Juan Gabriel

Alberto Aguilera Valadez was born on 7 January 1950, in Parácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico. The son of Gabriel Aguilera Rodríguez and Victoria Valadez Rojas, of the influential Macias-Valadéz of Jalisco, Juan was the youngest of their ten children.{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/musica/2016/08/28/perfil-adios-juan-gabriel-el-divo-de-juarez|title=Perfil. Adiós a Juan Gabriel, El Divo de Juárez|date=28 August 2016|work=El Universal|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829171623/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/musica/2016/08/28/perfil-adios-juan-gabriel-el-divo-de-juarez|archive-date=29 August 2016|url-status=live|access-date=28 August 2016}} During Juan's childhood, his father was interned into a psychiatric hospital.{{cite web |url=http://www.sacm.org.mx/biografias/biografias-interior.asp?txtSocio=13621 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730204330/http://www.sacm.org.mx/biografias/biografias-interior.asp?txtSocio=13621 |url-status=dead |language=es |title=Biografía de Juan Gabriel |publisher=Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México |archive-date=30 July 2016 |access-date=28 August 2016 }} Given the family's challenges, Aguilera's (his birth surname) mother moved her family to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and Alberto was enrolled and resided in the El Tribunal boarding school for eight years, where he met the school's director Micaela Alvarado and teacher Juan Contreras and, becoming very close with Contreras, at age 13 young Alberto ran away from El Tribunal school and lived with Contreras for a year. In the same year, Aguilera composed his first song.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37211298|title=Mexican superstar Juan Gabriel supposedly dies at 66 of heart attack|work=BBC News|date=29 August 2016|access-date=29 August 2016}} At age 14, Aguilera returned to live with his mother in the city center. Alberto became interested in a local Methodist Church, and met the sisters Leonor and Beatriz Berúmen, who took him in. There, he sang in the choir and helped out with cleaning the church. Nonetheless, young Aguilera still identified as a Roman Catholic.

In 1965, at age 15, Aguilera debuted on the Notivisa (now Gala TV Ciudad Juárez) television show Noches Rancheras. On the program, host Raúl Loya gave Alberto Aguilera the pseudonym "Adán Luna" while he sang "María la Bandida" by José Alfredo Jiménez. From 1966 to 1968 (until roughly his eighteenth birthday), he worked as a singer at the Noa-Noa bar. During this time, he also penned "El Noa Noa". Aguilera also worked as a singer in other bars around town. Later, he traveled to Mexico City looking for opportunities at record companies, but found none. He returned to Juárez, where he continued working locally. The next year, he attempted again to find a recording contract. At RCA Víctor, he was hired by Eduardo Magallanes to work as a backing vocalist, primarily for Roberto Jordan, Angélica María and Estela Núñez. In 1970, he resigned, as he had received insufficient payment for his singing, and returned to work in the Juárez bars.

With many telling him he would have success if he simply tried again, Aguilera returned to Mexico City a third time in 1971. Not having any money, he often slept in local bus or train stations. At one point, he was incorrectly accused of robbery,{{cite web |last=Nájar |first=Alberto |publisher=BBC Mundo |location=Mexico City |title=Muere el cantante mexicano Juan Gabriel, "El Divo de Juárez" |date=29 August 2016 |url= http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2016/08/140429_muere_juan_gabriel_obituario_mexico_an |language=es |access-date=29 August 2016}} and was incarcerated in Palacio de Lecumberri Prison for about 18 months. During this time, he wrote several songs, including "Tres Claveles y Un Rosal" and "Me He Quedado Solo"; these compositions attracted the attention of Lecumberri's prison warden Andrés Puentes Vargas, who later introduced him to Mexican singer-actress Enriqueta Jiménez Chabolla, better known as La Prieta Linda, as well as to Vargas's wife Ofelia Urtuzuastegui Ruiz. Ruiz and her husband greatly helped Aguilera, and with their assistance and a clear lack of any wrongdoing, he was released from prison, living at their home for about two years. Aguilera's adoptive "parents" provided him shelter, protection and support, and the right type of living environment to compose more songs with which to launch his professional music career as "Juan Gabriel".

