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Fue Un Placer Conocerte: Gracias Juan Gabriel, Vol. 1
 

Fue Un Placer Conocerte: Gracias Juan Gabriel, Vol. 1 is the twenty-sixth studio album by Mexican-American singer-songwriter Pepe Aguilar by Equinoccio Records and distributed by Sony Music. It is a tribute album that consists of twelve cover versions of songs written by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel.

Fue Un Placer Conocerte: Gracias Juan Gabriel, Vol. 1 reached number four on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and number one on the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart in the United States. It was certified gold in Mexico. The album earned a Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero Album at the 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2014 and a Grammy nomination for Best Regional Mexican Music Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015.

Background
In August 2018, Juan Gabriel was on a tour in the United States, promoting his latest album, Los Dúo, Vol. 2, when he died from a heart attack in Santa Monica, California.

Recordings
The first track, "El Tapatío", was recorded by Fernández on his 1994 album of the same name. The second song, "Lástima Que Seas Ajena", was recorded on his 1993 album of the same name. The third recording, "Acá Entre Nos", was recorded on his 1992 album, Qué de Raro Tiene. The fourth song, "Cuanto Te Debo", was recorded on his 1991 album, Palabra de Rey. The fifth track, "Qué Bonita", was recorded on his 1993 album, Es la diferencia. The sixth track, "Por Tu Maldito Amor", was recorded on his 1989 album of the same name. The seventh track, "Dolor", was recorded on his 2010 album, Un Mexicano en la Mexico. The eighth recording, "Hermoso Cariño", appears on his 1992 self titled album. The ninth song, "De Que Manera Te Olvido", was recorded on his 1998 album of the same name. The tenth and final song, "La Ley del Monte", was recorded on his 1987 album, Tesoros Musicales de Mexico.

Reception
Lástima Que Sean Ajenas received a Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero Album at the 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2014 and a Grammy nomination for Best Regional Mexican Music Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015. Aguilar competed against Fernandez’s 2014 release of Mano a Mano Tangos a La Manera de Vicente Fernández in both categories, with Aguilar winning the Latin Grammy and Fernández receiving the Grammy.

Aguilar dedicated the Latin Grammy Award to Fernández and said it was an honor to be able to sing his songs. Fernández’s son, Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández criticized Aguilar for the recording saying that no one could ever replace his father. Aguilar responded by stating that it was not his intention to try to replace anyone and no one would be able to do so.

Commercial release
Lástima Que Sean Ajenas reached number four on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and number one on the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart in the United States. It was certified gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas in Mexico.

Single
              

"Aparentemente Bien" (English: "Apparently Well") is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Jenni Rivera and released posthumously on July 2, 2019 as a single. "Aparentemente Bien" was written by Panamanian singer-songwriter Erika Ender and Argentine singer-songwriter Alejandro Lerner.

Background
"Aparentemente Bien" was written by Panamanian singer-songwriter Erika Ender and Argentine singer-songwriter Alejandro Lerner. Ender met Jenni Rivera at an afterparty following the 2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards, where Ender and Rivera discussed working together. Ender said she sent Rivera the song, but never heard anything back until Rivera's brother, Juan contacted her in 2015. Juan said he found the recording while searching through Jenni's studio files.

Release and reception
The Jenni Rivera Estate and Sony Music Latin released Banda, mariachi, and Latin pop versions of the recording on July 2, 2019, on what would've been Rivera's 50th birthday. Its music video was also released the same day, and features Rivera, her family, and scenes of major events that took place throughout her life, from her teenage pregnancy to a cancer diagnoses. The video begins with a butterfly hatching from Chrysalis on a cross in Iturbide, Mexico, at the site of her plane crash. The butterfly is shown as a symbol of hope that everything will be okay and leads to a theatre where the butterfly transforms into a hologram of Rivera performing the song, where Rivera's family can be seen in the audience.

Mas de un camino EP
Más de un camino is the second EP recorded by Mexican-American singer-songwriter Pepe Aguilar.

Más de un camino reached number 18 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and number ten on the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart in the United States. The recording won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero Album at the 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2012.

Reception
The recording won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero Album at the 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2012.

Commercial release
Negociaré con la pena reached number 18 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and number ten on the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart in the United States.

Negociaré con la pena EP
Negociaré con la pena is the first EP recorded by Mexican-American singer-songwriter Pepe Aguilar.

Negociaré con la pena reached number 27 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and number 19 on the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart in the United States. It was certified gold in Mexico. The recording received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Album at the 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2012.

Reception
Alex Henderson of Allmusic gave the album 3.5 stars; he described it as "enjoyable". The recording received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Album at the 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2012, but lost to David Bisbal's Una Noche en el Teatro Real.

Commercial release
Negociaré con la pena reached number four on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and number one on the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart in the United States. It was certified gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas in Mexico.

Dime Cómo Quieres
"Dime Cómo Quieres" (English: "Tell Me How You Want") is a song by Mexican singers Christian Nodal and Ángela Aguilar, released on November 13, 2020. It was written by Nodal and Edgar Barrera.

Background
Nodal stated in an interview with Billboard magazine that he reached out to Aguilar in 2019 with song and she responded a few months later with her vocals on it.

Music video
The music video was shot at a separately three months before the songs release. Nodal and Aguilar are seen together in the video, however they each recorded their own part separately using a green screen.

Chart performance
In Mexico, "Dime Cómo Quieres" reached number five on the Mexico Top 20 General chart. In the United States, the single entered Billboards Hot Latin Songs and peaked at number 9, while the song peaked at number 18 on Billboards Regional Mexican Songs in 2017.