José María Napoleón
Background information
Born	José María Napoleón Ruiz Narváez (1948-08-18) 18 August 1948 (age 77) Aguascalientes, Mexico
Genres	Latin pop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active	1970–present

José María Napoleón Ruiz Narváez (born 18 August 1948) is a Mexican singer and composer.

He arrived from Aguascalientes to Mexico City in 1966. In 1977, he won the 6th Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival, and thus represented Mexico in the OTI Festival 1977 with the song "Hombre". Although he ended in the last place with no points, his career went on successfully, turning into a star in Mexico.^{[citation needed]}

Vicente Fernández, Pepe Aguilar, Pedro Fernández, Yuri, Franck Pourcel, Plácido Domingo and José José, and Rosario De Alba have sung his compositions.^{[citation needed]}

• "El grillo" (1970)
• "De vez en vez" (1975)
• "Después de tanto" (1976)
• "Vive" (1976)
• "Pajarillo" (1977)
• "Hombre" (1977)
• "Un pedazo de madera" (1977)
• "Porque te quiero andaré" (1977)
• "Recuerdo apagado" (1978)
• "Lo que no fue no será" (1979)
• "Sin tu amor" (1979)
• "Eres" (1980)
• "Treinta años" (1980)
• "Ella se llamaba" (1980)
• "Mientras llueve" (1982)
• "Celos" (1982)
• "Nunca cambies" (1984)
• "Corazón, corazón" (1985)
• "Déjame Amarte De Nuevo" (1974)

Napoleón participated fourteen times in the Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival both as a singer and a songwriter; winning the 6th edition with his song "Hombre", and thus representing Mexico in the OTI Festival 1977, where he placed seventeenth.

Participations in the OTI festival

Year	Country	Song	Performer	Songwriter	Result
1977	Mexico	"Hombre"	José María Napoleón	José María Napoleón	17th

• Official Website (in Spanish)