NOMINEE: Mana CATEGORY: □ MP □ LP □ TV ^jZJ RC □ RD □ PIH* ^ DIG SPONSOR: John Reilly / Rogers & Cowan 4101LVW00D TELEPHONE: 212.878.5076 WALK OF FAME EMAIL:
[email protected] Nomination for 2014 Selection BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF NOMINEE PHOTO OF THE NOMINEE Use additional blank paper if more space is needed. Include no more than 5 pages. DATE OF BIRTH Jose Fernando Emilio Olvera Sierra 08 DEC 58 - Alejandro Gonzalez 24 FEB 69 PLACE OF BIRTH Sergio Vallin Loera 26 MAY 72 - Juin Diego Calleros Ramos 19 APR 61 BiUhawxLmagazine has h(nnldedjyinna.n.s.:'r/rn mast widely xnlrl and heard Lalin baud in tin> world. Having formed in Guadalajara. Mexico in 1986. the quartet of Fher Olvera. Alex Gonzalez' Sergio Vallin and Juan Calleros have gone on to be global ambassadors for the Latin Rock genre, while selling over 30 million albums. To date, Mana has been recognized by their musical peers with four GRAMMY and seven LATIN GRAMMY Awards. Here in the United States, Mana holds an impressive seven #1 albums and nine ti I singles (more ' than any other band in the XuSTCWS’-fif'fLi/tboard',' hongs til b [nngiirrg :8:..'--regularly LL)_T-he hand's ability- to fill the tamed venue for seven nights on just their last tour alone saw ihe New York Times declare that the legendary band From Mexico has “redefined 'crossover' in Latin pop. " The band's cultural stature was confirmed once again this year when they were chosen as the ONLY Latin Music artist to perform at the official 2013 Presidential Inaugural Gala in Washington D.C.