AL DEJARLO YO TUVE RAZON
OH ! YO NO SE QUE VOY A HACER, SU AUSENCIA ME MATA Y YO NO PUEDO VOLVER.
FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE YO LO DEJE... FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO ABANDONE....FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO VI LLORAR...FUE EN UN CAFE Y NO QUISE ESCUCHAR....FUE EN UN CAFE,E,E,E,E....
FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE YO LO DEJE... FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO ABANDONE....FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO VI LLORAR...FUE EN UN CAFE Y NO QUISE ESCUCHAR....FUE EN UN CAFE,E,E,E,E....
FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE YO LO DEJE... FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO ABANDONE....FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO VI LLORAR...FUE EN UN CAFE Y NO QUISE ESCUCHAR....FUE EN UN CAFE,E,E,E,E....
Diana Laara
Mi madre escuchaba esas canciones cuando yo estaba pequeñita, ahora tengo 23 años y un bebé de un añito y le inculcó la buena música ... Siempre que escucho a Ana me lleno de nostalgia y un bello recuerdo de mi madre viene a mi mente. Gracias a mi Dios aún tengo a mi viejita chula y juntas escuchamos a Ana ... Como aquel 10 de mayo que con mi primer trabajo la lleve a su primer concierto de Ana Gabriel ❤️ cuidemos a nuestras madres que son lo más hermoso en este mundo
Freddy Omar Insuasty Trujillo
QUE CANCIÓN TAN HERMOSA SALUDO DESDE CALI COLOMBIA LA BI EN UN CONCIERTO EN 1995
Isaac Ramirez
rocio durca
Elizabeth Reyes
inigualable con esa voz Ana Gabriel..que canción penetra el alma!!
Elizabeth Tello
Sin duda alguna hermosa y bella canción ❤️
Brayan Hernandez
Amo toda la música de Ana Gabriel.
Y su voz.
Elena Torres
que hermosa cancion me encanta como adoro a esta mujer como lo interpreta me rompe el alma
Silvia Ramirez
Ana Gabriel me hace erizar la piel,que sentimiento
JOSE PEDRO SERRANO LOPEZ
--- FUE EN UN CAFE ---
( ARTHUR RESNICE KENNY YOUNG )
CUANDO YO RECUERDO QUE UNA VEZ LO ABANDONE
YO ME PONGO A LLORAR Y NO SE QUE HACER PARA OLVIDAR.
OH ! YO NO SE QUE VOY A HACER, SU AUSENCIA ME MATA Y YO NO PUEDO VOLVER.
CUANDO YO RECUERDO QUE ALGUNA VEZ ME ENGAÑO
EL DOLOR ME HACE VER QUE AL DEJARLO YO TUVE RAZON
OH ! YO NO SE QUE VOY A HACER, SU AUSENCIA ME MATA Y YO NO PUEDO VOLVER.
FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE YO LO DEJE... FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO ABANDONE....FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO VI LLORAR...FUE EN UN CAFE Y NO QUISE ESCUCHAR....FUE EN UN CAFE,E,E,E,E....
FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE YO LO DEJE... FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO ABANDONE....FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO VI LLORAR...FUE EN UN CAFE Y NO QUISE ESCUCHAR....FUE EN UN CAFE,E,E,E,E....
FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE YO LO DEJE... FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO ABANDONE....FUE EN UN CAFE, DONDE LO VI LLORAR...FUE EN UN CAFE Y NO QUISE ESCUCHAR....FUE EN UN CAFE,E,E,E,E....
jessie santos
Hermosa canción.