File: Juan Gabriel con mariachis.jpg

La Prieta Linda helped Aguilera at RCA Víctor, where he signed a recording contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2014/04/15/cd-juarez-la-tierra-adoptiva-y-los-inicios-de-juan-gabriel |title=Cd. Juárez, la tierra adoptiva y los inicios de Juan Gabriel |language=es |date=15 April 2014 |access-date=28 August 2016 |work=Revista Quién |publisher=Expansión, S.A. de C.V |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808035855/http://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2014/04/15/cd-juarez-la-tierra-adoptiva-y-los-inicios-de-juan-gabriel |archive-date=8 August 2016 |url-status=live }} He started to use the pseudonym Juan Gabriel (Juan, in honor of Juan Contreras; and Gabriel, in honor of his own father).{{cite web|url=http://arts.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/gabriel-juan-biography |title=Gabriel, Juan Biography |publisher=eNotes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115103547/http://arts.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/gabriel-juan-biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 November 2006 |access-date=28 August 2016 }} In 1971, Juan Gabriel released his first studio album El Alma Joven..., which included the song "No Tengo Dinero", which became his debut single and his first hit.{{cite web |url=http://www.laprensa.hn/espectaculos/994434-410/juan-gabriel-el-divo-que-m%C3%A9xico-y-am%C3%A9rica-lloran |title=Juan Gabriel, el divo que México y América lloran |language=es |date=28 August 2016 |access-date=28 August 2016 |work=La Prensa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830094450/http://www.laprensa.hn/espectaculos/994434-410/juan-gabriel-el-divo-que-m%C3%A9xico-y-am%C3%A9rica-lloran |archive-date=30 August 2016 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://tiempo.com.mx/noticia/50527-no_tengo_dinero_primer_exito_d/1 |title="No tengo dinero", primer éxito de JuanGa |publisher=Tiempo |language=es |date=28 August 2016 |access-date=28 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830170411/http://tiempo.com.mx/noticia/50527-no_tengo_dinero_primer_exito_d/1 |archive-date=30 August 2016 |url-status=live }} El Alma Joven... was certified as gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON). In 1972, Juan Gabriel participated at the OTI Festival, where he sang the songs "Será Mañana" and "Uno, Dos y Tres (Y Me Dás un Beso)". The songs were not qualified to represent Mexico, but they were acclaimed by record company executives and later recorded for his second album El Alma Joven II.{{cite web|url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/2138.html |title=Juan Gabriel compuso "No Tengo Dinero" en Venezuela |language=es |first=Emilio |last=Morales Valentín |work=El Universal |date=22 November 1999 |access-date=29 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911074851/http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/2138.html |archive-date=11 September 2016 |url-status=live }} After releasing El Alma Joven III (1973), Juan Gabriel released his first mariachi album featuring the group Vargas de Tecalitlán. The album, titled Juan Gabriel con el Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán (1974), includes songs like "Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez" and "Lágrimas y Lluvia". In 1975, Juan Gabriel made his acting debut in the film Nobleza ranchera with Sara García and Verónica Castro.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropical/in-memorian-juan-gabriel-the-actor |title=In Memoriam: Juan Gabriel, the Actor |date=28 August 2016 |publisher=Cinema Tropical |access-date=29 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907015804/http://www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropical/in-memorian-juan-gabriel-the-actor |archive-date=7 September 2016 |url-status=live }}

Over the next fifteen years, Juan Gabriel's fame grew as he recorded 15 albums and sold 20 million records. He wrote and recorded over 1,000 songs in a variety of musical genres. Juan Gabriel established himself as Mexico's leading commercial singer-songwriter, writing songs in many diverse styles like rancheras with mariachis, ballads, pop, rock en español, disco, having an incredible, unprecedented string of hit records for himself and for leading Latin singers including among many others Lucha Villa, Daniela Romo and Ana Gabriel and international stars Luis Miguel, Rocío Dúrcal and José José, who in 1978 achieved international recognition thanks to the ballad "Lo Pasado, Pasado".{{cite web|author=Craig Harris |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/juan-gabriel-mn0000240252/biography |title=Juan Gabriel | Biography |work=AllMusic |date=7 January 1950 |access-date=26 March 2015}} His lyrics dealt with heartbreak and romantic relationships that became hymns throughout Latin America, Spain, and the United States. In 1984, his song "Querida" ("Darling") remained at number one on the Mexican charts for a year.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} He also received a Grammy nomination for "Best Latin Pop Album" for Recuerdos, Vol. II, which includes the single release version of the song.

File: Juan Gabriel --- Pepsi Center --- 09.26.14 (15367329711).jpg

His work as an arranger, producer and songwriter throughout the subsequent decades brought him into contact with the leading Latin artists of the day, including Rocío Dúrcal and Isabel Pantoja. In addition to recording numerous hits on his own, Juan Gabriel has produced albums for Dúrcal, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltrán and Paul Anka.{{cite web |url=https://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Juan%20Gabriel:1927030725:page=biography |title=Yahoo Shopping – Online Shopping with great products, prices and reviews |publisher=Shopping.yahoo.com |access-date=26 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050223113418/http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Juan%20Gabriel:1927030725:page=biography |archive-date=23 February 2005 }} In 1984, he released Recuerdos, Vol. II which one source says is the best-selling album of all time in Mexico, selling over eight million copies.{{cite news|url=http://rotativo.com.mx/espectaculos/cine-y-musica-en-mexico-y-el-mundo/24103/html/|title=Cine y música: en México y el mundo|last=González|first=Ángel |language=es|newspaper=Diario Rotativo|date=19 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314193432/http://rotativo.com.mx/espectaculos/cine-y-musica-en-mexico-y-el-mundo/24103/html/|archive-date=14 March 2012|access-date=9 November 2013}} In 1990 Juan Gabriel became the first non-classical act to perform at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.{{cite news|title=Juan Gabriel, Mexican Superstar Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 66|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/08/28/world/americas/ap-lt-obit-mexico-juan-gabriel.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=28 August 2016}} The proceeds from the three sold-out concerts were given to the National Symphony Orchestra. On 31 July 2000, a telenovela titled Abrázame Muy Fuerte began broadcasting in Mexico. Salvador Mejía, the producer, choose to use the song of the same name as its main theme.{{cite web |title=Abrázame Muy Fuerte |work=Telemetro |publisher=Corporación Medcom Panamá, S.A. |url=http://www.telemetro.com/novelas/abrazamemuyfuerte/ |access-date=25 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224113446/http://www.telemetro.com/novelas/abrazamemuyfuerte/ |archive-date=24 December 2009 |url-status=dead }} "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" ended 2001 as the most successful Latin single of the year.

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| access-date = 10 March 2010}} For the song, Juan Gabriel won two Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2002 for Hot Latin Track of the Year and Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year; and also received the Songwriter of the Year award. The song ranked seventh at the Hot Latin Songs 25th Anniversary chart.{{cite magazine |title=Hot Latin Songs Top 25 – The Biggest Hits of the Last 25 Years |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Macromedia Corporation |date=4 October 2011 |last=Trust |first=Gary |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/466966/hot-latin-songs-top-25-1986-2011 |access-date=4 October 2011}} "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" also was awarded for Pop Song of the Year at the 2002 Lo Nuestro Awards.{{cite web|url=http://archivo.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490991 |title=Premios Lo Nuestro a la Musica Latina: Lo que fue Lo Nuestro en 2002 |work=Univision |publisher=Univision Communications Inc. |access-date=14 August 2013 |year=2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013094859/http://archivo.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=490991 |archive-date=13 October 2013 }} At the time of his death, Juan Gabriel was touring the United States and was scheduled to perform at a concert in El Paso, Texas, that same day.{{cite news|last1=Moreno|first1=Carolina|title=Juan Gabriel, Mexican Singer And Icon, Dead At 66|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/juan-gabriel-mexican-singer-and-icon-dead-at-66_us_57c35ae0e4b04193420f9fa4|access-date=28 August 2016|work=Huffington Post}} He also had four albums which reached number one on the Top Latin Albums from 2015 and 2016, including Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes, which reached number one a week before he died. He holds the record for most albums peaking at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart over a short time.{{cite news|last1=Cuevas|first1=Mayra|title=Juan Gabriel dead at 66; he was Mexican music icon|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/28/entertainment/latin-american-music-icon-juan-gabriel-dead/|access-date=29 August 2016|work=CNN|date=29 August 2016}}

