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.
Pensar En Ti
Ana Gabriel Lyrics
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Fuera de control, fuera de mi
Aveces si, aveces no, no se ni quien soy
Aveces no, aveces si, no hay quien viva así
Algo que no es, pero que siempre esta,
Deslumbrándome en la obscuridad,
Tan cerca que no puedo huir
Tan fuerte tu como un imán, tan débil yo
Pensar en ti, hablar de ti, es mas urgente cada vez
Pensar en ti, temblar por ti, poner mi mundo del revés
Quiero olvidar y ya vez, vuelvo a pensar en ti
Sueño un poco mas, me atrevo a dar un paso atrás
Siento tu atracción como un ciclón
Que hacia yo para vivir si no te conocía
Que has hecho tu para vivir dentro de mi
Pensar en ti, hablar de ti, es mas urgente cada vez
Pensar en ti, temblar por ti, poner mi mundo del revés
Quiero olvidar y ya vez, vuelvo a pensar
Pensar en ti, hablar de ti, es mas urgente cada vez
Pensar en ti, temblar por ti, poner mi mundo del revés
Quiero olvidar y ya vez, vuelvo a pensar en ti.
The lyrics of this song are about the overwhelming emotions that Ana Gabriel feels towards someone who she can't seem to forget about, even though she tries to. She compares the person to a blue cloud that covers her grey sky, something that isn't always there but when it is, it's out of her control. Sometimes she feels lost and doesn't even know who she is anymore because of the hold this person has on her.
She describes this person as something that isn't real but is always there, captivating her in her darkest moments. They are so close that she can't escape their pull, but also so far away like the sun. She feels weak in comparison to this mysterious person who exudes a magnetic field that draws her in. Despite her efforts to forget them, she can't help but think about them more and more, shaking her world upside down.
In the chorus, she expresses how urgent it feels to think and talk about this person, and how it makes her tremble and turns her world upside down. She wants to forget about them, but every time she tries, she inevitably ends up thinking about them again. The second verse describes how she dreams of them and feels their attraction towards her like a cyclone. She wonders how she ever lived before knowing them and questions what they've done to live inside of her.
This song is full of passion and intense emotions, and the lyrics effectively convey the feeling of being captivated by someone despite one's best efforts to resist. It's relatable to anyone who has ever been mesmerized by another person but found it impossible to forget them.
Line by Line Meaning
Una nube azul, cubre mi cielo gris
A feeling of sadness has taken over me.
Fuera de control, fuera de mi
I am not in control of my emotions presently.
Aveces si, aveces no, no se ni quien soy
My mood changes from time to time, leaving me confused about my identity.
Aveces no, aveces si, no hay quien viva así
My fluctuating emotions make it difficult for me to live a normal life.
Algo que no es, pero que siempre esta,
There is something in my life that doesn't exist, but it always seems to be present.
Deslumbrándome en la obscuridad,
In my darkest moments, this thing shines brightly and captures my attention.
Tan cerca que no puedo huir
Even if I try to run away from it, this thing is always close to me.
Tan lejos como el sol
But at the same time, it's as far away from me as the sun in the sky.
Tan fuerte tu como un imán, tan débil yo
This thing has a strong attraction to me, like a magnet, but it weakens me.
Pensar en ti, hablar de ti, es mas urgente cada vez
Thinking and talking about you has become increasingly important to me.
Pensar en ti, temblar por ti, poner mi mundo del revés
Just the thought of you can make me tremble and turn my world upside down.
Quiero olvidar y ya vez, vuelvo a pensar en ti
I want to forget about you, but I find myself thinking of you once again.
Sueño un poco mas, me atrevo a dar un paso atrás
I dream of taking a step back and distancing myself from this thing.
Siento tu atracción como un ciclón
But your attraction to me feels like a destructive cyclone.
Que hacia yo para vivir si no te conocía
I wonder how I survived before I knew you.
Que has hecho tu para vivir dentro de mi
And I wonder what you have done to make yourself so ingrained in my life.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CARLOS GOMEZ GARCIA, MARIA ROSARIO OVELAR MARTIN, MARIANO PEREZ GARCIA
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PENSAR EN TI
Una nube azul, cubre mi cielo gris
Fuera de control, fuera de mi
A veces si, a veces no, no se ni quien soy
A veces no, a veces si, no hay quien viva así
Algo que no es, pero que siempre está
Deslumbrándome en la obscuridad,
Tan cerca que no puedo huir
Tan lejos como el sol
Tan fuerte tu como un imán, tan débil yo
Pensar en ti, hablar de ti,
Es mas urgente cada vez
Pensar en ti, temblar por ti,
poner mi mundo del revés
Quiero olvidar y ya ves,
Vuelvo a pensar en ti.
Sueño un poco mas, me atrevo a dar un paso atrás
Siento tu atracción como un ciclón
Que hacia yo para vivir si no te conocía
Que has hecho tu para vivir dentro de mi
Pensar en ti, hablar de ti, es mas urgente cada vez
Pensar en ti, temblar por ti, poner mi mundo del revés
Quiero olvidar y ya ves, vuelvo a pensar
Pensar en ti, hablar de ti, es mas urgente cada vez
Pensar en ti, temblar por ti, poner mi mundo del revés
Quiero olvidar y ya ves, vuelvo a pensar en ti.
Victor Reyes
Esta canción te hace sentir lo inexplicable! Es simplemente hermosa 😍
susana delgado
ME ENCANTA ANA GABRIEL TODAS SUS CANCIONES TE RECUERDAN A ALGUIEN Y TE HACEN LLORAR SOY DE ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES
Emmanuel Cortes
Me eriza la piel cada vez que escucho esta canción
Karla Rodriguez Martinez
Hermosa canción me recuerda tantas cosas que viví cuando me enamore por primera vez y oíamos estas canciones que tiempo tan bonito, y poder recordarlo como si fuera hoy!!!!💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Mary Kathy meireles
Adoro esta canción , tantos recuerdos lindos
Alfreedo Mussun
Se la dedicooooo
David De Sedas
Tremenda canción, y excelente la interpretación saludos cordiales desde Panamá
Leandro Romero
Increíble el tono de voz de la querida Ana, hasta pareciera metálica en algunos momentos....
Camila Cabral
amo este tema!! y mas xq es de una gran artista como Ana Gabriel
Orlando Guerrero Romero
Esta canción me hace recordar cuando yo me enamoré solo. Cada vez que la recuerdo pienso en esa persona. Sin embargo, no niego que fue una de las mejores lecciones de mi vida.