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Alberto Aguilera Valadez (Parácuaro, Michoacán, January 7, 1950-Santa Mónica, California, August 28, 2016), known as Juan Gabriel, was a Mexican singer-songwriter and actor.

He is considered one of the most successful artists in Latin America, as well as one of the best composers and best-known characters in the musical medium within Mexico. His total sales are estimated at more than 150 million of copies worldwide, making him one of the artists with the highest record sales in history.

His work encompasses more than 1,800 compositions that have been translated into languages as diverse as Turkish, German, French, Italian, Tagalog, Japanese, Greek, Papiamento, Portuguese, and English and performed by more than 1,500 artists and groups from around the world. world, which is why he is the most sung and covered Hispanic composer worldwide. He was posthumously included in the 2016 Latino Composers Hall of Fame.

In 1984 his album Recuerdos II went on sale; Said album was certified for sales of more than 8 million copies, from the album its single "Querida" stands out, a song that remained for more than 18 months within the first places of popularity, a milestone that no singer has been able to match in Mexican territory. To date the album is the best-selling in Mexico and one of the best-selling Spanish-language albums in history.

In 1999, Billboard magazine recognized him as "The Latin Legend" and launched a special publication in which he recognized the musical contribution and impact of his songs on Latino culture in the United States. United and worldwide. His discography has been awarded with more than 1500 gold, platinum, multi-platinum and diamond records. In 2016 he achieved another record, placing Los Dúo 2 at #1, Los Dúo at #2 and Mis 40 en Bellas Artes at #3, placing 3 albums in the top best-selling albums in the United States, placing it thus as the only living artist to achieve said record. He is the Latin artist who has sold the most tickets from his performances in the United States.

He was also known for his massive concerts; in 1993 he was able to fill the Rose Bowl in Pasadena with 75 thousand attendees, to date he is the only artist of Hispanic origin to perform on said stage. He also conquered other mythical venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, the Orange Bowl, Florida Park from Madrid, Plaza México, the Azteca Stadium. In the year 2000 he broke an attendance record in the Zócalo Capitalino (350,000 people); four years later he returned to the Plaza de la Constitución breaking a record with a presentation that lasted more than 5 hours. His first presentation at the Palacio de Fine Arts of 1990 was the most outstanding, the publication of a recorded concert of Mexican popular music performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, the most important in the country, in a special venue for opera singers and reserved for the most exclusive of the culture and the arts in Mexico, the recital would become the singer's most famous, despite subsequent criticism in the media. Later, in 1997, he would perform again for the recording of the album Celebrando 25 años de Juan Gabriel: In concert at the Palacio de Bellas Artes and one more in 2013 with which he celebrated his four decades of career, this presentation is considered the epitome of his career. In 2015, the magazine Forbes placed him on the list of the highest paid artists in the world, placing him in 18th place, after a successful series of concerts with which he raised 10.8 million dollars, being the only Latino artist on that list. In 2016, Pollstar positioned Juan Gabriel as the most sought-after Latin singer in the world and the sixth on the list worldwide, earning an average of $934,935 per concert.

He was also known for carrying out works aimed at offering development opportunities to unfortunate children, not only in Mexico, but also in Venezuela and other countries. He was a direct benefactor of more than a hundred minors housed in a school called "Semjase", created by him in 1987 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.

He died at the age of 66 due to an acute myocardial infarction while he was developing his tour "MeXXico es Todo." His remains were taken to the Palace of Fine Arts, where he was honored by more than 700,000 people and a televised audience of 11.8 million, being one of the most attended events and funerals in the country's history. His ashes rest in his home in Ciudad Juárez.

Biography and career

1950-1968: early years

Alberto Aguilera Valadez was born on January 7, 1950 in Parácuaro, Michoacán, the son of peasant farmers Gabriel Aguilera Rodríguez and Victoria Valadez Rojas, as well as the youngest of ten siblings. When he was still a baby, his father developed a mental disorder, for which he was taken to Mexico City to be admitted to the La Castañeda psychiatric hospital, a place where his final destination was never known. This fact inspired him to write the song "De sol a sol ». No longer having his father's help, his mother emigrated to Apatzingán, then to Morelia, and finally settled in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, where Alberto grew up.