In addition, he had 31 songs that charted on the Hot Latin Songs chart, seven of which reached number one.{{cite magazine|last1=Flores|first1=Griselda|last2=Mendizabal|first2=Amaya|title=Juan Gabriel Dies at 66: His Biggest Albums, Songs & Tours|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/7487901/juan-gabriel-chart-topping-songs-albums|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=29 August 2016|date=28 August 2016}}

File:Estrella y manos de Juan Gabriel plasmadas en la Plaza de las Estrellas.jpg located in Mexico City]]

Between 1986 and 1994, Juan Gabriel refused to record any material because of a dispute with BMG over copyrights to his songs. He continued his career in live stage performances, setting attendance records throughout Latin America. By 1994 the copyright dispute reached a resolution under an agreement whereby ownership of the songs reverted to Juan Gabriel over a specified time period. After this dispute, which lasted 8 years, he released an album titled, "Gracias Por Esperar," which in English, translates to, "Thank You For Waiting". The record label then selected eleven previously released tracks from Juan Gabriel's catalog in order to release "Debo Hacerlo", the last new song recorded by the artist.

Juan Gabriel was never married. He had six children, four of them having a version in different languages of the name John. The mother of four of his children (Iván Gabriel, Joan Gabriel, Hans Gabriel and Jean Gabriel) is Laura Salas. Juan Gabriel stated that Salas was "the best friend of my life" ("la mejor amiga de mi vida" in Spanish).{{cite web|last1=Acosta|first1=Dave|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/08/28/juan-gabriel-mexican-superstar-singer-dead-at-66/89517182/ |title=Juan Gabriel, Mexican superstar singer, dead at 66 |website=Usatoday.com |publisher=El Paso Times|access-date=29 August 2016}} Nearly a month after his death, the news program Primer Impacto discovered that Juan Gabriel had a fifth child, a son named Luis Alberto Aguilera, living in Las Vegas. The two maintained a long-distance relationship, primarily communicating via e-mail. The mother of his fifth child is Guadalupe Gonzalez,{{citation needed|reason= The name "Guadalupe" does not occur in ref LatinTimes |date= October 2016}} who worked as Juan Gabriel's domestic employee.{{cite web |url=http://www.latintimes.com/juan-gabriel-secret-son-univision-reveal-identity-divo-de-juarez-unknown-offspring-397959 |title=Juan Gabriel's secret son |last1=Valdez |first1=Maria G. |date=26 September 2016 |website=Latin Times |access-date=2 October 2016 }} On 26 October 2016, Primer Impacto found the sixth child of Juan Gabriel, named Joao Gabriel, living in Los Angeles, California. Joao's mother is Consuelo Rosales, who also worked as Juan Gabriel's domestic employee.{{cite web |url=http://www.univision.com/shows/primer-impacto/te-presentamos-a-joao-gabriel-alberto-aguilera-el-nuevo-hijo-secreto-de-juan-gabriel |title=Te presentamos a Joao Gabriel Alberto Aguilera, el nuevo hijo secreto de Juan Gabriel |date=26 October 2016 |website=Univision |publisher=Primer Impacto |access-date=5 January 2017 }} Genetic testing was conducted to assess Juan Gabriel's parentage of Luis Alberto and Joao, with genetic material provided by Juan Gabriel's brother Pablo Aguilera.{{cite web|title=Joao Gabriel Aguilera es hijo de Juan Gabriel al 99.9%, según la prueba de ADN|url=http://www.univision.com/shows/primer-impacto/joao-gabriel-aguilera-es-hijo-de-juan-gabriel-al-999-segun-la-prueba-de-adn|website=www.univision.com|access-date=31 January 2017}}

