Fuerza Regida | |
Number of songs: 5 | Total weeks on charts: 40
Appearing in a total number of: 10 charts | Total period running: 213 days
Appearing in a total number of: 10 charts | Total period running: 213 days
Fuerza Regida Top Songs
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Biography
Fuerza Regida are a Mexican regional quartet from Sinaloa based in California. Alongside Rancho Humilde labelmates Legado 7, they are progenitors of the "requinto urbano" style: acoustic music played in a rural vernacular with gritty urban lyrics. Fuerza Regida's songs focus on the hardships, joys, and sufferings of urban Latinos. Their debut long-player, En Vivo Puros Corridos, was issued in 2018. 2019's Pisteando con la Regida was released in two EP installments, with the album Del Barrio Hasta Aquí following in November. The conceptual Adicto was one of four releases in 2020; the others included Otro Pedo, Otro Mundo, and the 19-song Pisteando con La Regida, Vol. 3. On December 31, 2021, they surprised fans with the charting Del Barrio Hasta Aqui, Vol. 2. On December 30, 2022, they released two 13-track full-length albums in Sigan Hablando and Pa Que Hablen.
Fronted by the charismatic, outspoken Jesus Ortiz Paz (aka JOP), Fuerza Regida create sweet melodies but also offer raps atop funky dance tunes played by spiky requinto guitar vamps. Their sound is unique, but so is their approach to creating a public image: Long before playing together, Fuerza Regida developed a sophisticated social media strategy centered around YouTube.
The quartet formed in 2017 with the line-up of vocalist Paz, lead guitarist and second vocalist Samuel Jaimez, rhythm guitarist and harmony singer Khrystian Ramos, and the tuba player known only as José. Ortiz's evocative baritone is at once declamatory and vulnerable as he relates believable tales of urban life. The band began posting videos to YouTube almost immediately and registered millions of views before releasing a record. By year's end, they'd signed with Rancho Humilde, a label at the forefront of the requinto urbano sound.
Their debut album, En Vivo Puros Corridos, appeared in January of 2018, followed by a slew of video and digital singles including "Radicamos en South Central" and "Ya Se Fue Manuel" that garnered 100 million views between them. Fuerza Regida toured Southern California and Northern Mexico, and their bouncy, outlaw stage presence, consummate musicianship, and youthful good looks got the quartet massive exposure on radio, television, Instagram, and Twitter. Their video for the the song "Sigo Chambeando" also included musicians from Legado 7 and racked up more than 100 million views on its own that November.
Fuerza Regida kept up the flow of videos and streaming singles as 2019 commenced. In the spring, they delivered the six-track Las Romanticas Favoritas, followed by the seven-track EP Pisteando con la Regida. In July, Rancho Humilde issued the band's sophomore long-player, Del Barrio Hasta Aqui. It debuted at number one on Billboard's Regional Mexican Albums chart and peaked at number eight on the Top Latin Albums list.
Though recorded in 2019, January 2020 saw the quartet release Pisteando con la Regida, Vol. 2, followed by their third full-length, Adicto, in April, that featured performances from Grupo Codiciado, Natanael Cano, and Herencia de Patrones. The LP again bowed at number one on the Regional Mexican Albums chart and debuted at number four on Top Latin Albums. In September they issued the ten-song Otro Pedo, Otro Mundo and in December the holiday EP, Feliz con Feurza Regida as well as Pisteando con la Regida, Vol. 3, comprising19 songs. All were recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic while in quarantine.
After a year away from the stage, Fuerza Regida were keen to tour again in 2021 and did so whenever possible. They issued the single "No Esa Pa Presumir" in February. In March, they appeared as featured guests on Adriel Favela's hit "Al Millon" and followed it with their own "Que Esta Pasando" featuring Calle 24. "Lo Vieron Pasar (09)" appeared in August, the ballad "Descansando" in October, and the revue-style "Los Mire con Talento" with Calle 24 and Luis R. Conriquez at year's end. They shocked fans and industry critics alike with the release of Del Barrio Hasta Aqui, Vol. 2 on New Year's Eve; it entered the Regional Mexican Albums chart at number three and peaked at two during the first weeks of 2022.
Following the release of "No Le Aflojo" with Los Gemelos de Sinaloa in March, Fuerza Regida issued six singles before July 1. Both "La Bicicleta" and "Chingas Du Madre" charted. So did several collaborations, including their co-billed appearances with Aldo Trujillo on "La Despedida" and Victor Cibrian on "Mi Porvenir." In June, Del Barrio Hasta Aqui, Vol. 2 entered the Top Latin Albums chart at number 14.
By October of 2022, Fuerza Regida had written, rehearsed, and demo'ed 26 new songs, too many for a single album. They consulted their manager, who suggested they release two. On December 30, the band surprised their fans -- and the music industry -- by issuing Pa Que Hablen and Sigan Hablando on Street Mob/Rancho Humilde through Sony Music Latin. Both records were collaboration-rich and debuted on the Top Latin albums chart at numbers five and six, respectively.