At the age of five, he entered the School for Social Improvement for Minors as a boarder. In this institution he met Juan Contreras, a tinsmith teacher whom he came to consider as a father, and who also taught him to work and gave him music lessons.

After eight years in boarding school, he chose to run away when he turned thirteen. After leaving this place, she lived for a while with Juan Contreras and together they dedicated themselves to selling wooden, wicker and tin handicrafts on the street, which they both made. When he turned fourteen, she returned to Ciudad Juárez to sell burritos with her mother and her sister.

1968-1974: musical beginnings and stardom

Using the name of Adán Luna, in 1968 he undertook a trip through some cities in Mexico and one in the United States, in order to look for job opportunities in the world of music, without obtaining the success he expected. In 1971, He changed his stage name to Juan Gabriel, Juan in honor of Juan Contreras, and Gabriel honoring his father. This did so that The Young Soul, his debut album, would gain commercial attention. He immediately managed to position himself in the first place of popularity in music with the song "No Tengo Dinero", a song that he also recorded in Japanese., two, and three (And you give me a kiss)», «He hasn't noticed», «It will be tomorrow»; this song led him to participate in the OTI Festival and, although he was not the winner, it was the only song that he took off on the radio that year.

Letra handwritten by him of the song «I forgot again», with dedication to the writer Carlos Monsivéis, August 1989.

In 1974 he presented his first record of Mexican vernacular music, accompanied by Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán; The song "Se me olvidó otra vez" was released as the first single, a song that made him popular throughout Latin America as a performer and composer, and which would eventually become one of the most popular ranch songs.. He quickly achieved fame and prestige, since his records used to be broadcast on Latin American radio, and his performers reached the top of the popularity charts with his songs; With ballad and ranchera discs, he recorded a dozen more discs in the following seven years, and placed up to 4 or more songs on the popularity charts in his voice and that of his interpreters. His first international trip was made to Venezuela, where he was received by President Carlos Andrés Pérez.

Gabriel's musical success was resounding, and some of his songs were even recorded by well-known and little-known artists of his time.

1974-1990: foray into film and collaborations

In addition to music, his career expanded to film, making five films between 1974 and 1981, these were; In this spring, Ranche nobility, El Noa Noa, Es mi vida, and On the other side of the bridge.

The album Recuerdos, recorded in London, began a chain of hits never seen before by a Mexican artist. "I have come to ask you for forgiveness" was the beginning (1980); «With your love» (1981), «I don't fall in love again», «I already know that you're leaving», «If you want», «Insensitive», all of them part of his album of boleros Things of lovers (1982); "Wow", "It's not worth it", "I'm leaving", from the album Todo (1983); «Dear» (1984), from the acetate Recuerdos II, «Let me live», a duet with Rocío Dúrcal (1985); "I beg you please", "Until I met you"; «I don't know what happened to me», from the album Thoughts (1986); I must do it (1987), a version that broke the sales record in the United States for a Latin album. He polished his profile as a music producer and made some musical works alongside renowned arrangers.

In addition to his success, he supported the careers of several artists. Angélica María recorded an album with the name Angélica María y el sentir de Juan Gabriel (1982), and two years later, Rocío Dúrcal released the album Sing to Juan Gabriel (1984). This work earned Dúrcal his first Grammy Award nomination at the 28th Grammy Award. Other singers who triumphed interpreting his compositions included Lucha Villa with Interpreta a Juan Gabriel (1985), Aída Cuevas with Sing to Juan Gabriel (1986), Daniela Romo with De mi enamorate (1986) and I want to dawn with someone (1989), and finally Lucía Méndez with Un alma en pena (1988).

All the accumulated success helped him to reach the European market that he conquered thanks to his ranchero and bolero songs, as well as his duets with the Spanish Rocío Dúrcal, with whom he formed a successful musical couple. Together they achieved sales of more than 30 million records in America and Europe, dozens of records and concerts marked the passage of this dumbbell, which saw her last album in 1997, Together again.

