Chino Pacas
{{Short description|Mexican singer–songwriter (born 2006)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Family name hatnote|Ávila|Vega|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| birth_name = Cristian Humberto Ávila Vega
| genre = Regional Mexican, urban sierreño, corridos tumbados
| years_active = 2022–present
| label = {{Hlist|Street Mob|PFL|Geffen}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|10|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato, Mexico
}}
Cristian Humberto Ávila Vega (born 18 October 2006), better known by his stage name Chino Pacas, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. Specializing in the urban sierreño subgenre, his international fame began in 2023 when he signed with the Street Mob record company and released his debut single "El Gordo Trae El Mando". The song was met with immediate vitality on TikTok before debuting at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100, making him the youngest Mexican artist — at age 16 — to enter your chart.{{cite web|title=Billboard Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/|magazine=Billboard|date=28 March 2023|accessdate=27 October 2023|archive-date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125143214/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/espanol/musica/chino-pacas-debuta-hot-100-gordo-trae-el-mando-1235295746/|title=Chino Pacas debuta en el Hot 100 con 'El gordo trae el mando'|accessdate=27 October 2023|last=Zellner|first=Xander|date=30 March 2023|magazine=Billboard|language=es-ES|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023040016/https://www.billboard.com/espanol/musica/chino-pacas-debuta-hot-100-gordo-trae-el-mando-1235295746/|url-status=live}} Ávila is considered one of the artists modernizing the genre for younger generations.{{cite web|last=Ortíz|first=Ivonne|title=Chino Pacas de León busca 'poner su sello' al regional mexicano desde el Bajío|url=https://www.periodicocorreo.com.mx/leon/chino-pacas-de-leon-busca-poner-su-sello-al-regional-mexicano-desde-el-bajio-20230329-70842.html|magazine=Periódico Correo|date=29 March 2023|accessdate=27 October 2023|archive-date=29 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329154412/https://www.periodicocorreo.com.mx/amp/leon/chino-pacas-de-leon-busca-poner-su-sello-al-regional-mexicano-desde-el-bajio-20230329-70842.html|url-status=live}} He signed with Geffen Records to release his debut studio album, Que Sigan Llegando las Pacas (2024).
Life and career
Ávila Vega was born in the city of Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato, Mexico. At the age of 10, he played guitar in the rondalla of his school but did not sing because he was shy,{{Cite web|url=https://iconosmagazine.net/project/chino-pacas/|title=Entrevistas: Chino Pacas|access-date=27 October 2023|date=24 July 2023|website=Iconos Magazine|language=es|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023120350/https://iconosmagazine.net/project/chino-pacas/|url-status=live}} an activity that he did do but in a choir of the church he attended. At the age of 12, he moved with his mother and older brother, Diego Vega, known as Turo Pacas, to Tampa, Florida, United States, where he worked in construction without continuing his studies.
In August 2023, he collaborated in the hit "Qué Onda" with Calle 24 and Fuerza Regida, a song that gave his third entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/espanol/musica/calle-24-que-onda-fuerza-regida-chino-pacas-hot-100-entrevista-1235428436/|title=Cómo Calle 24 convirtió una colaboración fallida en un éxito del Hot 100|access-date=27 October 2023|last=Raygoza|first=Isabela|date=29 September 2023|magazine=Billboard|language=es|archive-date=22 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022112208/https://www.billboard.com/espanol/musica/calle-24-que-onda-fuerza-regida-chino-pacas-hot-100-entrevista-1235428436/|url-status=live}} At the end of the same month, he released the song "Que Sigan Llegando Las Pacas" along with a music video recorded in Los Angeles where images of a concert by Canadian singer Drake can be seen.{{cite web|url=http://wowlarevista.com/chino-pacas-lanza-su-nuevo-sencillo-que-sigan-llegando-las-pacas/|title=CHINO PACAS lanza su nuevo sencillo "Que Sigan Llegando Las Pacas"|access-date=27 October 2023|author=Bolivar Feijoo|date=2 September 2023|website=WOW La Revista}} El Debate reported, "[the song] offers a potent combination of authenticity and bravado."{{cite web|url=https://www.debate.com.mx/show/Corridos-tumbados-Chino-Pacas-lanza-su-nuevo-sencillo-producido-por-Jesus-Ortiz-de-Fuerza-Regida-20230917-0150.html|title=Chino Pacas lanza el sencillo "Que sigan llegando las pacas"|access-date=27 October 2023|last=Inzunza|first=Francisco|date=17 September 2023|website=El Debate (México)}} The media outlet ContraRéplica described it as "a fiery song with its peculiar urban style."{{cite web|url=https://www.contrareplica.mx/nota-Chino-Pacas-y-el-viaje-de-su-vida-en-Que-sigan-llegando-las-pacas--2023199|title=Chino Pacas y el viaje de su vida en Que sigan llegando las pacas|access-date=27 October 2023|date=1 September 2023|website=ContraRéplica|language=es|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023073950/https://www.contrareplica.mx/nota-Chino-Pacas-y-el-viaje-de-su-vida-en-Que-sigan-llegando-las-pacas--2023199|url-status=live}}