Although he was widely assumed to be gay, Juan Gabriel never explicitly talked about his sexuality.{{cite web|title=Juan Gabriel was Mexico's gay icon — but he never spoke about his sexuality|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-juan-gabriel-gay-icon-20160829-snap-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=29 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Juan Gabriel Died One Year Ago: LGBTQ Latino Writers Reflect On His Impact|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/juan-gabriel-died-one-year-ago-lgbtq-latino-writers-reflect-n795181|website=NBC News|date=28 August 2017 |access-date=28 August 2017}} However, as he got older he began to give implicit responses towards questions about his sexuality, saying to interviewers "Lo que se ve no se pregunta" ("what one sees doesn't have to be asked about").{{Cite web|title='Gracias Juanga': On anniversary of his death, LGBTQ Latino writers reflect on Juan Gabriel's impact|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/juan-gabriel-died-one-year-ago-lgbtq-latino-writers-reflect-n795181|access-date=16 August 2021|website=NBC News|date=28 August 2017 }} Some may interpret this to be an implicit affirmation of homosexuality,{{Cite web |date=21 June 2020 |title=Así salieron del armario las estrellas gais de la música |url=https://www.abc.es/estilo/gente/abci-salieron-armario-estrellas-gais-musica-202006211105_noticia.html |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=abc |language=es}} while others have interpreted this to be an affirmation of heterosexuality, due to the female romantic partners he had.{{Cite web |last=de 2020 |first=29 de Junio |title="Lo que se ve no se pregunta": cómo surgió la famosa frase de Juan Gabriel |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2020/06/29/lo-que-se-ve-no-se-pregunta-como-surgio-la-famosa-frase-de-juan-gabriel/ |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=infobae |date=29 June 2020 |language=es-ES}}

On 14 November 2005, Juan Gabriel was injured when he fell from the stage at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, and was hospitalized at Texas Medical Center.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbc5.com/irresistible/5339032/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=1260382&dppid=65193 |title=Chicago News, Local News, Weather, Traffic, Entertainment, Video, and Breaking News |publisher=Nbc5.com |access-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629162413/http://www.nbc5.com/irresistible/5339032/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=1260382&dppid=65193 |archive-date=29 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.click2houston.com/news/5320221/detail.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824203121/http://www.click2houston.com/news/5320221/detail.html|date=24 August 2007}} He sustained a cervical fracture on his neck, forcing him to refrain from performing on tour while being bedridden for eight months.

Juan Gabriel was a lifelong supporter of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which governed Mexico from 1929 to 2000 and from 2012 to 2018. In 1994, he stated that "his best friends [were] from the PRI" and he campaigned in support of then-presidential PRI candidate Ernesto Zedillo.{{cite web |title=El Juan Gabriel del PRI |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/214150/el-juan-gabriel-del-pri |access-date=25 August 2020 |website=Proceso}} In the 2000 election he again campaigned for the PRI candidate, Francisco Labastida (who eventually lost the election). In 2015, he wrote a letter to the then-President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto (a member of the PRI), expressing his support for his administration and for the PRI, which he stated, "will never go away".{{cite web |date=30 August 2016 |title=Juan Gabriel escribió una carta a Peña Nieto alabando al PRI |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/2016/08/30/1113973 |access-date=25 August 2020 |publisher=Excelsior}}{{cite web |date=31 August 2016 |title=Revelan contenido de la carta que Juan Gabriel dejó a Peña Nieto |url=https://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2016/08/31/revelan-contenido-de-la-carta-que-juan-gabriel-dejo-a-pea-nieto |access-date=25 August 2020 |website=Quien-com}}

