Carlos Cabral Jr.


Carlos Cabral Junior, also known as Junior Cabral, is a songwriter, producer, and arranger. Multiple Latin Grammy and Grammy Award winner, as well as music director for several Award-Winning World Tours. Latin Grammy nominations include; Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best Vocal Pop Album, Best Ranchero Album, Best Norteño Album, Best Tejano Album, Best Vallenato Album. As producer/arranger/guitarist, Cabral has collaborated in more than 20 top #15 Billboard charting albums and singles.

Career

Beginning in 1995 with La Trampa by Ana Bárbara, and after moving from Brazil to Mexico, Junior began his career as a producer in the Latin market. He then continued to work with Artists such as Intocable, Juan Gabriel, Lucero, Ana Gabriel, Nydia Rojas, Lucía Méndez, Julio Iglesias, Rocio Durcal, Pepe Aguilar, and Vicente Fernandez. In 2000, the start of his relationship with Ricardo Arjona resulted in his arrangement contribution to the album Galeria Caribe. Following the success of this album, Junior produced Arjona's top charting Album; Santo Pecado. Since then, he has collaborated as a producer/arranger and engineer in almost every album released by Arjona.
In 2002 and 2003 Junior produced Ana Bárbara #1 album Te Atrapare...Bandido, Ricardo Arjona's singles "El Problema" and "Minutos", the Santo Pecado album by Ricardo Arjona. From there on, Junior has produced top-selling and top-charting albums for Sony Music Latin, Universal Music, and Warner Music.
As a producer, arranger and guitarist he's been credited in more than 200 albums and has received +30 Latin Grammy Nominations and 5 Grammy Award Nominations, of which he has won 5 Latin Grammys and 1 Grammy Award for the album Adentro by Ricardo Arjona.

Discography

Ricardo Arjona
Carlos Rivera
  • Leyendas
Juan Gabriel
Rocio Durcal
Intocable
  • Intimamente...
  • Crossroads cruce de caminos
  • X
Jose Jose
  • Ranchero
Lucía Méndez
Ana Bárbara
  • Te atraparé... Bandido,
  • Loca de amar,
  • No es brujería
Lucero
  • Aquí Estoy
Ana Gabriel
  • Vivencias
Felipe Peláez
  • Diferente
Shaila Dúrcal
  • Shaila Dúrcal
Pedro Fernandez
  • ''¡Arránquense Muchachos!''

Awards

[Latin Grammy Awards]

YearCategoryAlbumAward
2005Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño AlbumDiez by IntocableLatin Grammy Award
2005Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero AlbumLoca de Amar by Ana BárbaraLatin Grammy Award
2006Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal AlbumAdentro by Ricardo ArjonaLatin Grammy Award
2009Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño AlbumSiempre by CostumbreLatin Grammy Award
2010Latin Grammy Nomination for Best Ranchero AlbumCanta un Homenaje a Juan Gabriel by Lucía MéndezLatin Grammy Nomination
2013Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato AlbumDiferente by Felipe Pélaez & Manuel JuliánLatin Grammy Award
2018Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano AlbumProyecto InsomnioNomination
2022Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical AlbumEl Mundo Esta Loco by Jorge Luis ChacinNomination
2023Latin Grammy Award for Best Mariachi AlbumBordado A Mano by Ana BarbaraNomination

[Grammy Awards]

YearCategoryAlbumAward
2004Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumIntimamente by IntocableGrammy Award
2005Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumDiez by IntocableNomination
2005Grammy Award for Best [Latin Pop Album]Solo by Ricardo ArjonaNomination
2006Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumNo Es Brujería... by Ana BarbaraNomination
2007Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumCrossroads: Cruce de Caminos by IntocableNomination
2007Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop AlbumAdentro by Ricardo ArjonaGrammy Award
2010Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album5to Piso by Ricardo ArjonaNomination
2011Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop AlbumPoquita Ropa by Ricardo ArjonaNomination
2013Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop AlbumIndependiente by Ricardo ArjonaNomination
2024Grammy Award for Best Musica Mexicana AlbumBordado A Mano by Ana BarbaraNomination

Yearly charts (El Problema by Ricardo Arjona)

Chart Peak
position

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard Latin Songs4
US Billboard Latin Pop Songs3