![]() ![]() There will also be many collaborations with artists outside of my genre. What’s Next: “There’s a lot of new music that I’ll be releasing throughout the year. And, to have 8 million monthly listeners on Spotify.” Major Accomplishment (So Far): “Being able to have my own house. And, if you watch the video, it narrates my story.” Recommended Song: “‘Me Metí En El Ruedo’ represents who I am. So it’ll be a challenge for sure but I’m ready.”īelow, meet this month’s Latin Artist on the Rise: “I’ve always been all about corridos but I want to start singing romantic songs, and that’s a completely different audience. ![]() Now, a bonafide corrido artist - who boasts of nearly 8 million monthly listeners on Spotify - Conriquez is looking to step out of his comfort zone and reach new ears releasing music that isn’t as hard-hitting as corridos. I met up with the label executives and it just made sense to sign with them. “But then I understood that if I was alone, I’d limit myself. I had heard horror stories about other artists and their labels so I was like maybe I’ll do this on my own,” he confesses. “I had been managing myself for the most part. It was around that time that he also signed with Kartel Music, becoming the indie label’s first client. Then I started doing music videos and people discovered them during the pandemic because well they were stuck at home. “It was weird because one thing is to sing for fun but another is to sing with a microphone in your hand.” To build up the courage and to get more experience, Conriquez did live recordings of songs he had written in a patio. At first Conriquez would write corridos for others but figured he might as well start singing them too. It comes from admiration that I have for them,” he explains. “I always say that I really started writing and singing because of them. A year before the COVID-19 shut down, he decided to officially start singing inspired by the artists that he grew up listening such as Gerardo Ortiz and Larry Hernández (he’s now collaborated with both). 40, thanks to his highest-charting track yet “El Buho,” which scored him his first top 10 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart. While he’s not the type to be checking charts or numbers, when he hears one of his songs charted “it must mean we’re doing something right,” he says.Ĭonriquez is among the new crop of regional Mexican artists that gained momentum during the pandemic. tour, produced by Live Nation, that kicked off in April and will make stops in Nashville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Chicago.Since, Conriquez has become a chart-topping corridos singer-songwriter earning a spot on Billboard‘s 2021 year-end Top Latin Artists chart, coming in at No. The 24-year-old singer-songwriter is currently on a U.S. I knew I was gonna do good in Mexico and the Spanish-speaking countries, but this went worldwide. 55,” his Bizarrap-produced hit song. “Ella Baila Sola” spent five weeks atop the Billboard Global 200, becoming the ranking’s first leader for the regional Mexican genre.Ībout his rapid seismic rise, Peso (born Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija) has said, “I knew this was gonna happen, but I didn’t know at what level and what speed. U.S. simultaneously with different songs: Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” and “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. Most recently, the “Por Las Noches” singer became the first act to lead the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. Génesis drops as Peso Pluma continues to make history on the charts. Anatomy of a Hit: Breaking Down Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma's 'Ella Baila Sola' ![]()
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