"Quién Como Tú" (English: ''Who Like You'') is a ballad and title track 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. ...

. It was produced by Óscar Gómez for Gabriel's fifth studio album '' Quién como tú'' (1989). Released as the second single from the album, the song became the third number-one single for the singer in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs chart in May of the same year. Live performances of the song can be found on the albums '' En Vivo'' (1990) and '' ...En la Plaza de Toros México'' (1998). It also has been included on several

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released by Gabriel, including '' Personalidad'' (1992), '' Una Voz Para tu Corazón – 30 Grandes Éxitos'' (2000), '' Historia de Una Reina'' (2005), ''Lo Esencial de Ana Gabriel'' (2009) and ''Mis Favoritas'' (2010). It is recognized as one of Ana Gabriel's signature songs. The song debuted on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin Tracks) at number 33 on April 7, 1990 and rose to the top ten the following week, climbing 28 spots. It reached the top position of the chart on May 5, 1990, replacing French band

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' " Volaré" and being succeeded by " El Cariño Es Como Una Flor" by

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. It ranked sixth at the year-end chart of 1990 and was nominated for Pop Song of the Year at the 1991 Lo Nuestro Awards, which it lost to " Es Demasiado Tarde", also written and performed by Gabriel. The song spent 22 weeks within the Top 40 and became the sixth top ten single for the singer in the chart, and third number-one hit, after " Ay Amor" (1987) and "

Simplemente Amigos "Simplemente Amigos" (English: ''Just Friends'') is a ballad written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel and was produced by Mariano Pérez Bautista. It was released by CBS Discos (now Sony Music Latin) on March 20, 1989, as ...

" (1988). The parent album peaked at the top of the ''Billboard'' Latin Pop Albums chart. "Quién Como Tú" has been covered by several performers, including

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, Oscar Alberto,

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, Grupo Caneo, Grupo Innovación, Hermanos Moreno, Original Banda el Limón,

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, Son De Azúcar, Sonora Tropicana, Myriam and Noel Schajris. In 2015, Mexican singer Lucero released a version of the track as the lead single from the album ''Aquí Estoy'', a tribute to Ana Gabriel. For the single release, Lucero re-recorded the track with Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter

Luis Fonsi Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being " Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee. Fonsi received his first ...

and debuted the song at the reality show '' Yo Soy el Artista''. This version peaked at number 32 in the ''Billboard'' Mexican Espanol Airplay chart.

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