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.

Career

Beginning in 1995 with

La Trampa La Trampa was an Uruguayan rock band. It was conformed by Garo Arakelián (guitar), Alejandro Spuntone (vocals), Irvin Carballo (drums) and Carlos Ráfols (bass). The early years La Trampa appeared in scene in 1991 being conformed since wint ...

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, 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

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, Lucero,

Ana Gabriel María Guadalupe Araujo Yong (born December 10, 1955), better known as Ana Gabriel, is a Mexican singer and songwriter from Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. S ...

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Lucía Méndez Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez (born January 26, 1955) is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer. Méndez was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Career In 2011, Lucía starred in Mexico the telenovela ''Esperanza del Co ...

Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record ...

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, and

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. In 2000, the start of his relationship with

Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Algadeoro (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. Arjona is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million records so ...

resulted in his arrangement contribution to the album Galeria Caribe. Following the success of this album, Junior produced Arjona's top charting Album;

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. Since then, he has collaborated as a producer/arranger and engineer in almost every album released by Arjona. In 2002 and 2003 Junior produced

#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

* Galeria Caribe *

Adentro ''Adentro'' ( en, Inside) is the tenth studio album by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, released on December 6, 2005, by Sony Music Entertainment. Recorded in the United States and Mexico, the album was produced by Arjona himself, a ...

* Quinto Piso *

Poquita Ropa ''Poquita Ropa'' ( en, Few Clothes) is the twelfth studio album by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona. It was released on August 24, 2010 through Warner Music. It was recorded in Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles and was produc ...

*Independiente * Apague la luz y escuche

Carlos Rivera Carlos Rivera Guerra, better known as Carlos Rivera (born March 15, 1986), is a Mexican singer. He rose to fame by winning the third generation of ''La Academia''. Rivera has released four studio albums and participated in six theatre producti ...

* Leyendas (Amor Eterno con Rocío Dúrcal)

* Celebrando

* Alma Ranchera *Duetos

*Intimamente... *Crossroads *X Jose Jose *Ranchero

*Canta un Homenaje a Juan Gabriel

*Te atraparé... Bandido, *Loca de amar, *No es brujería Lucero *Aquí Estoy

*Vivencias

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*Diferente

Shaila Dúrcal Shaila de los Ángeles Morales de las Heras (born August 28, 1979), better known as Shaila Dúrcal, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Her parents are singers Rocío Dúrcal and Antonio Morales ("Junior"). Biography She was born in Madrid, ...

*Shaila Dúrcal Pedro Fernandez * ''¡Arránquense Muchachos!''

Awards

Latin Grammy Awards The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been r ...

Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

Billboard Charts The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in '' Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, p ...

Yearly charts (El Problema by Ricardo Arjona)

Decade-End charts

References

Sources

* http://www.allmusic.com/artist/carlos-cabral-jr-mn0000141148 * http://www.allmusic.com/artist/carlos-junior-cabral-mn0000794043 * https://books.google.com/books?id=SA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 * http://www.expocompositores.com/carlos-cabral-jr-panelista-confirmado-en-la-ponencia-productores-arquitectos-exitos/ * http://www.billboard.com/artist/278987/ana-b-rbara/biography * http://www.allmusic.com/album/adentro-mw0000258567/credits * https://www.discogs.com/es/Ricardo-Arjona-Adentro/release/1518451 * https://www.discogs.com/es/artist/1266274-Carlos-Cabral *

Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album The Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in t ...

* :es:Íntimamente (álbum de Intocable) * :es:Cruce de caminos (%C3%A1lbum de Intocable) * :es:Íntimamente (álbum de Intocable) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cabral, Carlos Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Brazilian record producers Brazilian male songwriters