''José José, el príncipe de la canción'', or simply ''El príncipe de la canción'' is a Spanish-language American
biographical
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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
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...
on 15 January 2018 and concluded on 6 April 2018. The show is based on the life of the Mexican singers, Mexican singer José José,
and Alejandro de la Madrid stars as the titular character.
The first season is on Netflix since 1 June 2018 and has a total of 75 episodes.
Cast
* Alejandro de la Madrid as José José
* María Fernanda Yepes/Alpha Acosta as Anel (actress), Anel
* Itatí Cantoral as Natalia "Kiki" Herrera
* Rosa María Bianchi as Margarita Ortiz
* Damián Alcázar as José Sosa Esquivel
* Danna Paola as Lucero
* Ana Ofelia Murguía as Carmelita
* Juan Carlos Colombo as Carlos Herrera Calles
* Raquel Pankowsky
* Carlos Bonavides as Don Manuel Gómez
* Silvia Mariscal
* Jorge Jimenez as Abel Solares
* Carlos Athié as Pedro Salas
* Manuel Balbi 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 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 as Sara Salazar
* Ana Layevska as Christian Bach
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
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...
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
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...
on 19 December 2017, during the broadcast of the fourth season of ''Señora Acero'', 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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{{Telemundo telenovelas and series
2018 telenovelas
2018 American television series debuts
2018 American television series endings
Telemundo telenovelas
Spanish-language American telenovelas
Spanish-language telenovelas