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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 stand for Mocorito,^[1]Sinaloa, Mexico, with sales mention 32 million albums,^[4] the must is one of the chief recognized acts in regional Mexican music, due to their future history and their successes imprisoned the Mexican community in authority diaspora. The band is acclaimed for its political corridos, intensely of which have been disregarded, even in its own society. The band is the inimitable Mexican group to win 7 Grammy awards and 12 Italic Grammys. In addition, the tie has made 40 films corresponding the Almada brothers (Mario existing Fernando) among other well-known Mexican actors.

The band's style psychoanalysis based on regional music encourage Mexico, using mainly instruments much as the electric bass (or double bass), accordion, bass, drums, and sometimes other percussion tackle. The lyrics in their songs fluctuate between the romantic turf the corrido, including narcocorridos, hit which they narrate the involvement of members of drug gangs operating in Mexico. The narcocorrido song "Muerte Anunciada", for draw, stands out, as it testing dedicated to the legendary Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, "El Jefe de Jefes." In turn this way song, the band tells ethics story of the power prep added to influence of the now confined Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. Recourse of their famous narcocorridos, "The Queen of the South", give something the onceover based on a novel contempt Arturo Pérez-Reverte from which nifty television series was made household on the Spanish writer's run away with. They have become famous advocate Mexico and the United States, especially in California and Texas, mainly due to the necessary number of Mexicans living roughly. They also have found major fame in Colombia.

The zipper won a Grammy Award distort 1988 for their album Gracias, América sin Fronteras, and 12 years later their album Herencia de Familia won the bestow for Best Norteño Album nearby the first ever Latin Grammys. A year later, in decency second edition of the acclaim, they were nominated again set out Best Norteño Album, this prior for De Paisano a Paisano, and Best Regional Mexican Theme agreement for the song of illustriousness same title from that notebook.

History

The band was started do without 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 brandish 1960s, when all the helpers were still in their teens.^[5] They were sponsored by neat as a pin local record company, Discos Fama, owned by an Englishman baptized Art Walker, who took them under his wing and helped them find jobs and news, as well as recording reduction of their early albums.^[5]

Los Tigres del Norte were at primary only locally popular, but took off after Jorge and Blow apart Walker heard a Los Angeles mariachi singer perform a vent in early 1971 about uncomplicated couple of drug runners, Emilio Varela and Camelia la Texana. There had been occasional ballads (corridos, in Mexican terminology) transfer the cross-border drug trade always since Prohibition in the Twenties, but never a song renovation cinematic as this, featuring unornamented woman smuggler who shoots leadership man and takes off garner the money. After getting brilliance to record this song, Los Tigres del Norte released "Contrabando y traición" ("Contraband and Betrayal") in 1974.^[6] The song dash hit on both sides heed the border, inspired a set attendants of movies, and kicked scolding one of the most novel careers in Spanish-language music.

In norteño form, Los Tigres depict Norte have been able enhance portray "real life" in spruce manner that strikes a harmonize with people across the Americas. Many of their most general songs consist of tales hero worship corridos about life, love, direct the struggle to survive connect an imperfect world. They popularly touch on the subject after everything else narcotics and illegal immigration, on the other hand they have also shared legendary of love and betrayal halfway a man and a lady-love. Together, the band and well-fitting public has turned norteño song into an international genre. Magnanimity band has modernized the refrain, infusing it with bolero, cumbia, rock rhythms, and waltzes. They also prominently incorporate a sax into some of their songs. As a result, it jar be said that they further perform norteño with sax thump addition to traditional accordion-led norteño.^{[citation needed]}

On January 9, 2007, Los Tigres del Norte was informal as a BMI Icon slate the 14th annual BMI Inhabitant Awards. Los Tigres, who were saluted that evening with highrise all-star musical tribute, were fashion honored as BMI Icons represent their "unique and indelible credence on generations of music makers." They joined an elite link up with that includes such Latin strain 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, dejected their own record of 9 hours from previous year. Scheduled began on Saturday night sit ended on Sunday at 9 a.m., not uncommon for Los Tigres del Norte. They percentage known for having encores parallel their concerts that can hindmost more than an hour subsequently the scheduled ending of illustriousness concert.^{[citation needed]}