He supported the careers of other artists. This is how hits like "Tarde" came about, in the voice of Rocío Dúrcal herself; "The past, past", in the voice of José José; «You are still the same», with Angélica María; "That's how it was", performed by Isabel Pantoja; "Lie", with the then very young Luis Miguel; "Your world is not my world", performed by Estela Núñez; «It is better to forgive», with Daniela Romo, «I already know that you are leaving», performed by Vicente Fernández, and «Luna», performed by Ana Gabriel, among many more

1990-1999: establishment as a famed artist

Juan Gabriel began the nineties with one of his most famous performances, the one held at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City on May 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1990, where he sang accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, with Enrique Patrón de Rueda as guest conductor. Carried out at the idea of María Esther Pozo, assistant to the then director of the INBA, this concert generated controversy at the time because the so-called "main cultural venue in Mexico" it would host the presentation of a singer considered popular. For this, letters of protest were written against the recital seeking its prohibition. The then head of CONACULTA, Víctor Flores Olea, supported the presentation and announced in response to the controversy that the proceeds from the concert would go to the National Symphony Orchestra. Critic Lázaro Azar stated that Juan Gabriel had donated one million pesos of the time to the orchestra, enough to buy them instruments and pay for some tours.

Finally, the concert was held successfully, with the attendance even of the current president of the republic, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and an atmosphere that the writer Carlos Monsiváis praised and described as "apotheosis".

The big ending. Juan Gabriel interprets "Already the past", and asks for a applause for love and then ends, in an act of chauvinistic banality, in a song in which Mexico becomes a unique country on the face of the earth Long live Mexico! Long live Mexico! All right, what about what? But neither that somewhat municipal and thick end, diminishes the apotheosis, the intimate and collective enthronement of the orphan that is today the sign of the change of times and of the ability to assimilate the traditional morals that, to follow things as they go, will end up beatifying John Gabriel.

Carlos Monsivás

Hands of Juan Gabriel in 1996 at the Plaza de las Estrellas located in Mexico City.

The recital would become the singer's most famous, despite subsequent criticism in the media such as that of the journalist Víctor Roura, who said that the concert had turned Bellas Artes into "a palenque, a study of Televisa" and that the site had been ceded to the "Star System" from the television In response, Monsiváis described Juan Gabriel's presentation as a triumph of diversity. In this same venue he appeared again, in August 1997, to record a live album entitled Celebrating 25 years of Juan Gabriel at the Palacio de Fine Arts.

In 1993, he performed a concert at the Rose Bowl located in Pasadena, California, which was attended by 75,000 people. For 1994 he signed an exclusive contract with BMG, and in June of that year the album was released Thank you for waiting. In 1999 Billboard magazine called him The Latin Legend and launched a special publication where he recognized the musical contribution and impact of his songs on Latin culture in the United States and worldwide. That same year in Spain he was recognized with the Ondas Award, in a ceremony before the Spanish royalty, where he was congratulated with the Award of Excellence.

2000-2010: records and awards as a singer

Juan Gabriel continued to achieve success throughout the world with his presentations. The decade of the new millennium brought success to Juan Gabriel in his voice and in that of dozens of artists who continued to reach the charts thanks to his songs: the Mexican group Maná wins a Latin Grammy for the song "Se me olvidó otra vez", For its part, another Mexican rock group Jaguares remains in first place in popularity in Mexico for 4 months with the song "Te lo pido por favor".

Gabriel during a concert in 2003.

In 2000 Juan Gabriel manages to fill the capital's Zócalo, thus leaving the attendance record prevailing to date; More than 350,000 people applauded him on the morning of January 1, 2000. He returns in 2002 to the National Auditorium where his presentations accumulate in more than a hundred nights from 1991 to 2013; being 2006 with 21 nights the year in which he has sung the most times in that venue. In 2004 he returned for the third time to the Plaza de Toros México, once again performed at the Zócalo in Mexico City in March, setting another record for the longest concert: he sings until dawn, just at the beginning of spring, with a show that held thousands of people for 7 continuous hours. In that same year he filled the National Auditorium for 8 nights and closed with a ninth night at the Foro Sol.

