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Maná is a pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 band from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...

, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, whose career has spanned more than three decades. They have earned three Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...

, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America
MTV Video Music Awards Latin America
Premios MTV Latinoamérica was the Latin American version of the Video Music Awards. They were established in 2002 to celebrate the top music videos of the year in Latin America and the world. They are presented annually and broadcast live on MTV Networks Latin America...

, five Premios Juventud
Premios Juventud
Premios Juventud is an awards show for Spanish-speaking celebrities in the areas of film, music, sports, fashion, and pop culture, presented by the television network Univision...

 awards, nine Billboard Latin Music Awards
Billboard Latin Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The awards began in 1990...

 and 13 Premios Lo Nuestro awards.

Their sound has been described as drawing on pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

, Latin pop
Latin pop
Latin pop generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence...

, calypso
Calypso music
Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from African and European roots. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of enslaved Africans, who, not being allowed to speak with each other, communicated through song...

, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 and ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

. They initially received international commercial success in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 and have since gained popularity and exposure in the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Western Europe
Western Europe
Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...

, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

. Their worldwide sales stand at more than 25 million albums as of 2011.

Early history

The group was formed in 1978 by José Fernando "Fher" Olvera
Fernando Olvera
José Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera, in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico as José Fernando Emilio Olvera Sierra, is the secondary guitarist, composer, and lead singer for the Mexican rock band Maná. Olvera studied communications in the Universidad Iberoamericana...

 (vocals) and Gustavo Orozco (guitars) along with brothers Juan Diego Calleros (bass guitar), Ulises Calleros (guitars), and Abraham Calleros (drums and percussion). They initially formed to play cover versions of songs by artists they admired. They called themselves the Green Hat Spies, but soon shortened this to Green Hat, and then, focusing on their Latin roots and Spanish-language repertoire, to Sombrero Verde (the Spanish translation of Green Hat).

In 1989, they released their first album called Sombrero Verde
Sombrero Verde (album)
-Track list:-Personnel:* Fernando Olvera – main vocals, acoustic guitar and electric guitar* Gustavo Orozco – electric guitar* Juan Diego Calleros – bass* Ulises Calleros – electric guitar, choir* Abraham Calleros – drums, percussion-Additional personnel:...

on the Ariola label. It included the singles "Vampiro," "Professor," "Long Time," and "Despiértate."

Their second album, a collaboration with Cisne Raff, was called A Tiempo de Rock
A Tiempo de Rock
A Tiempo de Rock is the second album of the band Sombrero Verde .-Track list:# Laura# Decidir# Hechos Nada Más# ...Y Nadie Abrió# Yo Te Ame# No Me Mires Así*# Que Linda Ciudad# Quédate# Me Voy Al Mar...

and was released in 1983. Singles included "Laura," "Hechos Nada Más," and "Me Voy al Mar".

In 1984, guitarist Gustavo Orozco and drummer Abraham Calleros left the group. The remaining three members of Sombrero Verde then posted a classified newspaper advertisement seeking a drummer and found Alex González.

Commercial success

Unhappy with the direction their label Polygram Records was taking them, the group switched labels to Warner Music
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...

 and released their first album on Warner in 1990 called Falta Amor
Falta Amor
Falta Amor is the first studio album under the WEA Latina label, by Latin American Mexican rock band Maná. After being unhappy with the direction Polygram was taking them, they released this album in 1990, but did not become a hit until the following year...

. A year passed before the album garnered its first hit single, "Rayando el Sol". The group toured heavily in support of the album performing more than 250 times throughout Latin America, including shows in Mexico, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

, and Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

.

In 1991, they added two new members to the group, Iván González on keyboards and César "Vampiro" López on guitar. Ulises Calleros no longer performed with the group, but became one of their managers. On October 27, 1992, the band released ¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños?
¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños?
-Personnel:*Fher Olvera – lead vocal, acoustic guitars & harmonica, choir*César "Vampiro" López – electric & acoustic guitars*Iván González – acoustic piano & hammond organ*Juan Diego Calleros – bass guitar...

, an album that spawned several hits (including "Vivir Sin Aire," "Oye Mi Amor," "Como Te Deseo"). The band undertook an international tour with 268 concerts in 17 countries.

