Maná () is a Mexican
pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...
band. The band is considered one of the best-selling Latin music artists and the most successful Latin American band of all time with over 40 million records sold worldwide. The group's current lineup consists of vocalist/guitarist
Fher Olvera
José Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera Sierra (born 8 December 1959) is a Mexican rock musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the secondary guitarist, composer, and lead singer for the Mexican rock band Maná, the most successful Latin Am ...
, drummer
Alex González, guitarist
Sergio Vallín
Sergio Vallín Loera (born May 26, 1972) is a Mexican guitarist of the Mexican band Maná. Vallín was born in Mexico City, where he lived for the first ten years of his life until he moved with his family to Aguascalientes, capital of the sta ...
and bassist
Juan Calleros
Juan Diego Calleros Ramos (born 19 April 1962) is a Mexican musician.
Calleros was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He began playing in a group at age 13. Along with Fher Olvera and his brothers Ulises and Abraham, Juan was part of Sombrero Verd ...
. Maná has earned four
Grammy Awards, eight
Latin Grammy Awards
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, five
MTV Video Music Awards Latin America
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, six
Premios Juventud
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awards, 19
Billboard Latin Music Awards
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, and 15
Premios Lo Nuestro
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 i ...
awards.
Maná has topped the all-time lists in much of Latin America and in their native Mexico, where they set records for album sales and concert attendance.
The band formed in 1986 and released its first album, ''
Falta Amor'', in 1990. In 1992, the group released ''
¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños?'', which sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, (over 700,000 copies in the US alone) becoming the best selling Spanish-language rock album of all time. After several lineup changes, the group released ''
Cuando los Ángeles Lloran
''Cuando Los Ángeles Lloran'' (English: ''When the Angels Cry'') is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band Maná. It was the first album to feature their new guitarist Sergio Vallín replacing Ulises Calleros & César "Vampiro" López. ...
'' (1995), which is noted for its stylistic departure from the band's previous work. Maná followed with ''
Sueños Líquidos'' (1997), ''
Revolución de Amor
''Revolución de Amor'' ( en, Revolution of Love) is the sixth studio album (sixteenth overall) recorded by Mexican rock band Maná, It was released by WEA Latina on August 20, 2002 (see 2002 in music). Allmusic considers it one of their strong ...
'' (2002), and ''
Amar es Combatir
''Amar Es Combatir'' (English: "To Love Is To Fight") is the seventh studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. The album, which was released on August 22, 2006, became the band's first release in four years.
...
'' (2006), which continued the group's success. The band followed up with ''
Drama y Luz
''Drama y Luz'' (English: "Drama and Light") is the eighth studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. This album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD, and 12" LP vinyl record. The album was released on ...
'' in April 2011. Their most recent album is ''
Cama Incendiada'', which was released in early 2015.
The band's sound draws from
pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...
,
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...
,
Latin pop
Latin pop (in Spanish and in Portuguese: Pop latino) is a pop music subgenre that is a fusion of US–style music production with Latin music genres from anywhere in Latin America and Spain. Originating in Spanish-speaking musicians, Latin po ...
,
calypso,
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
, and
ska
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music genres. They initially received international commercial success in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
and
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
and have since gained popularity and exposure in the US and around the world.
History
1986–89: Formation and early releases
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Maná was formed in 1986 by
José Fernando "Fher" Olvera (vocals), Ulises Calleros (guitar), and Juan Calleros (bass guitar), who had been performing together in a band called Sombrero Verde since the mid-1970s and disbanded in 1983.
The three placed an advertisement in the local
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
newspaper looking for a drummer to complete a new band, to which 15-year-old American
Alex González applied and soon joined the group.
Maná's first album was titled "Maná released on 12 May 1987 on A& M Records. Maná signed to
PolyGram, but became unhappy with the direction the label was taking the band and switched to
Warner Music
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and th ...
shortly before the release of the group's second album, ''
Falta Amor''.
A year passed before the album garnered its first hit single, "Rayando el Sol". The group toured heavily in support of the album, performing more than 250 times throughout Latin America, including shows in Mexico,
Peru
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,
Ecuador
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, and
Colombia
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.
1990–96: Commercial success
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In 1991, they added two new members to the group, Iván González on keyboards and César "Vampiro" López on guitar. Ulises Calleros no longer performed with the group, but became one of their managers. On 27 October 1992, the band released ''
¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños?'', an album that spawned several hits (including "Vivir Sin Aire", "Oye Mi Amor", and "De Pies a Cabeza"). The record sold over 3 million copies worldwide and became the best selling Spanish-language rock album of all time.
