Lucero Hogaza León (; born 29 August 1969) is a Mexican singer and entertainer. She is a multi-platinum singer in Mexico and has sung in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Lucero has sold more than 30 million records worldwide.
She is often referred to as ("The Americas' sweetheart").
As a child she starred in the popular Mexican children shows ''
Alegrias de Mediodia'' and ''
Chispita''.
She went on to release a series of successful albums. Some of her songs peaked on top of most of the Latin charts including the
''Billboard'' charts in the USA.
She received her first leading role in the film ''
Coqueta'' and went on to film a total of seven movies. Lucero starred in the leading role of nine Mexican
telenovelas
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include ''teleserye'' (P ...
and has won more
TVyNovelas Awards than any other actress.
Lucero has been the hostess of the
Latin Grammy Awards
The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been r ...
on eight occasions, and has been the face of the fundraising show ''
Teletón Mexico''.
Early life and career
1980s
![Lucero_muy_moderna_hace_unos_años](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Lucero_muy_moderna_hace_unos_a%C3%B1os.jpg)
Lucero is the daughter of Lucero León and Antonio Hogaza.
Her career began in 1980. When she was young, she had concerns about being an artist, but at aged 10
Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
offered her the opportunity to appear in a juvenile theme program named ''
Alegrías De Mediodía'' (''Midday Happiness''), next to several children and young talents in music and comedy, like
Aida Pierce
Aida María Zerecero Pierce (born August 15, 1956, Acapulco, Guerrero) is a Mexican actress and comedian, best known internationally for her work on various telenovelas and comedy series that have aired on Televisa over the years. Most of her t ...
and
Aleks Syntek
Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña (born 29 September 1969), known by his stage name, Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. He has earned nine nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, a Grammy nomination, five nominations for the MT ...
.
She combined work with academic studies, also taking singing and dancing lessons. At that time she also performed in the program ''
Juguemos a Cantar
''Juguemos a Cantar'' (''Let's play singing''), was a children's competition festival that was held yearly in Mexico City beginning in 1982. Televisa produced this show, and it was transmitted on the program, ''Siempre En Domingo'', which was hos ...
'' (''Let's play to sing''), in which she was the interpreter of the theme. Following these opportunities, she received several offers in different programs, among them ''
Chiquilladas
''Chiquilladas'' is a Mexican sketch and musical show that used only children as actors. First aired on Mexican television in 1982, it ran until 1993. During its run it was the first to showcase various Mexican artists including Carlos Espejel, Pi ...
'' (''Childishness''), making her first starring appearance in the series for children, where one of her more popular roles was in a
Popeye
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.
In 1982, she starred her first
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
, ''
Chispita'' ("Little Spark"), alternating with great actors such as
Enrique Lizalde
Enrique Lizalde Chávez (January 9, 1937 – June 3, 2013) was a Mexican film, television and theater actor whose career spanned from the 1960s to the 2000s. He appeared in dozens of films and television shows, including telenovelas, throughout h ...
,
Angélica Aragón
Angélica Espinoza Stransky (born 11 July 1953), known as Angélica Aragón (), is a Mexican film, television and stage actress and singer. She is daughter of the Mexican composer José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla". She is recognized for her p ...
, among others. Her acting brought her 2 awards, her first
TVyNovelas Award
The Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa and the magazine TVyNovelas to honor the best Mexican television productions, including telenovelas. Instituted in 1983, the award ceremony rotates between Mexico City and Acapulco. The ...
and ''Azteca de Oro Award''. From that moment her career was seen as a promising future; curiously enough with the emergence of Lucero as a singer, she did not record the theme song for this telenovela. Instead that task was given to ''
Timbiriche
''Timbiriche'' (also known for a brief time as ''La Banda Timbiriche'') is 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 ic ...
'', the most popular juvenile group in Mexico. This is how
Raúl Velasco
Raúl Velasco Ramírez (April 24, 1933 – November 26, 2006) was a Mexican host/ producer of the TV show ''Siempre en Domingo'' (''Always on Sunday'') which is his hallmark contribution to the Latin American world and eventually to other parts o ...
invited her to conduct and interpret the main theme of the musical pageant ''
América, Esta Es Tu Canción
''América, Esta es tu canción'' ("America, this is your song") is a recompilation of songs from contest show of the same name, guided by Raúl Velasco
Raúl Velasco Ramírez (April 24, 1933 – November 26, 2006) was a Mexican host/ producer ...
