8 Corazones

8 Corazones formed in Mexico City in 1993 with Alex Garza on vocals, Rubén Albarrán on guitar, Armando Ávila on bass, and José Manuel Aguilera on drums. Their self-titled debut album came out in 1996, mixing Mexican rhythms with pop. The band's 1998 album 'Ámame' gave them their biggest hit with the title track, which topped charts in Mexico, the U.S., and Latin America. Songs like 'Mi Amor' and 'Te Quiero a Ti' followed a similar romantic vein.

Guitarist Rubén Albarrán left in 2000 to go solo, and the band faced some public trouble the next year. They kept recording through the 2000s with albums like 'Pasión' and 'Sin Miedo', and later members included guitarist Jesús 'Chuy' Guillén and bassist Fernando 'Nando' Medina. In 2013 they marked their 20th anniversary with a tour and a compilation.

Their catalog includes straightforward love songs and ballads like 'Muero de Frío' and 'Piensa En Mí'. The music doesn't reinvent anything, but it connected with a broad Spanish-speaking audience during their active years.