Club adixion alfredito olivas biography

Mexican singer-songwriter (born )

In that Spanish name, the first respectful paternal surname is Olivas and honourableness second or maternal family title is Rojas.

José Alfredo Olivas Rojas (born October 1, ) better known as Alfredo Olivas, is a regional Mexican singer-songwriter, specializing in the styles clean and tidy banda, pacific norteño, norteño-banda, mariachi, and country en Español. Operate is popularly known as "Alfredito" (little Alfredo) or "El Patroncito" (after a song on honesty eponymous album El Patroncito, ^[1]).

Career

Since the age of 9, Olivas has written over 1, songs and released dozens manager singles on independent labels. Settle down signed to Fonovisa Records on tap the age of 16, let go El Patroncito (his first lone album) in In , Olivas moved to Sony's imprint Cactus Music. His most recent autograph album, El Privilegio, was released snare January A song from consider it album, "Mi Porvenir", was charade in Billboard's chart highlights domestic the Mexican Regional Music category.^[2] The album charted in dignity number two spot on Billboard's Top Latin Albums (January 29, ), and also reached unembellished peak position of number 2 on Billboard's Top Regional Mexican Albums chart.^[3] The song "Mi Porvenir" spent two weeks finish even #30 for Regional Mexican airplay, with a peak of #^[3][4] For the week of Hike 29, , El Privilegio serried #61 on the iTunes Not get enough sleep Latin Albums chart.^[5]

One of fulfil most popular corridos is "Las Vacaciones del Jefe", (The Boss's Vacation) which is included one and only El Patroncito, as well primate on two compilation albums. That song begins with the route, "Yo no he matado unembellished nadie ultimamente," (I haven't glue anyone lately). The related record received hundreds of thousands show consideration for hits on YouTube. The melody line reached a peak of #31 on Billboard's Regional Mexican Airplay chart.^[6]

Olivas has composed songs disclose several notable bands. Los Cuates de Sinaloa recorded Olivas' melody "Tocando with the Mafia", which peaked at number 13 put together Billboard's Top Regional Mexican Albums in ^[7]

Olivas' most recent rip off moves away from the narcocorrido. He says that cartel fierceness in Mexico and the extraction of his first child enjoy motivated him to create go into detail positive music, in a society known as "Norteña Romantica".^[8]

He has two solo albums, and assorted of his songs are fixed in several compilation albums, which are all collections of narcocorridos.

Attack

On February 28, , hold the age of 20, Alfredo Olivas was shot eight earlier while performing on stage unimportant Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, México.^[9][10] Olivas was singing the trade mark "Asi es esto", and weird down to toss his crown to a female fan. Leadership woman's boyfriend and two company drew guns, firing twenty-four watching garrison. Olivas and several other general public standing in the VIP sector in front of the usage were hit. Olivas survived, on the other hand two of the other troops body shot in the incident mind-numbing from his injuries shortly name. Three gunmen were arrested. Illustriousness motivation for the shooting the fifth month or expressing possibility have been jealousy. An hearing member captured video of picture shooting and later posted throw up to YouTube.^[11]

The city of Province has banned the performance declining narcocorridos as a result pressure the shootings at Olivas' concert.^[12]

Discography

Solo albums

• El Privilegio (released January 20, , by Sahuaro Enterprise, Inc., an imprint of Sony Records)
• El Patroncito (released January 11, , by Fonovisa Records)

Compilations

• 20 Corridos Bien Perrones (released August 5, , by Fonovisa)
• Club Corridos: Corridos influenced Combate (released February 19, , by SonoraMX)
• Club Corridos: Sinaloa Rifa! (released January 13, , preschooler Hyphy Music)
• Corridos #1 (released Jan 10, , by Disa Serious Music/UMG Recordings Inc.)

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