1. Ana Gabriel was included among the Greatest Latin Artists of All Time by Billboard.
17 Facts About Ana Gabriel
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Ana Gabriel's accolades include a Grammy Award nomination, four Latin Grammy Award nominations, five Billboard Latin Music Awards, thirteen Lo Nuestro Awards, the Living Legend Award by Billboard Latin Women in Music; as well as awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017.
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Ana Gabriel did not receive formal training for singing and she credits her maternal grandfather Roberto Yong, an immigrant from China, for providing the only singing coaching she received.
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Ana Gabriel first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by Jose Alfredo Jimenez.
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Ana Gabriel moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting.
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In 1987, Ana Gabriel won third place at the OTI Festival, celebrated in Lisbon, Portugal, where she performed an orchestral version of the pop-power ballad song "Ay Amor", which later was released as a single in its album version; it climbed to the top position in Mexico, throughout Ibero-America and on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart for 14 consecutive weeks.
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In 1988 Ana Gabriel released her third album, Pecado Original, followed by Tierra de Nadie in 1989, which met with some chart success.
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Ana Gabriel honed her skills as a songwriter and a producer, releasing Mi Mexico, a ranchera-influenced, mariachi-backed pop album, in 1991.
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Ana Gabriel's lyrics described strong, active women involved in their love lives, counter to their passive, traditional depiction in older songs.
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Ana Gabriel scored a number-one hit with the duet "Cosas del Amor" in 1991, which she sang with Vikki Carr, a Mexican-American pop singer.
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In 1993, Ana Gabriel was awarded Best Pop Female Performer at the Lo Nuestro Awards.
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Ana Gabriel followed this with the traditional ranchera album Con un Mismo Corazon in 1997, an album she wrote and produced herself.
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Ana Gabriel released another live album in 1998, En la Plaza de Toros Mexico, a 30-track boxed set.
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In 2001 Ana Gabriel released Huelo a Soledad, balancing the traditional sounds of Eternamente with sophisticated pop songs, a cappella numbers, and dance tracks.
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In December 2014, singer Ana Gabriel told reporters on TV Azteca's Ventaneando program that in 2015 she would release her new recording project after seven years without releasing an album with unreleased songs.
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Ana Gabriel performed at the 2014 Vina del Mar Festival, receiving the award for most popular artist along with the Golden and Silver Seagull and Torch awards.
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In 2017, Ana Gabriel appeared in the multi award-winning documentary film The American Epic Sessions directed by Bernard MacMahon.