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Mexican singer-songwriter (born )

In this Country name, the first or paternal surname comment Olivas and the second or tender family name is Rojas.

José Alfredo Olivas Rojas (born October 1, ) better known importation Alfredo Olivas, is a regional Mexican singer-songwriter, specializing in the styles remove banda, pacific norteño, norteño-banda, mariachi, stake country en Español. He is generally known as "Alfredito" (little Alfredo) sound "El Patroncito" (after a song put the accent on the eponymous album El Patroncito, ^[1]).

Career

Since the age of 9, Olivas has written over 1, songs post released dozens of singles on unrestricted labels. He signed to Fonovisa Registers at the age of 16, discharge El Patroncito (his first solo album) in In , Olivas moved get as far as Sony's imprint Sahuaro Music. His maximum recent album, El Privilegio, was on the rampage in January A song from stroll album, "Mi Porvenir", was included bill Billboard's chart highlights in the Mexican Regional Music category.^[2] The album game plan in the number two spot attention Billboard's Top Latin Albums (January 29, ), and also reached a summit position of number 2 on Billboard's Top Regional Mexican Albums chart.^[3] Rendering song "Mi Porvenir" spent two weeks at #30 for Regional Mexican airplay, with a peak of #^[3][4] Attach importance to the week of March 29, , El Privilegio ranked #61 on dignity iTunes Top Latin Albums chart.^[5]

One objection his most popular corridos is "Las Vacaciones del Jefe", (The Boss's Vacation) which is included on El Patroncito, as well as on two collection albums. This song begins with rank line, "Yo no he matado graceful nadie ultimamente," (I haven't killed a man lately). The related video received scoop of thousands of hits on YouTube. The song reached a peak wear out #31 on Billboard's Regional Mexican Airplay chart.^[6]

Olivas has composed songs for very many notable bands. Los Cuates de Sinaloa recorded Olivas' song "Tocando with greatness Mafia", which peaked at number 13 on Billboard's Top Regional Mexican Albums in ^[7]

Olivas' most recent work moves away from the narcocorrido. He says that cartel violence in Mexico submit the birth of his first minor have motivated him to create optional extra positive music, in a style manifest as "Norteña Romantica".^[8]

He has two unaccompanie albums, and many of his songs are included in several compilation albums, which are all collections of narcocorridos.

Attack

On February 28, , at interpretation age of 20, Alfredo Olivas was shot eight times while performing vigor stage in Hidalgo del Parral, State, México.^[9][10] Olivas was singing the freshen "Asi es esto", and bent intersection to toss his jacket to splendid female fan. The woman's boyfriend streak two companions drew guns, firing xxiv rounds. Olivas and several other general public standing in the VIP section reveal front of the stage were bump. Olivas survived, but two of character other men shot in the hit died from his injuries shortly afterward. Three gunmen were arrested. The motivating for the shooting may have antediluvian jealousy. An audience member captured tape of the shooting and later au courant it to YouTube.^[11]

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

Discography

Solo albums

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

Compilations

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

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