Los Terrícolas are a Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n pop music group. American music critic Craig Harris has called them "one of Venezuela's top dance bands".

The group's name means "The Earthlings" in Spanish

Spanish language

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. They formed in the early 1970s in Moron

Moron

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, Carabobo

Carabobo

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, built around three brothers: Johnny, David, and Lenny Hoyer. Also a member is lead singer Nestor Daniel. Among their early hits in the mid-1970s were "Vivirás" (You will live) (a hit in Ecuador

Ecuador

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), "Te juro que te amo" (I swear that I love you) (a hit in Mexico

Mexico

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), and "Luto en mi alma" (Mourning in my soul) (a hit across Latin America

Latin America

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). Following their rise to fame, they toured throughout South America

South America

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, Central America

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, Mexico

Mexico

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, and the United States

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The ensemble has had two hit records in the U.S.; a 1991 greatest hits compilation, 20 Grandes Exitos, reached #9 on the Billboard Regional Mexican charts, and The 2002 live disc En Concierto hit #11 on the Latin Pop chart and #27 on the Top Latin Albums chart.