![]() ![]() ![]() Across 14 tracks, Pluma marries contemporary swagger with traditional corridos tumbados, bringing the colorful and once-maligned music to the masses - and making it all his own in the same breath. Leading the charge is Peso Pluma, whose third studio album, “Génesis,” became the highest-charting regional Mexican album of all time. As Carín León told The Associated Press earlier this year, it is no longer “regional,” but “global” music. The year belongs to regional Mexican artists, who brought their banda, norteño, mariachi, sierreño and more to geographies well beyond Mexico and the southwest U.S. This cover image released by Dead Oceans shows “Rat Saw God” by Wednesday. Instead of embracing the antiquated practice of ranking very different albums against one another, we’re celebrating the best next to the best. (SZA’s “SOS” released in December 2022, Ice Spice’s “Like…?” isn’t a full-length release, and the 11 Grammy nominations for “Barbie the Album” is recognition enough.) It was a blockbuster year across genres, but only a few could make AP’s list. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ten of the top albums of the year, as chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman. ![]() Free Press 101: How we practise journalism. ![]()
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