Ariana Thalía Sodi Miranda (born 26 August 1972 in Mexico City, Mexico), commonly known as Thalía, is an internationally successful Mexican singer and actress with multi Latin Grammy and Latin Billboard nominations. In Latin America, she is regarded as the “Queen of Telenovelas” because her telenovelas were highly successful even in non Latin American countries and watched by almost a billion people around the world. She has won numerous awards in Mexico as a singer and actress from different important award giving bodies. Aside from being a successful singer and actress, she is also a businesswoman, fashion designer, record producer and writer. Her husband is the American music executive Tommy Mottola. As a solo artist, Thalía has sold over 18 million albums worldwide.