Los Tucanes de Tijuana
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Los Tucanes de Tijuana is a Latino Regional Band founded on April 13, 1987 by Mario Quintero Lara and a group of talented friends in the City of Tijuana
, Baja California
, Mexico
. From humble beginnings, starting their musical career by playing at nightclub
s they rose to become the most successful and sought after Norteño Band in Mexico
, Latin America
and the United States
. They are by far the global ambassadors of Norteña music
and Corrido
ballads.
asked Mario Quintero Lara to pen a song "Mexico Es Tu Casa" "Mexico Is Your Home" to promote tourism
in Mexico. They are also the first Mexican Regional Norteño band to win an international film award receiving an Angel Film Award at the Monaco International Film Festival
in November 2007 for a musical documentary.
They are eight-time Grammy
nominees and have received numerous music awards in Mexico, the Americas and Europe
. They have sold over 13,000,000 albums and are proud to count among their achievements several gold, platinum and multiplatinum records. They have filled to capacity highly important venues in the United States and Mexico such as Dodgers Stadium, the Astrodome, Estadio Azteca
, and have had concerts at Central Park
in New York City
and the Zocalo Plaza in Mexico City
where the crowds easily surpassed 120,000 fans. Los Tucanes De Tijuana average 120 engagements per year, more than 5 million attendees have enjoyed their concerts.
2. LA CAJITA DE ORO - (1988 CADENA MUSICAL)
3. CORRIDOS Y CANCIONES - (1989 CADENA MUSICAL)
4. TU ERES - (1990 CADENA MUSICAL)
5. 14 CORRIDOS (EL BENEFACTOR DE COLIMA) - (1991 CADENA MUSICAL)
6. EL NARIZON - (1992 CADENA MUSICAL)
7. EL CENTENARIO - (1993 CADENA MUSICAL)
8. ME ROBASTE EL CORAZON - (1994 ALACRAN/EMI LATIN)
9. CLAVE NUEVA - (1994 ALACRAN/EMI LATIN)
10. MUNDO DE AMOR - (1995 ALACRAN/EMI LATIN)
11. 14 TUCANAZOS BIEN PESADOS - (1995 ALACRAN/EMI LATIN)
12. TUCANES DE ORO - (1996 EMI LATIN)
13. TUCANES DE PLATA - (1996 EMI LATIN)
14. AMOR PLATONICO - (1998 EMI LATIN)
15. LOS MAS BUSCADOS - (1998 EMI LATIN)
16. AL POR MAYOR - (1999 CADENA MUSICAL)
17. ME GUSTA VIVIR DE NOCHE - (2000 UNIVERSAL)
18. CORRIDOS DE PRIMERA PLANA - (2000 UNIVERSAL)
19. LISTA NEGRA - (2001 CADENA MUSICAL)
20. JUGO A LA VIDA - (2002 UNIVERSAL )
21. IMPERIO - (15 JUNIO - 2003 UNIVERSAL)
22. AMOR DESCARADO - (OCTUBRE - 2003 UNIVERSAL)
23. EL VIRUS DEL AMOR - (7 DICIEMBRE - 2004 UNIVERSAL)
24. FIESTA EN LA SIERRA - (7 DICIEMBRE - 2004 UNIVERSAL)
25. EN VIVO (SIEMRE CONTIGO) - (2 MAYO - 2006 UNIVISION)
26. AMANTE DE LO BUENO - (18 OCTUBRE - 2006 UNIVISION)
27. EL PAPA DE LOS POLLITOS - (9 ENERO - 2007 UNIVISION)
28. 20 ANIVERSARIO ( En Vivo) - (DIC - 2007 UNIVISION)
29. SOY TODO TUYO - (OCT - 2008 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO)
30. PROPIEDAD PRIVADA - (OCT - 2008 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO)
31. RETRO-CORRIDOS - (2009 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO)
32. EL ARBOL - (2010 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO)
14 TUCANAZ0S BIEN PICUDOS - (1997 UNIVERSAL)
DE FIESTA CON LOS TUCANES - (1998 UNIVERSAL)
LA MOVIDAS DE LOS TUCANES - (1999 AZTECA MUSIC)
32 CORRIDOS LIDERES - (2001 LIDERES/UNIVERSAL)
LAS ROMANTICAS DE LOS TUCANES - (2001 UNIVERSAL)
16 CORRIDOS LIDERES VOL.1 - (2003 LIDERES/UNIVERSAL)
16 CORRIDOS LIDERES VOL.2 - (2003 LIDERES/UNIVERSAL)
LA TERNURA DE LOS TUCANES - (2003 LIDERES/UNIVERSAL)
TERAPIAS A LA MEXICANA - (2004 UNIVERSAL)
PURO AMOR - (2004 LIDERES/UNIVERSAL)
LA MEJOR COLECCIÓN DE CANCIONES - (2007 UNIVISION MUSIC)
LA MEJOR COLECCIÓN DE CORRIDOS - (2007 UNIVISION MUSIC)
NUESTRA HISTORIA PRIMERA ETAPA-Videoclips - (2007 UNIVISION MUSIC)
SERIE DIAMANTE - (2010 UNIVISION MUSIC)
The GRAMMY Museum -Presented the First Spanish-Language Program Features Performance "Nuestra Historia": By Los Tucanes de Tijuana" and Storytelling by World-Renowned Mexican Band. For our first-ever Spanish-only program," said Executive Director Robert Santelli, the Museum was thrilled to welcome such a widely-beloved and record-setting band.