In 2006, he received the Golden Garland and Universal Excellence award from the King of Spain during his presentations at the National Auditorium for the celebration of his 35-year artistic career.

In 2008, he signed a multimillion-dollar contract with the Universal Music label for ten years. In 2010 he released his first album with said label called Juan Gabriel, a ranchero album with which he celebrated his return to music after 7 years of record absence; the first recording absence he had was from 1986 to 1994. The song "Why do you make me cry?" is positioned in the first places of popularity and presents the album with its Bicentennial tour.

2010-2016: latest works

At the end of 2010 he released an unpublished album called Boleros with cuts totally out of his style, being harshly criticized by the press and some music critics for the lack of production and arrangements, being cataloged by the press as the "worst" John Gabriel's album. The record does not report an impact on sales in Mexico. In September 2011 he returns with another production called 1 is Juan Gabriel with which he wins back his audience and once again wins the respect of the music world. Thus begins the recording celebration for his 40 years with 11 songs from his famous repertoire, some of them performed in previous decades by artists such as Rocío Jurado, Lucha Villa, Rocío Dúrcal and launches new versions of songs originally placed in the ranchero genre. It achieved a double platinum record in Mexico and a gold record in the United States, Venezuela, Chile and Argentina.

In 2012 he returned to the National Auditorium with 12 presentations as part of the celebration for his 40-year career. In the month of December, he launched the production Celebrando, a double disc with CD + DVD with which he closes the duo of celebratory discs for his 40-year career, with songs clearly proven in the charts . He makes one of the productions most applauded by his fans, combining the original voice of hits such as "No Tengo Dinero", "I've Stayed Alone", "Será mañana", "A mi guitarra", "I don't say that I love you", with his current voice adorned by spectacular musical arrangements, as well as including a tribute to the mythical choristers Hermanos Zavala.

In 2013 Juan Gabriel continued his extensive tours throughout the American continent. He manages to arrive for the third time at the Palacio de Bellas Artes on August 30, which celebrates his 40-year career and from which a double disc is released as well as the respective DVD and Blu-ray.

In the fall of 2013, Isabel Pantoja discreetly turned to Juan Gabriel to record a new album, which remained unpublished when she entered prison in Spain for tax crimes. After being released, the tonadillera made her comeback on stage at the end of 2016, releasing this unpublished album entitled Hasta que apaga el sol . The album was certified gold in Spain.

Gabriel running in 2014.

On May 6, 2014, the double disc My 40 in Fine Arts went on sale, which consisted of 2 CDs and 1 DVD in 4K format, which makes Juan Gabriel the first Latin American artist to record in this format. My 40 in Fine Arts.

On February 10, 2015, the duets album called Los Dúo was released. This studio album contains the classic songs of the singer-songwriter with new arrangements, accompanied by various artists such as: Vicente Fernández, Marco Antonio Solís, Isabel Pantoja, Juanes, Laura Pausini, Alejandra Guzmán, Natalia Lafourcade, José María Napoleón, among others. The album becomes a sales success, reaching first place on iTunes in both Mexico and the United States, as well as being in first place on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums for more than 50 weeks. at the top.

Juan Gabriel returns to the National Auditorium with 12 dates between April and May 2015. Being a total success with tickets practically sold out for the 12 dates, he closes again 6 more dates for the month of September, completing a total of 18 dates in 2015. On April 18, 2015 Juan Gabriel sang for more than 5 hours and a half, exactly 5 hours and 33 minutes at the National Auditorium and the next day he sang for 5 hours and 3 minutes.

Mural made in tribute to Juan Gabriel located in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

In March 2015, he was honored in Ciudad Juárez with a mural portraying him when he was young and that was painted by a local artist on a 400-square-meter wall and located on one of the facades of the Morán building on Juárez avenue. On December 11, the sequel to Los Dúo went on sale: Los Dúo 2 containing more classic songs by the singer-songwriter with new arrangements accompanied by various artists such as: Alejandro Fernández, Marc Anthony, Paty Cantú, Julión Álvarez, J Balvin, Andrés Calamaro, Belinda, José Feliciano, Franco de Vita, Ana Gabriel, Wisin, Joan Sebastian, among others, and again produced by Gustavo Farías. Also that year, he was named as the highest paid Latino artist by Billboard magazine.

