Pepe Aguilar

Pepe Aguilar was born in Texas in the south of the U.S., however was raised south of the border in Zacatecas, Mexico by his parents and musical recording legends Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre. With substantial support from his parents at an early age, it wasn’t long before the singer made his recording debut at New York’s Madison Square Garden at the tender age of five.

Using money he had saved, Aguilar bought himself a drum set in his teens and later formed the band Equs, based on the influences of Pink Floyd and The Who. Equs failed to last long as a band however did cemented Aguilar’s interest in the music industry and the singer turned his hand to music production. Throughout the 1990s Aguilar produced songs for the likes of Lupita D’alessia and Julieta Venegas before making his mark as an artist himself.

It wasn’t long before the singer-songwriter shot to national and international esteem for his mixing of traditional tejano and mariachi with his personal style of pop. Arguably Aguilar’s most popular album “Por Mujeres Como Tu” remained in the Billboard albums chart for 52 weeks consecutively, eventually selling over two-million copies worldwide. Subsequently his 1999 album “Por Una Mujer Bonita” won him a latin Grammy for Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance, the win would turn out to be one of four Grammy wins for the songwriter.

Aguilar has since released the popular albums “Y Tenerte Olta Vez” in 2003, “No Soy de Nadie” in 2004 and “Historias de Mi Tierra” in 2005, all of which have seen the singer reach new heights of commercial and critical success.