Carlos Cabral Jr.

Carlos Cabral Junior, also known as Junior Cabral, is a songwriter, producer, and arranger. Multiple Latin Grammy and Grammy Award winner, as well as Music Director for several Award-Winning World Tours. Latin Grammy nominations include; Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best Vocal Pop Album, Best Ranchero Album, Best Norteño Album, Best Tejano Album, Best Vallenato Album. As producer/arranger/guitarist, Cabral has collaborated in more than 20 top #15 Billboard charting albums and singles.

Junior Cabral recording in Monterrey, México.

Career

Beginning in 1995 with La Trampa by Ana Bárbara, and after moving from Brazil to Mexico, Junior began his career as a producer in the Latin market. He then continued to work with Artists such as Intocable, Juan Gabriel, Lucero, Ana Gabriel, Nydia Rojas, Lucía Méndez, Julio Iglesias, Rocio Durcal, Pepe Aguilar, and Vicente Fernandez. In 2000, the start of his relationship with Ricardo Arjona resulted in his arrangement contribution to the album Galeria Caribe. Following the success of this album, Junior produced Arjona's top charting Album; Santo Pecado. Since then, he has collaborated as a producer/arranger and engineer in almost every album released by Arjona.

In 2002 and 2003 Junior produced Ana Bárbara #1 album Te Atrapare...Bandido, Ricardo Arjona's singles "El Problema" and "Minutos", the Santo Pecado album by Ricardo Arjona. From there on, Junior has produced top-selling and top-charting albums for Sony Music Latin, Universal Music, and Warner Music.

As a producer, arranger and guitarist he's been credited in more than 200 albums and has received +30 Latin Grammy Nominations and 5 Grammy Award Nominations, of which he has won 5 Latin Grammys and 1 Grammy Award for the album Adentro by Ricardo Arjona.

Discography

Ricardo Arjona

Juan Gabriel

Rocio Durcal

Intocable

  • Crossroads
  • X

Jose Jose

  • Ranchero

Lucía Méndez

  • Canta un Homenaje a Juan Gabriel

Ana Bárbara

  • Te atraparé... Bandido,
  • Loca de amar,
  • No es brujería

Lucero

  • Aquí Estoy

Ana Gabriel

  • Vivencias

Felipe Peláez

  • Diferente

Shaila Dúrcal

  • Shaila Dúrcal

Pedro Fernandez

  • ¡Arránquense Muchachos!

Awards

Latin Grammy Awards
YearCategoryAlbumAward
2005Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño AlbumDiez by IntocableLatin Grammy Award
2005Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero AlbumLoca de Amar by Ana BárbaraLatin Grammy Award
2006Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal AlbumAdentro by Ricardo ArjonaLatin Grammy Award
2009Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño AlbumSiempre by CostumbreLatin Grammy Award
2010Latin Grammy Nomination for Best Ranchero AlbumCanta un Homenaje a Juan Gabriel by Lucía MéndezLatin Grammy Nomination
2013Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato AlbumDiferente by Felipe Pélaez & Manuel JuliánLatin Grammy Award

Grammy Awards
YearCategoryAlbumAward
2005 Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Album Crossroads: Cruce de Caminos by Intocable Grammy Award
2006 Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Album No Es Brujería... by Ana Barbara Nomination
2007 Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Album Diez by Intocable Nomination
2007Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop AlbumAdentro by Ricardo ArjonaGrammy Award
2010 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album 5to Piso by Ricardo Arjona Nomination
2011 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album Poquita Ropa by Ricardo Arjona Nomination
2013 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album Independiente by Ricardo Arjona Nomination

Billboard Charts
Top Latin Albums
Album Peak Position
Independiente by Ricardo Arjona 1
5to Piso by Ricardo Arjona 1
Galería Caribe by Ricardo Arjona 1
Santo Pecado by Ricardo Arjona 3
Duetos by Rocío Dúrcal 12
Vivencias by Ana Gabriel 14

Yearly charts (El Problema by Ricardo Arjona)

Decade-End charts
Chart (2000–2009) Peak
position
US Billboard Latin Songs[5] 89
US Billboard Latin Pop Songs[6] 33

References
  1. "Ricardo Arjona Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard.
  2. "Ricardo Arjona Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "The Year in Music 2003: Latin". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 115 (52): YE-67. December 27, 2003. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  4. "2003 Year End Charts". Billboard. December 27, 2003. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  5. "2009 Decade End Charts". Billboard. December 27, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  6. "2009 Decade End Charts". Billboard. December 27, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2011.

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