''. In 1982, she released her first album, with
Musart Records
Discos Musart is a Mexican record label founded in 1948. It is headquartered in Mexico City and remains one of the country's biggest labels, focusing on Mexican music, as well as international releases licensed from various labels around the world. ...
, ''
Te Prometo'' (''I promise you'').
The following year, 1985, she was contacted to perform in her third film ''
Fiebre de Amor
''Fiebre de amor'' (in English: ''Love Fever'') is a 1985 Mexican musical drama film. This film won the Diosa Award for best picture.
Plot
A teenage girl with a crush on a young popular singing star daydreams about meeting and falling in love ...
'' (Eng: ''Love Fever'') along with one of the most sought-after male singer of the decade,
Luis Miguel
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. This combination was a complete success with the audience and the film received two Diosa de la Plata Awards, including Breakthrough Performance for Lucerito.
She participated in the
soundtrack
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with two songs, and due to the favourable outcome of the film, the soundtrack also had a special edition for Italy. In this same year, at the suggestion of her mother, Lucerito left her mentor from the first two albums, Sergio Andrade, as the gossip began to grow that he had fallen in love with her. To avoid problems, the music company decided to release another album, but this time without the guidance of Sergio Andrade. Instead she was provided with different producers and composers, among them
Joan Sebastian
José Manuel Figueroa Figueroa (April 8, 1951 – July 13, 2015), known professionally as Joan Sebastian (), was a Mexican singer-songwriter. He composed more than 1,000 songs, including compositions for artists such as Bronco, Vicente Fernánd ...
and
Jaime Sánchez Rosaldo
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.
In 1986, she recorded ''
Un Pedacito De Mí
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'' (Eng: ''A little piece of me''), her fourth and last album with Musart Records. In order to get away from the shadow of Sergio Andrade's management, she signed to
Melody Records the same year. Due to the departure of the singer to another company, Musart did not promote this album, which resulted with sales lower than her previous albums. Her single "Era la primera vez" (Eng: ''It was the first time''), was a hit in Mexican charts reaching the top 10 and the top 20 in ''
Billboard
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''. In 1986, she was also cast in her first theatre role, in the play ''
Don Juan Tenorio
''Don Juan Tenorio: Drama religioso-fantástico en dos partes'' (Don Juan Tenorio: Religious-Fantasy Drama in Two Parts) is a play written in 1844 by José Zorrilla. It is the more romantic of the two principal Spanish-language literary interpr ...
'', playing Doña Inés de Ulloa.
Ending the decade, she established herself as one of the best singers in Latin America and the United States. She continued her ascent in her career, now releasing her sixth studio album ''
Cuéntame''. The sales of the album reached gold and platinum status in Mexico. This album opened the U.S. market, Spain, also across borders in Central America, in countries like
Guatemala
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,
Costa Rica
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,
Honduras
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,
Panama
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and all South America. The title single achieved great success, becoming a number 1 hit in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala among other countries. The same song was included in
VH1
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list "Best 100 Songs of the '80s in Spanish".
This disc was the last album she released under the name ''Lucerito''. During this year,
Procter & Gamble
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saw in Lucero one of the most famous and best cared-for hair styles and hired her to be the central image of the
Head & Shoulders
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shampoo campaign for Latin America.
1990s – from ''Rancheras'' to ''Piel de Ángel''
![Lucero_Hogaza](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Lucero_Hogaza.jpg)
Lucero left the 1980s with a solid career in which she was recognized as one of the best singers of the decade. In 1990, Lucero starred in her first telenovela as an adult ''
Cuando llega el amor
''Cuando llega el amor'' (English title: ''When love arrives'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1989.
Lucero and Omar Fierro starred as protagonists, while Nailea Norvind starred as main antagonist.
Plot
Isab ...
'' where she also sang the theme song. This telenovela earned her the TVyNovelas Award for Best Actress. Melody Records released a special EP called ''
Cuando llega el Amor
''Cuando llega el amor'' (English title: ''When love arrives'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1989.
Lucero and Omar Fierro starred as protagonists, while Nailea Norvind starred as main antagonist.
Plot
Isab ...
'', a huge hit in Latin America reaching the top five in several countries. In the same year, after conquering the youth market with a ballad, Lucero opened a new facet in her career with
ranchero genre performing cover versions of the hits of the famous band,
Los Bukis
Los Bukis (The Bukis, ''buki'' translates as ''Little Kid'' in the Yaqui language) are a Mexican Grupera band from Ario de Rosales, Michoacan. In 1973, the band was founded by cousins Marco Antonio Solís and Joel Solís. Their first song was ...
