Corridos tumbados: A guide to Mexico’s most controversial music genre

As Spotify Wrapped arrived in the last moments of 2025, a reality was confirmed that had long been evident across Mexico, Latin America, and the United States: Mexico’s controversial corridos tumbados music genre now consistently outperforms the Anglo-American pop mainstream.

Emerging in northern Mexico in the late 2010s, the genre saw six artists in their 20s flood the charts last year: Fuerza Regida, Peso Pluma, Junior H, Tito Double P, Neton Vega, and the genre’shellip;

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