Aranza

From a young age, Aranza showed a strong interest in singing, inspired by her father, who was a professional singer. Her parents supported her and encouraged her to take singing classes, and at the age of 10, she performed live in Chihuahua with her father. At the age of 15, Aranza moved to Mexico City to fulfill her dream of becoming a professional singer with the help of Televisa, the most important network in the country. Her first steps in the music business started with Grupo Zarabanda, a musical group which formed in 1990 and with which she reached popularity after the group sang "Estrella de Ilusion" (Star of Hope), the theme song for the Mexican telenovela Alcanzar una estrella II. Because of the success of the telenovela and their song, Grupo Zarabanda toured Mexico with Muñecos de Papel, a group formed from the telenovela, whose members included Ricky Martin and Sasha Sokol. Grupo Zarabanda eventually disbanded.

The disappearance of the Grupo Zarabanda gave rise to the solo career of Aranza, who, in 1994, released her first album, Aranza. Although the singles released from the album were moderately played on Mexican radio stations, the album was not given enough support and failed to reach the mainstream public. A special instance in this period of time is Aranza's visit to Siempre en Domingo, one of the most important programs of the time, and probably the most important musical show in the history of Televisa. After singing "Mentiras y Lagrimas" in front of the show's live audience, Raúl Velasco, the host, who softly kicked all the new artists in the show as a sign of good luck to come in their careers, said to Aranza:

Today, there's going to be no kick, because I'm not capable of touching a woman this beautiful and talented...Aranza, you're a beautiful person, physically and emotionally. I'm not going to kick you as you are a very special human being. Finally a new star for Mexico and the world... .^[1]

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Aranza's second album, Mi Isla Desierta, was released in 1995 but the release of Fey and Gloria Trevi's albums pushed back the album which failed to receive support from the record company. The song Sin Amor, from this album, became the theme song for the telenovela Sentimientos Ajenos, however, this didn't help boost record sales and the album became the second flop in Aranza's career.