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Los Tigres del Norte
Los Tigres del Norte at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California.
Background information
Origin	San Jose, California
Genres	Pacific Norteño, Norteño with Sax
Years active	1965 (1965)–present
Labels	Discos Fama Golondrina EMI POPS MGM Music Profono Internacional Poster Melody Musivisa FonoVisa Universal Gamma Gran Vía Musical De Ediciones Discos DLB
Members	Jorge Hernández 1968–present Hernán Hernández 1968–present Eduardo Hernández 1988–present Luis Hernández 1996–present Óscar Lara 1968–present
Past members	Freddy Hernández (Deceased) Raúl Hernández 1968–1995 Guadalupe Olivo 1968–1988, 1997–2001
Website	www.lostigresdelnorte.com

Los Tigres del Norte (English: The Tigers of the North) are an American norteña band based in San Jose, California.^[1][2][3] Originally founded in the small town Rosa Morada in the municipality of Mocorito, Sinaloa, and with sales of 32 million albums, the band is one of the most recognized and prominent acts of regional Mexican music, due to their long history and successes.^[1][4] The band is known for their political and romantic corridos, some of which have faced censorship. The band is the only Mexican group to win 7 Grammy Awards and 13 Latin Grammys. In addition, the band has made 40 films alongside the Almada brothers (Mario and Fernando) among other well-known Mexican actors.

The band's style is based on regional music of Mexico, using mainly instruments such as the electric bass (or double bass), accordion, bass, drums and sometimes other percussion instruments. The lyrics in their songs fluctuate between romantic and political, including narcocorridos, in which they narrate the experience of members of drug gangs operating in Mexico. The narcocorrido song "Muerte Anunciada", for example, stands out, as it is dedicated to the legendary Mexican drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, "El Jefe de Jefes." In that song, the band tells the story of the power and influence of the now imprisoned Gallardo.^[5] Another of their famous narcocorridos, "The Queen of the South", is based on a novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte from which a television series was made based on the Spanish writer's work. They have become famous in Mexico and the United States, especially in California and Texas, mainly due to the large number of Mexicans living there. They also have found considerable fame in Colombia.

The band won a Grammy Award in 1988 for their album Gracias, América sin Fronteras, and twelve years later their album Herencia de Familia won the award for Best Norteño Album at the first ever Latin Grammys. A year later, in the second edition of the awards, they were nominated again for Best Norteño Album, this time for De Paisano a Paisano, and Best Regional Mexican Song for the song of the same title from that album. Their 2001 song "Somos Más Americanos" was ranked at No. 185 on the Rolling Stone list of "The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far".^[6]