In 1994, Iván González and César López left the group. Fher Olvera, Alex González
Alex González (musician)
Alejandro González , better known as Alex González, is an American Mexican musician of Cuban and Colombian origin. He is a member, drummer and songwriter for the Mexican band Maná. He is nicknamed "El Animal" and also sings lead vocals for many songs, including the single "Me Vale"...

, and Juan Calleros
Juan Calleros
Juan Diego Calleros , is a Mexican musician.Calleros was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He began playing in a group at age 13. He always heard a lot of music and because of that he had the desire to play in a band. Along with Fher Olvera and his brothers Ulises and Abraham, Juan was part of Sombrero...

 continued to perform as a trio and released a live album titled Maná en Vivo
Maná en Vivo
is the first live album released by the Mexican rock band Maná. After Iván González and César López left the group, Fher Olvera, Alex González, and Juan Calleros continued to perform as a trio. They recorded Maná en Vivo in August and September 1994 during their ¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños? World...

with the collaboration of Gustavo Orozco on guitar, Sheila Ríos on vocals, and Juan Carlos Toribio on keyboards.

In 1995, Sergio Vallín
Sergio Vallín
Sergio Vallín Loera is the lead guitarist of the Mexican band Maná. Vallín was born in Mexico City, where he lived for the first ten years of his life until he moved with his family to Aguascalientes, capital of the state of the same name...

 was brought in to replace López on guitar. The group released Cuando los Ángeles Lloran
Cuando los Ángeles Lloran
Cuando los Ángeles Lloran is the eighth album and fourth studio album by the Latin American Mexican rock band Maná...

.

In 1997, the group released Sueños Líquidos
Sueños Líquidos
Sueños Líquidos is the fifth studio album by Latin American Mexican rock band Maná. After its release for the first time in over 36 countries across the globe, the band began to receive heavy international attention, especially in Spain and the U.S., where the album sold in excess of 1,000,000...

, recorded in Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican balneario resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas.The 2010 census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 255,725 making it the sixth-largest city in the state of Jalisco...

 and released simultaneously in 36 countries. The recording received a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 as Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album. They also released a retrospective album for distribution in Spain called Todo Maná.

In 1999, Maná recorded an album and DVD of acoustic performances, titled Maná MTV Unplugged
Maná MTV Unplugged
Maná MTV Unplugged is a complete live album that was recorded in Miami, FL for MTV by Latin American Mexican rock band Maná. Maná's MTV Unplugged performance was a live show which was performed in an acoustic sound. The live performance was recorded on March 10, 1999 and released in CD and DVD on...

, as part of the MTV Unplugged
MTV Unplugged
MTV Unplugged is a TV series showcasing many popular musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. The show has received the George Foster Peabody Award and 3 Primetime Emmy nominations among many accolades.-Unplugged:...

 series.

In September, 2000, Maná joined Carlos Santana playing "Corazon Espinado", from Santana's album "Supernatural" at the first Latin Grammys.

In 2002, in an effort to blend their sound with that of rock and roll from the sixties and seventies, the band recorded Revolución de Amor
Revolución De Amor
-Revolución de Amor: 2003 Tour Edition:Revolución de Amor: 2003 Tour Edition this is a special re-release of Revolución de Amor from the 2003 Revolución de Amor Tour in Spain, released on July 19, 2005. "Eres Mi Religión" features Italian rock singer Zucchero...

. They won their fourth Grammy for the album. The band released a new version of “Eres mi Religión” for the Italian market in 2003, as a duet with Italian musician Zucchero
Zucchero
Adelmo Fornaciari, Commander , more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero /ˈtsukkero/, is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, and alternates between ballads and more rhythmic boogie-like pieces.Zucchero is the...

, and also performed with Zucchero in a new recording of his "Baila Morena
Baila morena
"Baila morena" is a song recorded in 2001 by the Italian singer Zucchero. The song was released as a single twice : first in 2001 , reaching #1 in Italy, but achieving a moderate success in the other countries, then in 2006 as a duet with the band Maná, as the soundtrack of the film Les Bronzés 3 :...