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On 28 August 2016, Juan Gabriel died in Santa Monica, California, reportedly from a heart attack.{{cite news |url=http://www.univision.com/musica/muere-el-cantante-y-compositor-mexicano-juan-gabriel |title=Muere el cantante y compositor mexicano Juan Gabriel |work=Univision Communications Inc. |access-date=28 August 2016 |date=28 August 2016 |publisher=Univision}} Gabriel's body was cremated; his ashes were returned to a house he owned in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, after receiving tributes from the city and Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. An autopsy was not performed to determine the cause of death.{{cite news |title=Juan Gabriel cremated, family tells Mexican officials |url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2016/08/30/juan-gabriel-cremated-family-tells-mexican-officials/ |access-date=31 August 2016 |work=FOX News Network, LLC Latino |date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901190948/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2016/08/30/juan-gabriel-cremated-family-tells-mexican-officials/ |archive-date=1 September 2016 |publisher=FOX |author=EFE |author-link=EFE}}{{cite news |url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/juarez/2016/09/01/jurez-juan-gabriels-final-resting-place/89742364/ |title=Juárez to be Juan Gabriel's final resting place |first=Lorena |last=Figueroa |date=2 September 2016 |newspaper=El Paso Times |access-date=7 September 2016 |publisher=Gannett}}

Juan Gabriel continued to do 10 to 12 performances per year as benefit concerts for his favorite children's homes, usually posing for pictures with his fans and forwarding the proceeds from the photo ops to support Mexican orphans. In 1987, he founded Semjase,[http://www.juangabriel.com.mx/AA/bio/biog4.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219015822/http://www.juangabriel.com.mx/AA/bio/biog4.html|date=19 February 2007}} a house for orphaned and underserved children located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. It serves school children between the ages of 6 and 12.

{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by Juan Gabriel}}

File: Funerals of Juan Gabriel at Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City - 5.jpg soon after his death, 2016]]

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In 2015, Billboard listed Juan Gabriel among their list of the 30 most influential Latino artists in history, citing his "dramatic performance style" and his redefined concept of romantic Latin pop music. The publication noted Gabriel's appeal among several generations of Latino Americans and artists.{{cite magazine|title=The 30 Most Influential Latin Artists of All Time|url=http://www.billboard.com/photos/6546212/most-influential-latin-artists|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=29 August 2016|date=12 November 2015}} In his list of the most influential Latin music artists in history, Carlos Quintana of About.com, ranked Juan Gabriel number six for shaping "the sounds of Mexican music" and exploring genres from ranchera to Latin pop.{{cite web|last1=Quintana|first1=Carlos|title=Latin Music Legends|url=http://latinmusic.about.com/od/basics101/tp/Latin-Music-Legends.htm|website=About.com|access-date=29 August 2016|archive-date=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911055933/http://latinmusic.about.com/od/basics101/tp/Latin-Music-Legends.htm|url-status=dead}} In 1986, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley declared 5 October Juan Gabriel day. He received the Lo Nuestro Excellence Award in 1991.{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-06-01/features/9103010472_1_latin-music-awards-musica-latina-ana-gabriel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002051228/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-06-01/features/9103010472_1_latin-music-awards-musica-latina-ana-gabriel|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2013|title=Latin Music Finds Harmony In Awards Crisp, Entertaining Tv Program A Breakthrough For Fledgling Trade Group.|work=Sun-Sentinel|last=Lannert|first=John|date=1 June 1991 |access-date=16 August 2013}} In 1996, he was inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame, while in 2003 he was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame,{{cite news|title=International Latin Music Hall of Fame announces inductees for 2003|url=http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=4656|access-date=31 October 2015|date=3 March 2003}} and posthumously inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame in October 2016.{{cite web|title=2016 Inductees & Honorees|url=http://www.latinsonghall.com/about-us/inductees/2016-inductees/|website=Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame|access-date=4 November 2016|date=13 October 2016}} In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Juan Gabriel at number 172 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.{{cite magazine|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=1 January 2023|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/juan-gabriel-1234642477/|access-date=22 February 2023}}