, in her album ''
Con Mi Sentimiento
''Con Mi Sentimiento'' (English: ''With my love''), released in 1990, is the seventh album from Mexican pop music singer and actress Lucero, and her first album in Mariachi music with the participation of Mariachi Vargas of Tecalitlan. Since ...
'', produced by the composer
Rubén Fuentes
Rubén Fuentes (15 February 1926 – 5 February 2022) was a Mexican classical violinist and composer, who was best known for his contributions to mariachi music.
Biography
In 1944, Fuentes joined Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán as a violinist a ...
.
Her performances abroad earned her as a strong reputation as a Mexican singer in Latin America, Spain and the United States, giving her also the
nickname
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of ''Lucero de México'' and ''La Novia de América'' (''The Bride of America''). She appeared in her sixth film, ''
Deliciosa Sinvergüenza
''Deliciosa sinvergüenza'' (in English: ''Delicious rascal'') is a 1990 Mexican comedy film directed by René Cardona Jr. and starring Lucero.
Synopsis
Lucero's ingenuity and ability to constantly transform and change into different people c ...
'' (''Delicious rascal'').
In 1991, she released ''
Sólo Pienso En Ti'' which achieved gold and platinum status in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
, Chile and Mexico.
Five singles were released becoming big hits in ''
Billboard
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'', Mexico, Spain and Latin America. The first single was "Electricidad" ("Electricity") which reached the peak position in 10 countries and the top 5 in the USA.
In the same year she received five awards for Best Singer for her work ''Con mi Sentimiento''. In 1992, she was selected as ''Queen of Viña del Mar Festival'' in the
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
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. She returned to the ranchera genre with the album ''
Lucero de México Lucero may refer to:
* Lucero (given name) a Spanish given name
* Lucero (surname) a Spanish surname
* Lucero (entertainer) (born 1969), Mexican singer and actress
** ''Lucero'' (album), eponymous album released in 1993
* Lucero (band), an America ...
'', once again produced by Rubén Fuentes. The promotion of the album was big, since her first ranchero album had not been well promoted. Sales achieved the gold status in Central America and Chile. In Mexico, they reached the double platinum, becoming one of the best selling albums of ranchera music.
She was a recipient of the special accolate in the
TVyNovelas Awards as ''Best Legs in the Mexican Media''. During the year she was designated the singer with most international projection by the critics. In 1993, Lucero received a nomination for the
Lo Nuestro Awards
The Lo Nuestro Awards or Premios Lo Nuestro (Spanish for "Our Thing") is a Spanish-language awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by Univision, a Spanish-language television network based in the United States. The awards began in ...
for
Female Regional Mexican Artist of the Year.
In 1994, Lucero released another ranchero album, ''
Cariño De Mis Cariños
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'', her third album of this genre and also produced by Rubén Fuentes. The album was selected as one of the best albums of the year according to ''Eres'' magazine in Mexico. The album earned the platinum status in that country.
At the end of 1994, she released her album ''
Siempre Contigo'', supervised by Rafael Perez Botija. The album achieved gold status in Mexico and high sales in Central America. From the album, five singles were released, reaching the top of the lists: "Siempre contigo" was her only song so far to reach the number one position in the USA. For the
Lo Nuestro Awards of 1996, Lucero was nominated for Pop Female Singer and Video of the Year for "Palabras", directed by Fernán Martínez.
In mid-1995, she performed in the soap opera ''
Lazos de Amor
''Lazos de amor'' (English title: ''Τies of love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1995. It stars Lucero and Luis José Santander.
Plot
The series centers around María Guadalupe, María Paula and María Fern ...
'' in which she played triplets. The telenovela topped the TV ratings and she also received several awards among them TVyNovelas, El Heraldo, Eres, Diosa de Plata, all for best actress. Melody released the soundtrack of the telenovela ''Lazos de Amor'' with good sales and good airplay through Latin America and the United States. During 1995, Lucero sang two new songs on a
UNICEF
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album, ''El Nuevo Sol'', to raise funds for children, sharing credits with
Pandora
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and
Magneto
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. Apart from this participation, she made two more special appearances, in the album ''Boleros:Por amor y desamor'' and a duet with Mijares on the live album ''
El Encuentro'', which received high rotation on radio in U.S. and Latin America, reaching the top ten lists.
