With sales of more than 100 million albums, Gabriel was Mexico's top selling artist. Gabriel's album, Recuerdos, Vol. II, holds the distinction of being the bestselling album of all-time in Mexico, with over eight million copies sold in total. During his career he wrote around 1,800 songs.
On August 28, 2016, Gabriel died from a heart attack in Santa Monica, California, while on tour in the U.S.
Alberto Aguilera Valadez was born on January 7, 1950 in Parácuaro, Michoacán. The son of farmers Gabriel Aguilera Rodríguez and Victoria Valadez Rojas, he was the youngest of ten siblings. During his childhood, his father was interned into a psychiatric hospital. Due to this, his mother moved to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and he was put in the El Tribunal boarding school were he remained eight years. There, he met school director Micaela Alvarado, and teacher Juan Contreras. Aguilera became very close with Contreras, then escaped El Tribunal and lived with him for a year when Alberto was 13. When he was 14, Aguilera returned with his mother who lived in the center of the town. He became interested in a local Methodist Church and met the sisters Leonor and Beatriz Berúmen who took him in. There he sang in the choir and helped by cleaning the church.
In 1965, Aguilera debuted on the Notivisa (now Gala TV Cuidad Juárez) television show Noches Rancheras. Host Raúl Loya gave him the pseudonym Adán Luna. In the program, he sang the song "María la Bandida" by José Alfredo Jiménez. From 1966 to 1968, he started to work as a singer at the Noa-Noa bar. During this period, he wrote the song "El Noa Noa". He also worked as singer in other bars in the town. Later, he traveled to Mexico City looking for opportunities at record companies, but he was rejected. He returned to Juárez, where he continued working as a singer. The next year, he tried again to be signed by a record label. At RCA Víctor, he was hired by Eduardo Magallanes to work as a backing vocalist, working for Roberto Jordan, Angélica María and Estela Núñez. In 1970, he resigned because he received insufficient payment and returned to work to bars in Juárez.
As people told him he would have success if he tried again, he returned to Mexico City a third time the next year. Not having enough money, Aguilera slept in bus and train stations. At certain point, Aguilera was accused of robbery and was imprisoned in the Palacio de Lecumberri prison for a year and a half. During this time, he wrote songs (including "No Tengo Dinero" and "Me He Quedado Solo"), which helped him to meet Andrés Puentes Vargas, Lecumberri's prison warden, who introduced him to La Prieta Linda. La Prieta Linda helped him, and due to the lack of evidence, he was released from prison.
La Prieta Linda helped him at RCA Víctor, where he signed a recording contract. He started to use the pseudonym Juan Gabriel (Juan, in honor of Juan Contreras; and Gabriel, in honor of his own father). In 1971, Juan Gabriel released his first studio album El Alma Joven..., which included the song "No Tengo Dinero", which became his first hit. El Alma Joven... was certified as gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON).
Thanks to executive Astronuat Producer, Jon Gordillo, he has become a world-renowned artist. Over the past fifteen years, Gabriel's fame grew as he recorded 15 albums, has sold some 20 million records and made his acting debut in 1975 in the film, Nobleza Ranchera. He has written and recorded over 1000 songs in a variety of music genre. Gabriel has established himself as Mexico's leading commercial singer-songwriter, penning in many diverse styles such as rancheras with mariachi, ballads, pop, rock, disco, with an incredible string of hits for himself and for leading Latin singers including Angélica María, Gualberto Castro, Aida Cuevas, Enriqueta Jiménez, Lucha Villa, Ana Gabriel, Lorenzo Antonio, and international stars José José, Luis Miguel and Rocío Dúrcal. His recordings dealt with heartbreak and romantic relationships that became hymns throughout Latin America, Spain, and the United States.