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The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) honored Juan Gabriel the Latin Songwriter of the Year Award in 1995, 1996, and 1998.{{cite magazine

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|access-date=14 June 2013}} In 1999, Gabriel received the People's Choice Awards for Best Regional Artist. That same year, he received the La Opinión Tributo Nacional for Lifetime Achievement Award. A statue was erected by Billboard at Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi in 2001, and remains a popular destination for mariachi performances. In 2009, the singer was honored as the Latin Recording Academy's Person of the Year.{{cite press release|title=Juan Gabriel is the 2009 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS97164+15-Sep-2009+PRN20090915|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201054002/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS97164+15-Sep-2009+PRN20090915|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2013|access-date=8 November 2010|date=15 September 2009|publisher=Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences}} He also received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.milenio.com/hey/cine/mexicanos-estrella-hollywood-paseo-fama-Thalia-Vicente-Juan-Gabriel_0_698330391.html|language=es|title=Mexicanos con estrella... en Hollywood|work=Milenio|date=26 May 2016|access-date=30 August 2016}}

His death became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter after news reports were confirmed. President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, called him one of Mexico's "greatest musical icons". United States President Barack Obama also commented on Juan Gabriel's death and complimented his music for "transcending borders and generations" and that "his spirit will live on in his enduring songs, and in the hearts of the fans who love him".{{cite news|last1=Latimer|first1=Brian|title=Pres. Obama on Juan Gabriel: 'He was one of the greats'|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/pres-obama-juan-gabriel-he-was-one-greats-n639491|access-date=30 August 2016|work=NBC News|date=29 August 2016}} Gabriel Abaroa, the CEO of the Latin Recording Academy, said his legacy was "much more than one or hundreds of songs; he composed philosophy" and that Juan Gabriel "broke taboos, devoured stages and conquered diverse audiences".{{cite web|last1=Abaroa|first1=Gabriel|title=The Latin Recording Academy® Statement re: Juan Gabriel|url=https://www.latingrammy.com/en/news/the-latin-recording-academy-statement-re-juan-gabriel|website=Latin GRAMMYs|access-date=29 August 2016|date=28 August 2016}} Leila Cobo of Billboard proclaimed Juan Gabriel as a "prodigal performer" and noted that his songs were "romantic, colloquial, emotional compositions that sometimes rambled but managed to strike a universal chord with lyrics that could apply to many people and many situations."{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|title=Mexican Superstar Juan Gabriel Dies at 66|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/7487898/juan-gabriel-dead|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=29 August 2016|date=28 August 2016}}

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Gabriel's songs have been covered by artists such as Rocío Dúrcal, Gloria Trevi, La India, and Marc Anthony, the latter of whom credits his song "Hasta Que Te Conocí" as the inspiration to launch his career in Latin music. Tribute albums to Gabriel have been recorded by several artists including Cristian Castro, Pedro Fernández,{{cite web|title=Pedro Fernández – Querida|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/querida-mw0000181995|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi|access-date=11 September 2016}} Lorenzo Antonio,{{cite web|title=Mi Tributo a Juan Gabriel – Lorenzo Antonio|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mi-tributo-a-juan-gabriel-mw0000625179|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi|access-date=29 August 2016}} Álvaro Torres,{{cite web|title=Interpreta A Juan Gabriel En Bolero – Alvaro Torres|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/interpreta-a-juan-gabriel-en-bolero-mw0000266147|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi|access-date=29 August 2016}} Los Tri-O,{{cite web|title=Siempre en Mi Mente – Los Tri-O|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/siempre-en-mi-mente-mw0000102635|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi|access-date=29 August 2016}} Nydia Rojas,{{cite web|title=Nydia Rojas – Nydia Rojas|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nydia-mw0000012422|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi|access-date=29 August 2016}} and La India.{{cite web|title=Intensamente con Canciones de Juan Gabriel – India Rojas|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/intensamente-con-canciones-de-juan-gabriel-mw0002850402|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi|access-date=29 August 2016}} A television series based on Gabriel's life titled Hasta que te conocí, began airing on 18 April 2016, and the series ended on 28 August, coincidentally the same day Gabriel died.{{cite news|title=¿Triste coincidencia? Hoy finaliza "Hasta que te conocí", la serie de Juan Gabriel|url=http://www.sdpnoticias.com/enelshow/television/2016/08/28/triste-coincidencia-hoy-finaliza-hasta-que-te-conoci-la-serie-de-juan-gabriel|access-date=29 August 2016|work=SDPNOTICIAS.COM|date=29 August 2016|language=es-ES}} He was portrayed by Colombian actor Julián Román and Juan Gabriel served as the executive producer.{{cite news|last1=Hansen|first1=Lena|title=Julián Román habla sobre interpretar a Juan Gabriel en la serie Hasta que te conocí de Telemundo|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/julian-roman-habla-sobre-interpretar-juan-gabriel-en-la-serie-hasta-que-te-conoci-de|access-date=29 August 2016|work=People en Español|date=28 August 2016|language=es}}

