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Victor Garcia Profile |
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Birth Date: October 1, 1975
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Birth Place: Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
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Birth Name: Victor Alejandro Garcia Pérez
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Biography |
Victor Garcia is a Mexican singer and actor.
His father (Victor Garcia) was a sailor and considers his
mother (Juana Pérez Sustaita) to be his source of
inspiration. His grandfather was a singer and Víctor was
compelled to follow his steps. As a teenager, he formed part
of a musical group (Proyecto Malta) and practiced Lima lama
martial arts. He dropped out of high school in his senior
year because he wanted to dedicate himself fully to his
singing career. He learned to play guitar and moved to
Mexico City with some friends when he turned 18. In Mexico
City he worked at the L’Canto bar and eventually was able to
perform there as a singer.
In 1996 he became the singer of the newly created Grupo
Nahum and participated in the Festival Valores Juveniles
Bacardi contest winning the second prize in the "Best
Musical Group" category. They recorded several albums with
producers such as Carlos Lara, Gerardo Flores and Aníbal
Pastor.
In 2002 he participated in the casting for the new reality
show of TV Azteca, La Academia. He was accepted and on June
30 of the same year he joined the 14-member group. He
started in the sixth place but was voted off in the seventh
concert. He maintained a good attitude after leaving the
academy and was invited back in the "alumni concert" and was
asked to stay. On November 10 he became one of the five
finalists of the competition. On December 1 he obtained the
second place in the finals. His prize was 1.5 million pesos
(approximately 140,000 US dollars) in cash, a brand new car,
a contract with the Coca-Cola music tour and a contract for
five records with Sony Music.
In March 2003 he sang the title song for the telenovela Un
nuevo amor ("A new love") with the La Academia alumnus
Miguel Ángel. He later joined the cast of the telenovela
Enamórate ("Fall in love with me"). In May 2005 he released
his first album titled Víctor García which debuted at number
one. A month later, he starred in the telenovela 2 chicos de
cuidado en la ciudad ("2 guys to be careful with in the
city") where he also sang the title song. In August he
received a platinum album for the sale of more than 175,000
records in Mexico. The next month he made a presentation at
the Reliant Center of Houston, Texas where he was cheered by
more than 30,000 people. In 2004 he became the most-played
Latin artist on radio in the United States in the Mexican
Regional Music category and was nominated for the Lo Nuestro
Billboard award in the same category. In August of the same
year he formed part of the cast of the sitcom Los Sánchez
and was later nominated for the Oye! Awards in the "Song of
the year" (for "Otra vez"), "Best new artist" and "Grupero
singer or group".
In October 2005, he received a Gold album for the sale of
more than 50,000 records of Loco por tí in just 2 weeks
after its release. He currently plays Brayan Ferreira in the
TV Azteca Novela Pobre Rico Pobre. |
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since September 8, 2008