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CRISTIAN Album ∙ Música Mexicana ∙ 2025 Chino Pacas In 2024, when Chino Pacas dropped  Que Sigan Llegando Las Pacas , he couldn’t have had a bigger spotlight on him. A major-label full-length debut backed by Drake and Fuerza Regida, with prominent features from both, swiftly put the rising teenage star in an enviable position. Less than a year later, he returns with a sophomore album intended to further elevate his standing in the música mexicana scene and to better differentiate himself from the current profusion of viral sensations. If  CRISTIAN  is any indication, Chino Pacas has a great deal to offer his listeners in the coming years. A robust follow-up with high-profile guests like Luis R Conriquez and Tito Double P, it situates the young artist within styles both familiar and favorable. There is, of course, an ample selection of corridos, beginning with “CHAMAQUITO” and carrying into even more defiant and evocative expressions like “ZUMBANDO” and the standout “FLOTA...

Que Sigan Llegando Las Pacas Album ∙ Latin ∙ 2024 Chino Pacas “Everything happened so fast,” Chino Pacas tells Apple Music. “It’s been a short while, but even my voice has changed. The transition of adolescence has become noticeable.” Cristian Humberto Ávila, the boy from Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato, was only 16 when he decided to record his first song: “El Gordo Trae El Mando” was a corrido that someone had commissioned from him, and he decided to share it online on a whim. Soon after, he had signed a record deal and collaborated with major genre artists, and his future seemed bright. “ Ya no la bajo y ni pienso bajar   [I’m not going down, don’t even think about it],” he sings on “Dijeron Que No La Iba Lograr,” a statement of purpose that is now confirmed with the release of his first album. On the day of his 18th birthday, Pacas dropped   Que Sigan Llegando Las Pacas , his full-length debut and an official landing in the major leagues. The album assembles his most notorious ...