What is Ángela Aguilar’s net worth?
Ángela Aguilar is a Mexican and American singer who has a net worth of $5 million. Ángela Aguilar is a member of a family of musicians known as “La Dinastía Aguilar”. She has released the albums “Nueva Tradición” (2012), “Primero Soy Mexicana” (2018), “Mexicana Enamorada” (2021), and “Bolero” (2024), and the EPs “Baila Esta Cumbia” (2020) and “Que no se apague la música” (2020). In 2018, Aguilar gained attention after performing her song “La Llorona” with Natalia Lafourcade and Aida Cuevas at the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Ángela has been nominated for the Grammy Awards and the Latin Grammy Awards, making her one of the youngest artists to be nominated for both.
Early life
Ángela Aguilar was born Ángela Aguilar Álvarez Alcalá on October 8, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Aneliz Álvarez Alcalá and Grammy-winning singer Pepe Aguilar, and was born while Pepe was on tour. Ángela is part of a family of musicians known as “La Dinastía Aguilar.” Her paternal grandparents were singer/actors Flor Silvestre and Antonio Aguilar, her uncle is singer/actor Antonio Aguilar Jr., and her brother Leonardo was a two-time Latin Grammy nominee. Ángela holds dual U.S. and Mexican citizenship. At a young age, Ángela and Leonardo accompanied Pepe on tours in Latin America.
Career
In 2012, 9-year-old Ángela released the album “Nueva Tradición” with her brother Leonardo. In 2016, 13-year-old Aguilar was the youngest artist at the BBC 100 Woman Festival in Mexico City and she told BBC News she hoped the music industry would change and no longer be dominated by men. In early 2018, Ángela and Leonardo launched “Jaripeo Sin Fronteras”, a “horse music-style tour”, with their father and uncle. In March of the same year, Aguilar released “Primero Soy Mexicana”, her debut solo album, produced by her father. She sang the single “Tu Sangre en Mi Cuerpo” at the Premios Tu Mundo. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Regional Mexican Music Album and Ángela sang the song “La Llorona” at the Latin Grammy Awards, where she was nominated for Best New Artist and Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album.
In April 2019, Mayor Ulises Mejía Haro named her Artistic and Cultural Ambassador of Zacatecas, Mexico. At the 2019 Premios Juventud, Aguilar was nominated for three awards (Best Regional Mexican Artist, Best Social Artist and Best New Influencer) and sang a medley with mariachi singers Pipe Bueno and Christian Nodal. In July 2019, she posted a cover of “Shallow” from the 2018 film “A Star Is Born” on the Recording Academy’s YouTube page, marking the first time she recorded a song in English. In 2020, Ángela released the EP “Baila Esta Cumbia,” a tribute to singer Selena, who was tragically murdered in 1995. In 2021, Aguilar released the album “Mexicana Enamorada,” followed by “Bolero” in 2024.
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Personal life
In June 2024, Ángela confirmed that she is in a relationship with Christian Nodal, a Mexican singer who has won numerous Latin Grammys. Nodal is known for hit singles such as “Adiós Amor,” “Probablemente,” and “Ya No Somos Ni Seremos,” and he collaborated with Aguilar on the single “Dime Cómo Quieres.” In 2018, Ángela teamed up with Voto Latino to encourage Latino Americans to vote in U.S. elections.
Awards and nominations
In 2019, Aguilar received a Grammy nomination for Best Regional Mexican Music Album for “Primero Soy Mexicana.” She has received three Latin Grammy nominations: Best New Artist (2018) and Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album for “Primero Soy Mexicana” (2018) and “Mexicana Enamorada” (2022). In 2022, Ángela received an iHeartRadio Music Award nomination for Regional Mexican Song of the Year for “Dime Cómo Quieres” and in 2024, a People’s Choice Award nomination for Female Latin Artist of the Year. She has received more than a dozen nominations for the Premios Juventud, winning the award for Best Mariachi Song for “Dime Cómo Quieres” (2021), the award for Regional Mexican Album of the Year for “Mexicana Enamorada” (2022), and the award for Emerging Artist (2022). Aguilar has also been nominated 11 times for the Lo Nuestro Award, winning the award for New Artist of the Year 2022 and Regional Mexican Artist of the Year 2023.
