Darina is a Mexican singer pop-rock-acoustic artist. She won the first place in Operación Triunfo México. Then, she released her first CD on July, 2003; with the first single De corazón a corazón as the principal theme of the soap opera Velo de Novia. Darina is coming soon with a brand new album on 2008.
Ana Gabriel is a Mexican singer and composer. She was born on December 10, 1955 as María Guadalupe Araújo Yong in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa. She first sang on stage at the age of 6, and recorded her first song in 1997. In her career, she sang in different genres, namely Spanish rock, Latin pop, and rancheras. She also received the Lo Nuestro award’s Premio a la Excelencia.
At only 21 years old Yuridia has already become one of the top selling artists in Mexico. In 2007 she won the Latin Billboard award for best female pop album. Her music is amazing and with the release of her new album “Remixes”, everyone will find out why her nickname means “Voice of an Angel”. Soundcheck sits down with the young singer for an intimate interview after a stunning exclusive performance. Watch it all at Soundcheck.
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Emilio Rolando Villazón Mauleón was born on February 22, 1972, in Mexico City and is a Mexican tenor. He is currently in international demand as an opera singer, and also maintains an active recording career. He has recorded four solo CDs with Virgin Classics and is additionally featured, along with Patrizia Ciofi and Topi Lehtipuu, on the CD recording of Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio Monteverdi, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm.
For the rest of the 2007 season Mr Villazón has cancelled all his performances, including his debut recital at the Carnegie Hall and Roméo et Juliette at the Metropolitan Opera, due to health problems.
Paquita la del Barrio is the stage name of Francisca Viveros Barradas, a Mexican singer of rancheras and other Mexican styles. She was born in Alto Lucero, Veracruz in 1947 and started her career in Ciudad de México in 1970. In her songs she takes a stance against Mexico’s sexist male culture, which has made her popular especially with female audiences.
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda, popularly known as Thalia, was born on August 26, 1971 in Mexico City, Mexico. She is a Mexican singer and actress with multi Latin Grammy and Latin Billboard nominations. In Latin America, she is regarded as the Queen of Telenovelas because her telenovelas were highly successful even in non Latin America countries and watched by almost a billion people around the world, according to Thalia.com. She has won numerous awards in Mexico as a singer and actress from different important award giving bodies. She is also a businesswoman, fashion designer, record producer and writer.
Alicia Villarreal whose birth name is Martha Alicia Villarreal Esparza, was born on August 31, 1974, in Monterrey, Mexico, and is a Mexican singer. Alicia Villarreal performed for the highly televised Selena Vive, where she performed Si Una Vez. She later released this song along with 2 other new songs Punalada Trapera and Ya No Hay Amor on a dual disc of the album Cuando El Corazón Se Cruza. The dual disc also contained 5 remixes to her previous songs and a collection of all her music videos. The dual disc was released in Mexico in 2005. There is still no release date set for United States. She has also released a fragrance in Mexico.