Tañón is the youngest of four children born to José Tañón and Carmen Gloria Ortíz. Much of her life, her middle-class family lived in Levittown, Puerto Rico. Her childhood and teenage years were just like that of any other average child; the only difference was that Tañón wanted to be a singer.
Tañón's singing career started when she joined a group called Las Nenas de Ringo y Jossie (Ringo and Jossie's Girls) in the 1980s. A short time later a very popular group in Puerto Rico called Chantelle noticed her mezzo soprano voice and recruited her. They saw in her what they needed for their merengue style of music. When Tañón was a member of Chantelle, they scored their biggest hit, Aunque Tú no Quieras (Even If You Don't Want It), which was popular in Latin America.
In 1992, Tañón signed a contract with the WEA Latina record label to record a solo album. Her first recorded album was titled, Sola (Alone). Among the songs in the album were, Me Cambio por Ella (He Traded Me For Her), and Quiero estar Contigo (I Want To Be With You).
In 1993, she recorded her second album for WEA Latina, Mujer de Fuego (Woman of Fire). Tañón also debuted as a composer with the song, Presencié tu Amor (I Witnessed Your Love).
In 1994, Tañón earned her first double platinum record and in 1995, she earned three more platinum records with her album, Siente el Amor (Feel the Love). This album also included another of her compositions, Unicornio (Unicorn), which was written to the rhythm of Salsa and also included the unforgettable Merengue song, Es Mentiroso (He's a Liar). Tañón had gained fame and recognition throughout Latin America.
Tañón recorded a Tex-Mex CD with Mexican singer Marco Antonio Solís called Nuevos Senderos. She was now being heard internationally, and with that recording she became the first Puerto Rican musician to be certified by the RIAA to sell over half a million records. The album lead single, the ballad, Basta Ya topped the U.S. Billboard Top Latin Tracks for several weeks, and became Tañón first #1.
In 1997, Tañón debuted as an actress in the Puerto Rican version of the popular production of "Jesus Christ Superstar", produced by Rafo Muñiz. She played the part of Mary Magdalene. This version had a tropical feel to it and included some of Tañón's songs.
In 1998, Tañón married Juan González a Puerto Rican major league baseball star. In 1999, after many scandals, the marriage ended in divorce. The couple had a daughter, Gabriella Marie.
In 2000, Tañón, who was now known as the "Woman in Fire" by her fans, recorded her first concert, titled, Olga Viva...Viva Olga in the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida. This production was named by the National Foundation of Popular Culture as one the top 20 productions of the year. The record went platinum and Tañón earned her first Grammy Award.
On August 2000, Tañón sold out 12 shows in the Antonio Paoli Hall at the Luis A. Ferre Center of the Fine Arts in San Juan. Later that same month, she debuted in the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas. Her performances received rave reviews in the Fort Worth Star Telegram and the Dallas Morning News.
At the end of 2000, Tañón presented her musical spectacular at the Anayansi Theater in Panama, and toured the southeastern United States with Mexican singer Alejandro Fernandez.
In 2001, Tañón recorded a CD titled, Yo Por Ti (Me for You), which won both American and Latin Grammys. The first single, Como Olvidar, topped the U.S. Billboard Top Latin Tracks. The CD became a best-seller in Puerto Rico, Latin America, and among the Hispanic population in the United States.
In 2002, Tañón toured many countries, including Venezuela, Panama and the United States. That year she became the first merengue artist to successfully score a chart topper in the Middle East when her partnership with Egyptian music singer Hakim yielded the highly successful Arabian hit, Ah Ya Albi. In 2003, Tañón toured Europe and made a total of ten recordings for WEA Latina. In 2003 she released Sobrevivir and won her fourth Grammy. She also married music producer Billy Denizard, with whom she had two sons, Indiana Noa and Ian Nahir.
As part of a international tour called, "Evolution Tour 2008", Tañón traveled to Italy where she would make a presentation at the Festival Latinoamericano on July 5, 2008.
In 2005, Olga Tañón made public that her daughter Gabriela is one of only 50 people in the world to have Sebastian syndrome, a rare disease. Her plans are to keep touring and donate some of the money that she earns to find her daughter a cure. She also released her hit album, Una Nueva Mujer, which won Best Contemporary Tropical Album at the 2006 Latin Grammys.
In support of Latin American immigrants in the U.S., in 2006 Olga recorded, Nuestro Himno in collaboration with Pitbull, Carlos Ponce, and Wyclef Jean.
Todo Lo Que Sube Baja
Olga Tañón Lyrics
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Todo lo que sube
No es normal el sentir tanta sed de ti
Tengo el corazón sediento seco y sin aliento
Yo trataré de arrancarme el olor
De tu perfume en mi piel
Sacarme el sabor amargo de tus besos
Sentirás lo que tu dolor provoco
Cobarde abandono al que no le importo
Dejarme sufriendo
Todo lo que sube y sube y baja
La lluvia en las nubes sube y baja
Tu nunca lo dudes no lo dudes
Que aunque tu subes (¡Sube)
Todo lo que sube (¡Sube) y sube (¡Sube)
Y baja la lluvia en las nubes
Sube y baja tu nunca lo dudes
No lo dudes que aunque tu subes
Pronto caerás el suelo (al suelo)
Y tu nombre en mi piel hasta lo borre
Y ahora dice libre yo prefiero estar libre
(Oh libre) y abro mis alas y voy a volar
Aunque me muera muy lejos
Mentiste una vez y mentirás de nuevo
Ya verás con el tiempo
Todo lo que sube (¡Sube) y sube (Sube)
Y baja la lluvia en las nubes
Sube y baja tu nunca lo dudes
No lo dudes que aunque tu subes
Todo lo que sube (Sube) y sube y baja
La lluvia en las nubes sube y baja
Tu nunca lo dudes no lo dudes
Que aunque tu subes (Agarrate)
Pronto caerás al suelo
You are too wild down
Ja ja ja todo lo que sube todo lo que sube
Y baja todo lo que sube
Mago de Oz y la Tañón! One Two three Out!
Pasito fino!
Lo que sube ha de bajar
Mucho más cuando está hecho
Con maldad planificando lastimar
Tu muy pronto aprenderás
Que algun día llegará tu tiempo y lo verás
Todo lo que sube y sube y baja
La lluvia en las nubes sube y baja
Tu nunca lo dudes no lo dudes
Que aunque tu subes (Y no te trochez)
Todo lo que sube y sube y baja
La lluvia en las nubes sube y baja
Tu nunca lo dudes que aunque subes
Pronto caerás al suelo al suelo
¡Y como duele!
The lyrics to Olga Tanon's song Todo Lo Que Sube Baja reflect the pain and longing of a broken heart. The singer expresses the intense desire she still feels for her former lover, despite the fact that he abandoned her and left her suffering. She describes the feeling of her heart as thirsty, dry and breathless, and how she'll try to remove the smell of his perfume from her skin and the bitter taste of his kisses from her mouth. She promises that time will make him feel the pain he caused her and the cowardly way he left her behind. She believes that everything that goes up must come down, just like rain that rises up to the clouds and then falls back to earth.
In the second verse, the singer says that she will remove her former lover's name from her skin, and instead proclaim her freedom. Despite her pain, she will spread her wings and fly. The singer warns her ex that his time will come and that he will soon meet his downfall. She knows that everything that goes up with evil intentions will soon collapse. The chorus repeats the message that everything that goes up must come down, just like the rain.
Line by Line Meaning
No es normal, el sentir, tanta sed de ti
It's not normal to feel so thirsty for you
Tengo el corazón, sediento, seco y sin aliento
My heart is thirsty, dry and breathless
Yo tratare de arrancarme el olor de tu perfume en mi piel
I'll try to get rid of the scent of your perfume on my skin
Sacarme el sabor amargo de tus besos
Remove the bitter taste of your kisses
Y te juro que el tiempo, (eh) como un Bumerang
And I swear time, like a boomerang
Sentirás, lo que tu dolor provoco
You'll feel what your pain caused
Cobarde abandono al que no le importo
Cowardly abandonment to someone who didn't matter to you
Dejarme sufriendo!
Leaving me suffering!
Todo lo que sube, y sube, y baja
Everything that goes up, must come down
La lluvia en las nubes
The rain in the clouds
Sube y baja tu nunca lo dudes
It goes up and down, never doubt it
No lo dudes, que aunque tu subes (Sube)
Don't doubt it, even though you rise (rise)
Y tu nombre, en mi piel, hasta lo borre
And I erased your name from my skin
Y ahora dice, Libre, yo prefiero estar libre
And now it says 'Free', I prefer to be free
(Oohh Libre)
(Oohh Free)
Y abro mis alas y voy a volar
And I spread my wings and go flying
Aunque me muera muy lejos
Even if I die far away
Mentiste una vez y mentiras de nuevo
You lied once and you'll lie again
Ya veraz con el tiempo
You'll see with time
Lo que sube ha de bajar
What goes up must come down
Mucho mas cuando esta hecho con maldad
Especially when it's done with malice
Planificando lastimar, tu muy pronto aprenderás
Planning to hurt, you'll soon learn
Que algún día llegara tu tiempo y lo veraz
That someday your time will come and you'll see
Tu nunca lo dudes
Never doubt it
(Y no te trochez)
(And don't trip)
Tu nunca lo dudes
Never doubt it
Que aunque subes
Even though you rise
Pronto caerás al suelo (Todo lo que sube)
Soon you'll fall to the ground (Everything that rises)
(Al Suelo) Todo lo que sube
(To the ground) Everything that rises
Y como duele
And how it hurts
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