Amor a la Mexicana (English: Mexican-style love) is the sixth studio album by Mexican singer Thalía, released on 24 June 1997, by EMI Latin. Recorded in the Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, with producers Emilio Estefan, Kike Santander, Bernardo Ossa, Pablo Flores, Roberto Blades and Javier Garza, the album blends a variety of genres bits of cumbia, salsa, and balladry. The album received positive reviews upon its release and entered in the top 10 of both Top Latin Albums and Latin Pop Albums, being certified two times platinum by RIAA. The album has been regarded as one of the singer's best releases to date, especially for the album's first single "Amor a la Mexicana", which showcased the evolution of Thalía as a musician. It is one of Thalía's best selling albums to date with over two million copies sold worldwide, becoming in one of the best-selling "Latin" albums. Amor a la Mexicana is also one of the best-selling releases in Chile. According to Luca Villa from Billboard, Thalía helped to globalize and popularize Mexican culture with this album. Production and promotion Following the success of Thalía's fourth studio album, En éxtasis (1995), EMI Latin planned the release of a new album by Thalía. Recording sessions started in 1996 and the investment for the promotion of the album would be around 1.5 million dollars. The album would be released worldwide in 1997 but in some countries like Brazil it was released in 1998. For the Brazilian edition three songs in Portuguese were recorded and added as bonus tracks. In France, the album was titled Por Amor and was released with a different cover artwork. Thalía visited many countries to promote her album including: Perú, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Italy, France, Philippines, Germany, Belgium, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, United Kingdom, El Salvador, Bolivia, Spain, Portugal, Indonesia, Lebanon, Finland, Austria and the United States. Singles "Amor a la Mexicana" was released as the album's lead single, it became one of Thalia's biggest international hits and is widely recognized as one of her signature songs. A remixed version called "Cuca's Fiesta Mix" was included in some editions of the album and a banda version was included in Thalía's compilation album Thalía con banda: Grandes éxitos (2001), the three versions have their own music video. "Por Amor" was released as the second single of the album, the music video was released in two different versions, directed