In May 2022, Fuerza Regida released the single "Chingas a Tu Madre". In July 2022, the band released "Señor Miedo", and had announced their Del Barrio Hasta Aquí tour, which began on July 23 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California and ended on December 2 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. "Señor Miedo" was described as an apology for crime, since its lyrics mention Mexican drug lord El Mencho, later going viral on social media in August 2022 following the arrest of Ricardo Ruiz Velazco in Jalisco. In August, the band released a hit single with Edgardo Núñez, "Billete Grande". The hit single lead to being nominated a Latin American Music Award for Best Collaboration – Regional Mexican. Thanks to their Del Barrio Hasta Aquí tour, the group became the Mexican band with the most tickets sold that year in the United States. In November 2022, Fuerza Regida released a cover of the song "Chuy y Mauricio", titled "Chrysler 300". Days later, they released the single "Prefiero Empedarme", which was released along with a music video uploaded to the band's official YouTube channel. Musically and lyrically, the song talks about spite to the rhythm of a Sinaloan band played and recorded live. At the end of November they released the song "911" together with Grupo Frontera, co-written by Horacio Palencia and Edgar Barrera.
The release of "911" was accompanied by the release of the official music video, which accumulated 2.5 million views in its first three days of release, remaining in the top 10 videos in Mexico for its first two weeks. According to Bandamax, the single consolidated Grupo Frontera as one of the new emerging acts in Mexican music and Fuerza Regida as one of the most important bands at the time. The song was positioned at number 24 on the Hot Latin Songs list. In December 2022, together with Natanael Cano, they released "Ch y la Pizza". The song was trending on social media platforms such as TikTok. The music video accumulated 1.2 million views on its first day, being the sixth most viewed video globally on its opening day. After the release of "Ch y la Pizza", the band collaborated with Grupo Frontera for the second time on "Bebe Dame", which eventually debuted on number 91, later peaking at number 25, on the Billboard Hot 100, which marked the formers' first time appearing on the chart. The song would also reach number one on the Hot Latin Songs, Latin Airplay, Regional Mexican Airplay, and Mexico Songs charts. On December 30, the band released their sixth and seventh studio albums, Pa Que Hablen and Sigan Hablando, which were intended to be combined as a double album, but had split the tracklist in half, with 13 songs in each album and collaborations with artists such as Peso Pluma, Junior H, Eslabon Armado, Edén Muñoz, among others.
In the beginning of 2023, Pa Que Hablen and Sigan Hablando charted on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, peaking at number five and number six, respectively. In February 2023, to coincide with Valentine's Day, Fuerza Regida and American singer Becky G released "Te Quiero Besar", which is the second time the latter released a song in the regional Mexican music genre, after the remix version of "Ya Acabó" with Mexican group Marca MP. On March 10, the band released a cover of Bobby Pulido's hit single "Desvelado". On May 4, the band collaborated with Puerto Rican rapper Myke Towers on the single "Pariente", marking the latter's first appearance in the regional Mexican music genre. Days later, the band released "TQM", which surfaced around TikTok on the day of its release. On June 22, the band released "Sabor Fresa". I
n July, "Sabor Fresa" peaked at number 3 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, number 16 on the Global 200 and number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, with "TQM" charting at number five, number 15, and number 34 in each chart, respectively. After the success of both singles, the band released "Tiki Taka Toco" with American production duo Take a Daytrip, which was used as the official song for the 2023 Leagues Cup and was released in partnership with Apple Music. On August 22, Fuerza Regida, along with Los Tucanes de Tijuana and Edén Muñoz, released the Spotify-exclusive single "La Tierra del Corrido". On August 29, the band had been signed into Sony Music Latin, through a partnership with Rancho Humilde. A day later, the band released "Qué Onda" with Calle 24 and Chino Pacas, which eventually peaked at 67 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking one of Calle 24's first chartings in any Billboard chart. On September 20, the band released "El Jefe" with Colombian singer Shakira, a protest song regarding the issue of labor discrimination. On October 20, Fuerza Regida released their eighth studio album, Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada, which combines several genres and contains collaborations with known artists such as Marshmello, María Becerra, Gabito Ballesteros, among others. From the album, "Harley Quinn" would become a hit, peaking at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.
On February 9, 2024, the band released an EP titled Dolido Pero No Arrepentido, which was announced earlier that month. It debuted on the top 10 of the US Top Latin Albums chart and at number three on US Regional Mexican Albums. On March 7, the band collaborated with Edén Muñoz on "Money Edition". The band would release "Tú Name" from the EP as a single, which became a hit, on March 21, 2024 along with its music video. On April 9, 2024, the band announced that they would embark the Pero No Te Enamores tour, which began on June 6, 2024, and is set to conclude on November 16 of the same year. On July 16, 2024, the band announced their eighth studio album Pero No Te Enamores, which they considered "the album [they've] invested the most money on". To promote the album, they published murals in major cities, which depicted a painting of a crossed-out heart, along with the album's release date. An experimental album, it contains guest appearances from Maluma and Bellakath, and features electronic dance and house tracks which the band coins as "Jersey corridos".
Fuerza Regida's lead vocalist Jesús Ortíz Paz, along with three other men, were detained at the Calexico–Mexicali border for possession of drugs and marijuana. Ortíz Paz would spend a few days in a Mexicali jail and would be released on February 6, 2024.
Discography:
Del Barrio Hasta Aquí (2019)
Adicto (2020)
Otro Pedo, Otro Mundo (2020)
Del Barrio Hasta Aquí, Vol. 2 (2021)
Pa Que Hablen (2022)
Sigan Hablando (2022)
Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada (2023)
Pero No Te Enamores (2024)
Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team
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