Gloria Trevi

Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, she left Monterrey at the age of 12 to pursue a career in Mexico City,^[2] where she met her future manager Sergio Andrade. Before that she had sung and danced on the streets for spare change, teaching aerobics and serving quesadillas at a food stand. In 1985, she was a member of a short-lived girl group named Boquitas Pintadas.^[2] After the break up of the band in 1988, Gloria Trevi approached Sergio Andrade for the production of her first solo album, ¿Qué Hago Aquí?.^[3] She is now married to Armando Gómez and has two children. She now resides in McAllen, Texas.

Selena

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard, for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits.^[2] The singer also had the most successful singles of 1994 and 1995, "Amor Prohibido" and "No Me Queda Más".^[3] She was called "The Queen of Tejano music"^[4] and the Mexican equivalent of Madonna.^[5] Selena released her first album, Selena y Los Dinos, at the age of twelve. She won Female Vocalist of the Year at the 1987 Tejano Music Awards and landed a recording contract with EMI a few years later. Her fame grew throughout the early 1990s, especially in Spanish-speaking countries.
Selena was murdered at the age of 23 by Yolanda Saldívar, the president of her fan club. On April 12, 1995, two weeks after her death, George W. Bush, governor of Texas at the time, declared her birthday "Selena Day" in Texas.^[6] Warner Bros. produced Selena, a film based on her life starring Jennifer Lopez, in 1997. Selena's life was also the basis of the musical Selena Forever starring Veronica Vazquez as Selena. In June 2006, Selena was commemorated with a museum and a bronze life-sized statue (Mirador de la Flor in Corpus Christi, Texas), which are visited by hundreds of fans each week. She has sold over 21 million albums worldwide.^[7]

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Diana Reyes

Duranguense is generally a man's world, with very few female voices to mention in the rapidly growing genre. Diana Reyes appears perfectly comfortable staking her claim nonetheless. Born in Puerto de la Paz in Baja California, Reyes showed an affinity for music early on. Under the name Diana Polanco, she began performing in local festivals and giving concerts while most of her peers were in the first grade. She recorded her first norteño record at the age of eight in Guadalajara, generating the singles "Barrios y Escuela" and "Cristo Rey." Reyes continued to perform throughout the early '90s, gaining attention and the notice of important figures in the regional Mexican music world, including Lola Beltrán, who took a special interest in her. A few years later Reyes recorded her first full-length record, entitled A Todo Norte, which opened doors all throughout her family's home state of Sinaloa. She soon relocated to Mexico City to sign with Azteca Music, with whom she won national fame. "La Joya Nortena" and "Querida Socia" became some of the most played radio hits of 2000, winning Reyes the popular alias "La Socia," also the name of the 2001 release on which the hits appeared. As the winds of Duranguense blew through the nation, Reyes felt a strong pull to redefine herself artistically, and she recorded an album entitled La Reina del Pasito Duranguense, featuring the hits "Rosas," "El Sol No Regresa," and "Como una Mariposa." That album became her first gold record, to be followed a year later by her second, Las No. 1 de la Reina. Reyes' third gold record was released in 2007, entitled Te Voy a Mostrar. ~ Evan C. Gutierrez, Rovi

hash group

Ha*Ash is a Mexican-American pop/rock duo composed of Hanna Nicole Pérez Mosa (born June 25, 1985) and Ashley Grace Pérez Mosa (born January 29, 1987) who are sisters. Combining a mixture of commercial Latin pop, country rhythms and singer/songwriter style, the Mexican-based duo has become very successful, especially in their hometown of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Their hits include: "Estés Donde Estés" (Wherever you are), "Odio Amarte"(I Hate Loving you), "Te Quedaste" (You Stayed) and "Amor a Medias" (Halfway Love).