The band undertook an international tour with 268 concerts in 17 countries.
In 1994, López and Iván González left the group due to musical and personal disputes.
Fher Olvera and
Alex González felt that their departure offered an opportunity to reinvent the group's sound, and searched throughout Mexico, Spain and Argentina to find a new guitarist.
In the meantime, Maná released the live album ''
Maná en Vivo'' before choosing Mexican guitarist
Sergio Vallín
Sergio Vallín Loera (born May 26, 1972) is a Mexican guitarist of the Mexican band Maná. Vallín was born in Mexico City, where he lived for the first ten years of his life until he moved with his family to Aguascalientes, capital of the sta ...
to replace Calleros and López.
In 1995, the band recorded a Spanish version of
Led Zeppelin
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's "
Fool in the Rain
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" for the tribute album ''
Encomium
''Encomium'' is a Latin word deriving from the Ancient Greek ''enkomion'' (), meaning "the praise of a person or thing." Another Latin equivalent is ''laudatio'', a speech in praise of someone or something.
Originally was the song sung by the c ...
''.
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On 25 April 1995, the group released ''
Cuando los Ángeles Lloran
''Cuando Los Ángeles Lloran'' (English: ''When the Angels Cry'') is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band Maná. It was the first album to feature their new guitarist Sergio Vallín replacing Ulises Calleros & César "Vampiro" López. ...
''. The album was noted for its stylistic departure from the band's previous work, which saw the group experimenting with
funk and
soul music
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genres.
Olvera explained shortly after the release of the album, "Basically, we're still the same Maná, but we're going through a funky, soulish stage. We want to have some fun and be a little louder."
The initial reaction to ''Cuando los Ángeles Lloran'' was mixed and the first single, the funk-influenced "Déjame Entrar", failed to reach the top ten on the
Mexican Singles Chart.
However, the album later caught on and sold 500,000 copies in the United States alone within five months of release.
1997–2007: ''Sueños Líquidos'', ''Revolución de Amor'', and ''Amar es Combatir''
In 1997, the group released ''
Sueños Líquidos'', an album about the highs and lows of love, with songs like "Clavado en un bar" and "En el Muelle de San Blás", recorded in
Puerto Vallarta and released simultaneously in 36 countries. The recording received a
Grammy Award
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as Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album. The group performed acoustically in
Miami
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for Latin America's ''
MTV Unplugged
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'' program. A final version of the performance was mixed at
Conway Recording Studios
Conway Recording Studios is a recording studio in Hollywood, California.
People and awards
Conway started in the early 1970s as a mastering studio. In 1976, the studio began recording albums, including projects by Elton John and Stevie Wond ...
in
Hollywood, and the band released ''
Maná MTV Unplugged'' on 14 May 1999.
In 2002, in an effort to blend their sound with that of rock and roll from the sixties and seventies, the band recorded ''
Revolución de Amor
''Revolución de Amor'' ( en, Revolution of Love) is the sixth studio album (sixteenth overall) recorded by Mexican rock band Maná, It was released by WEA Latina on August 20, 2002 (see 2002 in music). Allmusic considers it one of their strong ...
''. They won their fourth Grammy for the album. The band released a new version of "Eres mi Religión" for the Italian market in 2003, as a duet with Italian musician
Zucchero
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, and also performed with Zucchero in a new recording of his "
Baila Morena". This same year they participated in the annual
Pavarotti
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& Friends concert, along with
Queen
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,
Deep Purple
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,
Ricky Martin
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,
Andrea Bocelli
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, Zucchero and
Bono
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Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...
.
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In 2006, after a four-year hiatus, they released their seventh studio album, ''
Amar es Combatir
''Amar Es Combatir'' (English: "To Love Is To Fight") is the seventh studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. The album, which was released on August 22, 2006, became the band's first release in four years.
...
''. It reached #4 on the ''
Billboard'' Top 200 in its first week, selling over 60,000 copies in the first week. Their first single off the album, "Labios Compartidos", rose to the top of the music charts upon its debut in July, when the group played the song live at the Premios Juventud. ''Amar es Combatir'' has sold over 644,000 copies, and the Amar es Combatir Tour in promotion of the album grossed more than $35 million.
In 2008, Maná released a live album entitled ''
Arde El Cielo'', in both a CD and CD/DVD package. This release shows the band performing during the Amar es Combatir Tour in support of ''Amar es Combatir''.