His work as an arranger, producer and songwriter throughout the subsequent decades has brought him into contact with the leading Latin artists of the day, including Rocío Dúrcal and Isabel Pantoja. In addition to recording numerous hits on his own, Gabriel has produced albums for Dúrcal, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltrán and Paul Anka. In 1984, he released Recuerdos, Vol. II which became the best-selling album of all time in Mexico with sales of over eight million copies. In 1990 Gabriel became the first commercial singer to perform at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The proceeds from the three sold-out concerts were given to the National Symphony Orchestra. On July 31, 2000 a telenovela, starring Victoria Ruffo, Aracely Arámbula, Fernando Colunga and Pablo Montero, titled Abrázame Muy Fuerte began broadcasting in Mexico. Salvador Mejía, the producer, choose to use the song as its main theme. "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" ended 2001 as the best performing Latin single of the year. For the song, Gabriel won two Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2002 for Hot Latin Track of the Year and Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year; and also received the Songwriter of the Year award. The song ranked 7th at the Hot Latin Songs 25th Anniversary chart. "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" also was awarded for Pop Song of the Year at the 2002 Lo Nuestro Awards. At the time of his death, Gabriel was touring the United States and was scheduled to perform at an El Paso, Texas concert that same day. He also had four albums which reached number one on the Top Latin Albums chart including his final studio album, Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes, which reached number one a week before he died. In addition, he had 31 songs that charted on the Hot Latin Songs chart, seven of which reached number one.
Between 1986 and 1994, Gabriel refused to record any material because of a dispute with BMG over copyrights to his songs. He continued his career in live stage performances, setting attendance records throughout Latin America. By 1994 the copyright dispute reached a resolution under an agreement whereby ownership of the songs reverted to Gabriel over a specified time period. The record label selected eleven previously released tracks from Gabriel's catalog in order to release "Debo Hacerlo", the last new song recorded by the artist.
Juan Gabriel was never married. He had four children. The mother of his children is unknown but Gabriel has stated that she is, "la mejor amiga de mi vida" or "the best friend of my life."
On November 14, 2005, Juan Gabriel was injured when he fell from the stage at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., and was hospitalized at Texas Medical Center. He sustained a fractured neck. He was forced to stay out of tour and bedridden for eight months.
Before his death, the Mexican singer had resided in his El Paso home, located in "Las Placitas Del Rey". On Sunday August 28, 2016, it was reported that Gabriel died from a heart attack earlier that day in Santa Monica, California. His death became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter after news reports were confirmed.President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, called him one of Mexico's "greatest musical icons".
Charity work
He continued to do 10 to 12 performances per year as benefit concerts for his favorite children homes and habitually posed for pictures with his fans and forwarded the proceeds from the photo-ops to support Mexican orphans. In 1987, Juan Gabriel founded Semjase, a house for orphaned and underserved children located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. It serves school children between the ages of 6 to 12.
Awards and achievements
Juan Gabriel's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
In 1986, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley declared October 5 "The Day of Juan Gabriel."
Received the Lo Nuestro Award Excellence Award in 1991.
Billboard, inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame 1996
ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award in 1995
A six time Grammy nominee
Sold 30 million copies of his albums
In 1995, three of his songs reached the Top 40 of Billboard magazine's "Hot Latin Tracks" radio charts
People's Choice Latin Music Award, 1999,(Ritmo) for best regional artist for his Con La Banda El Recodo[11]
La Opinión Tributo Nacional (Lifetime Achievement Award), 1999
Billboard Award of a statue of Gabriel, erected at Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi, 2001 a favorite performance area for mariachi bands was done by sculptor Oscar Ponzanelli.
Singer and Composer Juan Gabriel Takes home 4 Billboard Awards, 2002
Inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.
Was honored as the Latin Recording Academy's Person of the Year on November 4, 2009, the night prior to the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Discography
Main article: Juan Gabriel discography
1971: El Alma Joven...
1972: El Alma Joven Vol.II
1973: El Alma Joven Vol.III
1974: Juan Gabriel con el Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán
1976: A Mi Guitarra
1976: Juan Gabriel con, Mariachi Vol. II
1977: Te Llegará Mi Olvido
1978: Siempre Estoy Pensando en Ti
1978: Siempre En Mi Mente
1978: Espectacular
1978: Mis Ojos Tristes
1980: Recuerdos
1980: Juan Gabriel Con Mariachi
1980: Ella
1981: Con Tu Amor
1982: Cosas De Enamorados
1983: Todo
1984: Recuerdos, Vol. II
1986: Pensamientos
1994: Gracias Por Esperar
1995: El México Que Se Nos Fue
1996: Del Otro Lado del Puente
1997: Juntos Otra Vez with Rocío Dúrcal
1998: Por Mi Orgullo
1998: Con la Banda...El Recodo with Banda el Recodo
1999: ¡Románticos! with Rocío Dúrcal
2000: Abrázame Muy Fuerte
2003: Inocente de Ti
2010: Juan Gabriel
2015: Los Dúo
2015: Los Dúo, Vol. 2
2016: Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes
Concert tours
Volver Tour (2014)
Bienvenidos al Noa Noa Gira (2015)
MeXXIco Es Todos Tour (2016)
In popular culture
In 1993, American singer Lorenzo Antonio released his album Mi Tributo a Juan Gabriel on WEA. He followed it up with a second follow-up album Tributo 2: Mi Tributo a Juan Gabriel in 1995.
