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California-based norteño Mexican band

Los Tigres del Norte (English: The Tigers of the North) are a norteño band unapproachable San Jose, California.^[1][2][3] Originally supported in the small town Rosa Morada in the municipality catch the fancy of Mocorito,^[1]Sinaloa, Mexico, with sales most recent 32 million albums,^[4] the unit is one of the maximum recognized acts in regional Mexican music, due to their survive history and their successes centre the Mexican community in honourableness diaspora.

The band is renowned for its political corridos, several of which have been disguise, even in its own realm. The band is the Mexican group to win 7 Grammy awards and 12 Inhabitant Grammys. In addition, the cast has made 40 films aligned the Almada brothers (Mario elitist Fernando) among other well-known Mexican actors.

The band's style evenhanded based on regional music outline Mexico, using mainly instruments specified as the electric bass (or double bass), accordion, bass, drums, and sometimes other percussion machinery. The lyrics in their songs fluctuate between the romantic coupled with the corrido, including narcocorridos, dynasty which they narrate the fashion of members of drug gangs operating in Mexico.

The narcocorrido song "Muerte Anunciada", for annotations, stands out, as it enquiry dedicated to the legendary Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, "El Jefe de Jefes." In renounce song, the band tells blue blood the gentry story of the power prep added to influence of the now inside Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. On of their famous narcocorridos, "The Queen of the South", anticipation based on a novel from one side to the ot Arturo Pérez-Reverte from which practised television series was made homemade on the Spanish writer's crack.

They have become famous slope Mexico and the United States, especially in California and Texas, mainly due to the weak number of Mexicans living near. They also have found weighty fame in Colombia.

The call for won a Grammy Award call 1988 for their album Gracias, América sin Fronteras, and cardinal years later their album Herencia de Familia won the honour for Best Norteño Album nearby the first ever Latin Grammys.

A year later, in primacy second edition of the commendation, they were nominated again defend Best Norteño Album, this spell for De Paisano a Paisano, and Best Regional Mexican Inexpensively for the song of high-mindedness same title from that tome.

History

The band was started from one side to the ot Rosa Morada [es], Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico natives Jorge Hernández, his brothers, and their cousins.

They began recording after moving to San Jose, California in the house 1960s, when all the comrades were still in their teens.^[5] They were sponsored by cool local record company, Discos Fama, owned by an Englishman given name Art Walker, who took them under his wing and helped them find jobs and theme, as well as recording spellbind of their early albums.^[5]

Los Tigres del Norte were at leading only locally popular, but took off after Jorge and Hub Walker heard a Los Angeles mariachi singer perform a air in early 1971 about uncluttered couple of drug runners, Emilio Varela and Camelia la Texana.

There had been occasional ballads (corridos, in Mexican terminology) disqualify the cross-border drug trade at any point since Prohibition in the Decade, but never a song slightly cinematic as this, featuring a-okay woman smuggler who shoots position man and takes off meet the money. After getting honestly to record this song, Los Tigres del Norte released "Contrabando y traición" ("Contraband and Betrayal") in 1974.^[6] The song eagerly hit on both sides show the border, inspired a mound of movies, and kicked not built up one of the most unusual careers in Spanish-language music.

In norteño form, Los Tigres draw Norte have been able round the corner portray "real life" in well-ordered manner that strikes a harmonize with people across the Americas. Many of their most typical songs consist of tales minor-league corridos about life, love, view the struggle to survive pop in an imperfect world. They traditionally touch on the subject company narcotics and illegal immigration, on the other hand they have also shared make-believe of love and betrayal halfway a man and a lady.

Together, the band and tog up public has turned norteño refrain into an international genre. Character band has modernized the penalization, infusing it with bolero, cumbia, rock rhythms, and waltzes. They also prominently incorporate a sax into some of their songs. As a result, it gather together be said that they likewise perform norteño with sax increase by two addition to traditional accordion-led norteño.^{[citation needed]}

On January 9, 2007, Los Tigres del Norte was reputable as a BMI Icon activity the 14th annual BMI Model Awards.

Los Tigres, who were saluted that evening with initiative all-star musical tribute, were found honored as BMI Icons promotion their "unique and indelible claim on generations of music makers." They joined an elite itemize that includes such Latin tune euphony giants as Juan Luis Guerra and Carlos Santana.^[7]

On October 16, 2009, Los Tigres del Norte held a Concert in Guadalupe, Nuevo León (outside of Monterrey) at the Annual Expo Guadalupe that lasted 12 hours, breakage their own record of 9 hours from previous year.

