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.
Te Extrano
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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Como se extrañan las noches sin estrellas
Como se extrañan las mañanas bellas
No estar contigo, por Dios, que me hace daño
Te extraño
Cuando camino, cuando lloro, cuando río
Cuando el sol brilla
Porque te siento como algo tan mío
Te extraño
Como los árboles extrañan el otoño
En esas noches que no concilio el sueño
No te imaginas, amor, cómo te extraño
Te extraño
En cada paso que siento solitario
Cada momento que estoy viviendo a diario
Estoy muriendo, amor, porque te extraño
Te extraño
Cuando la aurora comienza a dar colores
Con tus virtudes, con todos tus errores
Por lo que quieras, no sé, pero te extraño
Te extraño
Como los árboles extrañan el otoño
En esas noches que no concilio el sueño
No te imaginas, amor, cómo te extraño
Te extraño
En cada paso que siento solitario
Cada momento que estoy viviendo a diario
Estoy muriendo, amor, porque te extraño
Te extraño
Cuando la aurora comienza a dar colores
Con tus virtudes, con todos tus errores
Por lo que quieras, no sé, pero te extraño
Te extraño, te extraño
In Ricardo Montaner’s song Te Extraño, he expresses the deep sorrow he feels from missing someone he loves. The song compares the feelings of missing someone to the nights without stars, the beautiful mornings without the person, and the pain that comes from not being with them. Montaner goes on to explain how he aches for the person in every moment of his life, when he is happy, sad, or experiencing any sort of emotion. He compares this feeling to that of a tree missing the autumn season when its leaves fall off.
Line by Line Meaning
Te extraño
I miss you
Como se extrañan las noches sin estrellas
Just like how nights without stars bring a sense of longing and emptiness, I feel the same when you're not here
Como se extrañan las mañanas bellas
Like how beautiful mornings can be missed when they're gone, I miss you the same way
No estar contigo, por Dios, que me hace daño
Not being with you hurts me deeply
Cuando camino, cuando lloro, cuando río
I miss you when I walk, when I cry, when I laugh
Cuando el sol brilla
Even when the sun is shining
Cuando hace mucho frío
Even when it's really cold outside
Porque te siento como algo tan mío
Because I feel like you belong to me
Como los árboles extrañan el otoño
I miss you like trees miss the autumn
En esas noches que no concilio el sueño
In those sleepless nights
No te imaginas, amor, cómo te extraño
You can't imagine, my love, how much I miss you
En cada paso que siento solitario
In every lonely step I take
Cada momento que estoy viviendo a diario
Every moment of my daily life
Estoy muriendo, amor, porque te extraño
I'm dying, my love, because I miss you so much
Cuando la aurora comienza a dar colores
When dawn begins to paint the sky with colors
Con tus virtudes, con todos tus errores
With all your strengths and weaknesses
Por lo que quieras, no sé, pero te extraño
For whatever reason, I don't know, but I miss you
Te extraño
I miss you
Te extraño
I miss you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ARMANDO MANZANERO CANCHE
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