as Mark Knopfler. In 1987 she recorded an a capella song with the group 'The Christians' for a television program and in May of that year, her next album "Quiéreme aunque te duela" (Love me even if it hurts you), was launched, in which she started to be less of a rocker and discovered herself as a great ballad performer, ballads that would be the greatest hits of that release. The album included her smash hit "A Cada Paso", which became her breakout hit in Latin-America, it climbed to the number one position in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Mexico; the Mexican female pop-band Flans made a cover of the song in 1990, and also became a big hit in that country. She participated in the TV program "¡Qué noche la de aquel año!" (¡How incredible was that year's night!), that was hosted by Miguel Ríos, then she travelled to México, Venezuela and New York City. In 1988 she appeared in the TV program "Viaje con nosotros" (Travel with us), by Javier Gurruchaga (Lead singer of La orquesta Mondragón), and in a benefit gig in Seville, she performed a Tango version of Quiereme aunque te duela. Massive success In 1989 Luz Casal released her new company Hispavox, the album "V" in which Luz counted with the production of Paco Trinidad and Chucho Merchán, a habitual musician of Eurythmics. The album, which sold over 300,000 copies and was her definitive leap to stardom, includes two of the most important songs of her career: "Te Dejé Marchar" (I Let You Go) and "No Me Importa Nada" (Nothing Matters For Me). That year she took part in a festival held in Chile in favour of human rights, among artists and groups such as Sting and U2. In 1991 Luz, released A Contraluz (Backlight), which sold over 400,000 copies, obtaining four platinum albums. In this album is the bolero "Piensa en mí" (Think Of Me), composed by Agustín Lara, and the song "Un año de amor" were chosen by Pedro Almodóvar for his film Tacones Lejanos (High Heels). Almodóvar translated the latter song, originally by the French Nino Ferrer, from the Italian hit version by Mina. These two massive hits made her a European superstar, especially admired in France. Following that, Luz took a four-year break away from recording studies, a time when she started thinking about her career because of her success, but she