DEL Records are an American Spanish language

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founded by Angel Del Villar in 2009. Its headquarters is in

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and includes DEL Records, DEL Publishing, DEL Studios and DEL Entertainment, all of which focus on

regional Mexican Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by ...

music, specifically with genres from Mexico's pacific states such as

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, Pacific-style norteño, norteño-banda, sierreño, sierreño-banda and

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. DEL Records has launched the careers of chart-topping artists like

Gerardo Ortíz Gerardo Ortiz (born October 5, 1989) is an American singer in the regional Mexican Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United Stat ...

Luis Coronel Luis Miguel Coronel Gámez, better known as Luis Coronel, (born February 3, 1996) is an American singer of regional Mexican music. Career Luis Coronel uploaded tons of videos of himself singing, but one caught the eye of Del Records. He recor ...

, Ulices Chaidez y Sus Plebes, and Régulo Caro. DEL Records and its artists are frequent winners at the

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including five in 2017. In seven years, DEL's sales, touring and content development divisions lead and transform the genre. DEL boasts 3 platinum and 9 gold records, and more than 10 #1 singles, as well as #1 albums. DEL Records’ artist tours every week of the year, with over 200 live concert dates in the US and Mexico.

History

The label was formed by Angel who previously ran a fencing company. The label's first signing was with

in 2010. Originally, DEL Records had a partnership with

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based VIP Music. The label is currently distributed Independently. In April 2015, DEL Records donated $12,200 to the Rowland Unified School District in Rowland Heights, California in order to help with their area student and teacher scholarships. In 2016, DEL Records received six

including those for Regional Mexican Airplay Label of the Year, Regional Mexican Airplay Imprint of the Year and Regional Mexican Albums Imprint of the Year. On April 14, 2016, the label entered into a partnership with

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, the first-ever U.S. Hispanic

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sports franchise. The premier event was April 18, 2016 for

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's fight series, ''Road to the Championship''. Regulo Caro and King Lil G walked the

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fighters to the cage and also performed later in the night. Also in 2016, DEL Records partnered with local and national organizations to launch "Shut Up the Haters and Vote," which encouraged high school students of eligible age to register to vote. Two years after the death of their artist

Ariel Camacho José Ariel Camacho Barraza (July 8, 1992 –February 25, 2015) was a Mexican musician and singer-songwriter. He predominantly performed regional Mexican music, mainly corridos. He was the lead singer and lead guitarist of his group, Ariel Cama ...

, DEL Records released on February 24, 2017, a tribute album of duets with other artists on the label such as Gerardo Ortiz, Luis Coronel and Regulo Caro. ''Ariel Camacho Para Siempre Duetos, Vol.1'' includes a 15-minute DVD of unreleased footage of Camacho. Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel Camacho, the group formed after the singer's death from his band, received eight 2017 Billboard Latin Music Award nominations, and won three of them. DEL Records received five Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2017, among them Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group and Regional Mexican Songs Artist of the Year Erick Hernandez.

Artists

Current

Eslabon Armado Eslabon Armado is an American regional Mexican group from Patterson, California, formed in 2017. the group's lineup was originally consisted of Pedro Tovar (lead vocals), Brian Tovar (bass), Ulises González (acoustic guitar), and Damián Pac ...

*Los del Limit * Emanuel Garcia * Leonillo Jaimes * Lenin Ramirez

Former

* Ariel Camacho y los Plebes del Rancho (20132015) *

(2008 2018) *

(20122016) * Régulo Caro (20092016) *King Lil G *

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(20102013) * Nena Guzman (20112014) *

(20202024) * Los Del Limit (20202024) * Revolver Cannabis (20112018) * Grupo Escolta (20122013)

Awards

Discography

References

External links

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