''José José, el príncipe de la canción'', or simply ''El príncipe de la canción'' is a Spanish-language American

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telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

that premiered on

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on 15 January 2018 and concluded on 6 April 2018. The show is based on the life of the Mexican singer

José José José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer and actor. Born into a family of musicians, José began his musical career in his early teens playing guitar and sin ...

, and

Alejandro de la Madrid Alejandro de la Madrid (born March 23, 1977, Ciudad de México, México), is a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the the ...

stars as the titular character. The first season is on

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since 1 June 2018 and has a total of 75 episodes.

Cast

María Fernanda Yepes María Fernanda Yepes Alzate (born 23 December 1980) is a Colombian actress and model. She is mostly known for playing Yésica Franco "La Diabla", in the hit Telemundo telenovela ''Sin Senos no hay Paraíso''. She also played the title role in t ...

Alpha Acosta Alpha Acosta is a Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexic ...

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Itatí Cantoral Itatí Guadalupe Cantoral Zucchi (born May 13, 1975) is a Mexican actress, singer, dancer, and producer, She is of Spanish and Italian descent. She is best known for her roles as Soraya Montenegro in Televisa's telenovela ''María la del Barri ...

as Natalia "Kiki" Herrera *

Rosa María Bianchi Rosa María Bianchi (born February 18, 1948, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentinean-born Mexican actress. Personal life Bianchi was married with director of theater Luis de Tavira. They have two sons, José María (b. 1983) & Julián. S ...

as Margarita Ortiz *

Damián Alcázar Damián Alcázar (born January 8, 1953) is a Mexican actor and politician, who is best known outside of Mexico as Lord Sopespian in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian''. He was a deputy in the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City. Caree ...

as José Sosa Esquivel *

Danna Paola Danna Paola Rivera Munguía (born 23 June 1995) is a Mexican singer, model and actress. She gained popularity as a child actress and singer, starring in dozens of television projects throughout her early childhood and adolescence. Early life D ...

as Lucero * Ana Ofelia Murguía as Carmelita * Juan Carlos Colombo as Carlos Herrera Calles * Raquel Pankowsky * Carlos Bonavides as Don Manuel Gómez *

Silvia Mariscal Silvia Mariscal (born Silvia Ramírez Aguilar on September 13, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. She appeared in the 2008 Mexican film ''Nora's Will ''Nora's Will'' ( es, Cinco días sin Nora, also released as ''Five Days Wi ...

* Jorge Jimenez as Abel Solares *

Carlos Athié Carlos Athié (born Carlos Harfuch Álvarez; on February 27, 1987, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, model and TV presenter. Life He played a cocaine addict in The White Route (Alejandro Sandoval''The White Route'') that was produced ...

as Pedro Salas *

Manuel Balbi Manuel Balbi (born March 13, 1978, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico), is a Mexican actor, known for Seres: Genesis (2010), Casi treinta (2014) and Agua y aceite (2002). Career He began his acting studies in the city of San Luis Potosi to 16 yea ...

as Nacho * Gonzalo Vega Jr. as José José (young) * Mauricio Isaac as Chumo * Axel Arenas as Gonzalo Sosa * Sylvia Sáenz as La Güera * Yunuen Pardo as Mili Graf * José Angel Bichir as Manuel Noreña Grass * Pedro de Tavira as Alfonso Lira * Ricardo Polanco as La Jorja *

Alejandro Calva Alejandro Calva (born May 31, 1968 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico), is a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the the ...

as Toño Camacho * Ariana Ron Pedrique as Laurita * José María Galeano * Gabriel Navarro as Jorge Landa * Fernanda Echeverria * Yolanda Abbud as La Negra *

Malillany Marín Malillany Marín (born Malillany Marín Rodríguez; December 23, 1980 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-Mexican actress and model. Filmography Awards and nominations Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa ...

as Sara Salazar *

Ana Layevska Anna Sergeyevna Layevska ( uk, Анна Сергіївна Лаєвська, Anna Serhiyivna Layevsʹka, russian: Анна Сергеевна Лаевская, Anna Sergeyevna Layevskaya; born January 10, 1982), known as Ana Layevska, is a Mexic ...

Christian Bach Adela Christian Bach Bottino (May 9, 1959 – February 26, 2019), known as Christian Bach, was an Argentine-born Mexican actress and producer of telenovelas produced by companies such as Televisa, TV Azteca and Telemundo. Her most famous work ...

Production

Background

The pre-production of the series was confirmed in 2012 under the title of ''Nace un ídolo'', but 5 years later it was confirmed through a

press conference for the 2017-2018 television season.

Promotion

The first teaser of the series was shown for the first time in August 2017, while the complete advance of the series was launched on

on 19 December 2017, during the broadcast of the fourth season of ''

Señora Acero ''Señora Acero'', also known as ''Señora Acero: La Coyote'' as of season three, is an American telenovela created by Roberto Stopello and produced by Argos Comunicación and Telemundo Studios, and distributed by Telemundo Internacional. The seri ...

'', during that same time, it was also revealed that will air on Telemundo on 15 January 2018. The first three episodes were released online on 1 January 2018.

Ratings

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Episodes

References

External links

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