La Mafia
Five-time Grammy-winning Latin music band from Houston.
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La Mafia is an American musical group that has won five Grammy Awards. The band originated in the Northside neighborhood of Houston, Texas and has performed as a Latin music group.
History
La Mafia was founded in 1980 in Houston, Texas by vocalist Oscar De La Rosa and producer Armando Lichtenberger Jr., who created an original style that endured industry changes. The band's members include Oscar De La Rosa, Armando Lichtenberger Jr., Rudy Martinez, David De La Garza, Alan Lopez, Victor Pacheco, and Robbie Longoria.
In 2007 the group won two Grammys and three Latin Grammys, and was nominated in 2009 for a Latin Grammy for the album Eternamente Romanticos. In 2020, La Mafia won a Latin Grammy for its 2019 album Live in Mexico. Beginning in the late 1980s, the band toured extensively in Mexico and Latin America, a practice that was previously uncommon for Mexican-American artists.
Awards and recognitions
La Mafia received Grammy Awards for Un Millón de Rosas (1997) and En Tus Manos (1998), and Latin Grammy Awards for Para El Pueblo (2005), Nuevamente (2006), and Live in Mexico (2020). The group has also earned eight Premio Lo Nuestro Awards, twelve Tejano Music Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award, and numerous Billboard awards. It was listed in the top 10 Billboard Latin Artists for the entire 1990s decade, ranking as the most successful Latin artist from Houston. In 1994, La Mafia received the first Billboard Hot Latin Song of the Year for 'Me Estoy Enamorando.'
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: La Mafia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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