Gerardo Ortíz

Anand Bhatt and Gerardo Ortiz

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Morir y existir - en vivo   US 75  Gold (Latin) 04/16/2011 (3 weeks) Entre Dios y el diablo   US 24  Platinum (latin) 09/24/2011 (7 weeks) El primer ministro   US 31  Platinum (latin) October 13, 2012 (4 weeks) Sold Out: In vivo from the Nokia Theater LA   US 115 04/13/2013 (2 weeks) Archivos de mi vida   US 68  Platinum (latin) 12/14/2013 (1 week) Hoy mas fuerte   US 24  × 2 Double platinum (Latin) 06/06/2015 (3 weeks) Comere Callado, Vol. 1: Con Norteno, Tuba y Guitarras   US 107  Platinum (latin) 07/15/2017 (1 week)

Gerardo Ortíz (born October 5, 1989 in Pasadena , California ) is an American singer of Mexican music.

biography

Gerardo Ortíz grew up in Culiacan , Mexico, where his family is from. There he came into very intensive contact with music and recorded records as a child. At the age of 20 he returned to the United States and released his US debut album En vivo las tundras there in 2009 on the Del Records label . It helped him to a big record deal with Sony Music and Ni hoy ni mañana was released a year later . It peaked at number five on the Latin album charts. The album was nominated for a Grammy for best Norteño album the following year .

With his live album Morir y existir , he entered the official album sales charts for the first time in 2011 and topped the Latin charts. Ortíz established himself as a successful Latin performer in a very short time and his following albums were all equally successful. With the album El primer ministro he reached number 31 in the sales charts. In 2013, it earned him the second Grammy nomination. Ortíz is a regular winner of the Billboard Mexican Music Awards . With 17 awards, he has held the record there since 2013.

Discography

Albums

• 2009: En vivo las tundras
• 2010: Ni hoy ni mañana (US:Platinum (latin))
• 2011: Morir y existir - en vivo
• 2011: Entre Dios y el diablo
• 2012: El primer ministro
• 2013: Sold Out: En vivo desde el Nokia Theater LA
• 2013: Archivo de mi vida
• 2015: Hoy mas fuerte

Songs

• 2010: En preparacion
• 2010: El troquero lokochón
• 2011: La última sombra
• 2011: Cara a la muerte
• 2011: Aquiles afirmo
• 2012: Solo vine a despedirme
• 2012: Amor confuso
• 2013: Solo vine a despedirme
• 2013: Mujer de piedra
• 2013: Mañana voy a conquistarla
• 2013: Damaso

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Mexico 2015: for the single Mujer de piedra 2015: for the single Damaso 2015: for the album Archivos de mi vida 2017: for the album Comeré callado, Vol. 1 2020: for the single Más caro que ayer 3 × gold record  Mexico 2017: for the album Hoy más fuerte 2020: for the single Palma salazar

2 × platinum record  Mexico 2020: for the single Regresa hermosa 7 × gold record  Mexico 2020: for the single Para qué lastimarme 5 × platinum record  United States 2020: for the single Recordando a Manuel (Latin) 8 × platinum record  United States 2020: for the single Aerolinea Carillo (Latin)

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Mexico (AMPROFON)	8 × gold8th	7 × platinum7th	660,000	amprofon.com.mx
United States (RIAA)	gold1	20 × platinum20th	1,230,000	riaa.com
All in all	9 × gold9	27 × platinum27

swell

1. ↑ Chart sources: US
2. ↑ Jenni Rivera, Gerardo Ortiz Top Winners at Billboard Mexican Music Awards , Leila Cobo, Billboard, October 9, 2013

Web links

• Official Homepage (Spanish)
• Gerardo Ortíz at Allmusic (English)