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The Aguilar family is a Mexican family of musicians from Tayahua, Zacatecas. Performing as a family and as solo artists, Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, their children, and grandchildren were successful in the field of acting and ranchera music from the late 1950's and onward. When performing together, the family is often referred to as La Familia Aguilar or La Dinastía Aguilar.

The Aguilars have continued to be one of the most influential and successful families in Mexican music. Antonio and Flor were also two stars of Mexico’s Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Antonio and Pepe received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000 and 2012, respectively. Both singers were also awarded the Lo Nuestro Excellence Award in 2000 and 2012. Flor starred in multiple films that were nominated for Academy Awards.

The continued success of the family throughout three generations of careers as solo artists led to the Aguilar's to be described by some as "Ranchera Royalty". Antonio, Pepe, Leonardo, and Ángela have all been nominated for multiple Grammys or Latin Grammys, with Pepe being the only one to win, with 9 in total.

First generation
José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza was born to Jesús Aguilar Aguilar and Ángela Márquez Barraza Valle in Villanueva, Zacatecas. He spent his early childhood in La Casa Grande de Tayahua, an hacienda first built in 1596 in the town of Tayahua. Aguilar began his recording career in 1945 and acting debut two years later. He began his acting career during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, with Pedro Infante in the drama Un rincón cerca del cielo (1952). At age 33, Aguilar married singer and actress Flor Silvestre and started a family almost a decade later. Aguilar was also largely responsible for the renewed popularity of the tambora music in the mid-1980s, when he single-handedly resuscitated the genre with the hit "Triste recuerdo". His success increased with his tours throughout Latin America and his studio albums, which included Mexican folk songs (rancheras) and ballads (corridos). In 1997, Aguilar was awarded the Golden Ariel for his "invaluable contribution and spreading of Mexican cinema". As of 2019, he has been the only Hispanic artist to sell out the Madison Square Garden of New York City for six consecutive nights in 1997. Aguilar died on June 4, 2007 from pneumonia.

Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla, artistically known as, Flor Silvestre, was born on August 16, 1930 in Salamanca, Guanajuato. She is the third child and second daughter of Jesús Jiménez Cervantes and María de Jesús Chabolla Peña. Silvestre was raised in Salamanca and began singing at an early age. Her parents, who were also fond of singing, encouraged her to sing. She loved the mariachi music of Mexican singers Jorge Negrete and Lucha Reyes. She began her singing career in 1943, when she was 13 years old. She and her father attended a performance of the famous Mariachi Pulido at the Teatro del Pueblo, a theater located in the Abelardo L. Rodríguez Market in central Mexico City. Silvestre went on to appear in more than seventy films between 1950 and 1990, she became one of the leading female stars of the "golden age" of the Mexican film industry. Shortly after launching her acting career, she branched out into singing. She married Antonio in 1959 and went on to star in films along side him and perform with him and their two sons, Antonio Jr, and Pepe on equestrian-musical style tours.

Second Generation
José Jesús Antonio Aguilar Jiménez known as Antonio Aguilar, hijo, was born to Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre on October 9, 1960 in Mexico City, Mexico. He is the eldest son of the two. He made his acting debut in his parents' film La yegua colorada in 1972. His debut studio album, Toda mi vida was released in 1994 and topped the Billboard Latin charts in the United States. He went on to perform alongside his family on tour throughout his career. Antonio married Susana Carrillo and had two daughters; Flor Susana and María Jose "Majo" Aguilar. Majo pursued a career in music.

José Antonio Aguilar Jiménez better known as Pepe Aguilar, was born on August 7, 1968, in San Antonio, Texas, while his parents were on tour. Aguilar made his debut as a singer at the age of three, when his father, Antonio presented him at concert in Madison Square Garden in New York City. Aguilar launched his recording career in 1980 and went mainstream in the 90s. His 1998 album, Por Mujeres Como Tu, made him a household name in Mexico and established him as a singer in his own right. Aguilar went on to top music charts with his albums and became one of the most awarded singers of his generation. His accolades include: Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards, Lo Nuestro Awards, Billboard Latin Music Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Pepe married Carmen Trevino in 1991 and had a son, Jose Emiliano Aguilar Trevino, before divorcing shortly after. Pepe married his second and current wife, Aneliz Álvarez-Alcalá, in 1997 and had three children; Aneliz, Leonardo, and Ángela Aguilar. The youngest two followed in their father's footsteps and also became singers.

Third Generation


María José Aguilar Carrillo known professionally as Majo Aguilar, was born on June 7, 1994, in Mexico City, Mexico to Antonio Aguilar, hijo and Susana Carrillo. Majo recorded the single "Lo busqué" with her cousins Leonardo and Ángela Aguilar. In 2017, she released her first extended play, Tributo, which includes cover versions of her grandmother's hits "Cielo rojo" and "Cruz de olvido" and her grandfather's hits "Albur de amor" and "Triste recuerdo".

Leonardo Antonio Aguilar Álvarez known simply as Leonardo Aguilar, was born on August 15, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico to Pepe Aguilar and Aneliz Álvarez-Alcalá. In 2012, at just twelve years old, Aguilar released Nueva Tradición, alongside his sister, Ángela Aguilar. It featured four songs by Leonardo and four by Ángela. On December 2, 2016, Aguilar released his first solo album, Gallo Fino, produced by his father, Pepe. Gallo Fino was nominated for Best Norteño Album at the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2017. His song "Compromiso Descartado" was also nominated for Best Regional Mexican Song.

Ángela Aguilar Álvarez known simply as Ángela Aguilar, was born on October 8, 2003 in Los Angeles, California to Pepe Aguilar and Aneliz Álvarez-Alcalá. In January 2018, Aguilar and her family launched an equestrian-musical style tour dubbed "Jaripeo Sin Fronteras". Aguilar accompanied her father, Pepe, her uncle Antonio, and her brother, Leonardo Aguilar. On March 2, 2018, Aguilar released her first solo album, Primero Soy Mexicana, produced by her father, Pepe. The album featured eleven well known ranchera songs previously performed by other prominent music artists such as, Lucha Villa, Rocio Durcal, and her grandmother, Flor Silvestre. On September 20, 2018, Aguilar was nominated for Best New Artist and her album, Primero Soy Mexicana was nominated for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album at the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. At the ceremony, she performed "La Llorona", where she received a standing ovation from the audience. Aguilar received widespread praise from various artists including Mexican ranchera singer Vicente Fernández for her performance. On December 7, 2018, Aguilar's album Primero Soy Mexicana, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Music Album.

Other family members
La Prieta Linda Mary Jiménez Guadalupe Pineda Dalia Inés Francisco Rubiales Marcela Rubiales