Lynda Thomas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Lynda Thomas | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Origin | Tijuana, Mexico |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Genres | Rock/Pop, Dance music |
| Labels | EMI |
Lynda Thomas (Lynda Aguirre Thomas) is a musician, born on December 21, 1981, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Currently she is a U.S.A. citizen and resident.
Contents |
[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Lynda Thomas is a singer and song producer and writer. She was first discovered by producers Carlos Lara and Tino Geizer during a singing contest in 1989. The contest was named "Fantasia Musical". However, Lynda's parents decided to delay the recording of the album in order to allow her daughter to concentrate on school and to grow a little bit older (she was just a lil' kid). So the album wasn't released until 1996.
[edit] 1996
In 1996 she recorded her first self-titled album, "Lynda". From that album sprang three songs that quickly connected with their target audience, that of teenagers and kids. The songs were "Gira que gira", "Blue Jeans" and "El amor no tiene edad".
Her first album would place Lynda Thomas in the limelight almost over night. She got a lot of radio play all over Mexico. She also received an award from a top selling teen magazine (ERES). The award was for Best New Singer of 1996.
[edit] 1997
Work on her second album started right away. It was released in 1997 with the title "Un grito en el corazón". This album would establish Lynda Thomas as the best exponent of Pop-Dance in all of Mexico. Some of the songs included in "Un grito en el corazón" became certified hits over the radio waves. Among the most popular were "Dile", "Bang bang" and "Corazón".
[edit] 1999 to 2000
As the life cycle of her second album came to an end, Lynda Thomas and her team went to work on what was to be her third album. For 8 months she retired from the music scene. She only made a brief comeback in early 1999 to participate with other fellow artists in the recording of the song "El Pescador". The song was created as an homage to Pope John Paul II during his visit to Mexico in 1999.
During her absence, Lynda Thomas decided to move to Los Angeles, California. There she took English and music lessons. That was a calculated decision she made, since one of her new goals as a singer was to some day cross over to the American Music scene.
"Mi Dia De La Independencia" was the title of her third album. Released in mid-1999, this new musical production offered Lynda Thomas the opportunity to branch out and experiment with different genres and musical styles.
At least 4 singles from "Mi Dia De La Independencia" became mega hits. "Maldita Timidez", "No Quiero Verte", "Corazón perdido" and "Mi Día de la Independencia" are the names of the songs that helped Lynda Thomas reach new levels of success in her young career.
When Lynda Thomas turned 18, she became an activist and participant of several organizations like Greenpeace and Lazos. For many years she had always felt deeply concerned over human rights issues and the constant degradation of the environment. Lynda made use of what fame she had to warn the youth about the environmental destruction and other global problems.
[edit] 2000
In the year 2000 Lynda Thomas was involved in the production of a Telenovela (Soap Opera) with the title "Primer Amor: A mil por hora". She was hired to perform two musical theme songs for the teen melodrama. The songs were "A Mil Por Hora" and "Laberinto".
After her unique experience with the television melodrama (she even did a cameo on an episode), Lynda Thomas decided that it was time to work on her fourth album. It was already in early stages of production for some time. But she realized that it required all of her attention, and she pushed everything aside to work on it.
[edit] 2001
So it was that in late 2001 the world saw a new album and a totally new Lynda. The album was titled "Polen". It contained 11 songs, most of them written by Lynda Thomas herself. She was now officially a composer. From this fourth album, 3 songs stood out: "Lo Mejor de Mí", "Mala Leche", and "Para Tí".
[edit] The sabbatical years
After the release and promotion of her fourth album, Lynda Thomas took a long hiatus from the music arena. She used that time to continue her studies (English and music) and to write some songs (some of them were performed by other artists).
[edit] 2006-RBD bound
So it was that in 2006 it was revealed that Lynda Thomas was writing and producing songs for teen pop band RBD.
Lynda wrote the song "No pares" and she directed the gospel chorus that was part of 4 songs that were included in the 2006 album Live in Hollywood.
[edit] The name
It was during this stage of her career, that Lynda adopted the name "Lynda Thomas" as her artistic name. She first used this name to give herself credit for writing a song for pop band RBD. Before this time, her artistic name had been "Lynda".
Concerning her career as a singer, Lynda has put it on hold for the moment. However, her fifth album is still expected to be released in the near future.
[edit] Discography
- Worldwide Sales: 4,490,000
- Mexican Sales: 1,645,000
- Lynda 1996
- Un grito en el corazón 1997
- Mi Día de la Independencia 1999
- Edición Especial 2000
- Polen 2001
- Live in Hollywood 2006 (Lynda Thomas wrote the song "No Pares")
- Celestial 2006 (Lynda Thomas aparece en los coros de algunas de las canciones del disco Celestial de RBD.)
