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Majo Aguilar & Alex Fernández Uniting for “Dos Dinastías, Una Tradición” Tour

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Majo Aguilar and Alex Fernández are coming together for a major tour…

For the first time in music history, the 30-year-old Mexican singer-songwriter and the 30-year-old Mexican singer-songwriter are uniting the two most important dynasties of ranchera music: the Aguilar and Fernández families.

Majo Aguilar, Alex Fernández,Antonio Aguilar’s granddaughter and Vicente Fernández’s grandson have announced a tour together for the fall, which they’ve named Dos Dinastías, Una Tradición.

In addition to the tour, they also announced a new collaboration, “Cuéntame,” which will be released this Thursday, August 8.

“It is very common that in this type of concept there are egos or fights over credits,” Fernández told Billboard Español. “Here everything will be equitable we have an excellent relationship and above all communication.”

“Here no last name outweighs the other,” added Aguilar. “It will be a show where we will take a little piece of Mexico to the United States, so that the public can feel the party and the joy of Mexican music, singing the songs of their idols Don Antonio and Don Vicente, as well as our own songs.”

The tour will kick off on October 25 in Savannah, Georgia and make stops in cities in Tennessee, North Carolina and California, with the first leg ending on November 30 in Redwood City.

More dates will be announced in the near future, according to a statement.

As for the upcoming release, it is a heartbreak ranchera penned by Majo Aguilar that will also be the song that identifies the tour.

“Tell me how it feels to know that you won’t touch my body/ And that no matter how hard you try our relationship is dead/ There’s no turning back,” goes a verse in Spanish.

The music video — which will serve as the intro to the show — was filmed in Monterrey, Mexico under the direction of Gil Cerezo, vocalist and creative director of the Mexican band Kinky, who has previously worked with Majo.

Although both artists manage their careers separately from that of their fathers — fellow Mexican music icons Antonio Aguilar, Jr. and Alejandro Fernández — their opinions on the concept have been very important to them.

“My dad told me that what we are doing is reviving something very wonderful in two very beautiful voices, which bodes a great success,” said Majo.

Alex, for his part, shared the words of his famous father: “I am very happy with what you are doing, I am sure you will be very successful.”

Dos Dinastías, Una Tradición aims to bring traditional Mexican music to new generations.

“Subgenres such as [corridos] tumbados are good that they exist and do well, but it is important to defend tradition,” said Alex. To which Majo added: “I find the new movements that emerge in Mexican music very interesting, but I believe that we should not stop paying attention to our true roots, which are ranchera and banda music, we should not confuse one thing with the other”.

Here are the confirmed dates for Majo Aguilar and Alex Fernández’s Dos Dinastías, Una Tradición tour:

Oct. 25 — Savanna, Ga. — Convention Center
Oct. 26 — Clarksville, Tenn. — Empire Center
Oct. 27 — Wilmington, N.C. — Convention Center
Nov. 22 — Ventura, Calif. — The Majestic Ventura Theatre
Nov. 23 — Fresno, Calif. — Saroyan Theatre
Nov. 24 — Stockton, Calif. — The Bob Hope Theatre
Nov. 27 — Bakersfield, Calif. — The Fox Theater
Nov. 29 — Salinas, Calif. — The Fox Theater
Nov. 30 — Redwood City, Calif. — The Fox Theater

El Fantasma Logs Fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay Chart with “El Soldado Caído”

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El Fantasma is soldiering forward…

The 32-year-old Mexican singer-songwriter has earned his fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart as “El Soldado Caído” takes over atop the October 1-dated list.

El Fantasma“El Soldado Caído” jumps 3-1 and sends Los Rieleros del Norte’s “Cuéntame” to No. 2 after one week atop the list.

El Fantasma earns the Greatest Gainer honors of the week thanks to its 32% increase in audience impressions, to 6.5 million, in the U.S. in the week ending September 25, according to Luminate.

El Fantasma’s new No. 1, released July 1st via Afinarte, arrives a year after the Mexican scored his third leader through a collaboration with Pepe Aguilar: “Tus Desprecios” ruled for one week in September 2021.

Plus, with “El Soldado Caído’s” coronation on Regional Mexican Airplay, Afinarte adds a new No. 1 to its scoreboard on the 27-year-old list. It’s the label’s first champ in almost a year since it took over atop with Los Dos Carnales’ “Yo Soy Rico” for one week in November 2021.

