Martha Alicia Villarreal Esparza (born August 31, 1971) known simply and professionally as Alicia Villarreal is a Mexican singer-songwriter.
Martha Alicia Villarreal Esparza (born August 31, 1971) known simply and professionally as Alicia Villarreal is a Mexican singer-songwriter.
Villarreal participated in swing bands in Monterrey, before becoming the lead singer for Grupo Límite in 1995. After approximately eight years of success, Villarreal left the band pursuing a solo career. Villarreal released her first solo album, entitled Soy Lo Prohibido, in 2001.
Villarreal’s play in has garnered a Grammy nomination and two Latin Grammy Awards, one from her time bearing in mind Grupo Límite and one as a solo artist.
Villarreal first performed the song Mundo De Juguetes at Pipo, a local TV play-act her parents took her to. Her first professional acquit yourself was at a church fundraiser.
In 1995, Grupo Límite, with her as improvement singer, started touring in the same way as the more well-known Grupo Bronco. Among their songs were “Acariciame“, “Te Aprovechas” and “Solo Contigo“. Grupo Limite released six albums altogether, including a live compilation recorded in Mexico City.
In 2001, Villarreal released her first solo album in the ranchera style titled Soy Lo Prohibido, which featured the hit single Te Quedo Grande la Yegua. After the carrying out of the album, Villarreal stated she felt conflicted upon how to be in with her career due to varying genres.
In 2004, after parting ways later her bandmates, she released her second solo album entitled Cuando el Corazón se Cruza. The album was produced by her current husband, Cruz Martínez, and they wrote several of the songs together. The album has garnered her several awards
in 2006, Villarreal performed for the very televised Selena Vive, where she performed Si Una Vez. She sophisticated released this atmosphere along later 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 as well as contained 5 remixes to her previous songs and a buildup of whatever her music videos. The dual disc was released in Mexico in 2005.
In 2006, she released her third solo album titled Orgullo De Mujer with the gain single Insensible a Ti. The single was the theme way of being for the telenovela Duelo de Pasiones, on which she made her acting debut, in the role of Raquel. Orgullo de Mujer garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.
After nearly a four-year hiatus, Villarreal announced she was in the studio recording her 4th solo album. The entitled La Jefa was released June 23, 2009, with “Caso Perdido,” as gain single. The album debuted at number one on Billboard‘s Regional Mexican Albums and overall at number four upon its Latin Albums chart. La Jefa received mixed reviews upon its release.
Nearly eight years from taking mature to lift her children, Villarreal released her fifth studio album, La Villarreal on September 8, 2017.