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Raúl Velasco
Raúl Velasco Ramírez (April 24, 1933 – November 26, 2006) was a Mexican Television presenter, host/Television producer, producer of the TV show ''Siempre en Domingo (TV series), Siempre en Domingo'' (''Always on Sunday'') which is his hallmark contribution to the Latin American world and eventually to other parts of the world where Spanish language, Spanish entertainment programs are broadcast. Velasco began this program as co-host of a Sunday afternoon special in 1969 called ''Domingos Espectaculares'' (''Spectacular Sundays''). One of his catch phrases was, "Aún hay más" ("There's more to follow"). For a short while, ''Siempre en Domingo'' was known as ''Aún hay más'' because he would always say these words prior to each intermission or Television advertisement, commercial, with the Hand gesture#Aún Hay Más (There's Still More), hand gesture that corresponds to a request for a commercial break, similar to what Frank Sinatra might have said or sung, ''The best is yet t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celaya
Celaya (; Otomi: ) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The municipality for which the city serves as municipal seat, had a population of 415,869. The city is located in the geographic center of the municipality, which has an areal extent of and includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are San Miguel Octopan, Rincón de Tamayo and San Juan de la Vega. There are many smaller towns around Celaya including Rincón de Tamayo, Tarimoro, Villagrán, La Moncada, Panales Jamaica (Cañones), Panales Galera, La Calera, La Estancia, La Noria, Los Fierros, El Acebuche, Cacalote, and Charco Largo. It is also not far away from Cortazar, Salamanca, Salvatierra, Apaseo el Grande, Querétaro City Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Televisa
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa announced that they would sell the company's media and entertainment assets to Univision Communications, which would form a new company to be known as TelevisaUnivision. The transaction was completed on 31 January 2022, with Televisa owning a 45% stake of the company. Company History Since its beginning, the company has been owned by the Azcárraga family. The company has been led and owned by three generations of Azcárraga; each has marked an era for the company and, until October 2017, each had passed the ownership of the company to his son upon his death. Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (1955–1972) Grupo Televisa was founded in 1955 as Telesistema Mexicano, linking Mexico's first three television stations: XHTV-TV (fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top List of best-selling music artists, record sellers in music history, having sold more than 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages. It is estimated that during his career he has performed in more than 5,000 concerts, for over 60 million people in five continents. In April 2013, Iglesias was inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1983, Iglesias was credited as having recorded songs in the most languages in the world, and in 2013 for being the List of best-selling Latin music artists, best-selling male Latin artist of all-time. In April 2013 in Beijing, he was honoured as the most popular international artist in China. In Brazil, France, Italy and elsewhere, Iglesias is the most successful foreign record seller, while in his home country, Spain, he has sold the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maná
Maná () is a Mexican pop rock band formed in 1981. Originally called Sombrero Verde, the current lineup of members is vocalist-guitarist Fher Olvera, drummer Alex González (musician), Alex González, guitarist Sergio Vallín and bassist Juan Calleros. The band is considered one of the best-selling Latin Mexican music artists and the most successful Latin American band of all time with over 45 million records sold worldwide. Maná has earned four Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, six Premios Juventud awards, 19 Billboard Latin Music Awards and 15 Premios Lo Nuestro awards. After performing under the name Sombrero Verde for six years, they renamed to Maná in 1986 and released their debut studio album, ''Maná (album), Maná'', in 1987. In 1992, the group released ''¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños?'', which sold more than 10 million copies worldwide (over 700,000 copies in the US), becoming the best-selling Spanish-language rock a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda Thomas
Lynda Aguirre Thomas (born 21 December 1981), known professionally as Lynda, is a Mexican musician, singer, songwriter and activist. She achieved recognition in her native Mexico during the late 1990s and early 2000s. She was signed to EMI Capitol Records and released four studio albums. Her last album, ''Polen'', was released in 2001 and she retired shortly afterwards. Early life and musical debut Thomas was born in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In 1989, she took part in the TV singing contest ''Fantasía Musical'' featured in Siempre en Domingo (TV series), Siempre en Domingo. Soon after, she moved to Mexico City and was supported by her sister Alissa (Rosangel),Carlos Lara and Tino Geiser. Career 1994–1998: Early years and debut album In 1994, Thomas signed with EMI, EMI-Capitol. In 1995, at the age of 14, Thomas recorded her debut album ''Lynda (album), Lynda'', which was officially released in early 1996. It contained the singles "Inseparables" and "Gira Que Gira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timbiriche
Timbiriche (also known for a brief time as La Banda Timbiriche) was a Mexican pop music group. The group started as a children's group in 1981 and managed to evolve successfully into adulthood. Timbiriche is considered one of the most iconic Latin Pop acts of the 1980s and the early 1990s. It was the start of numerous figures in the Latin American entertainment world, including successful singers like Thalía, Paulina Rubio and Edith Márquez, as well as actors, composers and conductors. The discography of the band consists of twelve studio albums released between 1982 and 1993, in addition to two compilation albums and two discs recorded live. Timbiriche is considered one of the most popular Latin Pop bands of all time. They have met in three successful reunions. The first occurred in 1998, the second in 2007 celebrating 25 years since the foundation of the band and the third one in 2017, celebrated by a sold out tour. The band have also starred in a documentary directed by Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri (Mexican Singer)
