Los Horoscopos de Durango

Los Horoscopos de Durango is one of the longest recording groups in the Regional Mexican genre performing Duranguense banda.

This successful group was started by Dn. Armando Terrazas in Chicago during 1975. [ [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-33195610-bio--Los-Horoscopos-De-Durango] From Los Horoscopos de Durango's Biography on Yahoo!Music (retrieved December 12, 2006. ] As of 2006, it is led by Vicky and Marisol Terrazas, backed by Leo Terrazas (vocals and sax), Braulio Muro (vocals and sax), Oscar Ponce (tamboron, keyboards), Ismael Hernandez (vocals and tamboron), Noel Garcia (keyboard and accordion), and Sergio Flores (drums). This group has performed with success throughout Mexico and the United States.

Some of their achievements are:
#Winners of three Billboard Music Awards in 2005:
#*"Regional Mexican Album of the Year"
#*"Most air-played song" in the "Regional Mexican genre"
#*"Regional Mexican Song of the Year"
#Winners of two Billboard Awards in 2006:
#*"Regional Mexican Album of the Year"
#*"Regional Mexican Song of the Year".
#Winners of one Latin Grammy 2007 :
#*"Band Album of the Year" ("Desatados")
#Winners of one the Latin Awards delivered by The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) with this same Hernaldo Zúñiga's song:
#*"Best Regional Song 2007"
#Winners of one award Lo Nuestro 2008:
#*"Duranguense Artist of the Year"
#Nominated by the Latin Grammy Awards:
#*"Album of the Year" 2004
#*"Album of the Year" 2005
#Nominated in three categories for "Premios Que Buena" in 2004.
#Nominated by Billboard Latin Music Award 2008, the song was ¿Cómo Te Va Mi Amor? by the nicaraguan composer Hernaldo Zúñiga:
#*"Regional Mexican Airplay Song Of The Year, Female Group or Female Solo Artist"

As of Summer 2007, Braulio Muro, Ismael Hernandez, and Noel Garcia have left the group to make their own with the name Dezatados. The new members of Horoscopos de Durango is not known by name.

In 2007, the group appeared on Dominican singer Anaís' album "Con Todo Mi Corazón". They performed her hit single "Sólo Mio" with her on the album.

Trivia

One of the group's songs, "Antes Muertas que Sencillas", was used by Spanish singer María Isabel as her entry into the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. María Isabel won the contest. She later used it in her album.

References

External links

*es icon [http://www.loshoroscoposdedurango.com/ Official website]