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A very well-known form of regional music in Mexico is the
norteño style. Its origins are with the corrido ballads that are
sung along the US-Mexico border. This music style contains a hybridization
of many other styles: waltz, polka, mazurka, cumbia, tejano,
country music, vallenato, etc. There is no single norteño
music form, but there are probably as many styles as there are artists. The
popularity of norteño music may be due to the lyrics, which is
typically a story about 'common' people, such as illegal immigrants,
small-time drug dealers (narcotraficantes) , jilted lovers, corrupt
public officials, etc. Grupera music is a term that is sometimes used
to include both the norteño and tejano styles as well as
tropical and romantic pop styles. Perhaps the distinction of grupera
from norteño is more on account of the romantic, apolitical lyrics.
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