Mexican music in Chile

María José Quintanilla, a Chilean singer of ranchera.

Mexican music enjoys widespread popularity in some social and geographic sectors of Chile. In particular, Mexican music is especially popular among Chilean rural lower classes.[1] Geographically, Mexican music is most popular in south-central Chile, but there are also significant listeners elsewhere, such as in the northern city of La Serena.[2] Mexican corridos are commonly performed in Chilean national day celebrations such as Fiestas Patrias.[3][4]

Mexican music in Chile includes norteño music, a series of styles that originated in the rural northern half of Mexico, as well as the corrido and ranchera genres; all of them are collectively referred as "Mexican music" in Chile.[5] Though other regional styles of Mexican music are represented in Chile, similarly to the Regional Mexican radio format and genre in the United States.

Among the annual Mexican music festivals in Chile are the Festival del Cantar Mexicano Guadalupe del Carmen in Chanco, Festival Internacional de la Voz de la Música Mexicana de Puyehue in Puyehue, and Festival del Cantar Popular Mexicano in La Serena.[2]

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  2. ^ a b Wright, Julio (2015-08-17). "La música mexicana también juega de local en el norte chileno". La Jornada Baja California (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-12.
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  4. ^ Larraín, Jorge (2001). "Identidad chilena y globalización". Identidad Chilena (in Spanish). LOM ediciones. p. 270. ISBN 956-282-399-7.
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