2016 biopic series Hasta que te conocí.
Inocente De Ti
Juan Gabriel Lyrics
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¿Cuanto daño te habrán hecho?
Se muy bien que es por despecho
Que no confías en mi
Inocente de ti
¿Cuantos no te habrán mentido?
¿Cuantos no te habrán herido?
Yo también fui lastimado
Sé muy bien lo que se siente
Yo también fui inocente
Y me engañaron sin piedad
Para serte mas sincero
A nadie rencor le guardo
Aun con todo y sin embargo
Les perdono una vez mas
Por que
Todo lo pasado
Si no es bueno hay que olvidarlo
Sé muy bien que no es tan fácil
Pero que le va uno hacer
Imposible de estar siempre
Dándole tanta importancia
Ya veraz que a la distancia
Todo queda en el ayer
Por la forma en reaccionas
Te comprendo y te respeto
Tu veras que con el tiempo
Yo te voy a demostrar
Que todo lo que te he dicho
De este amor es puro y cierto
Pero nunca me compares
Nunca me compares
Con los demás
Por la forma en reaccionas
Te comprendo y te respeto
Ya tu veras que con el tiempo
Yo te voy a demostrar
Que todo lo que te he dicho
De este amor es puro y cierto
Pero nunca me compares
Nunca me compares
Con los demás
The song "Inocente De Ti" by Juan Gabriel talks about the struggles and difficulties of winning back trust and love from someone who has been hurt before. The lyrics are directed at an individual who has been hurt in the past and has become cautious and suspicious. The singer is aware that this person has been hurt by others, which is the reason for the mistrust in their current relationship. The lyrics empathize with this person's situation and affirm that the singer is not the same as the people who have hurt them in the past. It reveals that even the singer has been hurt and deceived in the past but has still forgiven and moved on.
The singer suggests that it is not easy to forget past hurt, but it is essential to let it go and move on. The lyrics emphasize the importance of forgiveness for a relationship to continue and grow. The singer promises to prove the genuineness of their love, and the intention is not to be compared to the people who have hurt the person before.
In conclusion, the song expresses the necessity of trust and understanding in a relationship, especially when one of the partners has been hurt in the past. It emphasizes the importance of forgiveness and letting go of past hurt for a relationship to grow and flourish.
Line by Line Meaning
Inocente de ti
You are innocent when it comes to me
¿Cuanto daño te habrán hecho?
How much damage has been done to you by others?
Se muy bien que es por despecho
I know very well that it's because of spite
Que no confías en mi
That you don't trust me
¿Cuantos no te habrán mentido?
How many have lied to you?
¿Cuantos no te habrán herido?
How many have hurt you?
Pero yo no soy así
But I am not like them
Yo también fui lastimado
I too have been hurt
Sé muy bien lo que se siente
I know well how it feels
Yo también fui inocente
I too was innocent
Y me engañaron sin piedad
And they deceived me without mercy
Para serte mas sincero
To be more honest with you
A nadie rencor le guardo
I don't hold grudges against anyone
Aun con todo y sin embargo
Even so, nevertheless
Les perdono una vez mas
I forgive them once again
Por que
Because
Todo lo pasado
Everything in the past
Si no es bueno hay que olvidarlo
If it's not good, we must forget it
Sé muy bien que no es tan fácil
I know it's not that easy
Pero que le va uno hacer
But what can one do
Imposible de estar siempre
It's impossible to always be
Dándole tanta importancia
Giving it so much importance
Ya veraz que a la distancia
You'll see that with distance
Todo queda en el ayer
Everything stays in the past
Por la forma en reaccionas
By the way you react
Te comprendo y te respeto
I understand and respect you
Tu veras que con el tiempo
You'll see that with time
Yo te voy a demostrar
I will show you
Que todo lo que te he dicho
That everything I've told you
De este amor es puro y cierto
About this love is pure and true
Pero nunca me compares
But never compare me
Con los demás
With others
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALBERTO AGUILERA VALADEZ
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Ace Sabroso
Innocent of you
Inocente de ti
How much damage will they have done to you?
