In 1981, Thalía began her career as a child with the national group Din Din and performed in the music festival Juguemos a Cantar, first as a member of the group and then as a soloist. In 1984, she was cast in the teenage version of the stage production Grease, ending up with the lead as Sandy. She later replaced one of the female vocalists, Sasha Sokol of Timbiriche in 1986 (most popular Mexican pop group). That same year she was cast in her first soap opera Pobre Señorita Limantour. A year later, she starred in the Mexican telenovela Quinceañera, after which she went to Los Angeles, California to prepare herself to pursue a solo career.
In 1990, she released her first album Thalía earning a gold record the following year. Un Pacto Entre Los Dos was her first single. In 1991, she traveled to Spain and starred in different television programs and also released her second album Mundo De Cristal, which also went gold. In 1992, her third album, Love, went platinum. That year was also the beginning of a successful acting career in México. She starred in Televisa's telenovela María Mercedes, following a series of others like Marimar, María La Del Barrio, and later, Rosalinda that wasn't quiet successful in Mexico as the previous 3 telenovelas but was successful in all the countries that the telenovela has been sold to which is 110 countries and was viewed by 67 million viewers. Her soap operas weren't shown only in Mexico, but also in countries like USA, Lebanon and (the Middle East), Indonesia, Poland, Spain, Portugal, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Peru, Senegal, China, Greece, Cyprus, Philippines, Brazil, Ecuador, and have been sold in over 185 countries and viewed by more than 1 billbion viewers all over the world that made her "The most known face". Her telenovelas are simple stories and all are based on adaptations to the well-known Cinderella story. The main character is born in poverty and she meets a wealthy young man; later, they get married.
All of this began to change in 1995 when she moved from Melody/Fonovisa to EMI and released her label debut, En Éxtasis, which featured her first major international hit, Piel Morena.
"Viaje Tiempo Atrás" ("Anastasia"'s Soundtrack) was performed by ThalíaIn 1996 "Guiness World Records" decided to put Thalia as 'the most recognized artist in one day' She won awards from all over the world in only one day of receiving Key of Indonesia,Key of Philipines and the key of Miami,won 6 awards from the "Eres Awards" for 'Best Song' 'Best Dance Song' ,'Best Female Singer'....etc. and Won Several awards too in "Heraldo Music Awards" and many other in the same day.
In 1997, Atlantic Records released the soundtrack for the animated feature film Anastasia, which included the Spanish version of Journey to the Past as a bonus track, performed by Thalía. That same year, she recorded a special album for the Philippine market titled Nandito Ako completely in Filipino, the official language of the Philippines. Latin pop impresario Emilio Estefan Jr. produced her next album, Amor a la Mexicana, and it too met international success and was a much stronger album, her first great one. It featured hits such as Amor a la Mexicana, Por Amor, and Mujer Latina.
21 April 1997 was declared "Day of Thalía" in Los Angeles. She has a broad fan base around the world although her career, in the view of some, has stalled to a certain extent. Her face is familiar to millions, and has been named one of the "25 Most Beautiful People" by the reputable magazine People en Español many times.
She has been a guest on television programs like Hard Copy, Entertainment Tonight, El Show de Cristina, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, WB11 NEWS, 20/20 on abc and Good Morning America. She also starred in Mambo Café, a modest Hollywood production in which she played a young Puerto Rican girl alongside Danny Aiello and Rosanna de Soto with Paul Rodriguez as her father.
Thalía and Tommy MottolaOn December 2, 2000, Thalía married the former Sony Music president, Tommy Mottola (ex-husband of the American superstar singer Mariah Carey), who is 22 years her senior, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York in a three-million dollar ceremony and reception. They currently live in New York City. Emilio Estefan produced her follow-up album, Arrasando. Thalía was nominated in two Latin Grammy categories - "Best Female Pop Artist of the Year" and "Best Sound Engineered album," and she won the last one. The singles of this album (Arrasando, It's My Party, Entre El Mar Y Una Estrella, Regresa a Mí, and Reencarnación) were great hits too.
On August 28, 2001, she released her album Con Banda, Grandes Éxitos. A "greatest hits" album, but recorded with the typical Mexican banda sound.
Thalía performing Tú Y Yo at the "2002 Latin Billboard Awards"Two years later, Thalía's next album, Thalía, was largely written and produced by Estéfano. Buoyed by a pair of chart-topping singles (Tú y Yoand No Me Enseñaste) and a top-ten hit (¿A Quién Le Importa?. This album hit the number one spot for 6 consecutive weeks on the Top Latin Albums chart, reaching number 22 on the overall Billboard 200 chart. It was nominated in one Latin Grammy category - "Female Pop Vocal Album", and in four Latin Billboard categories - "Pop Track Female" (No Me Enseñaste), "Tropical Track Female" (No Me Enseñaste), "Premio de la Audiencia" and "Pop Female Album". She won the last two awards. "No Me Enseñaste" is probably her best hit to date, receiving many Latin Billboard nominees, many other awards, as well as, chart-topping success. It was #1 in Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. It also topped Latin airplays and was #1.
"Thalía Sodi Collection"In 2003, Thalía released her first self-titled English language album Thalía, featuring I Want You/Me Pones Sexy, Baby, I'm In Love/Alguien Real, and Don't Look Back. Sales were disappointing.
Thalia also released a successful clothing line, exclusively available at Kmart, under the brand name Thalía Sodi Collection and sold her own brand of Hershey's chocolate.
El Sexto Sentido Re+LoadedHer album El Sexto Sentido was released July 19, 2005 and was recorded mostly in the Spanish, but with a few of the cuts sung in English as well. The album received a luke-warm response from the public and the critics alike. It debuted at #1 in her native Mexico, where it sold 80,000 copies in its first week. "Amar Sin Ser Amada", an infectious rock-edged tango-based song was the first single of the album, peaking at #9 in Mexico. For the second single, the ballad "Un Alma Sentenciada" was chosen, hoping to be the "No Me Ensenaste" from the album, however, the reaction was less positive, failing to crack the Top 40, peaking at #47. For the third single, "Seducción" a Hi-NRG pop track, and a firm fan-favourite, was chosen. Later, this album was re-released under the name of "El Sexto Sentido Re+Loaded", whic included three brand new songs and a remix. One of this songs, "No, No, No" featuring Anthony "Romeo" Santos (Aventura) was the fourth single and a great hit in the USA and Latinoamerica. Meanwhile, "Olvídame" was choosen as a single by another countries. This album has received several nominations to the "Latin Grammy Awards", "Latin Billboard Awards", "Orgullosamente Latino", "Oye Awards","Premios Juventud