". This same year they participated in the annual Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti
right|thumb|Luciano Pavarotti performing at the opening of the Constantine Palace in [[Strelna]], 31 May 2003. The concert was part of the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of [[St...

 & Friends concert, along with Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

, Deep Purple
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

, Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

, Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....

, Zucchero and Bono
Bono
Paul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...

.

In 2006, after a four-year hiatus, they released their seventh studio album, Amar es Combatir
Amar es Combatir
- Personnel :* Francisco Ayon – Assistant* Miguel Bustamante – Assistant engineer* Juan Calleros – Bajo sexto, group member* Juan Luis Guerra – Guest vocals* Albert Sterling Menendez – Keyboards...

. It reached #4 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Top 200 in its first week, selling over 60,000 copies in the first week (according to Billboard.com). Their first single off the album, "Labios Compartidos", rose to the top of the music charts upon its debut in July, when the group played the song live at the Premios Juventud.

In 2008, Maná released Arde El Cielo
Arde El Cielo
Arde el Cielo is the third live album by the Mexican Latin Pop/Rock band Maná. The album was released on April 29, 2008. This live album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD and DVD....

, in both a CD and CD/DVD package. This release shows the band performing live during the Amar es Combatir Tour
Amar es Combatir Tour
Amar es Combatir Tour 2007 - 2008 was a concert tour by Mexican rock band Maná in support of their 2006 album, Amar es Combatir. The tour took place in 2007 and 2008. On this tour, Maná brought a technological arsenal that includes a hydraulic superplatform, a console of V2 sound of the highest...

 in support of the Amar es Combatir album.

In April 2010, Maná announced on their Facebook page that they are working on a new album to be released on December 7, 2010. Mana later updated their website and announced that their upcoming album, "Drama y Luz" is set for a tentative February 2011 release. And for the third time on February 11, 2011 they announced that Drama y Luz
Drama y Luz
Drama y Luz is the eighth studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. This album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD, and 12" LP vinyl record...

 would be release on April 12, 2011 after five years of waiting from their last album. On April 12, 2011, this album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD, and 12" LP vinyl record.

Selva Negra Foundation

Selva Negra Foundation ("Black Jungle Foundation") is a foundation that was formed by Mexican Latin rock band Maná in 1995, with the direction of Mari González and Augusto Benavides they finance and support important projects aimed at protecting the environment. Also with the support of Mexico's government in efforts to save the sea turtle by raising 140,000 turtle eggs for release on the country's Pacific coast. On April 7, 2008 Maná and the Selva Negra Foundation was named "Champion of Health" by the Pan American Health Organization
Pan American Health Organization
The Pan American Health Organization is an international public health agency with over 100 years of experience working to improve health and living standards of the people of the Americas...

 during an observance of World Health Day
World Health Day
World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization .In 1948, the World Health Organization held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day...

 2008 at PAHO headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....


Politics

On 29 March 2007, Puerto Rico's Channel 4, WAPA's News program, reported that Maná publicly supported Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

's prospective independence. In an interview that followed the aforementioned news announcement, the members of Maná were interviewed by Channel 4 (WAPA) journalist, Rafael Lenín López, who asked them what they thought about Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

. Maná members confirmed that they support the Puerto Rican Independence Movement
Puerto Rican independence movement
The Puerto Rican independence movement refers to initiatives throughout the history of Puerto Rico aimed at obtaining independence for the Island, first from Spain, and then from the United States...

 and favor greater sovereignty
Sovereignty
Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided...

 for the Latin American and Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 island-nation.

Various of their songs have political inspirations. The liner notes
Liner notes
Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...

 for "Me Voy a Convertir en Un Ave," on the album Sueños Líquidos, for example, notes that the song is "inspired by the book Pedro y el capitán by Mario Benedetti
Mario Benedetti
Mario Benedetti was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet....

 and dedicated to all those who, for defending an ideal of justice, are persecuted or find themselves imprisoned. To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico....

 communities for peace
Peace
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...

 and dignity."

FAO Ambassador

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 FAO
Fão
Fão is a town in Esposende Municipality in Portugal....

 is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO was founded on October 16, 1945 in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...

, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme was initiated in 1999. Maná was nominated and appointed FAO Ambassadors on October 16, 2003. Maná emphasized that their song "Justicia, Tierra y Libertad" (in English: Justice, Land and liberty [freedom]) from the Revolución de Amor
Revolución De Amor
-Revolución de Amor: 2003 Tour Edition:Revolución de Amor: 2003 Tour Edition this is a special re-release of Revolución de Amor from the 2003 Revolución de Amor Tour in Spain, released on July 19, 2005. "Eres Mi Religión" features Italian rock singer Zucchero...

album, is a message of hope and inspiration in the search of a world without hunger; the song also appears in a Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...

 commercial.

The group is donating a portion of the ticket office collections to the FAO during its recent tour of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. They will continue designating part of their gains to this organization during the rest of the tour of the United States and Mexico.

Members

Official members:
  • Fher Olvera
    Fernando Olvera
    José Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera, in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico as José Fernando Emilio Olvera Sierra, is the secondary guitarist, composer, and lead singer for the Mexican rock band Maná. Olvera studied communications in the Universidad Iberoamericana...

    —lead vocals, acoustic guitar
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

    , rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

  • Alex González
    Alex González (musician)
    Alejandro González , better known as Alex González, is an American Mexican musician of Cuban and Colombian origin. He is a member, drummer and songwriter for the Mexican band Maná. He is nicknamed "El Animal" and also sings lead vocals for many songs, including the single "Me Vale"...

    drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , backup vocals
  • Juan Calleros
    Juan Calleros
    Juan Diego Calleros , is a Mexican musician.Calleros was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He began playing in a group at age 13. He always heard a lot of music and because of that he had the desire to play in a band. Along with Fher Olvera and his brothers Ulises and Abraham, Juan was part of Sombrero...

     — bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Sergio Vallín
    Sergio Vallín
    Sergio Vallín Loera is the lead guitarist of the Mexican band Maná. Vallín was born in Mexico City, where he lived for the first ten years of his life until he moved with his family to Aguascalientes, capital of the state of the same name...

     — electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...



Live band members:
  • Juan Carlos Toribio — keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , flute
    Flute
    The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

    . From 1994–present.
  • Fernando "Psycho" Vallin — rhythm guitar, 2nd bass guitar, backup vocals. From 1997–present.
  • Luis Conte
    Luis Conte
    Luis Conte is a Cuban percussionist.-Early years:As a child in Cuba, Conte began his musical odyssey playing the guitar. However, he soon switched to percussion, and that has remained his mode since....

     - percussion MTV Unplugged 1999.
  • Hector Quintana — percussion, backup vocals. From 2006–present


Former members:
  • Abraham Calleros — drums. From 1978–1985.
  • Gustavo Orozco — electric guitar. From 1978–1985.
  • Ulises Calleros — electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    . From 1978–1991.
  • César "Vampiro" López
    César "Vampiro" López
    César "Vampiro" López is one of the best-known rock guitarists in Latin America. Currently he is the guitarist for the Mexican rock group Jaguares, formed by the leader Saúl Hernández and Alfonso André .He started playing with Jaguares in 1998 and can be heard in the records Bajo el azul de tu...

     — electric guitar. From 1991–1994.
  • Ivan Gonzalez — keyboards. From 1991–1994.
  • Sheila Rios — backup vocals. From 1992–2003.

Sombrero Verde

(before Maná)
  • 1981: Sombrero Verde
    Sombrero Verde (album)
    -Track list:-Personnel:* Fernando Olvera – main vocals, acoustic guitar and electric guitar* Gustavo Orozco – electric guitar* Juan Diego Calleros – bass* Ulises Calleros – electric guitar, choir* Abraham Calleros – drums, percussion-Additional personnel:...

  • 1983: A Tiempo de Rock
    A Tiempo de Rock
    A Tiempo de Rock is the second album of the band Sombrero Verde .-Track list:# Laura# Decidir# Hechos Nada Más# ...Y Nadie Abrió# Yo Te Ame# No Me Mires Así*# Que Linda Ciudad# Quédate# Me Voy Al Mar...


Maná

  • 1987: Maná
    Maná (album)
    Maná is the third overall album by the Latin American Mexican rock band currently known as Maná , and their first album published on the PolyGram label and performing as Maná...