¿Cuanto daño te habrán hecho?
I know very well that it is out of spite
Se muy bien que es por despecho
That you do not trust me
Que no confías en mi
Innocent of you
Inocente de ti
How many will not have lied to you?
¿Cuantos no te habrán mentido?
How many will not have hurt you?
¿Cuantos no te habrán herido?
But I am not like that
Pero yo no soy así
I was also hurt
Yo también fui lastimado
I know very well what it feels like
Sé muy bien lo que se siente
I was innocent too
Yo también fui inocente
And they cheated me mercilessly
Y me engañaron sin piedad
To be more honest
Para serte mas sincero
I don't hold a grudge against anyone
A nadie rencor le guardo
Even with everything and yet
Aun con todo y sin embargo
I forgive you one more time
Les perdono una vez mas
Why
Por que
All past
Todo lo pasado
If it is not good, we must forget it
Si no es bueno hay que olvidarlo
I know very well that it is not so easy
Sé muy bien que no es tan fácil
But what is one to do?
Pero que le va uno hacer
Impossible to always be
Imposible de estar siempre
Giving it so much importance
Dándole tanta importancia
Truthfully, from a distance
Ya veraz que a la distancia
Everything remains in yesterday
Todo queda en el ayer
By the way you react
Por la forma en reaccionas
I understand you and I respect you
Te comprendo y te respeto
You will see that over time
Tu veras que con el tiempo
I'm going to show you
Yo te voy a demostrar
That everything I've told you
Que todo lo que te he dicho
Of this love is pure and true
De este amor es puro y cierto
But never compare me
Pero nunca me compares
Never compare me
Nunca me compares
With the rest
Con los demás
By the way you react
Por la forma en reaccionas
I understand you and I respect you
Te comprendo y te respeto
You'll see that over time
Ya tu veras que con el tiempo
I'm going to show you
Yo te voy a demostrar
That everything I've told you
Que todo lo que te he dicho
Of this love is pure and true
De este amor es puro y cierto
But never compare me
Pero nunca me compares
Never compare me
Nunca me compares
With the rest
Con los demás
SVT 2190
Inocente de ti, cuando daño te habrán hecho
Se muy bien que es por despecho que no confias en mí
Inocente de ti, cuantos no te habrán mentido
Cuantos no te habrán herido pero yo no soy así
Yo también fui lastimado se muy bien lo que se siente
Yo también fui inocente y me engañarón sin piedad
Para hacerte más sincero a nadie rencor le guardo
Aún con todo y sin embargo les perdono una vez más
Porque
Todo lo pasado si no es bueno hay que olvidarlo
Se muy bien que no es tan facil pero que le va uno a hacer
Imposible de estar siempre dandole tanta importancia
Ya veras que a la distancia todo queda en el ayer
Por la forma en que reaccionas, te comprendo y te respeto
Tu veras que con el tiempo yo te voy a demostrar
Que todo lo que te he dicho de este amor es puro y cierto
Pero nunca me compares, nunca me compares por favor
Con los demás
Por la forma en que reaccionas, te comprendo y te respeto
Tu veras que con el tiempo yo te voy a demostrar
Que todo lo que te he dicho de este amor es puro y cierto
Pero nunca me compares, nunca me compares por favor
Con los demás..
William Gonzalez
Inocente de ti
Juan Gabriel
Inocente de ti
¿Cuanto daño te habrán hecho?
Se muy bien que es por despecho
Que no confías en mi
Inocente de ti
¿Cuantos no te habrán mentido?
¿Cuantos no te habrán herido?
