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.
Ya No Queda un Alma
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics
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Tanto recordar para perder tu dirección
Tanto repetir te amo en grado 33
Tanto a veces cansa y tanto es exageración
Duele a veces tanto
Que se le hace cicatriz al amanecer y a la memoria
Duele tanto y tanto en el corazón
Duele tanto y tanto en el corazón
Que rompe el alma muere el alma sin tu amor
Muere de pena el ardor del alma en el alcohol
Tanto que peleé pa' conquistar tu corazón
Tanto agitar manos para llamarte la atención
Tanto amenazar que ibas a amarme hasta el hastío
Tanto a veces cansa, te da calor y te da frío
Ya no vale tanto lo ilusionado y lo sufrido
Ya no vale tanto esta canción
Duele tanto y tanto en el corazón
Que rompe el alma muere el alma sin tu amor
Duele tanto y tanto en el corazón
Que rompe el alma muere el alma sin tu amor
Muere de pena el ardor del alma en el alcohol
Ya no vale el corazón, ya no vale la canción
Ya no vale ni la pena ni el dolor
Duele tanto y tanto en el corazón
Que rompe el alma muere el alma sin tu amor
Duele tanto y tanto en el corazón
Que rompe el alma muere el alma sin tu amor
Duele tanto y tanto en el corazón
Que rompe el alma muere el alma sin tu amor
Muere de pena el ardor del alma en el alcohol
The lyrics of Ricardo Montaner's song "Ya No Queda un Alma" express the pain and heartbreak of a failed relationship. The song begins with the lines "Tanto madrugar, para perder el tren así/Tanto recordar para perder tu dirección" which mean "So much waking up early, just to miss the train/ So much remembering, just to lose your address." These lines convey the idea that despite putting in a lot of effort and looking back on good memories, the relationship has still ended.
The chorus "Duele tanto y tanto en el corazón/Que rompe el alma muere el alma sin tu amor" means "It hurts so much in the heart/That the soul breaks, dies without your love." These lines show the depth of the pain caused by the breakup, and how it can feel like a part of oneself has died. The line "Muere de pena el ardor del alma en el alcohol" means "The soul's ardor dies from sorrow in alcohol," which highlights the idea that the pain is so intense, it can numb and eventually destroy a person.
The song also touches on how all the effort put into the relationship feels like it was in vain, as the lines "Ya no vale tanto lo ilusionado y lo sufrido/Ya no vale tanto esta canción" mean "What was once hopeful and suffered, is no longer worth so much/This song is no longer worth so much." This shows how, in hindsight, the person realizes that the relationship was not worth all the effort they put in.
Overall, "Ya No Queda un Alma" expresses the deep pain and heartbreak of a failed relationship and how it can feel like a part of oneself has died.
Line by Line Meaning
Tanto madrugar, para perder el tren así
Waking up so early, just to miss the train
Tanto recordar para perder tu dirección
Remembering so much, but still losing your way
Tanto repetir te amo en grado 33
Saying 'I love you' so much, but it loses its meaning
Tanto a veces cansa y tanto es exageración
Sometimes it's tiring and sometimes it's an exaggeration
Duele a veces tanto
Sometimes it hurts so much
Que se le hace cicatriz al amanecer y a la memoria
That it leaves scars in both the morning and the memory
Duele tanto y tanto en el corazón
It hurts so much in the heart
Que rompe el alma muere el alma sin tu amor
That it breaks the soul, the soul dies without your love
Muere de pena el ardor del alma en el alcohol
The pain of the soul dies in the alcohol
Tanto que peleé pa' conquistar tu corazón
Fighting so hard to conquer your heart
Tanto agitar manos para llamarte la atención
Waving hands so much to get your attention
Tanto amenazar que ibas a amarme hasta el hastío
Threatening so much that you would love me until boredom
Tanto a veces cansa, te da calor y te da frío
Sometimes it's tiring, it makes you feel hot and cold
Ya no vale tanto lo ilusionado y lo sufrido
It's not worth so much the illusions and the suffering
Ya no vale tanto esta canción
This song is not worth so much anymore
Ya no vale el corazón, ya no vale la canción
The heart is no longer worth it, the song is no longer worth it
Ya no vale ni la pena ni el dolor
Neither the pain nor the suffering is worth it anymore
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: YASMIL MARRUFO, HECTOR MONTANER REGLERO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Etelvina Hidalgo
Que emocionante poner en palabras, todo lo que siento
Juan Pablo Fuenzalida
Grado 33 en otra carátula sale haciendo una pirámide con las manos
Iván Arts
Es masón?😯
Daniel cuevas
Porque grado 33 ?
pupilo JC
por que grado 33?
gasma veint
@Rivers No es cristiano bro :/
Rivers
Es una canción sobre el alcoholismo escrita por su hermano. Ricardo Montaner es cristiano, pueden escuchar la Canción Gloria de Dios.
Iván Arts
Es un masón en el grado 33adoran a lucifer abiertamente
laura zavaleta
Sos bien Iluminati disfrazado de angel grado 33
Debi Ruiz
Que desilusión es masón ???