Angela Aguilar, the famous Mexican singer, is proud of Argentina’s triumph during the 2022 World Cup Qatar and she gets bashed and criticized. But, she also goes trending.
As Argentina faced France in a remarkable match at the World Cup event, Angela joined the revelry even though she wasn’t an Argentine.
Angela Aguilar: Argentina and the World Cup
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She was strongly criticized on different social media platforms after she posted on her official Instagram account her appreciation to the Argentine National Team for having been crowned champions during the World Cup.
She uploaded a photo with a caption declaring herself “25% Argentina.” In full, the message was “I can’t explain it to you, because you won’t understand, 25% Argentina, 100% proud today, we are all more celestial than the sky,” she expressed.
However, her followers did not take it very well. She was accused of wanting to get more likes on Instagram and they even called her ridiculous.
Father to the rescue
Angela’s father, well-known Mexican singer Pepe Aguilar, confirmed though that his daughter has Argentinian roots, as Angela’s mother is half-Argentinian, and her grandmother is a Buenos Aires native.
According to Angela’s father, there is enough proof, and it’s safe to say that Angela was not lying or just inventing that she’s part Argentinian.
As Pepe explained, Ángela’s mother, Aneliz Álvarez, has American, Mexican, and Argentine ancestry. Her grandmother, Eva Mendoza, was born in Argentina.
Angela Aguilar, the singer
Angela was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Her paternal grandparents, Flor Silvestre and Antonio Aguilar were not only born in Mexico but are two of the most important regional Mexican singers in history.
She is the youngest daughter of Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer Pepe Aguilar, and granddaughter of the late ranchera and corrido music titan Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre, a singer and veteran of the golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1950s.
Ángela is redefining obsolete traditions, imbuing her own style as a bicultural Gen Z woman, and breathing new life into mariachi and ranchera music.
Her first stage performance was when she was 3 years.
“Since I was very, very little, I knew I wanted to be a singer,” Ángela says.
At 9, she released her first album, “Nueva Tradición,” with her older brother Leonardo Aguilar.
At 15, she released her first solo album, “Primero Soy Mexicana,” which earned her a Grammy Award nomination and two Latin Grammy Award nominations. At the time, she became one of the youngest artists to be nominated for either award.