Los Kumbia Kings: Biography

• Overview
• Discography
• Biography
• Related Artists

• Videos
• Photos
• Groups/Boards
• Fan Sites

• Selena
• Intocable
• Ramón Ayala

• A.B. Quintanilla III
• Pee Wee
• DJ Kane
• Baby Bash

Genres:

Latin Music, Cumbia Music

Decades Active:

1990's|2000's

Texas-based Latin pop group Kumbia Kings hit the ground running in 1999 when their debut album, Amor, Familia Y Respeto, was released, selling over 500,000 copies and earning them a Grammy nomination. The recording, which was produced by A.B. Quintanilla, who had also produced his sister Selena's music before her untimely death, was a Spanish-language mix of Cumbia, pop, rap, and RB. In 2000, they took that multicultural mix and applied it to a crossover, English-language album, Think'n About U, which featured the hit single "U Don't Love Me." Two albums -- No Tengo Dinero and 4 -- were released in 2003. The American Music Awards recognized the group's stature by nominating the group for the Latin Artist of the Year award.

- Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide