Gloria Trevi

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Mexican Madonna? Thats a suit too big for her, in my opinion. Her current fame is thanks to the criminal situation she had, not much as for her musical talent. Though, she was nice show to see live!

A mi me gusta andar con el pelo suerto!

In her beginnings, bad music, nice body, terrible voice, a very studied -for commercial purposes- and very fake provocative attitude, a lot of marketing.

Now, an ex-convict with a terrific and terrifying story, nobody wants to really dig deep into, because it would show how deep is the loss of human values in the age of videocracy, and would put the media -specially TV- as the culprit.

(For those who don't know, Gloria Trevi spent about 4 years in jail, for being an aide to a child corruption scheme: she, and the teenage girls of her chorus lived in a sort of a cult-commune with Sergio Andrade, her manager, who raped all of them, and fathered children from several of the girls -including Gloria, of course-. Andrade is still in jail)

She was famous for like 10 years before her run-in with the law. She already sold over 5 million copy´s in 1993(She had her big debut in 1989).

And she has often be compared to Madonna. I don´t think a Latin lady singer has sold more copy´s then she has.



She has never been convicted, but she spend several years in jail. She actually lives in Texas now with her mother, new boyfriend and her kid and she couldn´t if she had been convicted of a crime.





I don´t know if she will get a her music career back on track but judging by how popular the Gloria Trevi Bulletin boards are she must be pretty popular still in especially Latin America.

I don´t know if her history will make it impossible to be succesfull again but she wouldn´t be the first singer to come back from jail-time to be succesfull. Maybe it even makes her more popular especially in Latin America.

She already has signed a contract for a new album, but time will tell if she will be popular again. But she has lost most, if not all of her money in all her legal battles.

Nevertheless she has done a lot to be a rebel and trying to fight the Macho culture in especially Mexico and you have to give her credit for that.

A story about her life:

Often hailed as "the Mexican Madonna," Gloria Trevi was not only one of the most daring and cutting-edge Latin stars of the ?'80s and ?'90s; she may very well be the most controversial figure in the history of Latin pop and rock en español. In the late ?'90s and early 2000s, the Mexican singer's name was repeatedly dragged through the mud because of a major sex-related scandal; Mexican law enforcement officials accused Trevi and manager/ex-husband Sergio Andrade of sexually abusing and imprisoning adolescent girls--and in the Latin American media, the Trevi/Andrade scandal has been as huge a story as the O.J. Simpson trial was in the United States in the mid-?'90s (minus the racial element). Regrettably, the abundance of sordid, disturbing headlines surrounding Trevi and Andrade have often overshadowed the importance of her sometimes sociopolitical music, which could be quite challenging and provocative.

Trevi was born Gloria de los Angeles Treviño on February 15, 1970 in Monterrey, Mexico, an industrial city in the northern part of the country. The singer had a rough childhood; she was quite poor, and her parents (both of whom allegedly mistreated her) divorced when she was 10. But none of those things discouraged Trevi from becoming seriously interested in the arts. As a pre-teen, she studied ballet dancing and learned to play the piano; eventually, she learned to play the drums as well. Trevi was not only interested in Latin music; she was seriously into American and British rock and listened to Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Deep Purple, Pat Benatar and Janis Joplin (among others) extensively. Against her mother's wishes, Trevi left home when she was only 12 and moved from Monterrey to Mexico City to pursue a career in the arts. At first, life in Mexico City was a struggle for Trevi, who survived by doing everything from singing on the streets for money to selling tacos; she also taught aerobics for awhile. But her career started to take off when, in 1984, a 14-year-old Trevi met producer Sergio Andrade, who was about 28 at the time and went on to become her manager and mentor as well as her husband. After briefly singing with the all-female group Boquitas Pintadas in the mid-?'80s, Trevi became a full-time solo artist and, with Andrade's help, recorded her debut solo album, Que Hago Aqui?, in 1989. Released on an independent Mexican label, that album and its lead single "Dr. Psiquiatra" (which made it to 1 on the Latin charts) were a smash--and in 1990, Trevi landed a deal with RCA/BMG's Latin division. By 1993, she had sold more than five million albums overall. The Mexican Madonna was selling out large venues all over Latin America, where she embraced mostly Spanish-language material but also performed covers of songs by Zeppelin, the Doors and other English-speaking rockers on stage. Between her albums, live performances and racy pin-up calendars (which sold millions of copies), someone who had been dirt poor as a child had become one of Mexico's wealthiest, most affluent and famous women.