On August 12, 2016, his latest album was released with the title, Etiquette dress by Eduardo Magallanes.

Personal life

Sexual Orientation

At the time of Juan Gabriel's success, movements for sexual diversity in Mexico were not as visible or influential. For this reason, one of the aspects of the artist's private life that generated curiosity and interest and that never had a clear answer was his sexual orientation, due to his openly feminine behavior, his colorful clothing and his unique way of dancing. In his authorized biography, the author openly questioned him on the subject:

Eduardo Magallanes: "John Gabriel wakes up a lot of controversy around him: that if he has a woman, that if he has regated children, many and many fall in love with him, that if he is gay, he is bisexual, transsexual, transatlantic, transformer or divine."

Juan Gabriel: “With this we will never end and no one will agree because the legends invent the public, at the end they say that I am a phenomenon, what is it?”.

Eduardo Magallanes. Dear Alberto: Authorized biography of Juan Gabriel.

Due to the attacks on his person, Juan Gabriel evaded questions on the subject throughout his career. In a 2002 television interview, host Fernando del Rincón asked him if he was gay, to which the singer replied:

- Fernando del Rincón: "They say he's gay. Juan Gabriel is gay?"

- Juan Gabriel: "Do you care much?"

- Fernando del Rincón: "I ask..."

- Juan Gabriel: "I answer, with another question."

- Fernando del Rincón: "Tell me."

- Juan Gabriel: "They say what you see doesn't wonder, mijo."

- Fernando del Rincón: "I see a singer in front of me, I see a winner."

- Juan Gabriel: "That's the most important thing. Because one is not worth the personalities that other people can stumble, that this and that the other. Because man... everything you do is what you stay and what is worth, the facts are the most important."

- Fernando del Rincón: "Trascender..."

- Juan Gabriel: "Trascender. Or you... right? But, man, people are smart, aren't they?

- Fernando del Rincón: "There are things you don't have to say and things you say..."

- Juan Gabriel: "I don't... I don't have to say or why tell you one thing that... you, like many people, don't care. I think... I'm an artist... I think I'm Juan Gabriel and I've given a lot of my songs. And I'm gonna tell you one thing, Fernando... man, I'm not a saint, but neither is the devil who thinks... or who makes people believe that I am. I know that we are experiencing very difficult times, that people are very curious and that I would like to know beyond the account, but people are not foolish and I think that... TV today lives in days when it asks many very compelling questions and that it really likes to go beyond rating. I have learned during life that I am in hell and do my own glory. I have also seen that I am in glory and that I may do my own hell, but I do not take someone between my legs, and that I am not a liar. What I'm saying is what I feel. Like it or don't like it. But there is something also as a human being that I mean, that life is one and you have to live it, and that if you have to go to better life because it has to be in this one. Let them worry a lot about their lives and let others live..."

Interview with Juan Gabriel in the program First impact, 2002.

In 1996, he gave a special interview from what was his home in Malibu. Here is a snippet of it:

If there is a controversial artist in Mexico that is Juan Gabriel; only someone with his safety and courage is able to show himself as it is without masks of any kind: “I have had friends, as I have had friends, I never had sexual preferences of any kind, I never grew up with those things, because I grew up alone, I grew wild. I don't have tabulations, I don't have a measure, I don't have a law to fry me. I respect that I am very satisfied with that.”

Political preferences

Policy and religion

Like every person who loves freedom. Juan Gabriel seeks his own philosophy, his own parameters to understand the world around him.

“I did not raise myself with those things of religion. I was born and raised in a country of Catholics, but I don't commune with those ideas, I believe in me, I believe in people and for my God it's all good that you can do. When people want to get rid of obligations and responsibilities, a God is invented that is blamed for even the misfortunes of oneself: that is very easy. I respect all the religions of the world, I only say my point of view. Everything is done, all this given has to enjoy life, you have to sing and dance, which is the only way you can be in communication with God.”

