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.
Lo Sé
Ana Gabriel Lyrics
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Y no quiero forzar
Una situación
Que después de algún tiempo
Nos obligue a dejarnos
Por algo que no es
Sé que no tengo porqué
Algo diferente
Porque en ti sólo existe
Un cariño de amigo
Que no quiero perder
Sé que es mejor que no insista
Y alejar mis locuras
Para siempre de mi
Sé que no tengo salida
Que mi amor te lastima
No eres para mi
Sé tanto lo sé
Pero que puedo hacer
Si te llevo conmigo
Sé que no debo soñar
Ni siquiera esperar
Tú no sentirás
Un amor como el mio
Que es torrente al vació
Con ganas de volar
Sé que no tengo valor
De alejarme de ti
Pues con sólo mirarte
Se conforma mi alma
Se ilumina mi vida
Y no pido más
Sé que es mejor que no insista
Y alejar mis locuras
Para siempre de mi
Sé que no tengo salida
Que mi amor te lastima
No eres para mi
Sé tanto lo sé
Pero que puedo hacer
Si te llevo conmigo
Sé que no tengo salida
Que mi amor te lastima
No eres para mi
Sé tanto lo sé
Pero qué puedo hacer
Si te llevo
Conmigo
In Ana Gabriel's song Lo Se, the lyrics describe the painful realization that the singer's love interest does not reciprocate their feelings. The singer acknowledges that they do not want to force a situation that will eventually lead to them breaking up for something that isn't real. It is evident that the singer is aware that their love interest only sees them as a friend and they do not want to lose their friendship, but they are unable to stop feeling the way they do. They also realize that it is better to distance themselves from the situation and their own madness as their love hurts the person they care about. The singer also acknowledges that they cannot help carrying the person they love with them, despite the agony it causes.
The song's lyrics describe the emotional struggle that many people go through when they love someone, but that person is unable to love them back. The pain of knowing that the other person only sees them as a friend, or doesn't feel the same way, is a universal experience. The lyrics capture the complicated nature of unrequited love, where the person knows they need to move on, but at the same time, they can't help feeling what they feel. The emotions are further amplified by the smooth and melodic sound of the music that enhances the song’s overall sentiment.
Line by Line Meaning
Sé que mi amor no te va
I know my love is not for you
Y no quiero forzar
And I don't want to force it
Una situación
A situation
Que después de algún tiempo
That after some time
Nos obligue a dejarnos
Will force us to leave each other
Por algo que no es
For something that is not meant to be
Sé que no tengo porqué
I know I don't have to
Obligarte a sentir
Make you feel
Algo diferente
Something different
Porque en ti sólo existe
Because in you there only exists
Un cariño de amigo
A friendly love
Que no quiero perder
That I don't want to lose
Sé que es mejor que no insista
I know it's better not to insist
Y alejar mis locuras
And distance my madness
Para siempre de mi
Forever from me
Sé que no tengo salida
I know there is no way out
Que mi amor te lastima
That my love hurts you
No eres para mi
You're not meant for me
Sé tanto lo sé
I know, I know
Pero que puedo hacer
But what can I do?
Si te llevo conmigo
If I take you with me
Sé que no debo soñar
I know I shouldn't dream
Ni siquiera esperar
Or even hope
Tú no sentirás
You will not feel
Un amor como el mio
A love like mine
Que es torrente al vació
That is a torrent into emptiness
Con ganas de volar
Eager to fly
Sé que no tengo valor
I know I don't have the courage
De alejarme de ti
To walk away from you
Pues con sólo mirarte
Because just by looking at you
Se conforma mi alma
My soul is content
Se ilumina mi vida
My life is illuminated
Y no pido más
And I don't ask for more
Sé tanto lo sé
I know, I know
Pero que puedo hacer
But what can I do?
Si te llevo conmigo
If I take you with me
Sé que no tengo salida
I know there is no way out
Que mi amor te lastima
That my love hurts you
No eres para mi
You're not meant for me
Sé tanto lo sé
I know, I know
Pero qué puedo hacer
But what can I do?
Si te llevo
If I take you
Conmigo
With me
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Written by: ANA GABRIEL
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Yureny Rodriguez
Sé que mi amor no te va
Y no quiero forzar
Una situación
Que después de algún tiempo
Nos obligue a dejarnos
Por algo que no es
Sé que no tengo porqué
Obligarte a sentir
Algo diferente
Porque en ti sólo existe
Un cariño de amigo
Que no quiero perder
Sé que es mejor que no insista
Y alejar mis locuras
Para siempre de mi
Sé que no tengo salida
Que mi amor te lastima
No eres para mi
Sé tanto lo sé
Pero que puedo hacer
Si te llevo conmigo
Sé que no debo soñar
Ni siquiera esperar
Tú no sentirás
Un amor como el mio
Que es torrente al vacio
Con ganas de volar
Sé que no tengo valor
De alejarme de ti
Pues con sólo mirarte
Se conforma mi alma
Se ilumina mi vida
Y no pido más
Sé que es mejor que no insista
Y alejar mis locuras
Para siempre de mi
Sé que no tengo salida
Que mi amor te lastima
No eres para mi
Sé tanto lo sé
Pero que puedo hacer
Si te llevo conmigo
Sé que no tengo salida
Que mi amor te lastima
No eres para mi
Sé tanto lo sé
Pero qué puedo hacer
Si te llevo
Conmigo
Iza Meza
Sé que no debo soñar
Ni siquiera esperar
Tú no sentirás
Un amor como el mio
Que es torrente al vació
Con ganas de volar
Sé que no tengo valor
De alejarme de ti
Pues con sólo mirarte
Se conforma mi alma
Se ilumina mi vida
Y no pido más
ALCIRA P.V
Ella no es sinaloense ,ella no es mexicana, ella no es latinoamericana. Ella es patrimonio de toda la humanidad. Besos hasta Sinaloa, México y toda Latinoamérica.😘♥️🇪🇸🎶🎵🎤
TT Galindo
Es de Sinaloa ?
ALCIRA P.V
Si
TT Galindo
@ALCIRA P.V eso no lo sabía
Gaby Rodríguez R
De mexico para el mundo...porque es mexicana x supuesto.
Omar Ramos
Es de Guamúchil, Sinaloa, tierra de Pedro Infante👍
ALCIRA P.V
Te has llevado un trozo de mi corazón ❤ por ser como eres🌙.😘😍🎶🎵🎤🇪🇦❤
Alfonso Toscano
Hola cariño cómo estás espero que estes vien cuídate mucho besitos
Ricardo Francis
Esa artista es patrimonio de la humanidad de México para el mundo
Leurys Jose Rosa
Así mismo es amigo la mejor del mundo orgullo mexicano la mejor de la mejor desde acá de dominicana no hay nadie como Ana Gabriel 😊