"Es Demasiado Tarde" ("It's Too Late") is a song written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter

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 ...

. It was released in 1990 by

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and first included on the compilation album ''México, Voz y Sentimiento'' which also featured songs performed by Luis Angel,

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, Antonio De Jesús, Pedro Fernández, Hermanas Huerta,

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, Angeles Ochoa, Gilberto Parra, Gerardo Reyes,

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, Cecilia Toussaint,

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and Flor Yvon. The song became Gabriel's fourth number-one single in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs chart, after " Ay Amor", "

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" and "

Quién Como Tú ''Quién como tú'' (English ''Who like you'') is the fifth studio album by Mexican pop singer Ana Gabriel. It was released on November 17, 1989. The album was nominated to the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 1990, but lost to José Felic ...

". '' Personalidad: 20 Éxitos'' was the first Gabriel album to include the song. "Es Demasiado Tarde" is a song about a woman who refuses to take her lover back after the end of their relationship. Gabriel also addressed this issue in her song " Tú lo Decidiste" ("You Made the Decision") in 1994. The song earned the Lo Nuestro Award for

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. The song debuted in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin Tracks) chart at number 16 in the week of November 3, 1990, climbing to the top ten two weeks later. "Es Demasiado Tarde" peaked at number-one on December 8, 1990, replacing "

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" by Puerto Rican American performer

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and being succeeded by "

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" by Chilean singer

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10 weeks later. "Es Demasiado Tarde" ended 1991 as the best performing Latin single of the year in the United States. Los Invasores de Nuevo León, Los Muecas,

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and Rubén Ramos have also recorded

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s of the track.

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