Fuerza Regida
Fuerza Regida is a Mexican American regional Mexican band from San Bernardino, California. The band consists of lead vocalist Jesús Ortíz Paz, backing vocalist and twelve-string guitarist Samuel Jaimez, rhythm guitarist Khrystian Ramos, sousaphone player José "Pelón" García and tololoche player Moisés López.[1][2]
Fuerza Regida | |
---|---|
![]() Jesús Ortíz Paz of Fuerza Regida in 2023 | |
Background information | |
Origin | San Bernardino, California, U.S. |
Genres |
|
Years active | 2015-present[1] |
Labels |
|
Members |
|
Their single "Bebe Dame", a collaboration with Grupo Frontera reached 25th position on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2023, as well as number one on both the US Hot Latin Songs and Mexico Songs charts.[3] In May 2023, the band released "Pariente" in collaboration with Myke Towers.[4] In October 2023, the group released their eighth studio album, Pa Las Baby's Y Belikeada.[5]
Musical career
2022: Pa Que Hablen and Sigan Hablando
In November 2022, Fuerza Regida released a cover of the song "Chuy y Mauricio", titled "Chrysler 300", originally performed by Los Canelos de Durango but popularized by El Potro de Sinaloa.[6] The song was released to promote two new albums—which functioned as a double album—intended to be released at the end of that same year. On November 14, they published "Prefiero empedarme", the second single from the double album, which was released along with a music video uploaded to the group's official YouTube channel, which was positioned in the top 20 on YouTube Mexico. Musically and lyrically, the song talks about spite to the rhythm of a Sinaloan band played and recorded live.[7][8] At the end of November they released the song "911" together with Grupo Frontera, co-written by Horacio Palencia and Edgar Barrera. The launch 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 the television channel 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 moment.[9] The song was positioned at number 24 on the Hot Latin Songs list.[10]
In December 2022, together with Natanael Cano, they released the hit "Ch y la Pizza", a song with references to drug trafficking in Mexico and mainly directed at "La Chapiza" - hence the name of the song - which is a way of naming to the criminal group that serves the children of Mexican drug lord El Chapo.[11][12] The bosses of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and Ismael Zambada García are also mentioned,[13] and the theme of Santería is also touched on in a verse sung by Cano, a religion to which he explained that he was not a participant and that at the time of recording the song he had disputes with Ortíz Paz for not wanting to use the phrase.[14] The song was trending on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Spotify. The music video accumulated 1.2 million views on its first day, being the sixth most viewed video globally on its opening day.[15] It reached positions on charts such as number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 39 on the Billboard Global 200 and number 9 on Hot Latin Songs, while it was top 10 in Mexico.[16][17][18][19]
Discography
Albums
- En Vivo Puros Corridos (2018)
- 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)
EPs
- Las Romanticas Favoritas (2019)
- Pisteando con la Regida (2019)
- Pisteando con la Regida, Vol. 2 (2020)
- Feliz con Fuerza Regida (2020)
- Pisteando con la Regida, Vol. 3 (2020)
Charting singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MEX [20] |
US [21] |
US Latin [22] |
WW [23] | |||
"Igualito a Mi Apá" (with Peso Pluma) |
2022 | 20 | 80 | 16 | 118 | Pa Que Hablen |
"Ch y la Pizza" (with Natanael Cano) |
7 | 68 | 9 | 39 | ||
"Bebe Dame" (with Grupo Frontera) |
1 | 25 | 1 | 17 | Sigan Hablando | |
"TQM" | 2023 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 15 | Pa Las Baby's Y Belikeada |
"Sabor Fresa" | 1 | 26 | 3 | 16 | ||
"Qué Onda" (with Calle 24 and Chino Pacas) |
1 | 61 | 8 | 31 | Non-album singles | |
"El Jefe" (with Shakira) |
10 | 55 | 4 | 24 |
References
- Jurek, Thom. "Fuerza Regida Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- Mier, Tomás (30 December 2022). "Mexican-American Band Fuerza Régida Is Making Music 'For the People'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- Xellner, Xander (4 January 2023). "Hot 100 First-Timers: Fuerza Regida Debuts With Grupo Frontera Collab 'Bebe Dame'". Billboard. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- Mier, Tomás (5 May 2023). "Fuerza Régida Stays True to Their Word as They Drop Myke Towers Collab, 'Pariente'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via Yahoo! News.
