Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, he moved to Venezuela when he was 6 years old. During his youth he performed in the church chorus in the city of Maracaibo. In 1983, he released his first album titled Cada Día. Although the album was not a great success, it was a start for Montaner's career. He describes this album:"as his own version of death metal"
It wasn't until 1987 when Montaner became widely popular in Venezuela with the singles "Yo Que Te Amé" and "Vamos a Dejarlo" belonging to his self-titled album.
The following year he came out with Ricardo Montaner 2 which featured hit songs like "Tan Enamorados" and "A Donde Va El Amor". At the same time, he acted in the popular soap opera Niña Bonita. This also became a tool to make his songs known to the rest of Latin America. He won 4 platinum albums in Argentina alone. His next two albums, Un Toque de Misterio and En el Último Lugar del Mundo, became classics of the popular music in Mexico, Central and South America with hits such as "La Cima del Cielo", "Me Va a Extrañar", "Déjame Llorar" and "Será".
By 1992 Ricardo decided to hit the Spanish Caribbean with Los Hijos del Sol, an album that contained songs like "Castillo Azul", "Honda" and "Piel Adentro". That year, he also recorded a duet with Michelle, which was the Latinamerican version for the Aladdin song "A Whole New World" titled "Un Mundo Ideal".
Although Montaner has written most of his songs he has worked closely with other great song writers in Latin America such as Pablo Manavello, Ilan Chester and Oscar Gómez. But in 1994, Ricardo Montaner wrote and produced all the songs in his album Una Mañana y un Camino, which became popular only years after his release due to the lack of promotion by his new record label EMI Latin, with which Ricardo would also release Viene del Alma in 1995, an Italian pop flavored album. Also in 1995 he teamed up with Yolandita Monge to establish a Guinness World Record for performing 3 concerts in different cities on the same day in Puerto Rico. This was only possible by air transportation via helicopter from stage to stage.
By 1997, Montaner was already a well established artist in the Spanish speaking music world and could give himself the luxury of experimenting with other styles of music, without forgetting the roots that had made him so popular a decade earlier. Working one more time with Pablo Manavello and with a new record company, Warner Music proved to be the promoter Ricardo was expecting for. Es Así brought Ricardo much popularity in the United States Spanish speaking areas and allowed Montaner to tour more than 17 countries in Latin America making him even more popular in Spain. Songs like "La Mujer de Mi Vida", "Para Llorar" and "Es Así" became very popular all around.
In 1999, Montaner recorded his best album ever with his past hits decorated with the strings of the London Metropolitan Orchestra. This proved to be very successful and sold over 1 million copies. Ricardo made another attempt in 2001 with Sueño Repetido that included the bolero style song "Bésame" arranged by Bebu Silvetti which became a hit all over the world. Future works with Juan Carlos Calderón, Kike Santander and Silvetti would be the key for Ricardo to move his songs and popularity to another level in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
2002's Suma (Bolero style songs) and 2003's Prohibido Olvidar (balada pop) had fair results in terms of sales and acceptance. "Si Tuviera Que Elegir" in Suma was written for his daughter. In 2003 he broke the record for the most concerts on a same tour in the theater of Bellas Artes in Puerto Rico. He sold out 18 concerts breaking his past record of 12, which also held it Yolandita Monge and Ricardo Arjona.
In 2004, he made another album with the London Metropolitan Orchestra named Con La London Metropolitan Orchestra Vol. 2 featuring his latest hits songs and two exclusive songs such as "Desesperado" and "Esta Escrito". In 2005, Montaner launched Todo y Nada which featured the songs "Cuando a mi Lado Estas" and "Nada". For this album he's already nominated in the Latin Grammys with album and song of the year for "Cuando a mi Lado Estas". "Amarte es mi Pecado" and "Heridas de Amor" are non-album songs that have been chosen to be the theme songs on two very popular Mexican soap operas and that much popular have become these songs.
In 2007, Ricardo released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo produced by Adrian Posse with the songs "Hoy Tengo Ganas De Ti", "Nostalgias (Argen Version)", "Échame A Mí La Culpa (Artista Invitado: Juanes)".
