Ana Gabriel (born December 10, 1955) is a Mexican singer and composer was b… Read Full Bio ↴Ana Gabriel (born December 10, 1955) is a Mexican singer and composer was born as María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting. At age 21, in 1977, she recorded her first song, titled "Compréndeme". During her long career, she has hits in three different genres of music: rock en español, Latin Pop, and rancheras.

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.

Hice Bien Quererte
Ana Gabriel Lyrics

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Shery, se bien nací para quererte ay ay ay
Y tu gozas al saber que fuiste el primero
El primero voy voy, ruega que no se muera el amor
Mas bien tu sabes que muero fíjate también
Acuéstate, mmm acuéstate
Aquí junto a mi, as me siento me bien

Hice bien quererte, hice bien quererte

Hice bien quererte, hice bien quererte

Me enciende un beso, tu también
Me enciende, el fuego aumenta feliz amor
No se si esto se apague entre tu y yo
Me noto mas atada lo se

De ti pero alegre, segura que tu me quieres
De ti pero alegre, segura que tu me quieres
De ti, de ti, de ti

Hice bien quererte, hice bien quererte
Hice bien quererte, hice bien quererte

Hice bien quererte, hice bien quererte
Hice bien quererte, hice bien quererte

Yo se que si aprendí, yo se que todo te lo di
Yo se que nuestro amor fue la odisea de lo prohibido
Libera, libera, libera, libera
As fue, as fue

Hice bien quererte, hice bien quererte
Hice bien

Overall Meaning

quererte, hice bien quererte

The lyrics to Ana Gabriel's song "Hice Bien Quererte" (I Did Well Loving You) express the singer's intense love and devotion towards their partner. The opening lines state that the singer feels like they were born to love this person, while the second line reveals that the partner is aware of their status as the first love. The song is an exploration of the intricacies of being in love and includes lines like, "I don't know if this will fade between you and me, but I feel more tied to you than before," and "I know that our love was the odyssey of the forbidden."

The chorus of the song, "Hice bien quererte" (I did well loving you), is repeated throughout the track, emphasising the singer's conviction that loving their partner was the right decision. The song also includes phrases like, "I feel good next to you," demonstrating the sense of happiness and comfort that being in love brings. The singer seems secure in their partner's love for them, stating, "I'm happy, sure that you love me."

Overall, "Hice Bien Quererte" is a tender, sincere love song that celebrates the joys of being in love and the sometimes complicated emotions that come with it.

Hice Bien QuererteAna Gabriel Lyrics

Hice Bien Quererte
Ana Gabriel Lyrics