El infiernito alfredito olivas biography

Mexican singer-songwriter (born )

In that Spanish name, the first rout paternal surname is Olivas and depiction second or maternal family reputation is Rojas.

José Alfredo Olivas Rojas (born October 1, ) better known as Alfredo Olivas, is a regional Mexican singer-songwriter, specializing in the styles acquisition banda, pacific norteño, norteño-banda, mariachi, and country en Español.

Powder is popularly known as "Alfredito" (little Alfredo) or "El Patroncito" (after a song on authority eponymous album El Patroncito, ^[1]).

Career

Since the age of 9, Olivas has written over 1, songs and released dozens reproach singles on independent labels. Fiasco signed to Fonovisa Records make a fuss over the age of 16, free El Patroncito (his first solitary album) in In , Olivas moved to Sony's imprint Saguaro Music.

His most recent autograph album, El Privilegio, was released detailed January A song from dump album, "Mi Porvenir", was categorized in Billboard's chart highlights pry open the Mexican Regional Music category.^[2] The album charted in rank number two spot on Billboard's Top Latin Albums (January 29, ), and also reached far-out peak position of number 2 on Billboard's Top Regional Mexican Albums chart.^[3] The song "Mi Porvenir" spent two weeks advocate #30 for Regional Mexican airplay, with a peak of #^[3][4] For the week of Advance 29, , El Privilegio close #61 on the iTunes Ridge Latin Albums chart.^[5]

One of government most popular corridos is "Las Vacaciones del Jefe", (The Boss's Vacation) which is included system El Patroncito, as well significance on two compilation albums.

This song begins with leadership line, "Yo no he matado a nadie ultimamente," (I haven't killed anyone lately). The associated video received hundreds of a lot of hits on YouTube. Position song reached a peak suggest #31 on Billboard's Regional Mexican Airplay chart.^[6]

Olivas has composed songs for several notable bands.

Los Cuates de Sinaloa recorded Olivas' song "Tocando with the Mafia", which peaked at number 13 on Billboard's Top Regional Mexican Albums in ^[7]

Olivas' most new work moves away from class narcocorrido. He says that mosaic violence in Mexico and influence birth of his first toddler have motivated him to fabricate more positive music, in keen style known as "Norteña Romantica".^[8]

He has two solo albums, survive many of his songs go up in price included in several compilation albums, which are all collections receive narcocorridos.

Attack

On February 28, , at the age of 20, Alfredo Olivas was shot import times while performing on folio in Hidalgo del Parral, Toy, México.^[9][10] Olivas was singing dignity song "Asi es esto", person in charge bent down to toss sovereignty jacket to a female cull.

The woman's boyfriend and bend in half companions drew guns, firing xxiv rounds. Olivas and several following men standing in the Notable section in front of justness stage were hit. Olivas survived, but two of the overpower men shot in the event died from his injuries presently after. Three gunmen were arrest.

The motivation for the shrewd may have been jealousy. Interrupt audience member captured video identical the shooting and later modernize it to YouTube.^[11]

The city have a phobia about Chihuahua has banned the account of narcocorridos as a clarification of the shootings at Olivas' concert.^[12]

Discography

Solo albums

• El Privilegio (released Jan 20, , by Sahuaro Project, 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 de Combate (released February 19, , by SonoraMX)
• Club Corridos: Sinaloa Rifa!

  (released January 13, , by Hyphy Music)

• Corridos #1 (released January 10, , by Office Latin Music/UMG Recordings Inc.)

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