Even in the early ?'90s--long before her well publicized run-in with the law--Trevi was extremely controversial. The thing that made her so shocking to social conservatives in Mexico and other Latin American countries was her image--an image as defiantly and blatantly sexual as Prince or Madonna. Like Madonna--who she has often been compared to--and Prince, Trevi promoted sexual freedom in a very in-your-face way. Trevi wasn't the only female artist of Mexican descent who was often compared to Madonna in the ?'90s; the late tejano star Selena (a bilingual Chicana from Texas) was also described as one of Madonna's Mexican counterparts. But Selena, for all her sex appeal, was never as controversial or over-the-top as Trevi, whose live performances went out of their way to shock, taunt and offend social conservatives. Trevi's antics included wearing a bandolier of condoms across her bare chest and bringing young male fans on stage so that she could strip them down to their underwear. But there was more to Trevi than shock value and titillation--much, much more. Her material often had a decidedly feminist outlook, and she brought a sociopolitical perspective to topics like out-of-wedlock pregnancies, drugs and abortion. Upsetting social conservatives was exactly what Trevi set out to do; in many respects, she was the Mexican equivalent of a Riot Grrrl. Some Latino journalists have compared her to Irish agitator Sinead O'Connor--a very outspoken feminist--and Trevi was often quoted as saying that she hoped to run for president of Mexico someday. In fact, one of her pin-up calendars depicted her as a nude presidential candidate.

The singer's career was seriously interrupted in the late ?'90s, when Mexican law enforcement officials accused Trevi, manager/ex-husband Andrade and choreographer/backup singer Maria Raquenel Portillo, a.k.a, Mary Boquitas, of corrupting minors, sexual abuse and kidnapping. The authorities' main witness was singer Karina Yapor, who was only 12 when, in 1996, she left her native Chihuahua to live with Trevi and Andrade in Mexico City. Yapor went to them for musical training, but Mexican officials alleged that Trevi and Portillo (who recorded a solo album for Sony's Latin division in 1995) brought the aspiring singer to Mexico City in order for her to have sex with the much older Andrade. Yapor was only 13 when she became pregnant--allegedly by Andrade--and she has since written a book about her experiences with Trevi and Andrade, who she accused of "horrible physical and psychological abuse." Subsequently, the case against them became even stronger when two other aspiring Mexican singers, Karola de la Cuesta and her sister Katia de la Cuesta, came forward and made allegations of sexual abuse against Trevi and Andrade. Trevi hired the de la Cuesta sisters as backup singers when they were still adolescents; Mexican police have alleged that Trevi was actually recruiting them for Andrade's sexual pleasure. And in 1999, another teenage singer who Trevi allegedly recruited, Delia Gonzalez, told Mexican television that Andrade forced her to make a pornographic movie in San Diego, CA and that he "raped me for nine months…He would get mad and spit on me, he would strap me, he would lock me in a room." Between Yapor, Gonzalez, the de la Cuesta sisters and Andrade's ex-wife Aline Hernandez (who made many of the same allegations of sexual abuse), Mexican law enforcement felt that the case against Trevi and Andrade was incredibly damning. Once praised by social progressives for encouraging sexual liberation and female empowerment, Trevi found herself being accused of promoting sexual enslavement and female oppression. Nonetheless, Trevi still had her share of diehard fans who refused to see her as villain; some fans have argued that she was manipulated by Andrade and was very much a victim herself. But Trevi's detractors, including Yapor and Gonzalez, have asserted that she knew exactly what she was doing and was a very willing accomplice in his alleged crimes.

-The Laredo Morning Times quoted Hernandez (who has often described ex-husband Andrade as a sadistic, controlling misogynist) as saying, "I think Gloria arrived as innocent as the rest of us were. If Gloria contributed to all this, it is because (Andrade) made her ill, turned her, trained her, educated her in his way."

