In 1993 Villazon worked with accordion player Franco Arguelles and recorded the album Mar de Lagrimas on the Colombian record label CODISCOS, with the hit songs "Quereme" by Juancho Rois, "Cuando hablo de Tí" by Iván Ovalle and a musical mosaic honoring Pacho Galán. In 1994, they recorded their second album together named Noticias, producing successful songs like "Decídete" by Fabián Corrales, "Noticias" by Efraín Barliza and "Acabaste con mí Vida" by Juancho Rois. This year the group won the "Congo de Oro" prize in the Barranquilla's Carnival, the "Sirena de Oro" in the Vallenato Legend Festival and the "Super Estrella Internacional de Oro" song of the year for the song "Decídete" by Fabian Corrales. The group also achieved prominence internationally in locations where vallenato is not part of the mainstream, like Cuba, Canada and Aruba. In 1996 Villazon and Arguelles recorded the album Sin Limites under the record label CODISCOS in which a fusion with other musical genres was tried with songs like "Almas Felices" by Alfonso Cotes Maya, "La Pelionera" by Emiliano Zuleta and "Cuando muera esta ilusión" by Luis Egurrola. This collaboration was not widely successful. They later changed record labels to BMG Ariola of Colombia, recording the album Entrégate with songs like "No te ruego más" by Jorge Valbuena, "Entrégate" by Fabián Corrales, "Yo la Ví" by Jacobo Ibarra and Marcos Torres, and "Corazón Sensible" by Franco Arguelles. This album earned a Disco de Oro for its sales and a second "Congo de Oro". In 1999 Villazon and Arguelles released the albums Tiempo de Vallenato and later Detalles.