Corrido
A corrido is a Mexican narrative ballad that tells a story in verses, often about heroes, outlaws, tragedies or real events.
Corridos are usually sung in a plain style over waltz or march-like rhythms, backed by guitars, accordion and bajo sexto, or by a brass band. The form developed in the 1800s and became widely popular during the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s, when songs carried news of battles and leaders. Later branches include narcocorridos about the drug trade and the trap-influenced corridos tumbados.
Artists it is known for: Los Tigres del Norte, Chalino Sánchez, Los Tucanes de Tijuana.
- Family
- Regional Mexican
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- Mexico, 19th century
- Also called
- corridos
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 4%
About 2,900 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have corrido among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Corrido artists
Fuerza Regida
Junior H
Peso Pluma
Natanael Cano
Eslabon Armado
Grupo Frontera
Tito Double P
Neton Vega
Victor Mendivil
Calle 24
The corrido artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.