In 1997, she returned to the music scene after an extensive tour throughout Latin America and the United States, with the album ''
Piel de Ángel
''Piel de Ángel'' (''Skin of Angel'') is the thirteenth album from Mexican pop music singer and actress Lucero. It was released in 1997.
For this album, the singer choose to work with Italian producers Claudio Guidetti and Maurizio Fabrizio t ...
'' (Eng: ''Skin of Angel'') and after a pause of almost 3 years without releasing any studio album, in this album she is with an interpretive force that subdues a privileged voice that runs at will. In this new album, the hits "Tácticas de Guerra", "Toda La Noche" and "Quiero" made her a favorite of the public and earned her a gold disc and platinum for her high sales in Mexico and the United States.
In 1997, Lucero married the singer Manuel Mijares. They had two children. The wedding was called "the event of the year" and it was broadcast through
Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
to Latin America. The ceremony was held in the chapel of
San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas High School.
In October 1997, she was invited to sing to the Pope
John Paul II
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during the
II World Meeting of Families in the
Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The opportunity was, in Lucero's own words, the most emotional experience of her spiritual life and professional.
In December 1997, she captivated the Mexican public and other countries to lead the
Telethon in Mexico for 27 hours non-stop to raise money for care and rehabilitation centers for disabled people. She has led the Telethon year after year to date, being the hostess of the event. From 1997,
Radio Móvil Dipsa used Lucero as the new image for its mobile campaign with
Telcel
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. She made television spots promoting rates, coverage, cellular models and wireless internet. Sales increased and her contract was renewed until 2000.
She received the
Billboard Music Award
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for Best Ranchera Album. Also during this year, she collaborated in the soundtrack of ''
Mulan
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According to legend, Mulan took her aged father's place in the conscription for the army by disguising herself as ...
'', nominated for the
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
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Oscar, singing the song "Reflejo". In this production she shared credits with
Cristian Castro
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and
Christina Aguilera
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. At the end of the 1990s, the event ''
Un Lucero En La México
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'' took place in the
Plaza de Toros Mexico bringing together more than 40,000 people who chanted Lucero's hits and gathered to celebrate her 20th anniversary as a singer and actress, in a concert of nearly three hours. She recorded her first live album that sold more than 200,000 copies.
During 1999, she participated in the dubbing of the
Walt Disney Pictures
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movie ''
Tarzan
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'', performing the voice of
Jane Porter
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. Also in 1999,
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(Mexico's largest bank) chose Lucero to be the main image of the TV spot of its 100 years of existence, for Mexico only.
2000s – from ''Mi Destino'' to second live album
![14-02-2011_Concierto_de_Lucero](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/14-02-2011_Concierto_de_Lucero.jpg)
The new millennium started with new contracts to Lucero. In early 2000, Lucero and singer
Chayanne
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were employed by
PepsiCo
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to promote
Doritos
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and
Pepsi
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products. They did together a TV spot and several ads that were promoted throughout the Latino community in the United States. Also during this year,
AT&T
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signed a contract with Lucero to be the main face to offer special rates for long-distance calls to Latino families in the United States, where she sang in several spots the number of the area code. In 2002 and 2003, the contract remained in force, so the company had printed some ads with her image that were published throughout the United States, and for private concerts.
In 2000, she recorded the album
Mi destino (''Eng: My Destiny'') for the company
Sony Music International
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, with this album Lucero shows a wide range of rhythms and sounds as the disc is produced by three world-renowned producers, Rafael Perez Botija who has produced figures as
José José
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and
Rocío Dúrcal
María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz (4 October 1944 – 25 March 2006), better known professionally as Rocío Dúrcal (), was a Spanish singer and actress. Widely successful in Mexico, she earned the sobriquet of ''Reina de las Rancheras'' ...
to name a few,
Ric Wake
Ric Wake is an American record producer who has won four Grammy Awards and two Oscar Awards. During his tenure as staff producer with Sony Music Entertainment he has worked with vocalists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lucero, Taylor D ...
who has worked with
Mariah Carey
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and
Celine Dion
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among others, and Jimmy Greco who has also produced great figures like
Coco Lee
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and
Jennifer Lopez
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, so she surprises with 2 songs in English with an outstanding quality and interpretation. She starred in the telenovela
Mi Destino Eres Tú (''Eng: My destiny is you''), production again under
Carla Estrada
Carla Estrada (born Carla Patricia Estrada Guitrón on March 11, 1956 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican television producer, one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America.