And then why do you like Guadalupe's virgin so much?

“I’ve always liked it because it brings me many memories from my mom, I have a lot of affection, a lot of respect, but I don’t ask because asking is not good, to give yes. In all my houses is a virgin of Guadalupe, I love it.”

Let's go to contrasts; politicians like to get close to artists...

“They like artists a lot when they need them, but then they give them every stick with the audits... Mexico is known for its artists, but they think it's because of their scandals that they put together. I think they should have a lot of respect and a lot of affection for the artist because it is as simple as this: artists stay and politicians leave.”

You think the people have the government they deserve?

“Moreover, the government has what it deserves.

I think there are two Mexicos: Mexico's politics and Mexico, and they have nothing to do with each other. We occupy the same space, but we don't have the same thoughts. But it's very conflicting to talk about politics, it's better to talk about our music. People don’t understand words, people understand with songs and politicians with bullets.”

Juan Gabriel was an open and recognized militant of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He enjoyed the friendship of various presidents in office, such as Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who attended the concert that the artist gave in 1990 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes with his family, or Vicente Fox. He proselytized in different presidential campaigns such as those of Salinas and Ernesto Zedillo, where he opened concerts persuading attendees to vote for the PRI candidate. He also did it in the presidential campaign of Francisco Labastida for the federal elections in Mexico in 2000 with a musical theme that said "Neither I fear, nor Chente, Francisco is going to be president", alluding to the presidential candidates Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas ("I fear") and Vicente Fox ("Chente").

Before he died, he wrote an email to the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, in which he assured him that he and the PRI "would never leave."

Death

Statue of Juan Gabriel located in Plaza Garibaldi on August 28, 2016. As is appreciated, several people gathered around him, this being the day he died.

Juan Gabriel was in the middle of the México es todo tour in the United States, which began in Las Vegas on August 19, 2016. On the night of August 26, he gave his last concert at The Forum in Los Ángeles, a recital in which he used a stage with a 360-degree view. In it he remembered the singer Rocío Dúrcal, and closed with a message on the screens, "Congratulations to all the people who are proud to be what they are."

On Sunday, August 28, he died at 11:17 p.m. Pacific time, in an apartment he owned on the beach in Santa Monica (California). An autopsy was performed on his body, which preliminarily determined that the artist he died after an acute myocardial infarction. That Sunday he had a concert scheduled in El Paso. He also had a free public concert scheduled in the Plaza de la Constitución in the Mexican capital on November 12. On the night of August 29, his remains were cremated in Anaheim, California by decision of the artist's children.

Reactions

• Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto expressed his condolences through Twitter. "A voice and a talent representing Mexico. His music, a legacy for the world. He's gone too soon. May he rest in peace," the president wrote.
• On the night of August 28, hundreds of people and musicians from mariachi spontaneously gathered in the composer's sculpture at the Garibaldi Square in Mexico City, where they planted flowers, candlesticks and tuned their songs.
• The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reminded the singer: “My eternal memories to Juan Gabriel extraordinary artist and human being. May God have him in his glory forever,” he wrote.
• The U.S. President, Barack Obama, issued a reactionary statement on the death of Juan Gabriel saying: "For more than 40 years, Juan Gabriel took millions of his beloved Mexican music, transcending borders and generations."
• The leader of the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty, posted a message on his official Facebook deploring the death of Juan Gabriel, as well as admiring his vast career as a composer and, in particular, commending the cover version of "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" that Juan Gabriel had recorded a few months ago (with the title "Thanks to the Sun"), and published in I want Creedence., tribute album by Latin American artists to the exbanda de Fogerty.

Legacy

In 2015, Billboard included him on its list of the 30 Most Influential Latino Artists of All Time, citing his "dramatic performance style" and his redefined concept of romantic Latin pop music.

On his list of the most influential Latin music artists in history, About.com's Carlos Quintana ranked Juan Gabriel number six for shaping "the sounds of Mexican music" and explore genres from ranchera to Latin pop.