- "Fuerza Regida's JOP Explains the Stories Behind These Photos". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- Tenorio, Yolanda (July 2, 2015). "La verdadera historia del "Corrido de Chuy y Mauricio"". El Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "Fuerza Regida muestra las etapas de un corazón roto en "Prefiero empedarme"". Notistarz (in Spanish). November 21, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "Video Oficial De "Prefiero Empedarme" De Fuerza Regida". Rolamix (in Spanish). November 23, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- Gamboa, Juan Carlos (November 29, 2023). "Fuerza Régida y Grupo Frontera triunfan con su dueto '911'". Bandamax (in Spanish). Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. December 25, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "'CH y la pizza': El corrido tumbado de Natanael Cano con referencias al 'Chapo' Guzmán". El Financiero (in Spanish). April 5, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ""La Chapiza": el ejército de sicarios del Cártel de Sinaloa que se ha infiltrado en Tik Tok". Infobae (in Spanish). January 15, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- Balbastro, Gladis (April 14, 2023). "Natanael Cano: Esto significa "Ch y la Pizza", el famoso corrido bélico del momento". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- Escobar, Estefani (March 29, 2023). "Los significados detrás de "Ch y la Pizza" de Fuerza Regida y Natanael Cano". Soy Gruper (in Spanish). Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "Fuerza Regida lanza video de «CH y la pizza» y logra tendencia mundial en YouTube". La Mejor Magazine (in Spanish). April 4, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 2023-04-30. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "Billboard Global 200". Billboard. 2023-04-09. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. 2023-04-16. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "Mexico Songs". Billboard. 2023-03-19. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- Peaks on the Mexico Songs chart:
- "Igualito a Mi Apá": "Peso Pluma Chart History: Mexico Songs". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Ch y la Pizza": "Natanael Cano Chart History: Mexico Songs". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Bebe Dame": "Grupo Frontera Chart History: Mexico Songs". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "TQM": "Mexico Songs: Week of June 10, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- "Sabor Fresa": "Mexico Songs: Week of July 22, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- "Qué Onda": "Mexico Songs: Week of September 16, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- "El Jefe": "Mexico Songs: Week of October 7, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- Peaks on the Hot 100:
- "Igualito a Mi Apá": "Peso Pluma Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Ch y la Pizza": "Natanael Cano Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Bebe Dame": "Grupo Frontera Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "TQM": "Billboard Hot 100: Week of June 17, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- "Sabor Fresa": "Billboard Hot 100: Week of July 8, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- "Qué Onda": "Billboard Hot 100: Week of September 16, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- Peaks on the Hot Latin Songs chart:
- "Igualito a Mi Apá": "Peso Pluma Chart History: Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Ch y la Pizza": "Natanael Cano Chart History: Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Bebe Dame": "Grupo Frontera Chart History: Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "TQM": "Hot Latin Songs: Week of June 3, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- "Sabor Fresa": "Hot Latin Songs: Week of July 8, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- "Qué Onda": "Hot Latin Songs: Week of September 16, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- Peaks on the Global 200 chart:
- "Igualito a Mi Apá": "Peso Pluma Chart History: Global 200". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Ch y la Pizza": "Natanael Cano Chart History: Global 200". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Bebe Dame": "Grupo Frontera Chart History: Global 200". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "TQM": "Billboard Global 200: Week of June 17, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- "Sabor Fresa": "Billboard Global 200: Week of July 8, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- "Qué Onda": "Billboard Global 200: Week of September 16, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- "El Jefe": "Billboard Global 200: Week of October 7, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2023.