Biography
In 2005, the Mexican government decided t ...
and with a multistellar cast like
Jacqueline Andere
María Esperanza Jacqueline Andere-Aguilar (born August 20, 1938) is a Mexican actress.
Life and career
Andere was born in a Jewish family located Mexico City on August 20 1938. Her appearances in telenovelas began with 1960's '' Vida por Vid ...
,
Silvia Pasquel
Sylvia Pasquel (born Silvia Banquells Pinal, 13 October 1949) is a Mexican actress.
Career
1960s
At the age of nineteen, Pasquel did her first movie, '' El Despertar del Lobo'' (''The Wolf's Awakening''). That movie was made in 1968, the year i ...
,
Julio Alemán
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María Sorté (born María Harfuch Hidalgo among others. Again making position in the highest ratings worldwide. This performance earned her an award as
Best Lead Actress in a telenovela.
In 2001, she made a special appearance in the concert of Mijares for his second
live album
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. Besides she received in Chile's
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
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the award ''Silver Seagull'' granted by the public as favorite singer.
In February 2002, she began promoting the album
Un Nuevo Amor (''Eng: A new love''), a ranchera cutting production under the supervision of three major producers such as
Rubén Fuentes
Rubén Fuentes (15 February 1926 – 5 February 2022) was a Mexican classical violinist and composer, who was best known for his contributions to mariachi music.
Biography
In 1944, Fuentes joined Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán as a violinist a ...
,
Estéfano
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Salgado and
Homero Patrón Homero Patrón (born 5 September 1951 in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, d. 4 July 2012 in Los Angeles, California) was an arranger, producer, musician and composer who worked with many of the most important artists in Latin music as well as in other m ...
, which achieves high sales in Mexico and abroad. This album was the first for Sony Music in ranchera music, besides it was the returning of Lucero to the studios after her first pregnancy. For the time being, she was sought to participate in 3 studio album
Huey Dunbar
Huey Dunbar (born Eustace Dunbar IV; May 15, 1974) is the former singer of Dark Latin Groove. Born in New York City, New York to a Puerto Rican mother and a Jamaican father, he was exposed to music since his earliest years due to his parents' musi ...
's, Gabriel Navarro's and a special tribute to
Selena
Selena Quintanilla Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano singer. Called the " Queen of Tejano music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mex ...
. In the month of June of this year, Lucero received the Double Eagle Leadership Award from the Chamber of Commerce of Mexico & United States in gala celebrated in
Coral Gables, Florida
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Coral Gables is known globally as home to the ...
for her commitment to build stronger relations between the United States and Mexico, presented by the TV host
Don Francisco.
![LuceroHogazaLeon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/LuceroHogazaLeon.jpg)
In early 2003, Lucero was invited by PepsiCo to be the main image of the new product
Sabritas
Papa Sabritas is a Mexican snacks company. They are best known for manufacturing chips.
History
Sabritas was founded in 1943 by Pedro Antonio Marcos Noriega as Golosinas y Productos Selectos in Mexico City. It produced and sold potato chips, c ...
for Mexico. With only three TV spots and ads the company managed to sell more than expected, so Lucero was recognized with an award and was invited to be the image of the 60 anniversary of Sabritas, singing the official jingle ''A Que No Puedes Comer Sólo Una'' (''You can't eat just one'').
Throughout 2003, she starred in the musical adaptation of the book by
Antonio Velasco Piña
Antonio Velasco Piña (8 September 1935 – 27 December 2020) was a Mexican novelist, spiritual writer and essayist.
He was the founder of ''La Nueva Mexicanidad'', a group advocating the ''Mexicanism'' or ''Mexicanista'' (Mexicayotl) movement p ...
, a musical that tells another version of what happened on 2 October 1968, in
Tlatelolco. Lucero decided to take this play since she rejected to participate in the telenovela
Amor real
''Amor real'' (English: ''Royal Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa, broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas (now known simply as Las Estrellas). It originally aired from June 9 to October 17, 2003. ''Amor real'' is ...
. Several months in theaters made her win an award for best actress in a musical and offered 100 performances with 100 standing ovations from the audience. Critics and reporters who were reportedly hostile to the actress created a situation whereby, when the plaque for the 100th performance was shown, television reporters insisted on having an interview with the actress and tried to follow her, only to have a security guard draw his gun against them. She defended the acts of her guard which led to her being removed from hosting the annual Telethon for several years.
