Industria Del Amor

Formed in California during the late 1980s, Industria del Amor first registered several modest successes in Mexico before emerging in the early 1990s as a steady purveyor of soft-rock Tejano ballads. The ensemble’s sole Number One on the Latin chart arrived with “A Capa y Espada,” a track that notably omits the lead vocals of singer Roberto Verduzco. Although individual singles lost momentum by the close of the decade, the group’s albums maintained consistent chart presence. That sustained appeal was underscored by the 2003 release of the two greatest-hits collections 30 Inolvidables and 30 Inolvidables, Vol. 2, each of which reached the Top 20 on the Latin chart. Their subsequent studio album, 2005’s Si Te Perdiera, introduced unexpected Duranguense reinterpretations of Bulmaro Bermúdez’s “Los Caminos de Michoacan” and José Alfredo Jiménez’s “Camino de Guanajuato.” The 2006 set Para Ti...Nuestra Historia climbed comfortably inside the Top Latin Albums top 50, prompting a South American tour in support. The final two releases of the decade, 2007’s Lagrimas Del Amor and Hasta el Cielo (2008), failed to register on the charts, after which the group ended its association with Fonovisio. Following the 2011 album Noche Buena on Platino Records, which entered the Top Latin Albums listing, Industria del Amor signed with Discos America. Their debut for the label, Fireza, appeared the next year and charted on the Top Latin Albums tally, as did 20 Grandes Exitos Con Mariachi and 20 Aniversario, the last of these reaching the top twenty. The band resumed live activity across the United States, Mexico, and Latin America. In 2017 Industria del Amor issued the split album Romanticos Por Siempre alongside Los Yonic's.