CALIBRE 50
Calibre 50 are an award-winning norteño quartet from Mazatlan, Sinaloa founded in 2010 by Eden Muñoz (vocals, accordion), Armando Ramos (guitars, vocals), Martín López (tuba), and Augusto (drums). Their provocative name meaning, “armor-piercing bullet,” was chosen as a symbol for their music, whose strength they hoped would carry them across the border from Mexico north to the United States and south across Latin America. Founded in 2010, the band started on the stages of small restaurants and local parties, where their theme song, "El Infiernito," opened the doors to airplay. Two other tracks, "Culiacan vs. Mazatlan" and "Callejero y Mujeriego," helped propel their 2010 debut album,
Renovar o Morir, to a strong chart showing and also the Lo Nuestro Award for Regional Mexican New Artist of the Year. Each album has charted since then, including three (2012's Grandes Exitos, 2014's Contigo, and the following year's Historia de la Calle) that placed in the Top 200 and topped the Mexican Regional Albums chart. Their rowdy stage show is a spectacle of musical intensity and engaging crowd interaction.
In 2012 the band released, El Buen Ejemplo, delivered no less than four hit singles: "Mujer de Todos, Mujer de Nadie," "Bohemio Loco," "El Buen Ejemplo," and "Gente Batallosa." A duet with the band Carnivale, "Gente Batallosa," became the most played song of the year in Mexico and netted the band a Billboard Award for Song of the Year Vocal Collaboration. Calibre 50's work ethic was as inspiring as it was exhausting. They issued La Recompensa in February of 2013. Its first single, "Aquí Estoy," hit the top of the Regional Mexican Music airplay charts in both Mexico and the United States, followed in similar fashion by "Ni Que Estuvieras Tan Buena," which was also radio's most played song in the genre that year. Calibre 50 struck again in October with Corridos de Alto Calibre. This collection featured the single "El Immigrante," which not only topped the radio charts, but remained in the number one spot for over ten weeks in Mexico. In 2014, the band replaced Lopez and Augusto by Alejandro Gaxiola on tuba and Erick Garcia on drums for that year’s Contigo album. Later that year, Calibre 50 signed with Sony and in January the following year, were premiered on Univision’s telenovela ”Que te Perdone Dios”. Over the years, Calibre 50 went on to release multiple albums and were nominated for Best Dance Song, and have landed at No.3 on the Top Latin Albums chart.
BANDA RENOVACION
Banda Renovación is a 17-member Mexican Regional band from Sinaloa with dreams and aspirations to distinguished itself for its ability to reinvent the genre, bringing a freshness to regional Mexican music. Formed in 2015, their corrido “Los Ninis” would go viral and position the band as one of the most sought-after and listened groups on social media. Banda Renovación would release their first studio album Olvídame si Puede, which featured hits such as “En el Mar”, “Ya te Dije que No” and “Me Fascinas.” Within three years, the band would perform duets with variety of groups including Los Nuevos Rebeldes, Enigma Norteño, Grupo H100, Alta Consigna, to name a few. Bandmember, Ángel Gabriel Vega Liera, would write their single “Y me Gusta”, making Banda Renovación known officially in the Regional Mexican genre market.
LOS DE LA NORIA
Los De La Noria is a Sinaloan
acoustic vocal trio whose Mexican Regional sound is comprised of equal parts
rancheras, corridos, and romantic ballads. Formed in 2015, the trio,
Antonio "Lucas" Ramírez, Eduardo "Lalo" Gurrola, and Osvaldo Ruíz, came together
after trying their individual hands in other bands. Finding an uncommon
camaraderie in classic and contemporary norteño songs, they got together, came
up with both an original way of singing together and began making YouTube
videos. Their debut promotional single, "Cartas Macadas," got plenty
of airplay at border radio stations, and together with the growing number of
video viewers, earned them a record deal with Disa. In 2017, the pre-release
single "Tendras Que Renunciar a Mi" placed on both the Latin Airplay
and Mexican Regional Songs charts.