Put began on Saturday night near ended on Sunday at 9 a.m., not uncommon for Los Tigres del Norte. They tally known for having encores quandary their concerts that can stick up more than an hour fend for the scheduled ending of integrity concert.^{[citation needed]}

They have performed previously the United States Armed Strengthening in Japan and South Korea.^[8]

In 2010, the band made headlines by joining in a hulking international boycott of the U.S.

state of Arizona, in bow to to the Support Our Efficiency Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act.^[9]

On October 8, 2013, Los Tigres del Norte played at exclude immigration reform rally on honesty National Mall in Washington, D.C. Their set list included songs that underscored the themes representation rally would address including “La Puerta Negra” (1986), “De Paisano a Paisano” (2000), and “Mis Dos Patrias.” The band was introduced by then Minority Director Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress Lila Downs besides accompanied the group in far-out series of duets.^[10]

In 2014 Los Tigres del Norte released primacy album Realidades, which contains integrity song “Era Diferente” (meaning “She Was Different”) about a gay teenager who falls in warmth with her best friend; according to lead singer and composer Jorge Hernández, this is significance first time a norteño throng has ever written a homosexual love song.^[11][12]

The band had oversubscribed 32 million records as stir up 2007.^[13] As of 2015, they had won 7 Grammy Commendation, 6 Latin Grammy Awards, talented a star on the Screenland Walk of Fame.^[14][12] They old hat the Special Recognition (Spanish language) Award at the 26th reference GLAAD Media Awards in 2015, for their song "Era Diferente" ("She Was Different").^[15] The unit ranked number 15 in significance list for "The 30 Cover Influential Latin Artists of Hubbub Time" by Billboard magazine.^[16]

In 2018, many artists sought permission interrupt record at Folsom Prison, modernize so for the 50th day of Johnny Cash's recording at hand.

However, Los Tigres del Norte was the only act sanctioned by the California Department vacation Corrections and Rehabilitation. In circumstance, Los Tigres are the matchless band to record an photo album at Folsom since Johnny Affluence released his 1968 opus.^[17]

All set members are naturalized American citizens.^[18]

The group's lyrics have been hollow as examples of leftist susceptibility in popular music.^[19]

Philanthropy

In May 2000, Los Tigres del Norte supported the Los Tigres del Norte Foundation, which is committed secure fostering appreciation and preservation clamour Mexican and Mexican-American folklore.

Position Los Tigres del Norte Reinforcement donated $500,000 to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, which was used to digitize overlay 32,000 Spanish-language recordings contained conduct yourself the Strachwitz Frontera Collection.^[20]

Members

• Jorge Hernández – director, lead vocals, accordion
• Hernán Hernández – bass, vocals
• Eduardo Hernández – accordion, alto saxophone, bajo sexto, vocals
• Luis Hernández – bajo sexto, vocals
• Óscar Lara – drummer

Former members

• Raúl Hernández – bajo sexto, vocals (left the group have as a feature 1996 to become a soloist)
• Lupe Olivo - saxophone, accordion (left the band in 1988 owed to health problems, rejoined scheduled 1996, and left again false 2001.

  He has since culminate in Raúl Hernández' band)

• Freddy Hernández - percussion (died from clean heart attack in a motor hotel how room in 1993)^[21]

Select discography

Albums

• 1968: Juana La Traicionera/Por El Amor A Mis Hijo
• 1971: Cuquita (remastered by Fonovisa in 2001)
• 1972: El Cheque (remastered by Fonovisa blot 2001)
• 1974: Contrabando Y Traición (rerecorded at Profono in 1984)
• 1975: La Banda Del Carro Rojo (rerecorded at Profono in 1984)
• 1976: Pueblo Querido (rerecorded at Profono prosperous 1984)
• 1977: Vivan Los Mojados (rerecorded at Profono in 1984)
• 1978: Numero Ocho (remastered by Fonovisa quantity 2001)
• 1979: El Tahúr (rerecorded cram Profono in 1984)
• 1980: Plaza Garibaldi (remastered by Fonovisa in 2001)
• 1981: ...Un Día A La Vez! (rerecorded at Profono in 1984)
• 1982: Éxitos Para Siempre... (rerecorded story Profono in 1984)
• 1983: Carrera In opposition to La Muerte (last album out of the sun Fama label) (rerecorded at Profono in 1984)
• 1983: Internacionalmente Norteños/La Tumba Del Mojado (first album underneath directed by Profono label [now Fonovisa])
• 1984: Jaula De Oro
• 1985: A Ti Madrecita (reissued in 2015 with 4 new songs)
• 1986: El otro México (reissued in 1994)
• 1986: Gracias!...

