I’ve relied on therapy and allowed myself to cry the tears I have to cry. Since announcing he is no longer part of Calibre 50, Muñoz has been on an emotional roller coaster processing the good and the bad. I’m motivated now that I have creative freedom.” 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.

Canciones de calibre 50 2015