Alicia Villarreal

Some Lesser Known Facts About Alicia Villarreal

• Alicia Villarreal grew up in Nuevo León, Mexico.

  

• She sang her first song Mundo De Juguetes on a local television show called Pipo.

• Alicia Villarreal’s first professional singing job was at a church, where she raised money for charity.

  

• In 1995, she became the lead singer of Grupo Límite, which toured with the well-known band Grupo Bronco. Some of the popular songs of the group included Acaríciame, Te Aprovechas, and Solo Contigo.

• Grupo Límite released six albums including a live one recorded in Mexico City.

• In 2001, Alicia Villarreal released her first music album Soy Lo Prohibido in the ranchera music style. The album included the hit song Te Quedó Grande la Yegua.

  

• After the success of the album, she felt unsure about what direction to take in her music career because she had changed music styles.

• In 2004, Alicia Villarreal left her band and released her second music album Cuando el Corazón se Cruza, which was produced by her husband, Cruz Martínez. They co-wrote several songs together. The album won several awards.

• In 2006, she sang Si Una Vez during the Selena Vive tribute show.

  

• After that, Alicia Villarreal released the song Si Una Vez with two new songs titled Punalada Trapera and Ya No Hay Amor on a special version of the album Cuando El Corazón Se Cruza.

• This special edition of the album was a dual disc that included five remixes of her older songs and a collection of her music videos. The dual disc was released in Mexico in 2005.

• In 2006, Alicia Villarreal released her third music album Orgullo De Mujer.

  

• The main song from the album, Insensible a Ti, was used as the theme song for the television show Duelo de Pasiones in which she appeared as Raquel.

• After that, Orgullo De Mujer was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.

• Alicia Villarreal remained away from music for four years.

• She then released her fourth album La Jefa, which was released on 23 June 2009. The lead song from the album was Caso Perdido.

• The album, La Jefa, debuted at number one on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Albums chart and number four on the Latin Albums chart.

  

• Alicia Villarreal then dedicated eight years to raising her children.

• On 8 September 2017, she released her fifth music album, La Villarreal.

• On 10 October 2009, her brother José Víctor Villarreal Esparza died in a car accident in Monterrey, Mexico. He was 36 years old.

• In February 2025, Alicia Villarreal went viral for making the domestic violence hand signal (Signal for Help) during a concert in Michoacán, Mexico.

• After that, she filed a complaint in Monterrey against her husband Martínez for alleged domestic violence.

• Alicia Villarreal likes travelling to distant places in her free time.

  

• She has been featured on the covers of many noted magazines and tabloids.

  

• Alicia Villarreal enjoys smoking cigarettes occasionally.