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Ángela Aguilar Likes Her Famous Family’s Feedback — And Is Taking On ‘Scary’ New Creative Challenges

Angela Aguilar, Billboard's 2025 Women in Music Breakthrough honoree, on her family, producing her music and supporting women.

While this may be her first time flying solo, Billboard ’s 2025 Women in Music Breakthrough honoree has for a while been on a journey of self-discovery behind the scenes, carefully strategizing how she moves through a genre that has been historically dominated by men. The two later joined Pepe on back-to-back arena tours when he launched Jaripeo Sin Fronteras in 2018, honoring the jaripeo-style show — singing while riding horses — that their grandparents pioneered. With her grandmother’s vibrant falsetto and a mesmerizing, regal presence onstage, Ángela makes even the difficult skill of singing on horseback look effortless.

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