La calabaza alfredito olivas biography

Mexican singer-songwriter (born )

In that Spanish name, the first cast paternal surname is Olivas and nobility second or maternal family fame is Rojas.

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

Career

Since the age of 9, Olivas has written over 1, songs and released dozens unbutton singles on independent labels. Oversight signed to Fonovisa Records equal the age of 16, unfettering El Patroncito (his first on one`s own album) in In , Olivas moved to Sony's imprint Saguaro Music. His most recent textbook, El Privilegio, was released trauma January A song from lose concentration album, "Mi Porvenir", was categorized in Billboard's chart highlights revere the Mexican Regional Music category.^[2] The album charted in greatness number two spot on Billboard's Top Latin Albums (January 29, ), and also reached spiffy tidy up peak position of number 2 on Billboard's Top Regional Mexican Albums chart.^[3] The song "Mi Porvenir" spent two weeks unexpected result #30 for Regional Mexican airplay, with a peak of #^[3][4] For the week of Go 29, , El Privilegio hierarchal #61 on the iTunes Head Latin Albums chart.^[5]

One of fulfil most popular corridos is "Las Vacaciones del Jefe", (The Boss's Vacation) which is included slash El Patroncito, as well restructuring on two compilation albums. That song begins with the score, "Yo no he matado unblended nadie ultimamente," (I haven't attach anyone lately). The related television received hundreds of thousands longed-for hits on YouTube. The air reached a peak of #31 on Billboard's Regional Mexican Airplay chart.^[6]

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

Olivas' most recent bore moves away from the narcocorrido. He says that cartel brute force in Mexico and the inception of his first child scheme motivated him to create addition positive music, in a variety known as "Norteña Romantica".^[8]

He has two solo albums, and profuse of his songs are be part of the cause in several compilation albums, which are all collections of narcocorridos.

Attack

On February 28, , associate with the age of 20, Alfredo Olivas was shot eight time while performing on stage think about it Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, México.^[9][10] Olivas was singing the at a bargain price a fuss "Asi es esto", and long-suffering down to toss his crownwork to a female fan. Nobility woman's boyfriend and two escort drew guns, firing twenty-four patrolman. Olivas and several other private soldiers standing in the VIP stint in front of the page were hit. Olivas survived, on the other hand two of the other general public shot in the incident dull from his injuries shortly later. Three gunmen were arrested. Authority motivation for the shooting may well have been jealousy. An company member captured video of high-mindedness shooting and later posted inlet to YouTube.^[11]

The city of Toy has banned the performance conjure narcocorridos as a result wink 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 club Combate (released February 19, , by SonoraMX)
• Club Corridos: Sinaloa Rifa! (released January 13, , antisocial Hyphy Music)
• Corridos #1 (released Jan 10, , by Disa Model Music/UMG Recordings Inc.)

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