Víctor Alejandro García Pérez (born October 1, 1975 in
Cd. Madero, Tamaulipas,
Tamaulipas
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) is a Mexican singer and actor.
Childhood
His parents are Victor Garcia, a sailor, and Juana Pérez Sustaita.
Singing career
In 1996, he became the singer of the newly created ''Grupo Nahum'' and participated in the
Festival Valores Juveniles Bacardi
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contest winning the second prize in the "Best Musical Group" category. They recorded several albums with producers such as
Carlos Lara,
Gerardo Flores and
Aníbal Pastor.
In 2002, he participated in the casting for the new
reality show
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of
TV Azteca
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, ''
La Academia
''La Academia'' (''The Academy'') is a Mexican reality musical talent television series shown on Azteca, that premiered in June 2002 and is currently in its thirteenth installment. Although the show itself is not affiliated with the Endemol fr ...
''. He was accepted and on June 30 of the same year he joined the 14-member group. He started in the sixth place but was voted off in the seventh concert. He maintained a good attitude after leaving the academy and was invited back in the "alumni concert" and was asked to stay. On November 10 he became one of the five finalists of the competition. On December 1 he obtained the second place in the finals. His prize was 1.5 million
peso
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s (approximately 140,000
US dollar
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s) in cash, a brand new car, a contract with the
Coca-Cola
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music tour and a contract for five records with
Sony Music
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.
Acting career
In March 2003, he sang the title song for the
telenovela
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''
Un nuevo amor'' ("A new love") with the La Academia
alumnus
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Miguel Ángel.
He later joined the cast of the telenovela ''
Enamórate'' ("Fall in love with me"). In May 2005 he released his first album titled ''Víctor García'' which debuted at number one. A month later, he starred in the telenovela ''
2 chicos de cuidado en la ciudad'' ("2 guys to be careful with in the city") where he also sang the title song. In August he received a
platinum album
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for the sale of more than 175,000 records in Mexico.
The next month he made a presentation at the
Reliant Center
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of
Houston, Texas
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. In 2004 he became the most-played Latin artist on radio in the
United States
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in the Mexican Regional Music category and was nominated for the
Lo Nuestro
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''
Billboard
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'' award in the same category. In August of the same year he formed part of the cast of the sitcom ''
Los Sánchez
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Los Sanchez is one of two Mexican ...
'' and was later nominated for the
Oye! Awards in the "Song of the year" for ''
Otra vez
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'' ("Again"), "Best new artist" and "Grupero singer or group".
In October 2005, he received a
Gold album
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for the sale of more than 50,000 records of ''Loco por tí'' in just 2 weeks after its release. He currently plays Brayan Ferreira in the TV Azteca Novela
Pobre Rico Pobre
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Plot
The comedy deals with the life of Andrés Ferreira and Brayan Galindo, from rich and poor families ...
.
Further information
*In 2007, he appeared on an episode of the Mexican Version of the BBC show
The Weakest Link
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, In which he was the 3rd one voted off.
Appearance on Weakest Link
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Albums
* '' Cuando Amar Duele'' (2009, gold)
* '' Arráncame'' (2006)
* '' Loco por ti'' (2005, gold)
* ''Por un Sueño
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POR
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'' (2004, #1 nationwide)
* '' Víctor García'' (2003, platinum)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Victor
1975 births
Living people
La Academia contestants
Mexican male telenovela actors
21st-century Mexican singers
21st-century Mexican male singers
People from Ciudad Madero
Singers from Tamaulipas
Actors from Tamaulipas