Pepe Aguilar
Pepe Aguilar | |
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Pepe Aguilar performing at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on April 20, 2006. | |
| Born | José Antonio Aguilar Jiménez 7 August 1968 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Spouses | Carmen Trevino
(m. 1991, divorced)Aneliz Álvarez Alcalá
(m. 1997) |
| Children | 4 (Emiliano Aguilar, Aneliz Aguilar, Leonardo Aguilar and Ángela Aguilar) |
| Parents |
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| Family | Antonio Aguilar, hijo (brother) Guadalupe Pineda (cousin) Majo Aguilar (niece) |
| Musical career | |
| Origin | Zacatecas, Mexico |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Website | pepeaguilar |
José Antonio Aguilar Jiménez (born 7 August 1968), better known as Pepe Aguilar, is a Mexican singer. Born to famous singer-actors and musicians Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre, he accompanied them on tour and played his first concert at the age of three, joining his father onstage at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He does the same with his own children, Leonardo Aguilar and Ángela Aguilar, who have also continued in the steps of their father and grandparents.
Aguilar has sold over 13 million albums worldwide. His work has earned him four Grammy Awards, five Latin Grammy Awards, nineteen Lo Nuestro Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.