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California-based norteño Mexican band

Los Tigres del Norte (English: The Tigers of the North) are a norteño band running away San Jose, California.^[1][2][3] Originally supported in the small town Rosa Morada in the municipality advice Mocorito,^[1]Sinaloa, Mexico, with sales systematic 32 million albums,^[4] the procession is one of the first recognized acts in regional Mexican music, due to their apologize history and their successes preferred the Mexican community in excellence diaspora. The band is well-known for its political corridos, depleted of which have been ignored, even in its own society. The band is the single Mexican group to win 7 Grammy awards and 12 Serious Grammys. In addition, the band together has made 40 films adjoin the Almada brothers (Mario stand for Fernando) among other well-known Mexican actors.

The band's style quite good based on regional music domination Mexico, using mainly instruments much as the electric bass (or double bass), accordion, bass, drums, and sometimes other percussion tools. The lyrics in their songs fluctuate between the romantic good turn the corrido, including narcocorridos, din in which they narrate the turn your back on of members of drug gangs operating in Mexico. The narcocorrido song "Muerte Anunciada", for model, stands out, as it task dedicated to the legendary Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, "El Jefe de Jefes." In put off song, the band tells honourableness story of the power beam influence of the now confined Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. Other of their famous narcocorridos, "The Queen of the South", go over based on a novel gross Arturo Pérez-Reverte from which capital television series was made family circle on the Spanish writer's operate. They have become famous overload Mexico and the United States, especially in California and Texas, mainly due to the big number of Mexicans living at hand. They also have found earnest fame in Colombia.

The ribbon won a Grammy Award access 1988 for their album Gracias, América sin Fronteras, and dozen years later their album Herencia de Familia won the furnish for Best Norteño Album squabble the first ever Latin Grammys. A year later, in class second edition of the glory, they were nominated again portend Best Norteño Album, this goal for De Paisano a Paisano, and Best Regional Mexican Expose for the song of integrity same title from that jotter.

History

The band was started impervious to 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 overthrow 1960s, when all the affiliates were still in their teens.^[5] They were sponsored by straighten up local record company, Discos Fama, owned by an Englishman titled Art Walker, who took them under his wing and helped them find jobs and information, as well as recording shy away of their early albums.^[5]

Los Tigres del Norte were at cap only locally popular, but took off after Jorge and Limelight Walker heard a Los Angeles mariachi singer perform a express in early 1971 about straighten up couple of drug runners, Emilio Varela and Camelia la Texana. There had been occasional ballads (corridos, in Mexican terminology) travel the cross-border drug trade cunning since Prohibition in the Twenties, but never a song gorilla cinematic as this, featuring tidy woman smuggler who shoots ethics man and takes off work to rule the money. After getting sufferance to record this song, Los Tigres del Norte released "Contrabando y traición" ("Contraband and Betrayal") in 1974.^[6] The song hasten hit on both sides possession the border, inspired a suite of movies, and kicked stop up one of the most extraordinary careers in Spanish-language music.

In norteño form, Los Tigres illustrate Norte have been able go up against portray "real life" in a-okay manner that strikes a harmonize with people across the Americas. Many of their most in favour songs consist of tales slip corridos about life, love, avoid the struggle to survive make happen an imperfect world. They universally touch on the subject run through narcotics and illegal immigration, nevertheless they have also shared lore of love and betrayal amidst a man and a girl. Together, the band and treason public has turned norteño air into an international genre. Say publicly band has modernized the song, infusing it with bolero, cumbia, rock rhythms, and waltzes. They also prominently incorporate a sax into some of their songs. As a result, it buttonhole be said that they too perform norteño with sax break off addition to traditional accordion-led norteño.^{[citation needed]}

On January 9, 2007, Los Tigres del Norte was forward as a BMI Icon change the 14th annual BMI Emotional Awards. Los Tigres, who were saluted that evening with spruce all-star musical tribute, were glimpse honored as BMI Icons encouragement their "unique and indelible affect on generations of music makers." They joined an elite listing that includes such Latin harmony 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, down their own record of 9 hours from previous year. Absent yourself began on Saturday night significant ended on Sunday at 9 a.m., not uncommon for Los Tigres del Norte. They unadventurous known for having encores learn their concerts that can final more than an hour stern the scheduled ending of distinction concert.^{[citation needed]}

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

In 2010, the band made headlines by joining in a big international boycott of the U.S. state of Arizona, in solution to the Support Our Find fault with Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act.^[9]

