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.
Echame A Mi La Culpa Featuring Juanes
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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Que me fallaste
Que lo que prometiste
Se te olvidó
Sabes a ciencia cierta
Que me engañaste
Aunque nadie te amaba
Lleno estoy de razones
Pa′ despreciarte
Y sin embargo quiero
Que seas feliz
Ay, ay
Y que allá en el otro mundo
En vez de infierno encuentres gloria
Y que una nube de tu memoria
Me borre a mí
Y que allá en el otro mundo
En vez de infierno encuentres gloria
Y que una nube de tu memoria
Me borre a mí
¡Oh!
¡Ja ja!
Échale la culpa Juanes
Ay, Dios mío
¡Y usted solo!
Dile al que te pregunte
Que no te quise
Dile que te engañaba
Que fui lo peor
Échame a mí la culpa
De lo que pase
Cúbrete tú la espalda
Con mi dolor
Y allá en el otro mundo
En vez de infierno encuentres gloria
Y que una nube de tu memoria
Me borre a mí
Y allá en el otro mundo
En vez de infierno encuentres gloria
Y que una nube de tu memoria
Me borre a mí
Y que una nube de tu memoria
Me borre a mí
Ha-ah
The lyrics of Ricardo Montaner's song "Echame A Mi La Culpa Featuring Juanes" talk about failed promises and deceit in a romantic relationship. The singer addresses his partner, telling her that she knows better than anyone else that she let him down and forgot the promises she made to him. The singer adds that she also knows she cheated on him, even though no one loved her in the same way he did.
The singer goes on to say that despite having every reason to despise her, he still wants her to be happy. He hopes that in the next life, she will find glory instead of punishment and that his memory will be erased from her mind. The song continues with a humorous interlude by Juanes, telling the girl to blame him if anyone asks and that he was the worst one in the situation.
Overall, the song is a plea for forgiveness from a brokenhearted lover who wants his ex-partner to move on, be happy, and forget about him. It is an emotional and heartfelt song about the complexities of love and forgiveness.
Line by Line Meaning
Sabes mejor que nadie
You know better than anyone
Que me fallaste
That you let me down
Que lo que prometiste
What you promised
Se te olvidó
You forgot
Sabes a ciencia cierta
You know for sure
Que me engañaste
That you deceived me
Aunque nadie te amaba
Even though no one loved you
Igual que yo
Like I did
Lleno estoy de razones
I am full of reasons
Pa′ despreciarte
To despise you
Y sin embargo quiero
Yet I still want
Que seas feliz
For you to be happy
Y que allá en el otro mundo
And that in the other world
En vez de infierno encuentres gloria
Instead of hell, you find glory
Y que una nube de tu memoria
And that a cloud in your memory
Me borre a mí
Erases me
¡Oh!
Oh!
¡Ja ja!
Ha ha!
Échale la culpa Juanes
Blame it on Juanes
Ay, Dios mío
Oh, my God
¡Y usted solo!
And you alone!
Dile al que te pregunte
Tell whoever asks you
Que no te quise
That I didn't love you
Dile que te engañaba
Tell them that I cheated on you
Que fui lo peor
That I was the worst
Échame a mí la culpa
Blame it on me
De lo que pase
For whatever happens
Cúbrete tú la espalda
You cover your back
Con mi dolor
With my pain
Y que una nube de tu memoria
And that a cloud in your memory
Me borre a mí
Erases me
Y que una nube de tu memoria
And that a cloud in your memory
Me borre a mí
Erases me
Ha-ah
Ha-ah
Writer(s): Jose Angel Espinoza Ferrusquilla
Contributed by Isaiah T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Pablo Centurión
Sabes mejor que nadie que me fallaste,
Que lo que prometiste se te olvidó.
Sabes a ciencia cierta que me engañaste,
Aunque nadie te amaba igual que yo.
Lleno estoy de razones pa' despreciarte,
Y sin embargo quiero que seas felíz.
Que allá en el otro mundo,
En vez de infierno, encuentres gloria,
Y que una nube de tu memoria,
Me borre a mí.
Que allá en el otro mundo,
En vez de infierno, encuentres gloria,
Y que una nube de tu memoria,
Me borre a mí.
Dile a quién te pregunte, que no te quise,
Dile que te engañaba, que fuí lo peor.
Échame a mí la culpa de lo que pase,
Cúbrete tú la espalda con mi dolor.
Y allá en el otro mundo,
En vez de infierno, encuentres gloria,
Y que una nube de tu memoria,
Me borre a mí.
Y allá en el otro mundo,
En vez de infierno, encuentres gloria,
Y que una nube de tu memoria,
Me borre a mí.
Y que una nube de tu memoria,
Me borre a mí.
Mayfher Amancio
A veces no es la canción, es la interpretación del artista , muy bueno Ricardo Montaner , muy fuerte
Alonso Leonel Flores Diaz
estaba buscando esta joya hace muchos años, y al fin después de mas de 10 años alfin lo encuentro
espero encontrar las demas canciones que busco hace años (lo malo que no se los nombres)
Pablo Centurión
Sabes mejor que nadie que me fallaste,
Que lo que prometiste se te olvidó.
Sabes a ciencia cierta que me engañaste,
Aunque nadie te amaba igual que yo.
Lleno estoy de razones pa' despreciarte,
Y sin embargo quiero que seas felíz.
Que allá en el otro mundo,
En vez de infierno, encuentres gloria,
Y que una nube de tu memoria,
Me borre a mí.
Que allá en el otro mundo,
En vez de infierno, encuentres gloria,
Y que una nube de tu memoria,
Me borre a mí.
Dile a quién te pregunte, que no te quise,
Dile que te engañaba, que fuí lo peor.
Échame a mí la culpa de lo que pase,
Cúbrete tú la espalda con mi dolor.
Y allá en el otro mundo,
En vez de infierno, encuentres gloria,
Y que una nube de tu memoria,
Me borre a mí.
Y allá en el otro mundo,
En vez de infierno, encuentres gloria,
Y que una nube de tu memoria,
Me borre a mí.
Y que una nube de tu memoria,
Me borre a mí.
juan vega
Nuestro hermano Ricardo interpretando una hermosa cancion !!!
GIULIANA ORTIZ RIOS
Lindo tema y que mejor con el estilo de Ricardo Montaner.Lo máximo
Ibrahim Valenzuela
Un excelente interprete con una voz natural y muy sentimental, buenisimo Ricardo
Micaela Ibañez Miranda
Amo esta canción. Me la paso cantándola.. :) <3
Silvana Monica
Hermoso tema , me encanta
Ivan Gonzalez
Me transporta a mi infancia hermosa
Maria de los Angeles Fidalgo
Es la mejor versión que escuche. Grande Ricardo Montaner!