• 1965: Noches Rancheras
• 1975: Nobleza ranchera
• 1976: En esta primavera
• 1978: Del otro lado del puente
• 1979: El Noa Noa
• 1980: Es mi vida
• 2013: ¿Qué Le Dijiste A Dios?
• 2016: Hasta que te conocí

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{{Main|Juan Gabriel discography}}

• 1971: El Alma Joven...
• 1972: El Alma Joven Vol.II
• 1973: El Alma Joven Vol.III
• 1974: Juan Gabriel con el Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
• 1975: 10 Éxitos de Juan Gabriel
• 1976: A Mi Guitarra
• 1976: Juan Gabriel con Mariachi Vol. II
• 1977: Te Llegará Mi Olvido
• 1978: Siempre en Mi Mente
• 1978: Espectacular
• 1978: Mis Ojos Tristes
• 1979: Me Gusta Bailar Contigo
• 1980: Recuerdos
• 1980: Juan Gabriel Con Mariachi
• 1980: Ella
• 1981: Con Tu Amor
• 1982: Cosas de Enamorados
• 1983: Todo
• 1984: Recuerdos, Vol. II
• 1986: Pensamientos
• 1988: Debo Hacerlo
• 1990: Juan Gabriel en el Palacio de Bellas Artes
• 1994: Gracias por Esperar
• 1995: El México Que Se Nos Fue
• 1996: Las Tres Señoras (Beltran/Mendoza/Villa) – Temas y Produccion de Juan Gabriel
• 1997: Juntos Otra Vez with Rocío Dúrcal
• 1998: Con la Banda...El Recodo with Banda El Recodo
• 1999: Todo Está Bien
• 2000: Abrázame Muy Fuerte
• 2003: Inocente de Ti
• 2010: Juan Gabriel
• 2015: Los Dúo
• 2015: Los Dúo, Vol. 2
• 2016: Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes
• 2022: Los Dúo, Vol. 3
• 2023: México con Escalas en Mi Corazón (Ciudades)

• Volver Tour (2014){{cite news|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/juan-gabriels-volver-tour-2014-miami-6447447 |title=Juan Gabriel's Volver Tour 2014 – Miami |work=Miami New Times |date=8 September 2014 |access-date=29 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013163659/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/juan-gabriels-volver-tour-2014-miami-6447447 |archive-date=13 October 2016 |url-status=live }}
• Bienvenidos al Noa Noa Gira (2015)
• Mexico Es Todo Tour (2016, died during tour){{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/english/2016/05/27/juan-gabriel-announces-mexxico-es-todo-2016-tour |title=Juan Gabriel announces 'Mexico es Todo' tour |work=El Universal |date=27 May 2016 |access-date=29 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719035439/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/english/2016/05/27/juan-gabriel-announces-mexxico-es-todo-2016-tour |archive-date=19 July 2016 |url-status=live }}

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• Music of Mexico

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