José José

José José (2012)

José José (born February 17, 1948 in Azcapotzalco as José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz , † September 28, 2019 in Miami ) was a Mexican pop singer who sold a double-digit million number of records (the LA Times estimated sales in 1996 at 30 million) and was nominated six times for a Grammy .

Life

José, who comes from a family of musicians, had his first vocal appearances as a teenager. In 1966 he played bass with the Bossa nova and jazz band Los PEG. His solo debut was Cuidado in 1969 , and in 1970 he became known nationwide with his song El Triste . In the following years he became such a big star that he even got an offer for a duet from Frank Sinatra in 1974 , which he could not accept due to contractual obligations. After one of his hits, he was declared a "Príncipe (de la canción)". His 1983 album Secretos is considered his most successful, and according to conservative estimates it sold four million times.

José also acted in some films such as Gavilán o Paloma and Perdóname Todo . He had alcohol and drug problems, and from the 1990s onward, his voice continued to decline and health problems increased. In recognition of his life's work, he was once again declared “Man of the Year” at the 2005 Latin Grammies . He died of pancreatic cancer in September 2019 at the age of 71 .

Discography (selection)

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Latin
1983	Secretos	Latin34 (1 week) Latin	Chart entry in US Latin only in 2019
1991	El Principe de La Cancion	Latin30 (1 week) Latin	Chart entry in US Latin only in 2019
1992	Series Platino-20 Exitos Vol. 2	Latin13 (1 week) Latin	Chart entry in US Latin only in 2019
1994	30 Anos De Ser El Principe	Latin46 (2 weeks) Latin
	Grandeza Mexicana	Latin34 (5 weeks) Latin
1996	Mujeriego	Latin17 (23 weeks) Latin
1997	Platino Series Vol. 2	Latin28 (15 weeks) Latin
2001	Tenampa	Latin29 (10 weeks) Latin
2002	Todo Exitos De Jose Jose	Latin54 (3 weeks) Latin
2003	El Principe Con Trio Vol. 1	Latin7th platinum (14 weeks)Latin
2004	Personalidad	Latin21 (2 weeks) Latin	Chart entry in US Latin only in 2019
2005	20 inolvidables	Latin21 (5 weeks) Latin
	Originals: 20 exitos	Latin37 (1 week) Latin	Chart entry in US Latin only in 2019
2006	La Historia Del Principe	Latin12 (30 weeks) Latin
2007	Mis Duetos	Latin36 (6 weeks) Latin
2008	El Principe Y El Bolero	Latin55 (2 weeks) Latin
2010	Ranchero	Latin35 (4 weeks) Latin
2012	El Romantico & El Principe	Latin46 (3 weeks) Latin	with Cristian Castro
	La Historia del Principe: Los Exitos	Latin53 (7 weeks) Latin
2016	Frente A Frente	Latin33 (2 weeks) Latin	with Marco Antonio Muñiz

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Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Latin
1986	Pruebame Promesas	Latin10 (4 weeks) Latin
	Y Quien Puede Ser Siempre Contigo	Latin1 (28 weeks) Latin
1987	Corre Y Ve Con El Siempre Contigo	Latin4 (23 weeks) Latin
	Sin Saber Siempre Contigo	Latin18 (17 weeks) Latin
1988	Soy Asi Soy Asi	Latin1 (29 weeks) Latin
	Mi Hembra Soy Asi	Latin5 (18 weeks) Latin
	Saludamela Mucho Soy Asi	Latin22 (11 weeks) Latin
	Verguenza Me Da Quererte Soy Asi	Latin8 (19 weeks) Latin
1989	Como Tu ¿Qué Es El Amor?	Latin1 (25 weeks) Latin
	El ¿Qué Es El Amor?	Latin12 (18 weeks) Latin
1990	Piel De Azucar ¿Qué Es El Amor?	Latin16 (33 weeks) Latin
	Amnesia En Las Buenas ... Y En Las Malas	Latin1 (21 weeks) Latin
	Atrapado En Las Buenas ... Y En Las Malas	Latin7 (16 weeks) Latin
1991	Esa Mujer En Las Buenas ... Y En Las Malas	Latin5 (19 weeks) Latin
	Un Hotel En Vez De Corazon En Las Buenas ... Y En Las Malas	Latin15 (10 weeks) Latin
1993	40 Y 20 40 Y 20	Latin4 (17 weeks) Latin
	Eso Nomas 40 Y 20	Latin5 (15 weeks) Latin
1994	Grandeza Mexicana Grandeza Mexicana	Latin12 (7 weeks) Latin
1995	Llora Corazon Mujeriego	Latin7 (14 weeks) Latin
1998	El Mas Feliz Del Mundo Tesoros	Latin19 (6 weeks) Latin

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Mexico 2003: for the album El príncipe con trío Vol. 1 2004: for the album El príncipe con trío Vol. 2 2004: for the album El príncipe con trío Vol. 3 2005: for the video album Biografía en una canción Vol. 2 2005: for the video album Biografía en una canción Vol. 3 2005: for the video album Biografía en una canción Vol. 1 2006: for the album Las número uno de José José 2015: for the single El triste Platinum record  Mexico 2009: for the album Lo esencial de José José

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	platinum1	345,000	amprofon.com.mx
United States (RIAA)	-	platinum1	60,000	riaa.com
All in all	8 × gold8th	2 × platinum2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LA Times
2. ↑ [1]
3. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: US
4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US

Web links

Commons : José José  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• biography
• José José in the Internet Movie Database (English)