María Fernanda Blázquez Gil was born in Mexico City in July 21, 1973 amongst a family of musicians. 

Ever since she was little girl she showed great interest in music, specially singing. She debuted in the show business at the age of 10 in a TV contest where she got the opportunity to sing a duet with Luis Miguel.

She never stopped feeling passionate about music and in 1994 she finally got to sign her first record deal with Sony Music and decided to go by the name of Fey.

The following year she released her first album entitled Fey, the first single off the record, Media Naranja, quickly became a radio hit and reached the top chat spot in Mexico. The second single, Gatos en el Balcón, managed to be one of the best videos of the year according to the lists of the genre’s experts. Another successful single off this record is La noche se mueve.

Besides having a successful career, Fey was a trend setter from the get go due to the launch of her own clothing line (Fey Jeans) and being the image for Cover Girl in Mexico.

Her sophomore album released in 1996, called Tierna La Noche, helped her achieve the coveted crossover. Azúcar Amargo, another single off this record, also reached the top spots on the radio charts in Mexico and the first spots in Brasil, the United States (Latin Market), South America and Spain. Billboard Latino considered Tierna La Noche as the best pop album of that year. The album had versions in English and Portuguese, and later otwo more singles off that album became hits: Subidón and Te pertenezco.

Due to her new found success Fey became able to tour the world giving 130 concerts reaching the goal of any artist, filling the legendary Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City ten times in a row making her the first woman to have ever made such achievement. Her album went platinum 10 times worldwide.

In the midst of the beginning of her career in 1998, Fey was chosen to represent Mexico and record a track which was included in the official album of the World Cup in France, ’98.

In October, 1998 her third album is released: El Color de los Sueños, the first single was Ni Tú Ni Nadie. Díselo con flores, Cielo líquido and Canela are also singles off this album.  Soon a promotional tour would be planned that lasted a year, afterwards Fey would take a break. In 2000 her first Greatest Hits album was released called simply Hits, which included 5 classic songs from each of her previous albums.

In 2002, Fey changes her whole crew in order to release something completely different: Vértigo. The first single to make it into the radio charts was Sé lo que vendrá, single whose video was directed by Gustavo Garzón. Vértigo was a double album since it was recorded both in English and Spanish.

In 2004 Fey signs a record deal with EMI Music, until that moment (in Sony Music) Fey had sold about 6 million records in Latin America and the US. She also won several awards, national and international, including the Billboard Award for Best Female Artist. Her new album managed to stay in the Billboard chart among the best selling records in the US for over 50 weeks.

In 2005 the album La Fuerza del Destino is released, a tribute to the Spanish band Mecano. This album would make her a Grammy nominee as Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Female and mark her return to the Festival of Viña del Mar.

The following year, the Mexican performer came back to the music scene with her album Faltan Lunas, produced by the Apaniard Carlos Jean. The first single off this record was Aquí Estoy.

In 2008 Fey has come out and produced her most ambitious album yet, Dulce Tentación (Sweet Temptation) and has decided to distribute it independently with Mi Rey Records (part of Grupo Mantequilla). The album was produced by Sam “Fish” Fisher, who has worked with artists like Duran Duran and Marilyn Manson.

The album was released in Mexico physically and Worldwide Digitally, the last week of April  and her debut single from the album, Lentamente, has been a top ten her native country since it’s release in February.

Dulce Tentación has already sold more than 40 thousand copies in Mexico, making it a certified gold album in less than six weeks. The album debuted top 5 in the Itunes Latino chart, and has remained amongst the top 20 sold album of the Latino category for over 8 weeks.

 

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