In 2008, he released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo II - Y Algunas Mías...! with the songs "Cuando Un Amigo Se Va", "Ansiedad", "Bésame (Featuring Pasión Vega)".
Ricardo Montaner has sold over 22 million albums, and keeps breaking records in arenas and theaters all over the world.
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Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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De acuerdo los cristales
Para llorar la lluvia matutina
Hoy lograste
Atraparme con tu ausencia
Mi vida yace
Entre sol y espigas
Tu amor en solitario
Me queda de tu miel
Para unos días
Hoy tu recuerdo
Vive en mi calvario
Deshojando otoños
Mordiendo labios
Van en mi bicicleta
Mis sueños azules
Te veo saltando
Atrapando nubes
Van en mi cometa
Tus mejores besos
Y día tras día
Te pienso, te pienso
Hoy escondo tu olor
Como un tesoro
Todas las noches
La llevo a la cama
No logro llenar
Tu espacio y lloro
Duermo de tu lado
Para no extrañar
The beginning of the lyrics sets a melancholic tone by using the metaphor of the crying morning rain and the agreement between the windowpanes. The singer speaks to his lover, stating that she has managed to capture him with her absence, leaving him to wander alone amid the sun and fields with the memories of her love. The second verse carries a slight sense of hope, as the singer says that he still has a little bit of her love left to sustain him for a few days. He continues to paint the picture of his lonely journey, haunted by thoughts of his lover and weighed down by autumn leaves and biting his lips in frustration.
The chorus brings in some uplifting imagery as the singer refers to his dreams as blue and sees his lover jumping and catching clouds through the eyes of his imagination as he rides his bicycle. The lyrics also talk about his memories of the best kisses of his beloved on his kite, and how he thinks of her every day. The last two lines of the chorus beautifully represent his grief and longing by saying that he hides her smell like a treasure, takes it to bed every night, and sleeps on her side, so he doesn't miss her badly. The entire song explores the theme of lost love and how the memories and feelings of the beloved continue to haunt the person, leading them down a path of loneliness and sadness.
Line by Line Meaning
Hoy se han puesto
Today, the glass windows have agreed to reflect the tears of the morning rain.
De acuerdo los cristales
The glass windows have come together to weep.
Para llorar la lluvia matutina
To cry for the morning rain.
Hoy lograste
Today, you have managed to
Atraparme con tu ausencia
Capture me with your absence.
Mi vida yace
My life lies
Entre sol y espigas
Between the sun and the ears of corn.
Hoy recorro
Today I travel
Tu amor en solitario
Your love alone.
Me queda de tu miel
I keep some of your honey
Para unos días
For a few days.
Hoy tu recuerdo
Today your memory
Vive en mi calvario
Lives in my torment.
Deshojando otoños
Plucking the autumn leaves.
Mordiendo labios
Biting lips.
Van en mi bicicleta
They ride on my bicycle
Mis sueños azules
My blue dreams.
Te veo saltando
I see you jumping
Atrapando nubes
Catching clouds.
Van en mi cometa
They go on my kite
Tus mejores besos
Your best kisses.
Y día tras día
And day after day
Te pienso, te pienso
I think of you, I think of you.
Hoy escondo tu olor
Today I hide your scent
Como un tesoro
Like a treasure.
Todas las noches
Every night
La llevo a la cama
I take it to bed.
No logro llenar
I can't fill
Tu espacio y lloro
Your space, and I cry.
Duermo de tu lado
I sleep on your side
Para no extrañar
So as not to miss you.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: AKA MONTANER, AKA RICARDO MONTANER, CARLOS GARCIA, CARLOS GOMEZ GARCIA, H MONTANER, HECTOR EDUARDO REGLERO MONTANER
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Ivana Salas
Uno de los mejores CD del mundo ♥️
ALMA LC
este cassete estuvo de lujo.. todos me gustan pero este lo amo... la cancion de pasa todo la tengo presente todos los dias de mi vida. .. me fascina ver a ricardo en su video kon pelo largo de rokerillo.. guapo hermoso¡¡¡ lo amoooo
Lorenzo Eze Reque Ibañez
@Jack Bauer no se entiende tu comentario, hacia donde va.
Bartola Castaños
De luto