The PROCLAMATION from the cities of: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Oklahoma, Chicago, Houston.
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Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
, Baja California
Baja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. From humble beginnings, starting their musical career by playing at nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
s they rose to become the most successful and sought after Norteño Band in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. They are by far the global ambassadors of Norteña music
Norteño (music)
Norteño , also norteña or conjunto, is a genre of Mexican music. The accordion and the bajo sexto are norteño's most characteristic instruments. The norteño genre is popular in both Mexico and the United States, especially among the Mexican community...
and Corrido
Corrido
The corrido is a popular narrative song and poetry form, a ballad, of Mexico. The songs are often about oppression, history, daily life for peasants, and other socially important information. It is still a popular form today, and was widely popular during the Mexican Revolution and Nicaraguan...
ballads.
The Band
Their fast paced and energizing music, such as El Tucanazo have attracted the attention of the Ministry of Tourism for the Republic of Mexico which through its advertising agencyAdvertising agency
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asked Mario Quintero Lara to pen a song "Mexico Es Tu Casa" "Mexico Is Your Home" to promote tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
in Mexico. They are also the first Mexican Regional Norteño band to win an international film award receiving an Angel Film Award at the Monaco International Film Festival
Monaco International Film Festival
The Monaco International Film Festival, one of the premiere European film festivals, is an annual international special interest film festival held in Monaco. It is a non-profit organization, formed in December 2003. The festival focuses on Non-Violent films, screening productions from around the...
in November 2007 for a musical documentary.
They are eight-time Grammy
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
nominees and have received numerous music awards in Mexico, the Americas and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. They have sold over 13,000,000 albums and are proud to count among their achievements several gold, platinum and multiplatinum records. They have filled to capacity highly important venues in the United States and Mexico such as Dodgers Stadium, the Astrodome, Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Azteca is a stadium in Santa Ursula, Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican team Club América.The stadium was the venue for football soccer in the 1968 Summer Olympics....
, and have had concerts at Central Park
Central Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and the Zocalo Plaza in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
where the crowds easily surpassed 120,000 fans. Los Tucanes De Tijuana average 120 engagements per year, more than 5 million attendees have enjoyed their concerts.
Radio Hits
- Mundo de Amor
- Mis Tres Animales
- La Chona
- Clave Privada
- El Centenario
- Clave Nueva
- Me Robaste El Corazón
- Secuestro De Amor
- Hacemos Bonita Pareja
- La Piñata
- El Tucanazo
- Es Verdad
- Seis Pies Boca Abajo
- Ando Bien Arreglado
- Tus Verdades
- Desde Que Te Amo
- Espejeando
- Hotel Corazón
- Madre Soltera
- El Heredero
- Amor Platónico
- Me Haces Mucha Falta
- De Tin Marín
- El Resbalón
- Las Heladas
- Me Gusta Vivir De Noche
- Mis Tres Viejas
- El Amor Soñado
- La Gran Noche
- Promesas
- Déjate Querer
- El Cachorro
- Nuestro Destino
- Jugo a la Vida
- La Chica Sexy
- Promesas
- Suena la Banda
- Quiero que seamos Novios
- Mi Ex
- El Sinvergüenza
- El Águila Blanca
- Mi Amor Inseparable
- Amor Descarado
- El Virus del Amor
- Como La Ves
- Luna Llena
- Fiesta en La Sierra
- Siempre Contigo
- Sin Ti Soy un Loco
- Amante de Lo Bueno
- El Papa de Los Pollitos
- El MZ
- Se Fue Mi Amor
- Propiedad Privada
- Soy Todo Tuyo
- El Tío Borrachales