2008–2012: ''Drama y Luz''
On 12 April 2011, the band released its eighth studio album, ''
Drama y Luz
''Drama y Luz'' (English: "Drama and Light") is the eighth studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. This album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD, and 12" LP vinyl record. The album was released on ...
''. The record's release was delayed several times, initially scheduled for a Fall 2010 release, which was later changed to December 2010, and finally changed to April 2011.
The band explained that ''Drama y Luz'' was not ready for fans and spent time during the delays putting the finishing touches on the record.
Themes addressed on the album include love, hope, addiction, and racism.
The first single from the album, "
Lluvia al Corazón
"Lluvia al Corazón" (English: "Rain to the Heart") is the first single from Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná's eighth studio album ''Drama y Luz''. The song is produced by Fher Olvera & Alex González.
.
Chart performance
The song ...
", became the band's sixth song to reach number one on the ''Billboard'' Latin Songs chart, as well as its eighth song to top the magazine's Latin Pop Songs chart.
2013–present: ''Cama Incendiada / Rayando el sol Tour''
In 2016, Maná was inducted into the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2018, Mana received the
Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award
The ''Billboard'' Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award is an honor that is presented by ''Billboard'' magazine to an artist or a group "an enduring and exceptional career, encompassing artistic and personal contributions that have had a major im ...
and performed live on Telemundo from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Mana was honored as the
Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year
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on 14 November 2018.
In 2019, Mana announced in February 2019 their new tour "Rayando el sol tour" that will start in the USA in September 2019. On 12 April Maná released a new version of their classic hit Rayando el sol featuring Spanish singer Pablo Alborán as the first song from their upcoming project.
In August 2021, Billboard and Telemundo announced that Maná would be honored with the icon award at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards on 23 September 2021. The announcement included that the band would also perform a remake of the classic "El Reloj Cucú" ft. 12-year-old artist Mabel at the awards show.
Selva Negra Foundation
Selva Negra Foundation ("Black Jungle Foundation") is a foundation formed by Maná in 1995. Under the direction of Mari González and Augusto Benavides, they finance and support important projects aimed at protecting the environment. With the support of Mexico's government, they also have efforts to save the sea turtle by raising 140,000 turtle eggs for release on the country's Pacific coast.
On 7 April 2008, Maná and the Selva Negra Foundation were named "Champions of Health" by the
Pan American Health Organization
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during an observance of
World Health Day
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In 1948, the WHO held the First World Health Assembly. ...
2008 at PAHO headquarters in
Washington, D.C.
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Politics
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Maná supported U.S. President
Barack Obama
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's 2012 reelection bid.
On 29 March 2007, Puerto Rico's Channel 4, WAPA's News program, reported that Maná publicly supported
Puerto Rico
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's prospective independence from the United States. In an interview that followed the aforementioned news announcement, the members of Maná were interviewed by Channel 4 (WAPA) journalist, Rafael Lenín López, who asked them what they thought about Puerto Rico. Maná members confirmed that they support the
Puerto Rican Independence Movement
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A spectrum of pro-autonomy, ...
and favor greater sovereignty for the
Latin American
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and
Caribbean island-nation.
Various of their songs have political inspirations. The
liner notes
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Origin
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for "Me Voy a Convertir en Un Ave," on the album ''Sueños Líquidos'', for example, notes that the song is "inspired by the book ''Pedro y el capitán'' by
Mario Benedetti
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and dedicated to all those who, for defending an ideal of justice, are persecuted or find themselves imprisoned. To the
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
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Since ...
communities for peace and dignity."
[Liner notes, ''Sueños Líquidos'', 1997.]
FAO Ambassador
The
Food and Agriculture Organization
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of the
United Nations
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(FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO was founded on 16 October 1945 in
Quebec City
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, Quebec, Canada. The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme was initiated in 1999. Maná was nominated and appointed FAO Ambassadors on 16 October 2003.
Maná emphasized that their song "Justicia, Tierra y Libertad" (in English: Justice, Land, and Liberty
reedom from the ''
Revolución de Amor
''Revolución de Amor'' ( en, Revolution of Love) is the sixth studio album (sixteenth overall) recorded by Mexican rock band Maná, It was released by WEA Latina on August 20, 2002 (see 2002 in music). Allmusic considers it one of their strong ...
'' album, is a message of hope and inspiration in the search of a world without hunger.
Members
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Official members:
*
Fher Olvera
José Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera Sierra (born 8 December 1959) is a Mexican rock musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the secondary guitarist, composer, and lead singer for the Mexican rock band Maná, the most successful Latin Am ...
