Career
His moniker El Rey del Despecho (King of Heartbreak) derives from the more than one thousands songs about heartbreaking love situations. His most well-known song is Nadie es Eterno. He was considered one of the ten best singers of the 1990s in Colombia by the television y Novelas Magazine for his sales of more than six million copies of his 26 albums.
Seven as tropical artist, ten as lead singer of the duet Los Legendarios and nine as a solo artist.
Early years
As a young boy Gomez loved to sing the ranchera genre while picking coffee in the farms of Antioquia. He was discovered as a young boy and started writing songs at the age of 14 while working as a mechanic.
He was the fourth child of twelve siblings. Singing career
He was later hired by a group known as Los Legendarios (Spanish for The Legendaries).
The Pentagrama de Oro Award.