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Pilar Montenegro
Person · female · Mexico · Mexico City · born 1972 · died 2013 · recording since 2001
Mexican actor and singer
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Also known as María del Pilar Montenegro López · Пилар Монтенегро
Timeline
1970s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Desahogo
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
Biography
Pilar Montenegro (Spanish pronunciation: [piˈlaɾ monteˈneɣɾo]; born María del Pilar Montenegro López on May 31, 1972, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican Latin pop singer and actress.
Biography
When Montenegro was 10 years old she landed her first acting part in the TV series Juguemos A Cantar. In 1989 she joined the group Garibaldi. During the mid '90s she began to appear in soap operas and left Garibaldi to pursue a solo career. By 1996 she released her debut album Son del Corazón
Son del corazónSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Tira, tira4:002De amarte2:233Muéveme4:304Eres todo para mí3:295Sé sincero4:006Son del corazón3:557Duende3:268La bruja3:239Cuando quieras3:4010Deshójame3:3811Eres todo para mí (versión Español-Inglés)3:2912De amarte (club mix)4:42.
In 2001, Montenegro re-emerged into the music scene by the hand of then husband and executive music producer Jorge Reynoso, and after 6 months of recording with the music production of Rudy Perez, they released her second album Desahogo
DesahogoSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Cuando estamos juntos3:402Alguien que una vez amé4:003La puerta del amor3:464Algo especial4:185Yo sé que te amo4:076Quítame ese hombre3:467Desahogo4:258Y volveré4:249Los ojos no mienten3:4410Bella4:3811Alguien que una vez amé (versión ranchera)3:5412Quítame ese hombre (versión norteña)4:0113Cuando estamos juntos (club mix radio edit)3:32. The album produced the hit single, a cover of Yolandita Monge’s Quitame Ese Hombre.
The hit single spent 13 consecutive Weeks at Number 1 on the Hot Latin Tracks of Billboard. With the success of the album "Desahogo" Pilar
PilarSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Prisionera (versión balada)3:552Te sigo amando igual4:353Qué lástima4:374Vamos a darnos tiempo4:065Por qué será (norteña)3:476Ta' candente3:067Se me hizo fácil (norteña)3:448Prisionera (versión original)3:249Vamos a darnos tiempo (norteña)3:4610Love Is All You Need3:2311Prisionera (versión pop)3:0912Lo voy a dividir (unplugged)3:22 Montenegro won multiple awards, including 4 Latin Billboard Awards.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 6 | 86.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 9 | 85.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 9 | 24.5th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (6 release groups · 6 studio albums)
Albums · 6
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 52:15
1Cuando estamos juntos3:402Alguien que una vez amé4:003La puerta del amor3:464Algo especial4:185Yo sé que te amo4:076Quítame ese hombre3:467Desahogo4:258Y volveré4:249Los ojos no mienten3:4410Bella4:3811Alguien que una vez amé (versión ranchera)3:5412Quítame ese hombre (versión norteña)4:0113Cuando estamos juntos (club mix radio edit)3:322002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:35
1Tira, tira4:002De amarte2:233Muéveme4:304Eres todo para mí3:295Sé sincero4:006Son del corazón3:557Duende3:268La bruja3:239Cuando quieras3:4010Deshójame3:3811Eres todo para mí (versión Español-Inglés)3:2912De amarte (club mix)4:422004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:54
1Prisionera (versión balada)3:552Te sigo amando igual4:353Qué lástima4:374Vamos a darnos tiempo4:065Por qué será (norteña)3:476Ta' candente3:067Se me hizo fácil (norteña)3:448Prisionera (versión original)3:249Vamos a darnos tiempo (norteña)3:4610Love Is All You Need3:2311Prisionera (versión pop)3:0912Lo voy a dividir (unplugged)3:222004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 51:40
1Tómalo suave (reggaeton version)3:352Eurorregaeton3:573Suave3:484Hay amores así4:135I Wanna (Shall We Dance)3:126Pídeme3:477Saint Tropez3:508Seda3:479I Wanna (Shall We Dance) (latin version)3:2810Tómalo suave (pop version)3:1111Tómalo suave (Spanglish version)2:5312Tómalo suave (piano)5:2913Tómalo suave (Spanglish)2:5514Tómalo suave3:352005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 47:24
1Noche de adrenalina (reggaeton)3:122Necio corazón3:493Hasta que te conocí3:094South Beach3:585Para siempre te amaré4:006Adicta (reggaeton)4:327Instinto animal3:438Geisha3:389Magia3:3510Cómo te extraño mi amor3:1211Adicta (pop)3:2312Noche de adrenalina (pop)3:2913Noche de adrenalina (cumbia)3:442010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:17
1Me duele tanto3:062No soy especial3:213Ay amor3:544Cuidado corazón3:145Amigo mío3:046Quererte a ti4:497Se fue el amor2:528Canalla3:239Cómo te atrevés3:5910La menos amada3:0911Me duele tanto (Antro radio edit)3:26
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Pilar Montenegro head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 6 | 86.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 9 | 85.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 9 | 24.5th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garibaldi(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pilar_Montenegro_2007.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/411d0b59-1f96-430d-acaf-39261e5057a1discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/411d0b59-1f96-430d-acaf-39261e5057a1core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2658450genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2658450seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_Montenegrobiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_Montenegro
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Mexican singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Al Vazquez · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q2658450 · MusicBrainz: 411d0b59-1f96-430d-acaf-39261e5057a1
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