Lucero

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Lucero
Background information
Birth name	Lucero Hoganza León
Born	August 29, 1969 Mexico City
Genre(s)	Pop, folk, Mariachi, world
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1982–present
Label(s)	Musart (1982–1986) Melody (1987–1998) Sony Music (1999–2002) EMI Music (2003–present)
Website	Lucero.com.mx

Lucero (born Lucero Hogaza León on August 29, 1969 in Mexico City), is an actress and singer. She started her career at the age of 10 as Lucerito. She is married to singer Manuel Mijares with whom she has two children. Her mother, actress and producer Lucero León, is her manager.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Albums 3 Films 4 Voice acting 5 Telenovelas 6 Television shows 7 Theater 8 Awards 9 External links

[edit] Biography

At the age of ten, Lucero started her career as Lucerito in the children's television series Alegrías Del Mediodía and Chiquilladas, where she starred alongside artist Pilar Montenegro. Later, she would share the spotlight with international artist Thalía in the singing competition Jueguemos A Cantar. One of her more popular roles was in a Popeye skit as Olive Oyl.

Her long hair and beauty helped her obtain starring roles the following year in the film Coqueta, alongside singer and actor Pedro Fernández. Later, she would be cast as the star of the telenovela Chispita, which also led to the recording of an album that same year. Curiously enough with the emergence of Lucerito as a singer, she did not record the theme song for the telenovela. Instead that task was given to Timbiriche, the most popular "juvenile" group from Mexico.

Lucero released her debut album, Él, on Discos Musart in 1982. This album was largely written and produced by Sergio Andrade, the man who would later be smothered in controversy along Gloria Trevi. During this period, Lucerito's records were more novelty material than actual records as they were seen as nothing more than merchandise for people who loved Lucerito's cutesy charm. That would all change in 1985 when she released her album Magia.

Magia was a change in style, opting for more teen-oriented pop music. With this record, she gained her first real hit with Fuego y ternura, written by singer/songwriter Prisma. The song was successful across Mexico and Latin America. She recorded Un Pedacito De Mi, her last album for Discos Musart, in 1986. That same year she left Sergio Andrade's management and went to DiscosMelody. Lucero did not promot this album, which ultimately flopped.

In early 1987 she released Lucerito (later re-released as Ocho Quince), her Discos Melody debut. The album was a huge success and brought her to the realms of Mexican pop music where she now competed with teen pop acts at the time such as Timbiriche, Sasha Sokol, Luis Miguel, Tatiana, Chayanne, Karina, and Flans.

In 1989, after six albums and five films, she changed her professional name to Lucero as a symbol of her growth as a woman of 20 years of age. In 1990, she returned to television starring in Cuando Llega El Amor, where she sang the theme song and won The TVyNovelas Award for Best Actress. She won the award again in 1994 for Los Parientes Pobres. In 1996, on, she won the TVyNovelas Award Best Actress award for playing triplets in Lazos de Amor.

Her wedding in 1997 was called the wedding of the year and was televised on Televisa in Mexico and Univision in the United States. That year and until 2004, she hosted the Teletón-Mexico. During a presentation for her theater show Regina in 2003, one of her bodyguards pulled out a gun and pointed it at reporters covering the event. The incident was televised and made national headlines. When Lucero was asked to comment on the event, she tried to downplay its importance, which caused controversy among the media in Mexico.

She was currently starring in a telenovela of Televisa titled, Alborada. After her starring role in this soap opera, Lucero began to record her next album in the spring of 2006. Currently, this soap opera has some of the highest television ratings in Mexico, and the U.S. Spanish network Univision. Lucero is promoting Quiereme Tal Como Soy which was released in September 2006.

[edit] Albums

• En vivo desde el Auditorio Nacional CD / DVD (2007)
• Quiereme Tal Como Soy (2006)
• Cuando Sale Un Lucero (2004)
• Un Nuevo Amor (2002)
• Mi Destino (2000)
• Un Lucero En La México (1999)
• Cerca De Tí (1998)
• Piel De Angel (1997)
• Siempre Contigo (1995)
• Cariño De Mis Cariños (1994)
• Veleta (1993)
• Lucero De México (1992)
• Sólo Pienso En Tí (1991)
• Con Mi Sentimiento (1990)
• Cuéntame (1989)
• Ocho Quince (1988)
• Un Pedacito De Mí (1986)
• Fuego y Ternura (1985)
• Con Tan Pocos Años (1983)
• El (1982)

OTHER ALBUMS

• Jugemos a Cantar (1982)
• America Es Tu Canción (1982)
• Los Chiquillos de la TV(1982)
• Chispita(1984)
• Katy La Oruga (1984)
• Fiebre de Amor (1984)
• Lucerito y Keiko (1985)
• Escapate Conmigo (1987)
• Cuando LLega El Amor (1990)
• Lazos De Amor (1995)
• Mulan(1998)
• Regina (2002)
• Zapata (2004)
• Alborada(2005)

[edit] Films

• Zapata: El Sueño De Un Héroe (2004) as Esperanza
• Deliciosa Sin Vergüenza (1990) as Lucerito
• Quisiera Ser Hombre (1988) as Manuelita/Manuel
• Escápate Conmigo (1987) as Lucerito
• Fiebre De Amor (1985)
• Delincuente (1984) as Cecilia Suárez
• Coqueta (1983) as Rocio

[edit] Voice acting

• Tarzan as Jane (Spanish dubbing, 1999)

[edit] Telenovelas

• Alborada (2005) as María Hipólita Díaz de Guzmán
• Mi Destino Eres Tú (2000) as Andrea San Vicente Fernández de Galindo Suárez-Rivadeneira Del Encino
• Lazos de Amor (1996) as the triplets María Guadalupe Salas, María Fernanda Rivas Iturbe, and María Paula Rivas Iturbe
• Los Parientes Pobres (1993) as Margarita Santos
• Cuando Llega El Amor (1990) as Isabel Contreras
• Chispita (1983) as Isabel "Chispita"

[edit] Television shows

• Teletón (1997-2004) as host
• Chiquilladas (1982-1983)
• Alegrías De Mediodía (1980-1982)

[edit] Theater

• Regina (2003)
• Don Juan Tenorio (????)

[edit] Awards

• 1982
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best New Actress in Chispita
  • Azteca De Oro Award for Best New Actress in Chispita
• 1983
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Actress in Chiquilladas
• 1985
  • La Diosa De Plata Award for Fiebre De Amor
  • El Heraldo Award for Best Singer
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Singer
• 1991
  • Bravo Award for Best Singer
  • El Heraldo Award for Best Singer
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Singer
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Actress in Cuando Llega El Amor
• 1992
  • Award at the Viña Del Mar Festival
  • Atena Award for Best Singer
  • Bravo Award for Best Singer
  • El Heraldo Award for Best Singer
  • Premio "Aplauso" for Best Singer
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Singer
• 1993
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best International Singer
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Ranchera Album
  • 1994
  • Eres Award for Best International Singer
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Actress in Los Parientes Pobres
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Singer
• 1995
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Singer
• 1996
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Actress in Lazos De Amor
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Female Singer
• 1998
  • Special TVyNovelas Award for hosting the Teletón 1997 (for 26 hours)
• 2001
  • TVyNovelas Award for Best Actress in Mi Destino Eres Tú 2001

[edit] External links

• Lucero at the Internet Movie Database
• Lucero at the telenovela database
• (Spanish) Awards
• (Spanish) Biography at EMI Music