# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roberto-cantoral
# Generated: 2026-09-02T11:57:07.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roberto-cantoral"
name: "Roberto Cantoral"
slug: "roberto-cantoral"
description: "Roberto Cantoral García was a Mexican composer, singer and songwriter. He was known for composing a string of hit Mexican songs, including \"El Triste\", \"Al Final\", \"La Barca\" and \"El Reloj\" The Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México estimated that \"La Barca\" and \"El Reloj\" have been recorded over 1,000 times by other artists like Plácido Domingo, Gualberto Castro, José José, Luis Miguel, Joan Báez and Linda Ronstadt. In 2009, he won the Latin Grammy Trustees Award. Iconos, which was released by Marc Anthony in 2010, featured \"El Triste\"."
tagline: "Mexican composer, singer, musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roberto_Cantoral.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-06-07"
deathDate: "2010-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.836734693877551
  historical:           8.934784
  currentAttention:     10.20408163265306
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134688/"
    handle:    "nm0134688"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/32soZHkWHdgK5HJrLkfW6i"
    handle:    "32soZHkWHdgK5HJrLkfW6i"
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    title: "روبيرتو كانتورال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Cantoral"
    title: "Roberto Cantoral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%BF%CE%B2%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%84%CE%BF_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BB"
    title: "Ροβέρτο Καντοράλ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Cantoral"
    title: "Roberto Cantoral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Cantoral"
    title: "Roberto Cantoral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "روبرتو کانتورال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roberto Cantoral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Cantoral"
    title: "Roberto Cantoral"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/534e6e70-0560-4357-aea6-755e85503446"
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    title: "Roberto Cantoral"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump