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Thalia

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Thalia’s self-titled 2003 effort was meant to be her English-language breakthrough, with guest shots from Fat Joe and photography that resembled a Spiegel ad, or maybe a Shania album. But it was too superficial, and there was little crossover appeal in the music itself. In contrast, 2005’s Sexto Sentido is sung entirely en espanol, but for English versions of its three singles tacked onto the end. It’s a straightforward Latin pop album, with the requisite balladry (the rousing “Olvidame” really shows off her voice), bouncy hybrid pop (the bandoneon-flavored opener “Amar Sin Ser Amada”), and exuberant anthems you can imagine the entire dancefloor singing along with “Seduccion,” “No Me Voy a Quebrar.” It also features “Amor Prohibido,” Thalia’s rendition of Selena’s Tejano classic. (Thalia performed the song at an April 2005 concert event that remembered Selena on the ten-year anniversary of her murder