Ángela Aguilar was destined for stardom.
As the third generation of the Aguilar musical dynasty – her father is Mexican music icon Pepe Aguilar and her grandfathers are the legends Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre – Ángela inherited her grandmother's vibrant falsetto, her grandfather's ability to narration and her father's passion for Maria. She also inherited the great responsibility that comes with being part of a musical dynasty, especially when her last name is synonymous with local Mexicans.
“Knowing how hard my grandparents had to work for their success makes me proud of where I'm from,” says the 20-year-old singer-songwriter from her home in Texas, where she's spending a day off. from touring with her father, her brother Leonardo Aguilar and her uncle Antonio Aguilar Jr., to the Jaripeo Hasta Los Huesos family tour, which continues the legacy of horse shows pioneered by her grandparents in the 1960s. today, I don't want to disappoint our brand. I want to do my best to represent with respect.”
Angela made her stage debut at the age of three, while she and her family accompanied her father on tour. Five years later, she released her first album at the young age of eight. It was a joint album with her brother Leonardo titled Nueva Tradición (which translates to New Tradition), fueled by banda, mariachi and norteño sounds. In that moment, she says, she truly understood that she was part of something bigger than herself.
“When I was three years old, I thought the stage was my playground, but when I released my first album, that was my realization, 'Oh my God, this is a lot bigger than I thought.' I felt like I had become less of a person and more of an institution, and that was more important to me,” he explains.
Born in Los Angeles, Ángela participates Mexican music, one of the few women to carve out her own path in the decades-long genre that continues to be overwhelmingly dominated by men. So far, he has achieved three No. 1 songs Advertising signRegional Mexican Airplay chart — including “Dime Como Quieras” with Christian Nodal, which ruled the tally for five weeks — and four top 10 hits on Latin Airplay, including her first No. 1 on that chart, “Por El Contrario” with Leonardo and Becky G. He also earned a Latin Grammy nomination for Best New Artist in 2018.
On the touring front, she is probably the most successful Mexican in the region today with tours in the US (Jaripeo Sin Fronteras and Jaripeo Hasta Los Huesos) since her father started the idea of the family show in 2018. In the middle of it all, in 2023, went on her eight-date Piensa En Mí tour, a solo trip across the US
“Singing is a very lonely career because you go on stage and sing in front of 20,000 people and then you go back to a hotel room and you're alone,” shares Ángela. “But I'm privileged to have three people in my family who experience the same thing I do every night. Every weekend I learn from them.”
More recently, Ángela was released Bolero, a nine-song set produced by her father in honor of the genre that began in the 19th century and inspires her ever-expanding musical palate. With this LP, she's doubling down on her quest to expose a new generation of fans to the styles that created the soundtrack to her childhood.
“That has been my message for many years. Wanting the new generation to appreciate music,” he says proudly. “I think people often wonder if I'm singing the music I want to sing, but I am. This is truly my greatest passion. And I've inherited not only the passion for it, but also the love passed down from generations of fans because I'm part of that musical dynasty. You don't have to be part of one, but when you are, it's beautiful.”
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