website years_active label article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
-lsb- http://www.elan-online.com www.elan-online.com -rsb- 2003 -- present arista -lrb- 2003 -- 2005 -rrb- sony music -lrb- 2003 -- records 2005 -rrb- festival mushroom -lrb- 2003 -- 2005 -rrb- abbywho -lrb- records -lrb- 2005 -- present -rrb- 2000 -- 2002 -rrb- silverlight records elán -lrb- musician -rrb-
 elán solo_singer 1 march 1983 vocals , piano alternative rock guadalajara , jalisco , mexico elán defan recording artist
elán -lrb- musician -rrb-

elán defan -lrb- born march 1 , 1983 in tlaquepaque , jalisco , mexico -rrb- is a recording artist , known for being one of the first latin american female songwriters to begin her career with an english language album written completely on her own and the first independent artist from latin america to have sold more than 1.7 millions copies of her music with her band which is also named elan , made up of elán , lead vocalist and keyboard player , jan carlo defan , lead guitarist , co-producer and elán 's brother , childhood friend and bass player carlos padilla maqueo , and younger cousin and drummer michel `` cheech '' bitar defan and mauricio `` the duck '' lopez .
elán reveals an assortment of music that has been influenced by many artists like bob dylan , janis joplin , john lennon , melissa etheridge , and a few other notable influences .
elán had a notable success with albums like `` street child '' and `` london express '' .
so far , she released six albums : five in english and one in spanish .
