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Something wrong?José José turned a voice into a title - "El Príncipe de la Canción" - and held it for forty years. His tenor could fill Madison Square Garden or stop a Latin music festival cold, and it made him the measuring stick for every balladeer who came after.
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Signage at the Clavería neighborhood in Azcapotzalco with the name of his song "La nave del olvido", photographed in 2025
José José receiving an award in the United States in 1982
José José in 1990
José José in 2007![José José in a concert at Guatemala in 2011.[62]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Jos%C3%A9_Jos%C3%A9_en_concierto_en_2011_%28cropped%29.png/500px-Jos%C3%A9_Jos%C3%A9_en_concierto_en_2011_%28cropped%29.png)
José José in a concert at Guatemala in 2011.[62]
Caravan and float that transported the repatriated remains of the singer in October 2019![After his death, José José regained popularity among the generations who grew up with his music, as well as new ones, reaching a new segment of the young population. Thus, T-shirts (like the one pictured), albums, other merchandise, and even "La Nave del Olvido" (spanish for, "The Ship of Oblivion"), a tourist tram that takes visitors to his most emblematic locations in his hometown of Azcapotzalco, was launched.[106][107][108]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Jos%C3%A9_Jos%C3%A9_tributo_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Jos%C3%A9_Jos%C3%A9_tributo_%28cropped%29.jpg)
After his death, José José regained popularity among the generations who grew up with his music, as well as new ones, reaching a new segment of the young population. Thus, T-shirts (like the one pictured), albums, other merchandise, and even "La Nave del Olvido" (spanish for, "The Ship of Oblivion"), a tourist tram that takes visitors to his most emblematic locations in his hometown of Azcapotzalco, was launched.[106][107][108]On YouTube
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Born José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz in 1948 to a family of musicians, he started young - guitar and serenade in his early teens, then bass in a jazz and bossa nova trio. A single performance changed the trajectory: singing "El Triste" at a festival in Mexico City in 1970, he demonstrated a tenor that climbed the Latin charts for the rest of the decade. The 1980s brought an Ariola Records deal and international reach - his 1983 album Secretos moved over four million units, Frank Sinatra tried to sign him, and his music crossed into Europe and Asia where Spanish wasn't spoken. He sold over 40 million albums, collected Grammy nominations, and took on film roles in pictures like Gavilán o Paloma. José José died on 28 September 2019, leaving a catalogue and a standard that defined Latin pop for a generation.
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