Yuridia Valenzuela Canseco (born 6 January 1964), known mononymously as Yuri, is a Mexican singer, actress and television presenter. She began her career as a teenager. In 1978, she released her debut album titled ''Tú Iluminas mi Vida''. She later gained recognition for participating in the OTI Festival in 1980. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Yuri established herself as one of the most popular pop music singers in Mexico and Latin America. Her vocal quality and versatility allow her to be incorporated into other musical genres, ranging from Pop music, pop to Dance music, dance, Ranchera music, ranchera and Tropical music, tropical music genres. In the mid-1990s, Yuri paused her musical career to convert to Protestantism, and for a few years she devoted herself to Christian music, Christian and gospel music. In 2002, she returned to commercial music with much greater impact than her first season as a pop singer. Since the mid-2000s and during this decade, Yuri has established he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Mijares
José Manuel Mijares Morán (born 7 February 1958 in Mexico City) is an adult-contemporary pop singer who is billed as Manuel Mijares () or simply as Mijares. He began his career at age 23 and achieved high popularity from the mid-80s to mid 90s in Latin America and Japan mainly. From 1997 to 2011 he was married to Mexican singer/actress Lucero (actress), Lucero, with whom he has two children. Biography He was born in Hospital Español in Mexico City in 1958, son of doctor José María Mijares and dance teacher María del Pilar Morán. His grandparents were Asturias, Asturian immigrants who arrived in the port of Veracruz. He has 3 brothers José Luis, Jorge and Pilar. His mother influenced his artistic direction, as he himself acknowledges. As a child, he was part of the elementary school chorus. He later formed musical groups with friends. As an adult, he received a degree in business administration in the Intercontinental University (Universidad Intercontinental México). On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel (singer)
Emmanuel (born Jesús Emmanuel Arturo Acha Martinez, April 16, 1955, in Mexico City) is a Mexican singer who debuted in the 1970s. Life He is the son of Argentinian-born bullfighter Raúl Acha, "Rovira", who frequently appeared in the Plaza de Acho in Lima, Peru. Emmanuel grew up in Chosica, a town about an hour from Lima, and attended the Colegio Santa Rosa, the town's most prestigious boarding school, which was run by Augustinian priests. His mother was Spanish singer Conchita Martínez. Emmanuel's songs are usually ballads, which became popular during the 1980s. His fourth and most successful album to date, ''Íntimamente'' (''Intimately''), was written by the Spaniard ballad composer Manuel Alejandro in collaboration with Ana Magdalena. Released in 1980, it included seven hit songs: * "Todo Se Derrumbó Dentro De Mí" ("Everything Crumbled Inside Me") * "Quiero Dormir Cansado" ("I Want to Sleep Tired") * "El Día Que Puedas" ("The Day You Can") * "Con Olor A Hierba" ("Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Arjona
Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter. He is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million records sold. His music ranges from ballads to Latin pop, rock, pop rock, Cuban music, and more recently A capella, a cappella performances and a mixture of Tejano music and Norteño (music), Norteño music, and Latin music (genre), Latin sounds. Arjona is noted for his lyrical style, and often addresses topics such as love, sexuality, violence, racism and immigration. As of 2016, Arjona had released sixteen studio albums, one live album, nine compilation albums and forty-three singles. Four Arjona albums reached number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums, ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums, and ten reached number one in Argentina. Four albums had charted on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. Four singles had reached number one on the Billboard Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chayanne
Elmer Figueroa Arce, better known under the stage name Chayanne, (born June 28, 1968) is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 albums and sold over 15 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Chayanne participated in two Puerto Rican telenovelas broadcast by WAPA-TV television station in the 80s. These were ''Sombras del Pasado'' with Daniel Lugo and Alba Nydia Díaz, and ''Tormento'' with Daniel Lugo and Yazmin Pereira. Biography Early life Arce's nickname "Chayanne" was given to him by his mother, in honor of his love for the 1950s American television series, ''Cheyenne''. Career with Los Chicos In the late 1970s, he auditioned for Menudo, but the producers told him that he was too young to be in the group. He joined another group, Los Chicos, and they produced several hit recordings, including "Puerto Rico Son Los Chicos" and "Ave Maria". Los Chicos toured all over Latin America a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (; born 19 April 1970) is a Mexican singer and record producer. Born in Puerto Rico to an Italian mother and a Spanish father, he is often referred to as Honorific nicknames in popular music, ''El Sol de Mexico'' (The Sun of Mexico), derived from the nickname his mother gave him as a child: "Mi sol" (My sun). Luis Miguel has sung in multiple genres and styles, including Latin pop, pop songs, Latin ballad, ballads, boleros, Tango (flamenco), tangos, jazz, big band, and mariachi. Luis Miguel is also recognized as the only Latin singer of his generation not to cross over to the Anglo market during the "Latin Explosion" in the 1990s. Despite recording only in Spanish language, Spanish, Luis Miguel continued to be the List of best-selling Latin music artists, best-selling Latin artist in the 1990s, and was credited for popularizing the bolero genre within the mainstream market. He has sold around 60 million records worldwide, making him one of the List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