- El Jefe de la Sierra
Discography
1. LA CANELERA - (1987 CADENA MUSICAL)2. LA CAJITA DE ORO - (1988 CADENA MUSICAL)
3. CORRIDOS Y CANCIONES - (1989 CADENA MUSICAL)
4. TU ERES - (1990 CADENA MUSICAL)
5. 14 CORRIDOS (EL BENEFACTOR DE COLIMA) - (1991 CADENA MUSICAL)
6. EL NARIZON - (1992 CADENA MUSICAL)
7. EL CENTENARIO - (1993 CADENA MUSICAL)
8. ME ROBASTE EL CORAZON - (1994 ALACRAN/EMI LATIN)
9. CLAVE NUEVA - (1994 ALACRAN/EMI LATIN)
10. MUNDO DE AMOR - (1995 ALACRAN/EMI LATIN)
11. 14 TUCANAZOS BIEN PESADOS - (1995 ALACRAN/EMI LATIN)
12. TUCANES DE ORO - (1996 EMI LATIN)
13. TUCANES DE PLATA - (1996 EMI LATIN)
14. AMOR PLATONICO - (1998 EMI LATIN)
15. LOS MAS BUSCADOS - (1998 EMI LATIN)
16. AL POR MAYOR - (1999 CADENA MUSICAL)
17. ME GUSTA VIVIR DE NOCHE - (2000 UNIVERSAL)
18. CORRIDOS DE PRIMERA PLANA - (2000 UNIVERSAL)
19. LISTA NEGRA - (2001 CADENA MUSICAL)
20. JUGO A LA VIDA - (2002 UNIVERSAL )
21. IMPERIO - (15 JUNIO - 2003 UNIVERSAL)
22. AMOR DESCARADO - (OCTUBRE - 2003 UNIVERSAL)
23. EL VIRUS DEL AMOR - (7 DICIEMBRE - 2004 UNIVERSAL)
24. FIESTA EN LA SIERRA - (7 DICIEMBRE - 2004 UNIVERSAL)
25. EN VIVO (SIEMRE CONTIGO) - (2 MAYO - 2006 UNIVISION)
26. AMANTE DE LO BUENO - (18 OCTUBRE - 2006 UNIVISION)
27. EL PAPA DE LOS POLLITOS - (9 ENERO - 2007 UNIVISION)
28. 20 ANIVERSARIO ( En Vivo) - (DIC - 2007 UNIVISION)
29. SOY TODO TUYO - (OCT - 2008 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO)
30. PROPIEDAD PRIVADA - (OCT - 2008 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO)
31. RETRO-CORRIDOS - (2009 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO)
32. EL ARBOL - (2010 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO)
Compilations
15 KILATES DE AMOR - (1997 UNIVERSAL)14 TUCANAZ0S BIEN PICUDOS - (1997 UNIVERSAL)
DE FIESTA CON LOS TUCANES - (1998 UNIVERSAL)
LA MOVIDAS DE LOS TUCANES - (1999 AZTECA MUSIC)
32 CORRIDOS LIDERES - (2001 LIDERES/UNIVERSAL)
LAS ROMANTICAS DE LOS TUCANES - (2001 UNIVERSAL)
16 CORRIDOS LIDERES VOL.1 - (2003 LIDERES/UNIVERSAL)
16 CORRIDOS LIDERES VOL.2 - (2003 LIDERES/UNIVERSAL)
LA TERNURA DE LOS TUCANES - (2003 LIDERES/UNIVERSAL)
TERAPIAS A LA MEXICANA - (2004 UNIVERSAL)
PURO AMOR - (2004 LIDERES/UNIVERSAL)
LA MEJOR COLECCIÓN DE CANCIONES - (2007 UNIVISION MUSIC)
LA MEJOR COLECCIÓN DE CORRIDOS - (2007 UNIVISION MUSIC)
NUESTRA HISTORIA PRIMERA ETAPA-Videoclips - (2007 UNIVISION MUSIC)
SERIE DIAMANTE - (2010 UNIVISION MUSIC)
Awards
- Mexico - EL HERALDO Award - Musical Group of the Year
- New York -The GLOBO Award "Best Group of the Year" & "Best Album of the Year "AMOR PLATONICO 1999
- New York- Mexican Consulate - Recognition - "Most Popular Music Group" at The Civic Center, Manhattan Island -1999
- Las Vegas- Walk of the Stars- Los Tucanes De Tijuana- MGM Grand Hotel - September 11, 2008 http://lasvegaswalkofstars.com/
- Los Angeles- 24 BMI Awards "Best Song Writer" & "Most Played Songs" at the Hispanic radio stations in USA
The GRAMMY Museum -Presented the First Spanish-Language Program Features Performance "Nuestra Historia": By Los Tucanes de Tijuana" and Storytelling by World-Renowned Mexican Band. For our first-ever Spanish-only program," said Executive Director Robert Santelli, the Museum was thrilled to welcome such a widely-beloved and record-setting band.
The PROCLAMATION from the cities of: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Oklahoma, Chicago, Houston.
- 8 Nominations to The Grammy's Latino & American
- 30 Records - Gold -Certificates from the RIAA
- 27 Records - Platinum -Certificates from the RIAA
- 42 Video clips of Los Tucanes De Tijuana, with the most beautiful women such as: Alicia Machado, Vanesa Villela, Cosntenza Lopez, Paty Alvarez, Odalys Garcia, Luz Elena Gonzalez, Galiliea Montijo, Eugenia Cauduro, Aline Hernandez, Susana Gonzalez, Adriana Fonseca, Manola Diez, Lisha Wilkings, Lucia Mendez, Barbara Mory, Ivonne Montero, Claudia Lizaldi, Fabiola Campomanes, Jackeline Arroyo, Marlene Favela, "Nuestra Belleza Nayarit" Tania Vázquez, Jimena, Mariana Seone, Gaby Ramirez, Noelia & much more, & the special participation of the greatest actors & Comedians in Mexico: Joaquin Cordero & Teo Gonzalez.
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