Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Tejano music (Spanish: música tejana), also known as Tex-Mex music, is a popular music style fusing Mexican influences.Its evolution began in northern Mexico (a variation of regional Mexican music known as norteño).
The Tejano Music Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Tejano Music Awards, whose mission is to recognize the most talented performers of the genre. Songs nominated for the category are also eligible to be nominated for Single of the Year , and genre-specific categories Tejano Crossover , Mexican Regional Song , and ...
The current title has been used since 2001. From 1993 to 1998 Tejano was included in the award for Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance. The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, this category and Best Regional Mexican Album merged to form the Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album category.
The Billboard Regional Mexican Songs chart ranks the best-performing Regional Mexican singles in the United States. Published weekly by Billboard magazine, it ranks the "most popular regional Mexican songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music ".
Amor Prohibido is a Tejano cumbia album modernized with a synthesizer-rich delivery using a minimalist style that was quintessential in early 1990s Tejano music. The album's songs deal with dysfunctional and volatile relationships; its lyrics explore unrequited love, infidelity, and social division.
The 16th Tejano Music Awards were held in 1996. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The Tejano Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony recognizing Tejano music musicians.
Tejano music legend and pioneer Little Joe received the National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment of the Arts and spoke to NBC News about his life and career.
The Tejano Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year is an honor presented to female Tejano music recording artists. The Tejano Music Awards, first bestowed in 1981, was established to recognize the most talented performers of the genre—a subcategory of regional Mexican music, with roots in the music of early European settlers in Texas. [1]