Carlos Cabral Jr.

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Junior Cabral recording in Monterrey, México.

Carlos Cabral Junior, also known as Junior Cabral, is a songwriter, producer, and arranger. Multiple Latin Grammy and Grammy Award winner, as well as music director for several Award-Winning World Tours. Latin Grammy nominations include; Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best Vocal Pop Album, Best Ranchero Album, Best Norteño Album, Best Tejano Album, Best Vallenato Album. As producer/arranger/guitarist, Cabral has collaborated in more than 20 top #15 Billboard charting albums and singles.

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Career

Beginning in 1995 with La Trampa by Ana Bárbara, and after moving from Brazil to Mexico, Junior began his career as a producer in the Latin market. He then continued to work with Artists such as Intocable, Juan Gabriel, Lucero, Ana Gabriel, Nydia Rojas, Lucía Méndez, Julio Iglesias, Rocio Durcal, Pepe Aguilar, and Vicente Fernandez. In 2000, the start of his relationship with Ricardo Arjona resulted in his arrangement contribution to the album Galeria Caribe. Following the success of this album, Junior produced Arjona's top charting Album; Santo Pecado. Since then, he has collaborated as a producer/arranger and engineer in almost every album released by Arjona.

In 2002 and 2003 Junior produced Ana Bárbara #1 album Te Atrapare...Bandido, Ricardo Arjona's singles "El Problema" and "Minutos", the Santo Pecado album by Ricardo Arjona. From there on, Junior has produced top-selling and top-charting albums for Sony Music Latin, Universal Music, and Warner Music.

As a producer, arranger and guitarist he's been credited in more than 200 albums and has received +30 Latin Grammy Nominations and 5 Grammy Award Nominations, of which he has won 5 Latin Grammys and 1 Grammy Award for the album Adentro by Ricardo Arjona.

Discography

Ricardo Arjona

Carlos Rivera

Juan Gabriel

Rocio Durcal

Intocable

Jose Jose

Lucía Méndez

Ana Bárbara

Lucero

Ana Gabriel

Felipe Peláez

Shaila Dúrcal

Pedro Fernandez

Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

YearCategoryAlbumAward
2005 Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album Diez by Intocable Latin Grammy Award
2005 Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero Album Loca de Amar by Ana Bárbara Latin Grammy Award
2006 Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album Adentro by Ricardo Arjona Latin Grammy Award
2009 Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album Siempre by Costumbre Latin Grammy Award
2010 Latin Grammy Nomination for Best Ranchero Album Canta un Homenaje a Juan Gabriel by Lucía Méndez Latin Grammy Nomination
2013 Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album Diferente by Felipe Pélaez & Manuel Julián Latin Grammy Award
2018Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano AlbumProyecto InsomnioNomination
2022Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical AlbumEl Mundo Esta Loco by Jorge Luis ChacinNomination
2023Latin Grammy Award for Best Mariachi AlbumBordado A Mano by Ana BarbaraNomination

Grammy Awards

YearCategoryAlbumAward
2004Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumIntimamente by Intocable Grammy Award
2005Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumDiez by IntocableNomination
2005 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album Solo by Ricardo ArjonaNomination
2006Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumNo Es Brujería... by Ana BarbaraNomination
2007Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumCrossroads: Cruce de Caminos by IntocableNomination
2007 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album Adentro by Ricardo Arjona Grammy Award
2010 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album 5to Piso by Ricardo ArjonaNomination
2011 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album Poquita Ropa by Ricardo ArjonaNomination
2013Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop AlbumIndependiente by Ricardo ArjonaNomination
2024Grammy Award for Best Musica Mexicana AlbumBordado A Mano by Ana BarbaraNomination

Billboard Charts

Top Latin Albums
AlbumPeak Position
Independiente by Ricardo Arjona 1
5to Piso by Ricardo Arjona 1
Galería Caribe by Ricardo Arjona 1
Santo Pecado by Ricardo Arjona 3
Duetos by Rocío Dúrcal12
Vivencias by Ana Gabriel14

Yearly charts (El Problema by Ricardo Arjona)

Decade-End charts

Chart (2000–2009)Peak
position
US Billboard Latin Songs [5] 89
US Billboard Latin Pop Songs [6] 33

References

  1. ↑ "Ricardo Arjona Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard.
  2. ↑ "Ricardo Arjona Chart History (Latin Pop Airplay)". Billboard.
  3. ↑ "The Year in Music 2003: Latin". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 27, 2003. p. YE-67. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  4. ↑ "2003 Year End Charts". Billboard. December 27, 2003. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  5. ↑ "2009 Decade End Charts". Billboard. December 27, 2009. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  6. ↑ "2009 Decade End Charts". Billboard. December 27, 2009. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.

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