  • 1990: Falta Amor
    Falta Amor
    Falta Amor is the first studio album under the WEA Latina label, by Latin American Mexican rock band Maná. After being unhappy with the direction Polygram was taking them, they released this album in 1990, but did not become a hit until the following year...

  • 1992: ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños?
    ¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños?
    -Personnel:*Fher Olvera – lead vocal, acoustic guitars & harmonica, choir*César "Vampiro" López – electric & acoustic guitars*Iván González – acoustic piano & hammond organ*Juan Diego Calleros – bass guitar...

  • 1994: Maná en Vivo
    Maná en Vivo
    is the first live album released by the Mexican rock band Maná. After Iván González and César López left the group, Fher Olvera, Alex González, and Juan Calleros continued to perform as a trio. They recorded Maná en Vivo in August and September 1994 during their ¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños? World...

  • 1995: Cuando los Ángeles Lloran
    Cuando los Ángeles Lloran
    Cuando los Ángeles Lloran is the eighth album and fourth studio album by the Latin American Mexican rock band Maná...

  • 1997: Sueños Líquidos
    Sueños Líquidos
    Sueños Líquidos is the fifth studio album by Latin American Mexican rock band Maná. After its release for the first time in over 36 countries across the globe, the band began to receive heavy international attention, especially in Spain and the U.S., where the album sold in excess of 1,000,000...

  • 1999: “Maná MTV Unplugged
    Maná MTV Unplugged
    Maná MTV Unplugged is a complete live album that was recorded in Miami, FL for MTV by Latin American Mexican rock band Maná. Maná's MTV Unplugged performance was a live show which was performed in an acoustic sound. The live performance was recorded on March 10, 1999 and released in CD and DVD on...

  • 2002: Revolución de Amor
    Revolución De Amor
    -Revolución de Amor: 2003 Tour Edition:Revolución de Amor: 2003 Tour Edition this is a special re-release of Revolución de Amor from the 2003 Revolución de Amor Tour in Spain, released on July 19, 2005. "Eres Mi Religión" features Italian rock singer Zucchero...

  • 2006: Amar es Combatir
    Amar es Combatir
    - Personnel :* Francisco Ayon – Assistant* Miguel Bustamante – Assistant engineer* Juan Calleros – Bajo sexto, group member* Juan Luis Guerra – Guest vocals* Albert Sterling Menendez – Keyboards...

  • 2008: Arde el Cielo
    Arde El Cielo
    Arde el Cielo is the third live album by the Mexican Latin Pop/Rock band Maná. The album was released on April 29, 2008. This live album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD and DVD....

  • 2011: Drama y Luz
    Drama y Luz
    Drama y Luz is the eighth studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. This album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD, and 12" LP vinyl record...


Tours

  • 1993-1995: ¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños? Tour
  • 1998: Liquido Tour
  • 1999: Unplugged U.S. Tour
  • 2002–2003: Revolución de Amor Tour
    Revolución de Amor Tour
    Revolución de Amor Tour 2002-2003 is a concert tour which began on September 29, 2002 in support of Maná's 2002 Revolución de Amor album. On this tour, Maná performs their newest hits as well as songs from their previous albums...

  • 2007–2008: Amar es Combatir Tour
    Amar es Combatir Tour
    Amar es Combatir Tour 2007 - 2008 was a concert tour by Mexican rock band Maná in support of their 2006 album, Amar es Combatir. The tour took place in 2007 and 2008. On this tour, Maná brought a technological arsenal that includes a hydraulic superplatform, a console of V2 sound of the highest...

  • 2011 - 2012: Drama y Luz World Tour
    Drama y Luz World Tour
    The Drama y Luz World Tour 2011–2012 is the seventh current concert tour by Mexican rock band Maná. The tour is in support of their eighth studio album Drama y Luz...


See also

  • Chico Mendes
  • Yo amo a Juan Querendón
    Yo amo a Juan Querendón
    Yo Amo a Juan Querendón was a Mexican telenovela that aired on Univision at 7pm/6c for one year beginning in February 2007. The plot surrounded the story of Juan Dominguez and his interactions with the Cachon Family...

    (Mexican telenovela)

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