Gustavo Cárdenas Ávila is best known in the media as *JAN*. He was born in Celaya

Celaya

Celaya is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The municipality for which the city serves as municipal seat, had a...

, Guanajuato

Guanajuato

Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....

, Mexico, on April 30, 1974. His parents are Gustavo Cardenas and Aurora Avila. He has an older sister named Aurora. He started his career in 1997 when he was discovered by Raul Velasco and was given the opportunity to sing in the dominical show Siempre en Domingo. He recorded his first album in 1997 and soon he was given the opportunity to act in the soap opera Soñadoras

Soñadoras

Soñadoras is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1998, and shown in 1999 on Univision.-Las Soñadoras:* Aracely Arámbula as Jaqueline de la Peña* Angélica Vale as Julieta Ruiz...

. He also participated in Dkda, Mi destino eres tu

Mi Destino Eres Tú

Mi destino eres tú is a 2000 Mexican telenovela. It is a production of Carla Estrada and the protagonists were Lucero and Jorge Salinas.-Main cast:*Lucero as Andrea San Vicente*Jorge Salinas as Eduardo Rivadeneira...

, La intrusa

La Intrusa

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, navidad sin fin, Nina amada mia

Niña Amada Mía

Niña Amada Mía is the eleventh album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez this is a Ranchera album that contains beautiful melodies of big composers like Armando Manzanero and Jorge Massias...

, Amarte es mi Pecado

Amarte es mi pecado

Amarte es mi Pecado' is a Mexican telenovela that was transmitted in the year 2004. It is a production of Ernesto Alonso and the protagonists are Yadhira Carrillo, Alessandra Rosaldo and Sergio Sendel.- Plot :...

, Rubí

Rubí

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, Apuesta por un amor

Apuesta por un Amor

Apuesta por un Amor was a Mexican soap opera starring Patricia Manterola and Juan Soler.- Plot :Julia Montaño is the daughter of Don Julio Montaño, a wealthy landowner in the Yucatán Peninsula...

, Alborada

Alborada

Alborada is a telenovela made by Mexican TV network Televisa. It is an historical drama, set in colonial Panama and Mexico a few years before Mexican Independence from Spain. The series was broadcast from December 2005 to April 2006 on Univision in the United States...

, Peregrina, and Heridas de Amor

Heridas de Amor

Heridas de Amor is a Mexican telenovela by Televisa. It is a remake of the telenovela Valeria y Maximiliano.-Plot:Miranda San Llorente is a decisive, hip, young woman who has both feet on the ground. She has it all: beauty, money and class. Her father, millionaire Gonzalo San Llorente, puts all...

. Recently (2007) Destilando Amor

Destilando Amor

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as Patricio with Eduardo Yáñez

Eduardo Yáñez

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, Angélica Rivera

Angélica Rivera

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 and Sergio Sendel. Also he has participated as host for Univision

Univision

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 in several occasions, Desfile de las Rosas 2001, Primer Festival del Mariachi, Premios Juventud 2006, and several appearances in Premio Lo Nuestro. And with Televisa he hosted Celebremos Mexico: hecho en mexico.

External links

• http://www.jan.com.mx