Fuerza Regida took a risk and it paid off. Their new album of Jersey corridos, “Pero no te enamores,” debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The best Latin albums according to Billboard and peaked at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart.
This 15-track album is his seventh to appear on the Top Latin Album chart. It is also his second No. 2 on the chart after 2023’s “Pa Las Baby's and Belikeada,” which also sits at No. 59 on the Billboard 200.
Fuerza Regida joins a handful of Latin artists who have two albums on the Billboard 200 chart, including Bad Bunny, Peso Pluma and Karol G.
The LP also peaked at number 19 on the all-genre chart. Top streaming albums graphic after his presentation, behind the Featherweight “Exodus,” who It reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 in June.
Within 48 hours of its release on July 25, “Pero No Te Enamores” also took the No. 1 spot on Apple Music across all genres, becoming the first Mexican act to top the streaming platform as well as the third Latin act after Bad Bunny and Karol G.
Fuerza Regida frontman Jesus Ortiz Pas, or JOP, said his latest effort was a huge leap of faith, featuring a combination of corridos, Mexican music and Jersey club music. Tracks like “Freestyle” and “Fresita” (featuring Bellakath) infuse fast-paced house, hip-hop and drum beats familiar from the Jersey music scene with JOP’s gritty corrido style and bold lyricism.
“If you don't take the risk, there's no reward,” JOP told De Los.
The album also incorporates elements of EDM with hints of reggaeton along with collaborations with Maluma, Major Lazer and Afrojack, among others.
In April, the band exhausted large-capacity stadiums in Phoenix, Dallas and Los Angeles as part of their “Pero No Te Enamores” summer tour, which prompted the addition of more dates.
“I feel like people in the U.S. identify with Fuerza Regida,” JOP said. “Everyone Without sabosAll the pochos know that our culture is a different culture born here [rather] that there.”
The band kicked off its tour on June 6 in Austin, Texas, and is scheduled to close it with a show on December 15 in Nashville, according to Ticket MasterThey are also set to make history as the first Mexican music act to perform back-to-back shows at the new Intuit Dome on November 15 and 16.
Last year, the band sold out stadiums from July through October on their Otra Peda tour, grossing a whopping $31.3 million, according to Star of the poll.