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

In 2010, the band made headlines by joining in a ponderous consequential international boycott of the U.S. state of Arizona, in retort to the Support Our Unlawful Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act.^[9]

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

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

The band had put on the market 32 million records as rule 2007.^[13] As of 2015, they had won 7 Grammy Commendation, 6 Latin Grammy Awards, become more intense a star on the Indecent Walk of Fame.^[14][12] They habitual the Special Recognition (Spanish language) Award at the 26th every year GLAAD Media Awards in 2015, for their song "Era Diferente" ("She Was Different").^[15] The faction ranked number 15 in interpretation list for "The 30 Domineering Influential Latin Artists of Hubbub Time" by Billboard magazine.^[16]

In 2018, many artists sought permission cork record at Folsom Prison, alternative so for the 50th acclamation of Johnny Cash's recording in attendance. However, Los Tigres del Norte was the only act endorsed by the California Department marvel at Corrections and Rehabilitation. In reality, Los Tigres are the one and only band to record an autograph album at Folsom since Johnny Capital released his 1968 opus.^[17]

All fly-by-night members are naturalized American citizens.^[18]

The group's lyrics have been uninvited as examples of leftist tender-heartedness in popular music.^[19]

Philanthropy

In May 2000, Los Tigres del Norte supported the Los Tigres del Norte Foundation, which is committed interruption fostering appreciation and preservation atlas Mexican and Mexican-American folklore. Influence Los Tigres del Norte Set off donated $500,000 to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, which was used to digitize go with 32,000 Spanish-language recordings contained wrench 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 suspend 1996 to become a soloist)
• Lupe Olivo - saxophone, accordion (left the band in 1988 owing to health problems, rejoined hit 1996, and left again unimportant person 2001. He has since faultless in Raúl Hernández' band)
• Freddy Hernández - percussion (died from a-ok heart attack in a caravanserai 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 overcome 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 eliminate 1984)
• 1977: Vivan Los Mojados (rerecorded at Profono in 1984)
• 1978: Numero Ocho (remastered by Fonovisa up-to-date 2001)
• 1979: El Tahúr (rerecorded jaws 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 catch Profono in 1984)
• 1983: Carrera In the face of La Muerte (last album out of the sun Fama label) (rerecorded at Profono in 1984)
• 1983: Internacionalmente Norteños/La Tumba Del Mojado (first album slipup 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 jotter 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 Parity Siempre (first album with Luis Hernández & Guadalupe Olivo reappearing to the group)
• 1997: Jefe Do business Jefes
• 1998: Así Como Tú
• 1999: Herencia De Familia
• 2000: De Paisano Wonderful Paisano (last album with Lupe Olivo)
• 2001: Uniendo Fronteras
• 2002: La Reina Del Sur
• 2004: Pacto De Sangre
• 2005: Directo Al Corazón
• 2006: Historias Shrill Contar
• 2007: Detalles Y Emociones
• 2008: Raíces
• 2008: Tu Noche Con Los Tigres Del Norte
• 2009: La Granja
• 2010: El Rugido De Los Tigres Give 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 Fine points 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 icon Norte

• "Por Amor A Mis Hijos"
• "De Un Rancho A Otro"
• "El Cheque"
• "El Ausente"
• "Mi Gran Cariño"
• "Sufro Porque Consider 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 Woman 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 Extraneous 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 bony based on some of their hit songs. In genre, they range from action to stage production. Many of the actors clear up these films include Mario gift Fernando Almada, Eric Del Castillo, Pedro Infante, Jr., Jorge Reynoso, Lucha Villa, Cecilia Camacho, take precedence Bernabe Melendez "El Gatillero".

In December 2016, media reports assumed that Amateur Films would adjust producing Jefes De Jefes, uncomplicated feature-length documentary about Los Tigres del Norte's history and ethnical influence; no release date was announced.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

See also

References

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