Here’s a recap of Afinarte’s champs on Regional Mexican Airplay:

Dec. 27, 2014, “Levantando Polvadera,” Voz De Mando, (7 weeks At No.1)
June 1, 2019, “Encantadora,” El Fantasma, (4 weeks At No.1)
Sept. 5, 2020, “El Envidioso,” Los Dos Carnales
Aug. 14, 2021, “Soy Buen Amigo,” El Fantasma,
Nov. 20, 2021, “Yo Soy Rico,” Los Dos Carnales
Oct. 1, “Soldado Caído,” El Fantasma

Elsewhere. “El Soldado Caído” pushes to the top 10 on the all-genre Latin Airplay chart, with a 13-9 climb — El Fantasma’s seventh top 10 there.

Los Rieleros del Norte Earn First No. 1 in 14 Years with “Cuéntame”

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Los Rieleros del Norte are back on top after a long time…

The Mexican Grammy-nominated Regional Mexican band returns to the No. 1 spot for the first time in 14 years on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart dated September 24 with “Cuéntame.”

Los Rieleros del NorteIt’s their first single released via Fonovisa after a nearly decade-long break from the label.

The song — released on July 29 — ascends 7-1 in its seventh week with 5.73 million in audience impressions, a 44% gain, earned in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 18, according to Luminate.

It’s the biggest jump to the top in 2022. Which other track has jumped at least 5 rankings this year? “JG,” the team-up by La Adictiva and Luis R. Conriquez, which climbed 6-1 (September 10-dated list).

“Cuéntame” gives Los Rieleros their fifth No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay. It’s their first win in almost a decade and a half, after “A Punto de Llorar” ruled for one week in June 2008.

In between, the El Paso, Texas-based band placed 17 tracks including four top 10s, among those the No. 3-peaking “El Columpio,” with Banda Los Sebastianes and La Maquina Norteña in 2021.

The band first landed at the summit on its fifth chart visit, over two decades ago, when “Te Quiero Mucho” reached No. 1 in 1999. Let’s look at their champs across the years:

Peak, Title, Weeks at No. 1
Oct. 30, 1999, “Te Quiero Mucho,” 10
Dec. 16, 2006, “Dime Quién Es,” 9
Sept. 15, 2007, “Un Juego,” 1
June 14, 2008, “A Punto De Llorar,” 1
Sept. 24, 2022, “Cuéntame”

Elsewhere, “Cuéntame” takes Los Rieleros to upper region on the all-genre Latin Airplay chart. It’s also the band’s fifth top 10 and first since 2008.

Alicia Sanz Signs with Range Media Partners for Talent Management

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Alicia Sanz is expanding her range…

The 33-year-old Spanish actress has signed with Range Media Partners for talent management.

Alicia Sanz

The star of the Amazon Prime series El Cid will continue to be repped by CAA, You Rock Talent; and Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver & Thompson.

Sanz is renowned for her turn as Paloma Iglesias in the second season of El Rey’s From Dusk Till Dawn from Robert Rodriguez.

Sanz is currently shooting Gideon Raff’s bilingual thriller series Now and Then for Apple TV+ opposite Rosie Perez, Maribel Verdú, and Marina de Tavira. Set in Miami with an all-Hispanic cast, the series explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk. Sanz will play Young Sofia, a younger version of Sofia (played by Maribel Verdú), a strong self-made lawyer whose life took an unexpected turn 20 years ago and is now hiding too many secrets.

Sanz starred opposite William Levy in the feature film En Brazos de un Asesino and in the Bradley Parker directed feature, The Devil Below. Other credits include the Netflix feature #Realityhigh, Fox’s Shots Fired, James Cox’ Billionaire Boys Club and the independent thriller, Better Criminal.

Originally from Ceuta, Spain, Sanz landed her first leading role at the age of eight. She went on to make her TV debut as Lucía Elízondo Cortés on Antena3 Network’s hit drama Gavilanes, and subsequently starred in other popular Spanish series’ including Bandolera, Amar Es Para Siempre and Cuentame.

Elisabeth Larena will Star in the Indie Thriller “I Am Not A Bird”

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Elisabeth Larena is flying high…

The 31-year-old Spanish actress will star in the indie thriller I Am Not A Bird.

Elisabeth Larena

Larena will star opposite Carice Van Houten, Andrew Rothney, Kate Easton and Takehiro Hira.

They join star Alexandra Daddario in the film, which has Swedish director William Olsson at the helm of the production, which is underway in Tokyo.

Based on the novel Lost Girls and Love Hotels by Catherine Hanrahan, who adapted the screenplay, the story follows Margaret (Daddario), a young Western woman in the midst of losing herself in the bacchanal of nighttime Tokyo.

Larena most recently starred in the Spanish television series Cuéntame.