Onstage, he’ll also be accompanied by nearly 30 musicians. Sure, he’ll still sing breakup rancheras and party anthems, but his sonority will go from pure norteño to a fusion of sounds that range from big band to mariachi. After all, Muñoz has something different in mind for his solo project. Muñoz, who was named songwriter of the year at the annual 2021 SESAC Latin Music Awards, penned most of Calibre 50’s repertoire - which will remain Calibre 50’s songs, he says categorically. 1s since the Regional Mexican Airplay chart launched in 1994. 22) with their Marco Antonio Solís cover “Si Te Puediera Mentir.” With 21 chart-toppers, the band from Sinaloa extends its record for the most No. 1 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart (dated Jan. 11), and earlier this month, the group scored its 21st No. Their most recent album, Vamos Bien, peaked at No. 1 albums on the Regional Mexican Albums chart. But I saw how some of my songs didn’t reach their potential simply because they had to fall under this structure,” he adds.īut he stayed, and with Calibre 50, he reached chart-topping success in the years to come. Maybe if they weren’t my songs, there wouldn’t be an issue. But that didn’t fit into Calibre 50’s style or concept, which was very much hard-core norteño and banda.

For example, if it was a ballad, perhaps it could have been more minimal in terms of production, add a little guitar to make it pop or just have a simple piano tune power it. Sometimes during production or post-production I would make suggestions that weren’t taken into consideration. “I realized that as a group, we were a concept, but we weren’t the type of artists who give concept to a song. “The first time I noticed something was off was back in 2015,” Muñoz says during a phone call interview with Billboard, two days after announcing he was going solo and had signed a record and management deal with indie label Lizos Music (Banda MS, Natalia Jiménez). But this decision was something that the 31-year-old Mexican singer-songwriter and producer meditated on carefully and for quite some time, he explains. The band ate breakfast together, joked on the bus, and went onstage to sing their norteño anthems, just like they had for the past 12 years.Įxcept it wasn’t like any other show: It would be the last time Edén Muñoz, the band’s frontman and accordionist, would perform with his longtime bandmates (Armando Ramos, Alejandro Gaxiola, and Erick García) before officially announcing and launching his solo career.įor many, the announcement seemed out of the blue - rash even. The group from Mazatlan, Sinaloa further expressed their gratitude on Instagram, sharing a set of photos and stating, “West Palm Beach, Florida.Calibre 50‘s concert in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday seemed like any other show. The quartet flaunted their Norteño-Banda fusions that best characterize them when they performed hits such as “El Amor No Fue Pa’ Mi,” “Prestamela a Mi” and “Mi Sorpresa Fuiste Tu.” At one point, they even dropped their very own version of Marco Antonio Solis’ “Si Te Pudiera Mentir.”Īfter crooning other great tunes such as “Ni Que Estuvieras Tan Buena,” “Siempre Te Voy a Querer,” and “Javier el de los llanos,” Calibre 50 wrapped up their show at 2 a.m. “Vamos a pasarla chingon!” frontman Eden Muñoz said. The night kicked off at 10 p.m., just two hours after the doors opened to the public, with an energetic presentation by Cuarto de Milla, whose one-hour set included a heartfelt Vicente Fernandez medley with classics “Aca Entre Nos” and “Volver, Volver.”Īt 11:15 p.m., the Latin Grammy-nominated Banda Carnaval took the stage performing some of their biggest hits including “Pideme,” “Loco,” “Olvidarte, ❼omo?” and “Esta Vez Soy Yo.” Their one-hour and 15-minute set was a full-on production with dancing musicians and a small striptease to hype up the crowd.įollowing Banda Carnaval, at 12:45 p.m., headliners Calibre 50 - wearing matching gold blazers and black cowboy hats - jumped on stage and immediately assured their fans that they were going to have a great time. 6) with a four-hour concert headlined by Calibre 50, Banda Carnaval and Cuarto de Milla at the South Florida Fair Expo in West Palm Beach, Fla. Regional Mexican music hit Florida Friday night (Dec.

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