Tatiana Palacios Chapa (born 12 December 1968), known mononymously as Tatiana, is an American-born Mexican actress, singer and television presenter. Referred to as the "Queen of Kids",[1] she has been nominated for five Latin Grammy Awards for Best Children's Album and has sold over 9 million records.[citation needed]
Early life
Tatiana was born on 12 December 1968 in Philadelphia, while her father was attending the University of Pennsylvania. A dual citizen of the United States and Mexico,[2] Tatiana was raised in Monterrey, Mexico, by her parents, Dr. José Ramón Palacios Ortega and Diana Perla Chapa de Palacios, after her father's studies were completed in Pennsylvania.
Early career and pop music
Tatiana's first major musical project was as the character Jane in the 1984 live stage performance, Kuman, a Mexican rock opera about a Tarzan-like character. The show's 1984 album soundtrack also entitled Kuman was released under the group name, Cristal y Acero ‒ the rock trio consisting of guitarist Icar Smith, bassist Carlos Ortega, and drummer Samuel Shapiro.[3]
IN 1986, Tatiana released a single and filmed a video, both titled Cuando Estemos Juntos, with former Menudo member, Puerto Rican singer Johnny Lozada.[4] The song was meant to create awareness among youth in Puerto Rico, Mexico and the rest of Latin America about the potential consequences of sex before marriage, including sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy at an early age.
From 1984 to 1994, Tatiana released 10 pop music albums which garnered numerous hits throughout Mexico and some parts of Latin America.
Tatiana (right) with her mother at the 2003 Latin Grammys in Miami, Florida
From 1997 to 2001, Tatiana hosted the children's television show, El Espacio de Tatiana on the Mexican network Televisa. She would later host another children's television show, El Show De Tatiana, on TV Azteca(version de El Show de Xuxa). She had also performed voice-over work and recorded soundtrack songs for various television and film projects produced by The Walt Disney Company. She provided her voice to the character Megara in the Latin American Spanish dub of Disney's Hercules (1997).[citation needed]
In 2016, she returned to Televisa, appearing in programs such as Hoy and Recuerda y Gana
Return to pop music
In 2005, she released her first non-children's album in over a decade entitled Acústico – Mil Gracias, an unplugged acoustic album with renditions of some of her earlier pop hits as well a number of new songs including two in English.
Her 2007 tour had 56 sold-out concerts, and her subsequent 2008 tour, Espapirifárctico, covered 64 concert dates throughout five countries.
Select discography
Pop music
Tatiana holding two dolls based on her
1984: Tatiana
1986: Chicas de Hoy
1987: Baila Conmigo
1988: Un Lobo En La Noche
1989: Las Cosas Que He Visto
1990: Vientos de Libertad
1992: Leyes del Corazón
1994: Un Alma Desnuda
2005: Acústico – Mil Gracias
2014: Reencuentro Conmigo
Children's music
1995: Brinca
1996: Brinca II
1996: Navidad Con Tatiana
1997: Sigue La Magia
1997: Navidad Mágica
1998: Superfantástico
1999: Vamos A Jugar
1999: Navidad Mágica 2
2000: Acapulco Rock
2002: Los Mejores Temas De Las Películas De Walt Disney Vol. 1
2003: Los Mejores Temas De Las Películas De Walt Disney Vol. 2
