José Romulo Sosa Ortiz (born February 17, 1948), better known in the entertainment world as José José or El príncipe de la Canción (The Prince of Song), is an international singer and actor from Mexico.

José José was born into a family of musicians: his father was an opera singer and his mother a pianist. They did not achieve large success, however, and, when José began to show interest in singing, his parents tried to discourage him, by claiming that it was too difficult to make it in the show business. José José continued trying to become a singer, and, by his teens, he had launched his own career. José was a struggling singer at first. But then, during the late 1960s, his fame began to increase, especially in Mexico, where he was featured on television various times.

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