In August 2003, she was back to film sets to perform the role of Esperanza Alcalá in one of the most ambitious projects of Mexican cinema, ''
Zapata: El sueño de un héroe'' (''Eng: Zapata: The dream of a hero'') by
Alfonso Arau
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 fil ...
; starring
Alejandro Fernández
Alejandro Fernández Abarca (; born 24 April 1971) is a Mexican singer.
Nicknamed as El Potrillo by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million records worldwide, making him one of the most successful Hispanic music artists. He is the ...
and photography by Vittorio Storaro who has to his credits 3
Oscars
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
, art direction and costumes by
Eugenio Zanetti
Eugenio Zanetti (born October 19, 1949) is an Argentine dramatist, painter, film set designer, and theater and opera director. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction in 1995, for the film ''Restoration''.
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Zanetti was born in ...
who has also been awarded an Oscar. She participated in the
soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...
of the movie with one song named ''Quédate en mí'' (''Eng: Stay in me''). In the fall of 2003, she signed a contract and start with Fuller Cosmetics to promote her own perfume. An elegant fragrance within a diamond-shaped container that represents exclusivity and style. This perfume has sold many pieces in Mexico that is still available by Fuller Cosmetics.
![Lucero_in_2017](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Lucero_in_2017.jpg)
In 2004, it was released
Cuando Sale Un Lucero (''Eng: When a star comes out'') under the company of
EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...
Music Mexico, a new ranchera album with the production again of Ruben Fuentes and Homero Patrón; with the singles ''Entre La Espada y La Pared'' and ''Vete Por Donde Llegaste'' achieved gold record and release a special edition. That same year she returns to telenovelas, now with a relevant part in
Alborada (''Eng: Dawn'') where the story takes place in the 1800s and where she played María Hipólita Díaz alongside
Fernando Colunga
Fernando Colunga Olivares () (born 3 March 1966) is a Mexican actor best known for his work in Mexican telenovelas.
Colunga gained international fame for playing Luis Fernando de la Vega in the Mexican soap opera ''Maria la del Barrio''. He is ...
,
Daniela Romo
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Biography
Born Teresa Presman ...
, and more. They achieve top position in the audience.
After her role in this soap opera that lasted until 2005, Lucero began to record her next album in early 2006. She released
Quiéreme Tal Como Soy
''Quiéreme Tal Como Soy'' (''Eng.: Love Me As I Am'') is the eighteenth studio album by singer Lucero (entertainer), Lucero. It was released in September 2006. The album contains reworked versions of some of her greatest hits written by Rafael P ...
(''Eng.: Love Me As I Am'') in September 2006, where she pays tribute to Rafael Pérez Botija, the composer and producer of her biggest hits. With this record she achieved strong sales thanks to the singles ''La Única Que Te Entiende'' (''Eng: The One who understands you'') y ''O Tú O Nada'' (''Eng: Either you or nothing''). In November 2006, she hosted for the first time the
7th Latin Grammy ceremony, since then she has participated as a host five times so far. As a result of the good sales of ''Quiéreme tal como soy'', the company decided to make a
concert
A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variety a ...
in the
National Auditorium
National Auditorium ( es, Auditorio Nacional) is an entertainment center at Paseo de la Reforma #50, Chapultepec in Mexico City.
The National Auditorium is considered among the world's best venues by specialized media. It was designed by Mexica ...
in March 2007, recording an album completely live that achieved high sales on CD and DVD formats. This was her second and last live album to be released to the public.
On 20 October 2008, the telenovela ''
Mañana es para siempre
''Mañana es Para Siempre'' (English title: ''Tomorrow is Forever'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2008. It is an adaption of the 2007 Colombian telenovela '' Pura sangre''. It aired on Canal de las ...
'' (''Eng: Tomorrow Is Forever'') was released and produced by Nicandro Diaz. This soap opera had a primetime broadcast where Lucero starred Barbara Greco, the villain of the trama; this was her second antagonist role since her well-received character María Paula in ''Lazos de Amor'' in 1996. She shared credits alongside great actors such as
Silvia Navarro
Silvia Angélica Navarro Barva (born September 14, 1978) is a Mexican actress. She debuted as actress in 1997, in the lead role in the telenovela '' Perla''. Since then, she continued to work for Mexican TV network TV Azteca, and later for Te ...
