Thalia

Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda, (born August 26, 1971) known mononymously as Thalía (Spanish pronunciation: [taˈli.a]), is a Mexican singer, songwriter, published author, actress and businesswoman, whohas sung in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French and Tagalog.[8] She is recognized as the most successful female solo Mexican artist internationally by media conglomerates such as UnivisionCommunications, Grupo Televisa and TV Azteca.[9][10][11]
She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide so far, being considered as one of the best-selling Latin musicians of all time.[12][13][14][15][16][17] In 2013, she will receive her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as a recognition for her successful career in music.[18][19] Big part of the media refer to her as the "Queen of Latinpop",[4][5] because of her numerous Latin pop hit singles. In 2009, Thalía signed a contract with Sony Music after 14 successful years with EMI Music and released her first live album Primera fila,[20]which was certified diamond plus three times platinum by AMPROFON for selling over half a million copies only in Mexico.[21][22] Some of Thalia's most notorious album releases are En éxtasis, Amor a lamexicana, Arrasando, Thalía and Primera fila. These albums spawned various hit singles and sold millions of copies worldwide.
Thalía has also had a successful career in acting, as her soap operashave been watched by over two billion people in more than 180 countries.[23][24] Thalía obtained so high levels of popularity because of her telenovelas, that she was converted into a huge televisionicon in many countries around the world, especially in the decade of the 1990s.[25] Thalía's success in television ratings leaded to her being labeled and recognized as the "Queen of telenovelas" bythe mass media and Televisa, the largest mass media company in the Spanish-speaking world.[26][27]
In 2008, the British tabloid The Sun, named her as one of "the 50 female singers who will never be...