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 Galeria Caribe Santo Pecado Adentro Quinto Piso Poquita Ropa Independiente Apague la luz y escuche Carlos Rivera
Leyendas (Amor Eterno con Rocío Dúrcal)
Juan Gabriel Celebrando Rocio Durcal Alma Ranchera Duetos Intocable Intimamente... Crossroads cruce de caminos X Jose Jose Ranchero Lucía Méndez Canta un Homenaje a Juan Gabriel 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
Year Category Album Award 2005 Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album Diez by Intocable Latin Grammy Award 2005 Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero Album Loca de Amar by Ana Bárbara Latin Grammy Award 2006 Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album Adentro by Ricardo Arjona Latin Grammy Award 2009 Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album Siempre by Costumbre Latin Grammy Award 2010 Latin Grammy Nomination for Best Ranchero Album Canta un Homenaje a Juan Gabriel by Lucía Méndez Latin Grammy Nomination 2013 Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album Diferente by Felipe Pélaez & Manuel Julián Latin Grammy Award2018Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano AlbumProyecto InsomnioNomination2022Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical AlbumEl Mundo Esta Loco by Jorge Luis ChacinNomination2023Latin Grammy Award for Best Mariachi AlbumBordado A Mano by Ana BarbaraNomination
Grammy Awards
Year Category Album Award 2004Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumIntimamente by IntocableGrammy Award2005Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumDiez by IntocableNomination2005Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop AlbumSolo by Ricardo ArjonaNomination2006Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumNo Es Brujería... by Ana BarbaraNomination2007Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican AlbumCrossroads: Cruce de Caminos by IntocableNomination 2007 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album Adentro by Ricardo Arjona Grammy Award 2010Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album5to Piso by Ricardo ArjonaNomination2011Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop AlbumPoquita Ropa by Ricardo ArjonaNomination2013Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop AlbumIndependiente by Ricardo ArjonaNomination2024Grammy Award for Best Musica Mexicana AlbumBordado A Mano by Ana BarbaraNomination
Billboard Charts +Top Latin AlbumsAlbumPeak positionIndependiente by Ricardo Arjona15to Piso by Ricardo Arjona1Galería Caribe by Ricardo Arjona1Santo Pecado by Ricardo Arjona3Duetos by Rocío Dúrcal12Vivencias by Ana Gabriel14
Yearly charts (El Problema by Ricardo Arjona)
Chart (2002–03) Peakposition
Chart (2003)PeakpositionUS Billboard Latin Songs4US Billboard Latin Pop Songs3
Decade-End charts Chart (2000–2009)PeakpositionUS Billboard Latin Songs89US Billboard Latin Pop Songs33
References
Sources http://www.allmusic.com/artist/carlos-cabral-jr-mn0000141148 http://www.allmusic.com/artist/carlos-junior-cabral-mn0000794043 https://books.google.com/books?id=SA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 http://www.expocompositores.com/carlos-cabral-jr-panelista-confirmado-en-la-ponencia-productores-arquitectos-exitos/ http://www.billboard.com/artist/278987/ana-b-rbara/biography http://www.allmusic.com/album/adentro-mw0000258567/credits