,
Fernando Colunga
Fernando Colunga Olivares () (born 3 March 1966) is a Mexican actor best known for his work in Mexican telenovelas.
Colunga gained international fame for playing Luis Fernando de la Vega in the Mexican soap opera ''Maria la del Barrio''. He is ...
and Sergio Sendel. The ratings were high and reached 51 points in his final chapter with a special two-hour duration. Due to the popularity and credibility, Procter & Gamble invited Lucero to be the face and spokesperson for the line of creams and
Olay
Olay, previously Oil of Olay, Oil of Olaz, Oil of Ulan or Oil of Ulay, is an American skin care brand owned by Procter & Gamble. For the 2009 fiscal year, which ended on June 30, Olay accounted for an estimated $2.8 billion of P&G's revenue.
Ear ...
beauty products. In this way, year after year the cosmetics company has renewed its contract with the actress and singer, even getting the image of
Pantene
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shampoo in 2011.
During mid-2008 there was controversy, the singer Lucero filed a lawsuit against the
Universal Music
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label at not receiving royalties for sales of some of her albums in the last 14 years, albums recorded with Melody Records from Fonovisa, now part of Universal. Melody Records had agreed in 1998 to pay what they owed and never paid off the debt. Lucero and the company reached an undisclosed financial agreement on the debt of the old company.
Enrique Peña Nieto
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, governor of the
State of Mexico
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in 2008, chooses Lucero to be the official spokesperson of the achievements that his government have met over the months. With the response from people, she renewed the contract to remain the face in 2009.
After finishing the contract, she was called to participate in the Spanish version of the album
Voces (''Eng: Voices'') of the Greek composer
Yanni
Yiannis Chryssomallis ( el, Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni ( ), is a Greek-American composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer.
Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand ...
, where it was released the single "Eterno Es Este Amor" (''Eng: Eternal is this love'').
2010s – "Indispensable" for music
The new decade begins with bad news for the world, a calamitous
magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake hit
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
with an
epicenter
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Surface damage
Before the instrumental pe ...
near the town of Léogâne. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. Due to the proximity of the release of the 25th anniversary of the worldwide hit We Are the World, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones and Richie decided to release it as We Are the World 25 for Haiti to raise money for the victims. Jones made a determination to promote a Spanish version of the song hiring Emilio Estefan and his wife Gloria Estefan, they arrange it to be sung in Spanish language. Both were responsible for selecting the singers who participated in the new song titled Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti; Lucero was called to be part of the song, but at the time she was very busy with a new telenovela and a new album to contribute in a leading part; thus she decided to participate at least in the chorus to help.
She finished filming Soy Tu Dueña a remake of the 1995 telenovela "La Dueña". It was known to be a hit. Critics said she was back on the spotlight. In ''Soy Tu Dueña'' she played Valentina Villalba. Along with
Fernando Colunga
Fernando Colunga Olivares () (born 3 March 1966) is a Mexican actor best known for his work in Mexican telenovelas.
Colunga gained international fame for playing Luis Fernando de la Vega in the Mexican soap opera ''Maria la del Barrio''. He is ...
). In October 2010, she released ''Indispensable'', a pop album.
For her work in television and the recording industry, Lucero's hand-prints have been embedded onto the ''Plaza de las Estrellas, Paseo de las Luminarias'' in Mexico City.
On 17 January 1997 Lucero married singer Manuel Mijares with whom she had two children, a son José Manuel Mijares (born 12 November 2001) and a daughter Lucero Mijares (born 2 February 2005). On 4 March 2011, after 14 years of marriage, Lucero and Mijares announced their separation. In January 2014, Lucero came under controversy after she posed with her boyfriend Michel Kuri in front of a supposed dead animal following a hunting activity. She released a statement that the picture was leaked from her personal computer. Amid the criticisms, her performance was suspended at the International Festival Viña del Mar 2014 in Chile.
Discography
As Lucero
*1990: ''
Con Mi Sentimiento
''Con Mi Sentimiento'' (English: ''With my love''), released in 1990, is the seventh album from Mexican pop music singer and actress Lucero, and her first album in Mariachi music with the participation of Mariachi Vargas of Tecalitlan. Since ...
