ALBUMY Su Palabra Es la Ley: Homenaje a Vicente FernándezLos Tigres del Norte
ALBUMRealidades (Deluxe Edition)Los Tigres del Norte
ALBUMTr3s Presents MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and FriendsLos Tigres del Norte
ALBUMLa Granja (Edicion Deluxe)Los Tigres del Norte
ALBUMRaícesLos Tigres del Norte
ALBUMDetalles y EmocionesLos Tigres del Norte
ALBUMLas Pistas Para Que Cantes los Exitos de los Tigres del Norte, Vol. 1Los Tigres del Norte
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ALBUMPacto De SangreLos Tigres del Norte
Los Tigres del Norte's Popular Music Videos
Contrabando Y Traición (En Directo Desde Los Angeles MTV Unplugged)
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Golpes En El Corazón (feat. Paulina Rubio)
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Jefe De Jefes (En Directo Desde Los Angeles MTV Unplugged)
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América (feat. Calle 13) [En Directo Desde Los Angeles MTV Unplugged]
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La Puerta Negra (En Directo Desde Los Angeles MTV Unplugged)
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Somos Más Americanos (feat. Zack de la Rocha) [En Directo Desde Los Angeles MTV Unplugged]
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La Jaula De Oro (feat. Juanes) [En Directo Desde Los Angeles MTV Unplugged]
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Mi Buena Suerte (feat. Diego Torres) [En Directo Desde Los Angeles MTV Unplugged]
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La Mesa Del Rincón (feat. Andrés Calamaro) [En Directo Desde Los Angeles MTV Unplugged]
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Lágrimas Del Corazón (En Directo Desde Los Angeles MTV Unplugged)
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Artist Playlists
Los Tigres Del Norte Essentials
These wildcats from north of the border took norteño around the world.
Los Tigres del Norte Video Essentials
Classics and new clips from a norteño institution.
Los Tigres del Norte: Deep Cuts
Defiant and passionate norteñas for the people.
Artist Biography
Los Tigres del Norte are hands-down one of the most important norteño groups of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. They helped create the template for modern corridos (traditional Mexican folk songs) by taking up the reality of Mexico’s drug trade while also describing, in sometimes heartbreaking detail, the reality of the immigrant experience in America. This has made them a deeply beloved act both north and south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Formed in Rosa Morado, Sinaloa, in 1968 by singer and accordionist Jorge Hernández—who was just 14 years old at the time—the group consisted originally of his younger brothers Raúl and Hernán and their cousin Óscar Lara. They played local restaurants in Los Mochis and in the border city of Mexicali before receiving an invitation to perform in San Jose, CA, for a Cinco de Mayo celebration. The trip would change their lives—giving them their name (after an immigration official at the border called them “little tigers”) and bringing them to the attention of Arthur Walker of Discos Fama, their first label (they moved to Fonovisa in the ’80s). In 1972 they had their first major hit with “Contrabando y Traición,” an early narcocorrido about a pair of marijuana smugglers. Myriad hits followed, including 1975’s “La Banda del Carro Rojo” (one of many songs that inspired the burgeoning narco-cinema genre), as well as songs of love and betrayal and laments about life north of the border. On their 2014 album Realidades, they even included norteño’s first-ever gay love song with “Era Diferente,” a move that won them widespread plaudits. Known for epic concerts that can last up to 12 hours, they’ve gone through numerous lineup changes but remain a family business and a vital musical force.