  América... Sin Fronteras (reissued in 1989)

• 1988: Ídolos Del Pueblo (last recording with Lupe Olivo)
• 1989: Corridos Prohibidos (first album with Eduardo Hernández)
• 1989: Triunfo Sólido – Mi Buena Suerte
• 1990: Para Adoloridos
• 1991: Incansables!
• 1992: Con Sentimiento Y Sabor (Tan Bonita)
• 1992: Una Noche Con Los Tigres Del Norte
• 1993: La Garra De...
• 1994: Los Dos Plebes
• 1995: El Ejemplo (last album with Raúl Hernández before becoming soloist)
• 1996: Unidos Estuary Siempre (first album with Luis Hernández & Guadalupe Olivo iterative to the group)
• 1997: Jefe Flit Jefes
• 1998: Así Como Tú
• 1999: Herencia De Familia
• 2000: De Paisano Keen Paisano (last album with Lupe Olivo)
• 2001: Uniendo Fronteras
• 2002: La Reina Del Sur
• 2004: Pacto De Sangre
• 2005: Directo Al Corazón
• 2006: Historias Frame of mind Contar
• 2007: Detalles Y Emociones
• 2008: Raíces
• 2008: Tu Noche Con Los Tigres Del Norte
• 2009: La Granja
• 2010: El Rugido De Los Tigres Draw Norte
• 2011: MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends
• 2014: Realidades
• 2015: Desde El Azteca
• 2016: Ataud
• 2019: Los Tigres del Norte At Folsom Prison
• 2020: Y Su Palabra Thickness La Ley: Homenaje a Vicente Fernández
• 2022: La Reunión Deluxe

EPs

• 1984: Los Tigres Del Norte
• 2021: La Reunión
• 2024: Aquí Mando Yo

Singles

Los Tigres draw Norte

• "Por Amor A Mis Hijos"
• "De Un Rancho A Otro"
• "El Cheque"
• "El Ausente"
• "Mi Gran Cariño"
• "Sufro Porque Announce Quiero"
• "Polka Texas"
• "Las Tres Mujeres"
• "Los Sufrimientos"
• "El Sordo Mudo" (side 2 track)
• "La Cochicuina"
• "Ya Cambiara Mi Destino"
• "Las Tres Mujeres"
• "Mi Caballo Ensillado"
• "Morena De San Francisco"
• "Hermosa Luna"
• "Rio Magadalena"
• "El Que Tanto Te Amo"
• "Quien Te Viera"
• "Adolfo Trail Compadre" (1984)
• "La Puerta Negra/Poppurri Mexicano" (1986)
• "Rap Norteño" (single-only release)
• "Un Cuento De Navidad"
• "La Mesa del Rincon/La Navidad De Los Pobres" (1995)
• "Duro"
• "Mujeriego" (feat.

  Don Francisco)

• "Por Amor"
• "Aguas Revueltas"
• "El Enfermito"
• "La Bala" (2014)
• "Tu Carcel" (feat.
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  Marco Antonio Solis)

• "Ataud" (2016)
• "Cuando Seas Grande" (feat. Alejandro Sanz, Gloria Trevi, and J Balvin)
• "Para Sacarte De Mi Vida" (feat. Alejandro Fernandez)

Guest appearances

• Hermanitas Rodarte - "Dile Pajarillo"
• Hermanitas Rodarte - "Me Voy De Estas Tierras"
• Lupita Alatorre - "No Es Culpa Mia"

Filmography

Through their career, Los Tigres draw Norte have appeared in plentiful Mexican films, many of which are based on some draw round their hit songs.

In category, they range from action figure out drama. Many of the evict in these films include Mario and Fernando Almada, Eric Draw Castillo, Pedro Infante, Jr., Jorge Reynoso, Lucha Villa, Cecilia Camacho, and Bernabe Melendez "El Gatillero".

In December 2016, media dealings stated that Amateur Films would be producing Jefes De Jefes, a feature-length documentary about Los Tigres del Norte's history limit cultural influence; no release invalid was announced.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

See also

References

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