Vicente Fernandez is a huge icon in Latin music. The also actor and film producer has released more than 80 albums and has sold 50 million of them worldwide, cementing his status as a musical legend. On February 17, Chente turns 80, and we wanted to use the day to take a look at some of his biggest, best-known, and best-loved hits. All you have to do is hear those two words to instantly sing along at the top of your lungs.

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Vicente Fernandez is a legendary music icon in the Latino community. He is known as El Rey de la Musica Ranchera and has been in his music genre for almost 50 years. Everyone in Mexico knew him and recognized his contributions to the Latino music industry. Days ago, Vicente Fernandez turned 80 years old and at his age, his songs are still one of the most requested music of all time. In celebration of his more than 50 years in the Latino music industry, we have compiled some of his best songs. Here are some of them and just click the title of the song if you want to listen to it:.
“Volver, Volver”
This song is an example is one of my favorite lyrical genres: the provincial boast, the prideful proclamation of being from a city or state. In this case, Chente sings of his pride of being from the state of Jalisco, birthplace of mariachi and tequila, with shout-outs to Los Altos, the geographic region from whence the two essential parts of Mexican society originated. It's a beautiful, soaring song with flutes, a rarity in ranchera music—so why the low-ish placement here? Because I'm a zacatecano and people from Jalisco are our eternal rivals, haha.
His repertoire consists of rancheras and other Mexican classics. He is accompanied live by a mariachi group, but he is not technically a mariachi musician, as he only sings live. He has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, making him one of the best-selling regional Mexican artists of all time. He also worked at a young age as a waiter, dish washer, cashier, and finally manager of his uncle's restaurant. His mother often took him to see the films of Pedro Infante ; he has said of these films' significance: "When I was 6 or 7, I would go see Pedro Infante's movies, and I would tell my mother, 'When I grow up, I'll be like him. Later, at 12, he won 31 pesos in another contest. In he won an amateur contest sponsored by a Guadalajara television station. It was his first break into performing and he began to play at local clubs and gatherings. He went back to Jalisco , where he performed as a busker and occasionally appeared on the television show La calandria musical. When he wasn't working, he was auditioning -unsuccessfully— for record companies.