LA MAFIA IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LATIN ARTISTS TO EVER COME OUT OF TEXAS .  STARTING THEIR CAREER IN HOUSTON TEXAS IN 1980 WITH OSCAR DE LA ROSA ON VOCALS AND ARMANDO LICHTENBERGER JR AS MUSIC PRODUCER AND KEYBOARDIST.

BY 1982  LA MAFIA EXPLODED INTO THE  MUSIC SCENE WINNING MOST PROMISING BAND OF THE YEAR  AT THAT YEARS TEJANO MUSIC AWARDS IN SAN ANTONIO . LA MAFIA INTRODUCED A HIGH ENERGY SHOW WITH PYROTECHNICS,  LAVISH COSTUMES , THEATRICS AND CONCERT STYLE  SOUND & LIGHTING ONLY SEEN AT ROCK CONCERTS.

BY THE LATE 80’S LA MAFIA SETS THEIR EYES SOUTH OF THE BORDER, INITIATING THE FIRST EVER MAJOR TOURS INTO MEXICO BY A TEJANO ACT.  BY 1991, WITH THE RELEASE OF “ESTAS TOCANDO FUEGO”, THE FIRST EVER “MILLION SELLING ALBUM” BY A TEJANO ARTIST, LA MAFIA WAS CATAPULTED TO INTERNATIONAL STATUS MAKING THEIR HIP NEW HYBRID OF TEJANO, POP AND MEXICAN INFUSED STYLE CUMBIA  A  STAPLE ON RADIO, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT ALL OF LATIN AMERICA.

WITH THE FOLLOW UP ALBUM “AHORA Y SIEMPRE”, ALSO A MILLION SELLER,  LA MAFIA RELEASED THE FIRST SINGLE “ME ESTOY ENAMORANDO” ,WHICH LASTED A RECORD SETTING 9 WEEKS AT #1 IN THE BILLBOARD LATIN CHARTS,  AND TOOK LA MAFIA THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

IN 1993 WINNING VARIOUS PREMIOS LO NUESTRO WHICH WOULD CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE 90’S

 IN 1997 LA MAFIA WON THEIR FIRST GRAMMY FOR THE ALBUM “UN MILLON DE ROSAS” AND A SECOND THE FOLLOWING YEAR WITH “EN TUS MANOS”.

IN 2004 AND 2005  LA MAFIA VOLUNTEERED FOR “U.S.O. TOURS” TO ENTERTAIN OUR TROOPS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD VISITING COUNTRIES LIKE THE  NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, AND  THE BALKANS WITH STOPS IN SERBIA AND KOSOVO.

LA MAFIA WON THEIR FIRST AND SECOND LATIN GRAMMYS IN 2005 & 2006.  AND WERE MOST RECENTLY NOMINATED FOR A LATIN GRAMMY IN 2009 FOR THEIR CD "ETERNAMENTE ROMANTICOS". LA MAFIA‘S  INFLUENCES CAN BE HEARD DAILY ON THE RADIO WITH THEIR BIGGEST HITS BEING COVERED IN EVERYTHING FROM BACHATA TO NORTEñO….DURANGUENSE TO SALSA…AND MOST RECENTLY BY MARC ANTHONY ON HIS LATEST NUMBER ONE CD "ICONOS" HIS PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO A FEW OF HIS ALL TIME FAVORITE SONGSTERS

GRAMMY'S & LATIN GRAMMY'S

1995 - Grammy Nomination -  Vida  "Best Latin Pop Album"

1996 - Grammy Nomination - Exitos En Vivo "Best Mexican-American Performance"

1997 - Grammy WINNER - Un Millon De Rosas "Best Mexican-American Performance"

1998 - Grammy WINNER - En Tus Manos "Best Mexican-American Performance"

1999 - Grammy Nomination - Euforia "Best Mexican-American Performance"

2000 - Grammy Nomination - Momentos "Best Mexican-American Performance"

2000- Latin Grammy Nomination - Momentos "Best Album Grupero"

2001 - Latin Grammy Nomination - Contigo "Best Album Grupero"

2002 - Grammy Nomination - Contigo "Best Mexican-American Performance"

2002 - Latin Grammy Nomination - Inconfundible "Best Tejano Album"

2005 - Latin Grammy WINNER - Para El Pueblo "Best Album Grupero"

2006 - Latin Grammy WINNER - Nuevamente "Best Tejano Album"

2009 - Latin GRammy Nomination - Eternamente Romanticos "Best Grupero Album"