In 1986, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley declared October 5 Juan Gabriel Day.

In 1999, Gabriel received the People's Choice Awards for Best Regional Music. Artist. That same year, she received the La Opinión National Tribute to Lifetime Achievement award. Billboard erected a statue in Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi in 2001.

Several artists have recorded tribute albums to Juan Gabriel, including Cristian Castro, Pedro Fernández, Lorenzo Antonio, Álvaro Torres, Panteón Rococó, Playa Limbo, Vicentico, Jaguares, Maná, Los Tri-O, Nydia Rojas, La India, etc. In addition, he has been cited as an artistic influence by several singers of different musical genres, including: Enrique Iglesias, Laura Pausini, Marc Anthony, Juanes, Aída Cuevas, Julieta Venegas, Natalia Lafourcade, Saúl Hernández, Carlos Rivera, Paty Cantú, among others.

A biographical series about her life, titled "Until I Met You," began airing on April 18, 2016, and the series ended on August 28, coincidentally the same day she died.

On January 1, 2023, Rolling Stone magazine placed him on their list of "The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time", ranking him at number 172.

Discography

Studio Albums

Compilation and Guest Albums

Tribute albums

• And the songs of Juan Gabriel. Dear - Pedro Fernández, 1987
• Tribute to Juan Gabriel on his 25th anniversary - Banda El Recodo, 1996
• My tribute to Juan Gabriel - July Preciado, 2006
• Interpreting Successes by Juan Gabriel - Los Angeles Azules, 2006
• Totally Juan Gabriel vol.1, Aída Cuevas - 2013
• Eternal Love to the Divo/Rock Tribute - Various Artists, 2016
• Totally Juan Gabriel vol. 2, Aída Cuevas - 2017
• To John Gabriel, eternal love - Several artists, 2017
• My tribute to Juan Gabriel - Cristian Castro, 2018
• It was nice meeting you. Thank you Juan Gabriel - Pepe Aguilar, 2018
• Tribute to Juan Gabriel - Antonio Rios, 2020

Songs for soap operas

Author and interpreter

• Unforgivable. (2015) - "Always in my mind" (in duet with Espinoza Paz)
• Innocent of you (2004-2005) - «Innocent of you»
• Mariana of the night (2003-2004) - "I remember you"
• Salome (2001-2002) - «I forgot again»
• Hold me tight. (2000-2001) - «Open me very strong»
• Mary Emilia, dear (1999-2000) - "Dear" (ft Raúl Di Blasio)
• Leonela, dying of love (1997-1998) - "Death of love"
• I still love you (1996-1997) - "I continue to love you"

Author

• The strange return of Diana Salazar (1988) - "A soul in sorrow" (interpreted by Lucia Méndez)
• The Secret Way (1986) - "Beloved of me" (interpreted by Daniela Romo)
• Go back to start (1994) - «Dear» (interpreta Chayanne)

Filmography

Movies

• 1973 - The crazy miracles
• 1977 - Nobleza ranchera
• 1979 - In this spring
• 1980 - On the other side of the bridge
• 1980 - The Noa Noa
• 1982 - It's my life.
• 1984 - Always on Sunday... The movie
• 1990 - Bazaar Vienna
• 2000 - Evicted
• 2014 - What did you say to God?

TV series

• 1975 - The well raised maid

Awards and nominations

• Grammy Nomine as Best Mexican-American Music Interpretation Awarded by the U.S. Film Academy in 1984 by Everything
• Grammy Nomine as Best Mexican-American Music Interpretation Awarded by the United States Film Academy in 1985 by Memories II
• Grammy Nomine as Best Latin Pop Music Album awarded by the United States Film Academy in 1995 by Thank you for waiting
• Grammy Nomine as Best Mexican-American Music Interpretation Awarded by the United States Film Academy in 1996 by The Mexico that left us
• Grammy Nomine as Best Latin Pop Interpretation Awarded by the United States Film Academy in 1999 by Celebrating 25 years of Juan Gabriel: In concert at the Palace of Fine Arts
• Grammy Nomine as Best Latin Music Album awarded by the United States Film Academy in 2002 by Hold me tight.
• Nominated for Latin Grammy as Best Cantauthor granted by the Latin American Academy of Recording in 2004 by Innocent of you
• "El Divo de Juárez" wins the 2016 Billboard Award of Latin Pop Álbum of the Year and Latin Pop Albums Artist of the Year, Soloist for his album The Duo in 2016.