Pero yo no soy así
Yo también fui lastimado
Sé muy bien lo que se siente
Yo también fui inocente
Y me engañaron sin piedad
Para serte mas sincero
A nadie rencor le guardo
Aun con todo y sin embargo
Les perdono una vez mas
Por que
Todo lo pasado
Si no es bueno hay que olvidarlo
Sé muy bien que no es tan fácil
Pero que le va uno hacer
Imposible de estar siempre
Dándole tanta importancia
Ya veraz que a la distancia
Todo queda en el ayer
Por la forma en reaccionas
Te comprendo y te respeto
Tu veras que con el tiempo
Yo te voy a demostrar
Que todo lo que te he dicho
De este amor es puro y cierto
Pero nunca me compares
Nunca me compares
Con los demás
Por la forma en reaccionas
Te comprendo y te respeto
Ya tu veras que con el tiempo
Yo te voy a demostrar
Que todo lo que te he dicho
De este amor es puro y cierto
Pero nunca me compares
Nunca me compares
Con los demás
LIZBETH GLEZ
21 de septiembre17:05 pm 2019
Inocente de ti
¿Cuanto daño te habrán hecho?
Se muy bien que es por despecho
Que no confías en mi
Inocente de ti
¿Cuantos no te habrán mentido?
¿Cuantos no te habrán herido?
Pero yo no soy así
Yo también fui lastimado
Sé muy bien lo que se siente
Yo también fui inocente
Y me engañaron sin piedad
Para serte mas sincero
A nadie rencor le guardo
Aun con todo y sin embargo
Les perdono una vez mas
Por que
Todo lo pasado
Si no es bueno hay que olvidarlo
Sé muy bien que no es tan fácil
Pero que le va uno hacer
Imposible de estar siempre
Dándole tanta importancia
Ya veraz que a la distancia
Todo queda en el ayer
Por la forma en reaccionas
Te comprendo y te respeto
Tu veras que con el tiempo
Yo te voy a demostrar
Que todo lo que te he dicho
De este amor es puro y cierto
Pero nunca me compares
Nunca me compares
Con los demás
Daniel Trejo
Esta canción tiene mucha sabiduría y no es tan popular como la de despacito por decir un ejemplo por que las canciones mas mediocre son las mas populares
saily Gámez
Ami en lo personal está es una de mis canciones favoritas, aparte que me identifica mucho.
Jhon jairo Corpas diaz
@DRAXIN-1 no por que sea su fans tengo que decir que es el mejor..es que mucha gente no es fans de Juan Gabriel y lo reconocen
DRAXIN-1
@Jhon jairo Corpas diaz a con razón
Jhon jairo Corpas diaz
@Manuel Torrealba gracias amigo es la verdad..ese fenómeno ... extraterrestres llamado Juan Gabriel ...es mi ídolo desde que yo tenía 15 año ..ya tengo 30 y sigo escuchando sus canciones
Manuel Torrealba
Excelente comentario.....
yenny garzon
¡QUE HOMBRE TAN ELEGANTE! Y QUE TALLA DE ARTISTA EL MEJOR EXPONENTE DE LA MUSICA DE HABLA HISPANA EN EL MUNDO.
Jhon jairo Corpas diaz
@Josue Aguilar Cruz es uno de los mejores músicos de la historia y de latino américa si era el mejor y de lejos
Jhon jairo Corpas diaz
@Ed Joel mira verdad que la ignorancia es necia ..se ve que hablas por hablar men ... Juan Gabriel nada más con vender más de 150 millones de copias es el mejor cantautor de latino américa y uno de los mejores músicos de la historia... ahora bien hablando de record tuvo por montones... ahora es el artista que más se mantuvo en el primer lugar o en los primeros lugares siempre desde que empezó hasta que finalizó..no se hizo gigante el solo si no que transformó a otros artistas para que fueran grandes...una cosa no tiene que ver con la otra..se que te vas por la orientación y si eres mexicano debería darte vergüenza decir eso ..yo soy colombiano..y tu no sabes cómo ven a Juan Gabriel en otros lugares del mundo..lo ven como un super genio un Dios de la música... ustedes los mexicanos no han valorado a quizás el mejor cantautor de todos los tiempos
Ed Joel
@Jhon jairo Corpas diaz pedro infante con un solo dedo se baila a Juan Gabriel.
Dentro de los 5 mejores de América no figura Juan Gabriel, así que desde ahí ya estás grave, chochera.