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.
Tu Cara
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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Y descolgaron la luna
Y te pusieron a ti
Tu cara se ha ganado mi pecho
Y ha plantado bandera
Más al centro, hacia el sur
Se inaugura la belleza
Se detuvo el universo
Se quedó a vivir allí
En tu cara
Se saluda la sonrisa
Con tus lágrimas que hacían
Un intento por volver
En tu cara
Mis miradas camparon
Encontró razón
Para latir mi corazón
En tu cara
Se estrellaron dos estrellas
Y si antes eras bella
Hoy tus ojos brillan más
En tu cara
He olvidado las palabras
Que cayeron de mis labios hoy
Cuando te besé
Tu cara
Me ha desnudado el alma
Y me clava miradas
Que me causan ardor
In Ricardo Montaner's song "Tu Cara," the singer is expressing his intense admiration for the beauty of the person in front of him. From the very first verse, he describes how her face has taken over the night and even the moon itself was replaced by her presence. He is completely enamored by her and portrays it through his vivid descriptions of her beauty. Her face, he says, has won over his chest and claimed territory in the south of it.
The chorus continues to emphasize the impact of this woman's face on him. The universe stopped and stayed there in her face, and her smile greets him along with tears that make an effort to return. The singer's gaze also found a new resting place in her face and found a reason to make his heart beat. The last verse goes even further and says that two stars collided in her face, making her already beautiful eyes shine even brighter. He also mentions that he has forgotten words that escaped his lips when he kissed this woman, and that her face has shed light on his soul, making him feel a burning sensation.
Overall, the song is a beautiful ode to the power of a person's face to capture and captivate another person's heart and soul.
Line by Line Meaning
Tu cara se adueño de la noche
Your face took over the night as they took down the moon and placed you in the center.
Tu cara se ha ganado mi pecho
Your face has won over my heart and planted a flag in the center, towards the south.
En tu cara
Se inaugura la belleza
Se detuvo el universo
Se quedó a vivir allí
In your face, beauty inaugurates, the universe stops, and stays to live there.
En tu cara
Se saluda la sonrisa
Con tus lágrimas que hacían
Un intento por volver
In your face, a smile greets, and your tears that made an attempt to go back.
En tu cara
Mis miradas camparon
Encontró razón
Para latir mi corazón
In your face, my looks roamed and found a reason for my heart to beat.
En tu cara
Se estrellaron dos estrellas
Y si antes eras bella
Hoy tus ojos brillan más
In your face, two stars collided and if you were beautiful before, your eyes shine brighter now.
En tu cara
He olvidado las palabras
Que cayeron de mis labios hoy
Cuando te besé
In your face, I forget the words that came out of my mouth today when I kissed you.
Tu cara
Me ha desnudado el alma
Y me clava miradas
Que me causan ardor
Your face has stripped my soul and its looks pierce me with passion.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: RICARDO MONTANER, BEBU SILVETTI
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Alberto Luque
esta cancion se la dedique a mi esposa que ya no esta a mi lado que está con el Señor , NO MURIÓ SE MUDÓ A MI CORAZÒN Y AL DE MIS HIJOS
Ana Morillo
Bendita tus palabras, amor lindo!!!
Lorena Lía González
Que hermoso tu sentimiento...el verdadero Amor no termina nunca !!!
celinda R
Alberto es muy bonito lo que dices para tu esposa. No dudo que siempre estará en tu corazón. Es digno de una buena poesía lo que has dicho para ella. Que Dios te bendiga siempre. Saludos desde España y ánimo.
Xiorali
Te admiro Ricardo siempre serás ese cantante que me mueve los sentimientos
luz de luna
Maestro de maestros,eleva el espíritu de nosotras hasta lo más alto y sublime. Gracias
Isra Almora
👍👍👍😊😊😊
celinda R
Que música tan maravillosa tiene la canción (tu cara) La verdad que podría pasarme toda la noche escuchando cantar a Ricardo Montaner. La canción, la letra y la música, una combinación perfecta para el sentimiento.
Oscar Reyes
La mejor canción para conquistar un amor y exaltar la belleza de la mujer...
Parquer Miranda
para mi el más romántico cantautor el mejor con tus canciones me enamore de una mujer increíble y tomados de la mano le cante tus canciones gracias Ricardo por estas hermosas canciones