Jeans (band)

Jeans
Origin	México
Genres	Teen Pop Pop
Years active	1996–2008
Labels	Sony BMG Music Entertainment EMI
Website	http://www.grupojeans.com/
Members
Patricia Sirvent Karla Díaz-Leal Marcela García Cruz

Jeans was a popular Mexican girl group that rose to fame in the mid-90's and continued until 2009.

Created in 1994 by bandmember Patricia Sirvent, initially with five members after one of them dropped out of the project before the first album was recorded, the group remained as a four-piece until 2007 when it changed into a three-piece after changes in each of their albums, one of these included Dulce María (From 2001-2002) who would later become part of the successful Mexican pop group RBD.

The group released six studio albums (plus a full re-working of one of their albums) in the course of 12 years.

Discography & singles

All of the songs that the group recorded were sung in Spanish. Almost immediately on stepping into the Mexican scene they saw success with the release of their first single Pepe (1995), taken from their self-titled album Jeans, but it was not until the release of their second album in 1998, ¿Por Qué Disimular?, that they achieved their biggest success with the leading single, Enferma De Amor (1998), which later became their signature song and the their best-known single. However, from their third album on, while remaining a fixture in the music scene and still relevant, they never achieved the same degree of success.

In 2003, the band re-released their fourth album, Cuatro para las Cuatro, with re-worked versions of the songs included in it, changing them from pop to grupera. In 2007, a compilation album (with an accompanying DVD) was released that included new versions of their best-known songs.

Studio Albums

• 1996: Jeans (EMI)
• 1998: ¿Por qué disimular? (EMI)
• 1999: //:Tr3s.Jeans (EMI).
• 2001: Cuatro para las Cuatro (BMG)
  • 2003: Cuatro para las Cuatro II (BMG) (The album is a re-worked version of the original)
• 2004: Ammore (Univisión Music)
• 2006: Porque Soy Libre (Independiente)

Band members

The group went through constant changes during their whole time together, even before formalizing the project when the group was created in 1995. Most of the members in the group would depart due to disagreements with manager Alejandro Sirvent (father of group member founder Patricia Sirvent) which would become source of controversy for the group and the way it was managed. In each of the albums the group saw a change in their line-up. During the 12 years of the group, a total of 13 girls became (in a more or less relevant way) part of the group.

Members

• Patricia Sirvent Bartón (1996–2008).
• Karla Haydeé Díaz-Leal Arreguín (1998–2008). (Replacing Tabatha)
• Marcela García Cruz (2005–2008). (Replacing Amiel)

Former Members

• María de los Ángeles (Angie) Taddei Cella (1996–2000).
• Litzy Vannya Domínguez Balderas (1996–1997).
• Tabatha Vizzuet Sepulveda (1996–1997).
• Melissa López Zendejas (1998–1999). (Replacing Litzy)
• Regina Murgía Pages (1999–2003). (Replacing Melissa)
• Dulce María (2001–2002). (Replacing "Angie")
• Valeria Maza Matheu (2002–2004). (Replacing Dulce)
• Elizabeth Amiel Tena Hernández (2003–2005). (Replacing Regina)
• Sabrina Rodríguez Dalia Chiara (2004–2007). (Replacing Valeria)

After the group

• Dulce María would become part of the successful group RBD from 2004 to 2009, after the group disintegrated, she started a solo career releasing an album in November 2010.
• Two of the band members, Melissa and Angie, would reunite to create a TV show in the Mexican cable-based channel Telehit (Part of Televisa) in 2004.
• Litzy became a solo artist releasing three studio albums in 1998, 1999 and 2004 and becoming moderately successful. In 1999 she became part of the telenovela DKDA where she was featured in the soundtrack of the latter, however, her permanence on the show ended midway through production when she was forced to quit due to illness.
• Group member Angie also launched a less successful solo career in 2002 releasing only one album.

External links

• Official Site (Spanish)
• Official MySpace