Mis Ídolos, Hoy Mis Amigos!!! () is the ninth studio album by Mexican group Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda, released on April 8, 2016, by Fonovisa Records. The album was produced by Álvarez and features a mixture of banda and norteño music. The first three tracks are originals sung as duets with El Coyote ("El Guitarrero"), Pancho Barraza ("Hay Amores"), and Julio Preciado ("Cariñito Cariñito"). The other seventeen tracks are covers of El Coyote's, Barraza's, and Preciado's songs.
Mis Ídolos, Hoy Mis Amigos!!! reached number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. The album was nominated for Best Banda Album at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2016.
Promotion To promote the album, Álvarez launched a 22-City Arena tour, touring throughout the United States. It started on July 15 in San Jose, California.
Commercial reception In the United States, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums charts.[ Julión Álvarez y Su Norteño Banda > Billboard Albums] Allmusic Retrieved May 5, 2016. Mis Ídolos, Hoy Mis Amigos!!! garnered Álvarez a nomination for Best Banda Album at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2016. Mis Ídolos, Hoy Mis Amigos!!! was nominated for Favorite Regional Mexican Album at the Latin American Music Awards of 2016.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2016)PeakpositionUS Billboard 200182US Top Latin Albums (Billboard) 1US Regional Mexican Albums (Billboard)1
Year-end charts Chart (2016)P0sitionUS Top Latin Albums (Billboard)11
See also 2016 in Latin music List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2010s
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