When prosecutors accused Trevi, Andrade and Portillo of crimes that were major felonies under Mexican law, they denied all charges and ended up fleeing to Brazil. In early 2000, they were apprehended in Rio de Janeiro, where they vowed to fight extradition back to Mexico. Trevi was being held in a Brazilian federal prison when she became pregnant; at first, she claimed to have been raped by a prison guard, but Trevi subsequently recanted that story when DNA tests proved that Andrade was the father of Angel Gabriel (the baby son she had given birth to). Exactly how Trevi became pregnant with Andrade's son behind bars is unclear; officially, she was denied conjugal visits, although there was speculation that Trevi and Andrade bribed a guard (who arranged for them to have sex). Some Brazilian prison officials have alleged that Trevi became pregnant on purpose through artificial insemination, possibly because she believed that getting pregnant would help her avoid extradition. The Brazilian government wasn't quick to hand the alleged offenders over to the Mexican authorities; in April 2000, a Brazilian federal court ruled that the evidence against them needed to be studied extensively before Brazil could agree to Mexico's extradition request. But in late 2002--after almost three years behind bars in Brazil--Trevi, Andrade and Portillo finally agreed to quit fighting extradition and returned to Mexico to stand trial. In Mexico, Trevi's return was every bit the media circus that the O.J. Simpson trial had been in the U.S., and some Mexican intellectuals argued that the country's media were paying way too much attention to her case--often at the expense of serious political and social issues that needed to be addressed. To be sure, the return of Trevi, Andrade and Portillo was the top story in the Mexican media, just as the Simpson case had dominated the U.S. media in the mid-?'90s--and like Simpson, they had a "dream team" of high-priced defense attorneys (at least 12). In late 2002 and 2003, Trevi awaited trail in the Aquiles Serdan prison near Chihuahua. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

"girl trouble,' the sizzling gloria trevi story
if you want to read the whole, incredible and wonderfully-written story of gloria trevi and her band on the run, i'd highly recommend the new book 'girl trouble,' by the new york times reporter, christopher mcdougall. he not only got an interview with gloria when she was in prison, but he went back and SNUCK INTO A BRAZILIAN JAIL to interview her sinister manager, sergio andrade. the book is excellent, and also available in spanish as 'la atrevida.'

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060536624/ref%3Dpd%5Fecc%5Frvi%5F1/102-0337377-0785746

GLORIA TREVI
I don't think that some of you are well informed about Gloria Trevi.


Gloria was very popular back in the days when she first came out. Everyone wanted to be just like her. She never had "Bad music and a nice body" she was more than that. Many people said she was a phenomenon. She writes most of her music and the lyrics to some of these songs are incredible. If you listen and understood her music, you will feel the same way... there is no one like Gloria Trevi.

Yes, Gloria had trouble with the law. She was ACCUSED of child corruption and kidnapping, but she was released after they said she was innocent. Some of the girls that came out accusing Gloria kept chaning their story and it didn't make sense. It is true that many of the girls had kids from Sergio Andrade BUT, how many people don't sleep with producers or directors or people in high places just to get ahead. He even married one of the girls and gave her an album that never went anywhere. Gloria Trevi was not just a bunch of publicity... she has talent. She can write music and has the ability to express herself through music in a very unique way.

She has been asked about what she thinks about people that don't like her and she says that people that don't like her its because they don't know her... they don't know her music. But if they really listened they would understand where she comes from and what she feels. I believe that's very true, there are a lot of songs that you can just feel were written just for you... she feels and she loves and she lives and she writes...

If you have the chance, listen to her songs such as "Con los Ojos Cerrados" and "Me Siento tan Sola" or "Un Dia Mas de Vida" or "El Recuento de los Daños" Then you'll understand... Gloria is more than music and controversy....

Even some people that criticize her say that you can not deny she has an amazing talent.

I just saw her in her first concert after she was released... it was something else... she has so much energy... and there was a point where she sang one of her super old songs called "Si Me Llevas Con Tigo". She sang it acapella and as soon as she said the first like of the song... "Te prometo que... " Everyone in the audience sang along and you could hear it like a chorus... just singing with her... It was magical... Even I was surprised to see how much people loved her. In the middle of the song, I guess the great reaction of the audience got to her and she got sentimental and stopped singing... and the audience continued to sing the next line or two... it was great!

Gloria Trevi... the one and ONLY!

I just bought her CD 'Como nace el universo´

GLORIA TREVI
And? What did you think of it?

I loved it. My favorite song is Como nace el Universo and then Horas Tranquilas!