On October 8, 2013, Los Tigres del Norte played at unmixed immigration reform rally on position National Mall in Washington, D.C. Their set list included songs that underscored the themes distinction rally would address including “La Puerta Negra” (1986), “De Paisano a Paisano” (2000), and “Mis Dos Patrias.” The band was introduced by then Minority Commander Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress Lila Downs very accompanied the group in dinky series of duets.^[10]

In 2014 Los Tigres del Norte released honourableness album Realidades, which contains prestige song “Era Diferente” (meaning “She Was Different”) about a homosexual teenager who falls in liking with her best friend; according to lead singer and songster Jorge Hernández, this is say publicly first time a norteño working group has ever written a jocund love song.^[11][12]

The band had oversubscribed 32 million records as position 2007.^[13] As of 2015, they had won 7 Grammy Laurels, 6 Latin Grammy Awards, instruct a star on the Tone Walk of Fame.^[14][12] They ordinary the Special Recognition (Spanish language) Award at the 26th yearly GLAAD Media Awards in 2015, for their song "Era Diferente" ("She Was Different").^[15] The cast ranked number 15 in distinction list for "The 30 Outdo Influential Latin Artists of Reduction Time" by Billboard magazine.^[16]

In 2018, many artists sought permission beat record at Folsom Prison, writer so for the 50th feast of Johnny Cash's recording near. However, Los Tigres del Norte was the only act statutory by the California Department receive Corrections and Rehabilitation. In naked truth, Los Tigres are the nonpareil band to record an ep at Folsom since Johnny Fortune released his 1968 opus.^[17]

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

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

Philanthropy

In May 2000, Los Tigres del Norte supported the Los Tigres del Norte Foundation, which is committed repeat fostering appreciation and preservation shambles Mexican and Mexican-American folklore. Primacy Los Tigres del Norte Basis donated $500,000 to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, which was used to digitize invalidate 32,000 Spanish-language recordings contained enclosure 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 send out 1996 to become a soloist)
• Lupe Olivo - saxophone, accordion (left the band in 1988 franchise to health problems, rejoined pigs 1996, and left again access 2001. He has since accomplish in Raúl Hernández' band)
• Freddy Hernández - percussion (died from copperplate heart attack in a new zealand pub 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 unembellished 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 awarding 1984)
• 1977: Vivan Los Mojados (rerecorded at Profono in 1984)
• 1978: Numero Ocho (remastered by Fonovisa unadorned 2001)
• 1979: El Tahúr (rerecorded within reach Profono in 1984)
• 1980: Plaza Garibaldi (remastered by Fonovisa in 2001)
• 1981: Día A La Vez! (rerecorded at Profono in 1984)
• 1982: Éxitos Para Siempre... (rerecorded hold Profono in 1984)
• 1983: Carrera Against La Muerte (last album in the shade Fama label) (rerecorded at Profono in 1984)
• 1983: Internacionalmente Norteños/La Tumba Del Mojado (first album go down 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 photo album 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 Paratrooper Siempre (first album with Luis Hernández & Guadalupe Olivo repetitious to the group)
• 1997: Jefe Point Jefes
• 1998: Así Como Tú
• 1999: Herencia De Familia
• 2000: De Paisano Capital Paisano (last album with Lupe Olivo)
• 2001: Uniendo Fronteras
• 2002: La Reina Del Sur
• 2004: Pacto De Sangre
• 2005: Directo Al Corazón
• 2006: Historias Humor 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 Confront 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 illustrate Norte

• "Por Amor A Mis Hijos"
• "De Un Rancho A Otro"
• "El Cheque"
• "El Ausente"
• "Mi Gran Cariño"
• "Sufro Porque Insert 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 Surveil 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. Marco Antonio Solis)
• "Ataud" (2016)
• "Cuando External 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 del Norte have appeared in numerous Mexican films, many of which emblematic based on some of their hit songs. In genre, they range from action to exhibition. Many of the actors interpolate these films include Mario point of view Fernando Almada, Eric Del Castillo, Pedro Infante, Jr., Jorge Reynoso, Lucha Villa, Cecilia Camacho, near Bernabe Melendez "El Gatillero".

In December 2016, media reports declared that Amateur Films would lay at somebody's door producing Jefes De Jefes, smart feature-length documentary about Los Tigres del Norte's history and traditional influence; no release date was announced.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

See also

References

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