''
*1991: ''Sólo Pienso En Ti (Lucero album), Sólo Pienso En Tí''
*1992: ''Lucero De México''
*1993: ''Lucero (Lucero (entertainer) album), Lucero''
*1994: ''
Cariño De Mis Cariños
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''
*1994: ''
Siempre Contigo''
*1997: ''Piel De Angel, Piel de Ángel''
*1998: ''Cerca de Tí (Lucero album), Cerca de Ti''
*1999: ''
Un Lucero En La México
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''
*2000: ''Mi Destino''
*2002: ''
Un Nuevo Amor''
*2004: ''
Cuando Sale Un Lucero''
*2006: ''
Quiéreme Tal Como Soy
''Quiéreme Tal Como Soy'' (''Eng.: Love Me As I Am'') is the eighteenth studio album by singer Lucero (entertainer), Lucero. It was released in September 2006. The album contains reworked versions of some of her greatest hits written by Rafael P ...
''
*2007: ''Lucero En Vivo Auditorio Nacional''
*2010: ''Indispensable (Lucero album), Indispensable''
*2011: ''Mi Secreto de Amor''
*2012: ''Un Lujo, Un Lu*Jo''
*2013: ''Lucero en Concierto''
*2014: ''Aqui Estoy (Lucero album), Aqui Estoy''
*2017: ''Enamorada Con Banda''
*2017: '
*2018: ''Más Enamorada con Banda''
*2018: ''Enamorada En Vivo''
*2019: ''Brasileira En Vivo''
*2019: ''Solo Me Faltabas Tu''
*2020: ''20y20 (Lucero album), 20y20''
As Lucerito
*1982: ''
Te Prometo''
*1984: ''Con Tan Pocos Años''
*1985: ''Fuego y Ternura''
*1986: ''
Un Pedacito De Mí
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''
*1988: ''Ocho Quince, Lucerito''
*1989: ''
Cuéntame''
Special albums and EPs
As Lucero
*1990: ''Cuando llega el Amor (Album), Cuando llega el Amor''
*1995: ''Lazos de Amor#Album, Lazos de Amor''
*1997: ''Lucero le canta a la Virgen''
*1998: ''Mulan (soundtrack)#Latin American Spanish version, Mulán''
*2003: ''Regina (album), Regina''
*2004: ''Zapata: El sueño del héroe (soundtrack), Zapata''
*2013: ''Lucero en Concierto''
As Lucerito
*1982: ''
Juguemos a Cantar
''Juguemos a Cantar'' (''Let's play singing''), was a children's competition festival that was held yearly in Mexico City beginning in 1982. Televisa produced this show, and it was transmitted on the program, ''Siempre En Domingo'', which was hos ...
''
*1982: ''Los Chiquillos de la TV''
*1982: ''20 Navidéxitos''
*1982: ''
América, Esta Es Tu Canción
''América, Esta es tu canción'' ("America, this is your song") is a recompilation of songs from contest show of the same name, guided by Raúl Velasco
Raúl Velasco Ramírez (April 24, 1933 – November 26, 2006) was a Mexican host/ producer ...
''
*1984: ''Disco Mensaje''
*1984: ''Katy La Oruga''
*1985: ''Fiebre de Amor (Album), Fiebre de Amor''
*1985: ''Keiko (song), Keiko''
*1988: ''Escápate Conmigo (Soundtrack), Escápate Conmigo''
Filmography
Films
Soap operas (''telenovelas'')
Notes
*A Lucero received three awards for her performances as the main heroines "María Guadalupe" and "María Fernanda" and as the main villain "María Paula".
Television shows
Theatre credits
Awards and nominations
Billboard Latin Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards are awarded annually by ''
Billboard
A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...
'' magazine in the United States. Lucero has received one nomination.
Billboard Mexican Music Awards
The Billboard Mexican Music Awards are awarded annually by ''
Billboard
A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...
'' magazine in the United States. Lucero has received three nominations.
[Billboard Mexican Music Awards:
*2013 Awards:
]
References
External links
*
* [ Lucero] at Billboard.com
* [ Lucero] at Allmusic
Luceroat Yahoo! Music Radio
*
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1969 births
Living people
Actresses from Mexico City
Fonovisa Records artists
Latin pop singers
Mexican child actresses
Mexican film actresses
Mexican people of Spanish descent
Mexican people of Spanish-Jewish descent
Mexican stage actresses
Mexican telenovela actresses
Mexican television presenters
Mexican voice actresses
Mexican women singers
Mexican women television presenters
Portuguese-language singers of Mexico
Singers from Mexico City
Universal Music Latin Entertainment artists
Women in Latin music