Alejandra
Gabriela Guzmán
Pinal was born
on February
9, 1968 in Reno,
Nevada. The
Latin Grammy
Award winning-Mexican
rock singer
and actress,
also the daughter
of Mexican actress
Silvia Pinal
and Venezuelan
rock and roll
singer Enrique
Guzmán
also has a daughter,
Frida who she
named after
Frida Kahlo.
After
traveling with
her mother's
theater troupe,
Guzmán
recorded her
debut album
in Bye Mama
after deciding
she wanted to
focus on singing.
She has had
a dedicated
fanbase throughout
Latin America
in the late
1980s and 1990s.
Her latest album
is Indeleble
released in
2006 went 2x
Platinum in
Mexico hitting
#1.
In
1990, Guzmán
scored one of
the biggest
hits of her
career, the
song "Eternamente
Bella"
("Eternally
Beautiful"),
which became
a number one
hit in Mexico
and many other
Hispanic countries.
The song is
considered a
classic by many
Spanish rock
fans.
In
1991, she gave
birth to her
only daughter
Frida, named
after Frida
Kahlo. That
year she released
a Flor de Papel.
One of the album
single, "Hacer
El Amor Con
Otro",
became a smash
hit for Guzmán,
not only in
Latin America
and México,
it was also
huge in the
U.S. The album
was an acclaim
by critics and
fans, and even
received a Grammy
Award nomination
for Best Latin
Pop Album in
1992.
Later
in 1998 she
married a shady
businessman,
Farrell Goodman,
who was soon
convicted of
drug trafficking
in Germany;
they divorced
shortly after
[[1]].
In
2002, Guzmán
won her first
Latin Grammy
Award for Best
Rock Solo Vocal
Album for Soy.
Despite being
constantly harassed
by paparazzi
and being in
the middle of
multiple controversies,
Guzmán
still remains
relatively accessible
to her fans,
and she signs
autographs for
them whenever
she can. One
of these such
controversies
occurred in
April 2003 when
Guzmán
suffered a miscarriage.
She blamed the
media for the
tragic ending
of her pregnancy.
In
2006, she released
Indeleble. The
first single
was Volverte
A Amar, which
became one of
her biggest
hits in Mexico
and hit the
Top 10 in the
Billboard's
Hot Latin Tracks,
peaking number
#6 and number
#1 in Hot Latin
Pop Airplay
chart. Her album
turned platinum
in less than
a month. The
album won two
awards at the
Premios Oye!
2006 (Mexico's
most important
music awards),
including Best
Album of the
Year and Pop
Vocal Female.
She was also
nominated for
two Latin Grammy
Awards for Best
Rock Vocal Album
Indeleble and
Best Rock Song
for "Volverte
A Amar"