He has to his credit awards such as:

• Billboard Awards [17 awards] by Artist of the year, Hot Latin Track, Disco del Año, Dueto del año.
• Applause
• The ASCAP Prize as a Spanish Composer in 1995 by the American Association of Composers (ASCAP)
• The ASCAP Prize as a Spanish Composer in 1998 by the American Association of Composers (ASCAP)
• Lo Our Awards [11 Awards] for Best Disco, Song of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Duo or Group.
• Pridely Latin Prize "Latin Trayectoria" [Internet vote in competition with Julio Iglesias and Celia Cruz] [2004]
• Heritage Award [People's Award]
• Golden Garland
• Nipper de Oro [High sales awarded by RCA Records in 1974]
• Ondas Award [For his contribution to Latin music 1999]
• MTV Music Awards [Best album 1999]
• The Herald of Mexico [Artist of 1984 and Best Telenovela theme 1996 and 2000]
• Enter the Hall of the Latin Music Fame of Billboard [1996]
• Laurel of Gold and Universal Excellence granted by the King of Spain [2006]
• Keys of the city in the Vatican City, Madrid, Asunción, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina.

Star of Juan Gabriel on the Hollywood promenade.

• Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Walk of Fame) [2002]
• Lunas del Auditorio Nacional [Best Mexican Music Artist] [2005]
• Recognition of the National Auditorium for more than 100 presentations from 1992 to 2004
• More than 1000 discs of gold, platinum and multiplatin
• Personality of the Year, awarded by the Latin Academy of Recording in 2009 prior to the delivery of the Latin Grammys and revealed its star in the Hall of Fama in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Two (2) Latin Grammy Posthums, Year 2016: Album of the Year by The Duo II and traditional pop vocal album by The Duo II

Acknowledgments

In August 2003, the Regional Government of La Libertad, in Peru, named the interpreter the Order of Chan Chan in the rank of Grand Official.

In 2009, the Latin Recording Academy named Juan Gabriel Latin Grammy Person of the Year, and according to the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (LARAS), the Mexican singer has sold just over 100 million albums, thus becoming one of the most prolific and best-selling Mexican artists in the history of music in Mexico. In addition to having more than 1800 songs written.

The first day of Juan Gabriel was October 5, it is Juan Gabriel Day in the city of Los Angeles instituted by Mayor Tom Bradley in 1986, he has been awarded the keys to the city of Buenos Aires, the Vatican, Madrid, and Asunción, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame since 2002, another one on the Walk of Fame in Las Vegas, received the Golden Laurel and the Universal Excellence Award granted by the King and Queen of Spain in 2006, Award of Excellence from Premio Lo Nuestro to Latin Music 1991, ASCAP Awards, ACE Awards, El Heraldo Award, Garnalda de Oro Award, Induction into the Billboard Latin Music Awards Hall of Fame 1996, Ondas Award for his legacy musical 2001, Hispanic Heritage Awards granted by the White House 2005, Antorcha y Gaviota de Plata y Oro from the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, 2002 and 2004, among others. His discography has been awarded with more than 1,500 gold, platinum and multi-platinum records for its high sales.October 7 is the official day of Juan Gabriel in Los Angeles. It was declared in 2000 in the Universal Hollywood Studios amphitheater where this great artist was given this beautiful recognition. In addition, in 2016 the secretary of the state of California USA Alex Padilla declared October 7 as "Divo de Juárez day" at the state level.

In September 2016, he was named "perpetual king" of the Mexican national holidays.

On December 11, 2019, the "Always on my mind" and with it, tourists from all over the world visit Paseo de Juan Gabriel, located on Colombia street and September 16 avenue in Ciudad Juárez (Chihuahua, Mexico).