—
lead vocals
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,
electric guitar
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,
acoustic guitar,
rhythm guitar — 1978–present
*
Alex González —
drums,
backup vocals
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— 1984–present
*
Juan Calleros
Juan Diego Calleros Ramos (born 19 April 1962) is a Mexican musician.
Calleros was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He began playing in a group at age 13. Along with Fher Olvera and his brothers Ulises and Abraham, Juan was part of Sombrero Verd ...
—
bass guitar
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,
acoustic bass guitar
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— 1978–present
*
Sergio Vallín
Sergio Vallín Loera (born May 26, 1972) is a Mexican guitarist of the Mexican band Maná. Vallín was born in Mexico City, where he lived for the first ten years of his life until he moved with his family to Aguascalientes, capital of the sta ...
—
electric guitar
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,
acoustic guitar,
12-string guitar,
classical guitar — 1994–present
Live band members:
* Juan Carlos Toribio —
keyboards
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,
piano
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,
flute
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— 1994–present
* Fernando "Psycho" Vallin — rhythm guitar, 2nd bass guitar, backup vocals — 1997–present
*
Luis Conte
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—
percussion
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— MTV Unplugged 1999
* Hector Quintana — percussion, backup vocals — 2006–present
Former members:
* Abraham Calleros — drums — 1978–1985
* Gustavo Orozco — electric guitar — 1978–1985
* Ulises Calleros —
electric guitar
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— 1978–1991
*
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* C ...
— electric guitar — 1991–1994
* Ivan Gonzalez — keyboards — 1991–1994
* Sheila Rios — backup vocals — 1992–2003
Discography
Sombrero Verde
(before Maná)
* 1981 ''
Sombrero Verde''
* 1983 ''
A Tiempo de Rock''
Maná
* 1987 ''
Maná''
* 1990 ''
Falta Amor''
* 1992 ''
¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños?''
* 1995 ''
Cuando los Ángeles Lloran
''Cuando Los Ángeles Lloran'' (English: ''When the Angels Cry'') is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band Maná. It was the first album to feature their new guitarist Sergio Vallín replacing Ulises Calleros & César "Vampiro" López. ...
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* 1997 ''
Sueños Líquidos''
* 1999 ''
MTV Unplugged
''MTV Unplugged'' is an American television series on MTV showcasing musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. The show aired regularly from 1989 to 1999 and less frequently from 2000 to 2009, when it was usually billed as ''MTV Un ...
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* 2002 ''
Revolución de Amor
''Revolución de Amor'' ( en, Revolution of Love) is the sixth studio album (sixteenth overall) recorded by Mexican rock band Maná, It was released by WEA Latina on August 20, 2002 (see 2002 in music). Allmusic considers it one of their strong ...
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* 2006 ''
Amar es Combatir
''Amar Es Combatir'' (English: "To Love Is To Fight") is the seventh studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. The album, which was released on August 22, 2006, became the band's first release in four years.
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* 2011 ''
Drama y Luz
''Drama y Luz'' (English: "Drama and Light") is the eighth studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. This album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD, and 12" LP vinyl record. The album was released on ...
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* 2015 ''
Cama Incendiada''
Tours
![Maná 2007](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Man%C3%A1_2007.06.26_015.jpg)
* 1993–1995: ¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños? Tour
* 1998: Liquido Tour
* 1999: Unplugged U.S. Tour
* 2002–2003: Revolución de Amor Tour
* 2007–2008: Amar es Combatir Tour
* 2011–2014:
Drama y Luz World Tour
The Drama y Luz World Tour is the seventh concert tour by Mexican pop rock band Maná. The tour is in support of their eighth studio album ''Drama y Luz''. The tour began with three concerts in Puerto Rico, following with dates in North America ...
* 2015: Cama Incendiada Tour
* 2016: Latino Power Tour
*2019: Rayando el Sol Tour
Awards
See also
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Chico Mendes
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (; 15 December 1944 – 22 December 1988), was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader and environmentalist. He fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and advocated for the h ...
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Yo amo a Juan Querendón
''Yo Amo a Juan Querendón'' (English title: ''I Love Irresistible Juan'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa in 2007. The telenovela was a remake of '' Pedro El Escamoso'', a Colombian telenovela.
On February ...
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References
External links
Maná official website
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Latin Grammy Award winners
Grammy Award winners
Musical groups from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mexican rock music groups
Rock en Español music groups
World Music Awards winners
Musical groups established in 1986
1986 establishments in Mexico
Warner Music Latina artists
Latin pop music groups
Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year honorees