The Hispanic-American country music artist Rick Trevino began his career in music since he began taking piano lessons at the age of five. Rick Trevino made his career debut in 1993 with the release of his debut single ‘ Just Enough Rope’ which is both a single in Spanish and in English.
The award-winning singer has charted billboard hot country songs chart. He has recorded 9 studio albums among which three are Grammy Award-winning. He was able to earn his first No.1 country single with his hit song Running Out of Reasons To Run in the year 1996. He also scored a top twenty album with his song Learning As You Go in 1996.
Who is Rick Trevino?
Rick Trevino was born Ricardo Trevino Jr., he was born on May 15, 1971, in Houston Texas, United States to his parents Ricardo Trevino Sr., who was a Tejano musician, and Linda Chavez. Trevino graduated from Westwood High School, Austin, Texas. He then went to study music at Texas A&M University. While he was still in school, he played country music in local clubs in the area. He later left school to pursue his career in music.
Rick Trevino’s Age
Since Rick Trevino was born in 1971, he would be 50 years old by May 15, 2021.
Rick Trevino musical career
Trevino began his career quite early. He started performing while he was still in college and he had his break when a representative of the Sony label visited a small club where Trevino usually played. The Sony representative did not see him perform but rather he read articles that talked about his work.
Paul Jarosik the representative of Sony was given Rick Trevino’s tapes to listen to. He then took it back to the music producer, Steve Buckingham. Buckingham decided to travel to Austin to see Trevino’s performance before he signed him to Sony. It was around that time that rick Trevino dropped out of school to pursue his musical career.
His first album was a Spanish country album and at that time, Trevino who is not a native speaker needed to take lessons before he could record the album even though he did not like it. After his first album in English Rick Trevino, was released it sold over 500,000 copies. It also became the first mainstream country single to be released in both English and Spanish. The third single on the album, ‘She Can’t Say I Didn’t Cry’ was his first chart-topper and it spent one week at the top of the Gavin Report country singles charts.
Rick Trevino joined Los Super Seven, an all-star group of Mexicans-American singers. The group won a Grammy in 1998 for the Best Mexican-American Music Performance for their debut album.
The singer decided to leave Sony but unfortunately, Sony refused to let him go. He released another album but before it was released, Sony agreed to release Rick Trevino. He then met and started collaborating with Raul Malo a former frontman of the country band the Mavericks. Their collaboration helped Trevino to gain the attention of a producer called Paul Worley who later helped him get a contract with Warner Brothers.
Rick Trevino’s net worth
The country music singer has had a successful career so far and it is obvious he has also made a substantial amount of money out of it. Aside from the money he has made in his career, his other source of income may include brand endorsements and sponsorships. Rick Trevino’s net worth is still under review so it would be hard to state it.
Here are other interesting facts about the singer
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Rick Trevino is married to Karla Trevino
Trevino married his longtime sweetheart Karla Trevino after courting for six years on May 25, 1996. Most of the time they were courting, they were separated because Trevino was always on tour. Their relationship was a long-distance relationship and thankfully, it survived all the challenges.
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Trevino has three children
The singer has three children with his wife, Karla Trevino. The couple has been married for almost 24 years. His second daughter, Olivia was born with major heart dysfunction. Three months after her birth, she had open-heart surgery. She was named the miracle child of Children’s Hospital in Austin, Texas.
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Rick Trevino was signed to Sony at the age of 19
Trevino got signed to a record deal by Sony at the early age of 19 and he was able to establish himself with a half-dozen hits and a gold record. He was dropped after he recorded an album with Los Super Seven which won a Grammy for Best Mexican-American album.
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He is active on social media
Rick Trevino has an active Twitter page. He has up to 15.9k followers since he joined in May 2009. On Instagram, he has 10.8k followers. He shares details about his tours and musical career via social media platforms.