In September 2023, he received the nomination for Artist of the Year – Debut at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, alongside artists such as Bizarrap, Yng Lvcas, Grupo Frontera and Peso Pluma. This being the first nomination of his career.{{cite web|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/10/04/lista-de-nominados-billboard-latin-music-awards-2023-orix/|title=Estos son los nominados a los premios Billboard Latin Music Awards 2023 por categorías|access-date=27 October 2023|last=Esquivel|first=Karen|date=4 October 2023|website=CNN|language=es|archive-date=28 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028104258/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/10/04/lista-de-nominados-billboard-latin-music-awards-2023-orix/|url-status=live}} In mid-October, he released his next single "Como Pancho Villa," with which he continued to blend guitar and bass sounds with the traditional corrido sound, the East Portland website highlighting his "unique" deep voice in the song and his vocals.{{cite web|url=https://www.eastportlandblog.com/2023/10/15/rising-regional-mexican-artist-chino-pacas-releases-nostalgic-corrido-como-pancho-villa/|title=Rising Regional Mexican Artist Chino Pacas Releases Nostalgic Corrido "Como Pancho Villa"|access-date=27 October 2023|website=East Portland Blog|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023040129/https://www.eastportlandblog.com/2023/10/15/rising-regional-mexican-artist-chino-pacas-releases-nostalgic-corrido-como-pancho-villa/|url-status=live}} At the end of the month, he appeared in the song "Plvo Blnco" from Fuerza Regida's eighth studio album Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/espanol/entretenimiento/articulo/2023-10-19/gloria-trevi-grupo-frontera-anitta-y-fuerza-regida-destacan-en-las-novedades-musicales-de-la-semana|title=Gloria Trevi, Grupo Frontera, Anitta y Fuerza Regida destacan en las novedades musicales de la semana|accessdate=27 October 2023|last=Calle|first=Tommy|date=20 October 2023|website=Los Angeles Times|language=es|archive-date=27 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027023450/https://www.latimes.com/espanol/entretenimiento/articulo/2023-10-19/gloria-trevi-grupo-frontera-anitta-y-fuerza-regida-destacan-en-las-novedades-musicales-de-la-semana|url-status=live}}
Legal issues
On 16 July 2023, after a performance as a special guest at a concert by Fuerza Regida, the car that Ávila was being transported in was stopped for allegedly not stopping at a stop sign and he was detained, not arrested, by the Los Angeles Police Department. Diego Millán, vocalist of Calle 24, Jesús Ortíz Paz and the latter's manager were also detained. Hours later they were released except for the manager, as the gun was his property and he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest.{{Cite web|url=https://periodicocorreo.com.mx/seguridad/detienen-a-cantante-de-guanajuato-chino-pacas-en-california-por-portar-arma-20230716-77772.html|title=Detienen a cantante de Guanajuato Chino Pacas en California por portar arma|access-date=27 October 2023|date=16 July 2023|website=Periódico Correo|language=es|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023040018/https://periodicocorreo.com.mx/seguridad/detienen-a-cantante-de-guanajuato-chino-pacas-en-california-por-portar-arma-20230716-77772.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/famosos/arresto-concierto-fuerza-regida-chino-pacas-calle-24|title=Detiene policía a artistas de regional mexicano "a punta de pistola" tras dar show con Fuerza Regida|accessdate=27 October 2023|last=Navarro|first=Sergio Humberto|website=Univision|language=es|archive-date=23 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023041700/https://www.univision.com/famosos/arresto-concierto-fuerza-regida-chino-pacas-calle-24|url-status=live}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
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|+ List of studio albums with selected details and peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US {{cite tweet|user=billboardcharts|number=1850981232374669628|title=Debuts on this week's #Billboard200...|date=28 October 2024|access-date=29 October 2024}} |
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| scope="row"| Que Sigan Llegando las Pacas
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= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, certifications and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| MEX Peak positions in Mexico:
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"| US
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| WW
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| scope="row" | "El Gordo Trae el Mando"
| rowspan="6" | 2023 | 7 || 58 || 11 || 44 |
| Que Sigan Llegando las Pacas |
| scope="row" | "Negro Como la Pantera" {{small|(with Calle 24)}} | — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Dijeron Que No La Iba Lograr" {{small|(with Fuerza Regida)}} | 14 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Dijeron Que No La Iba Lograr" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles/2023-04-01/|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100: Week of April 1, 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=16 October 2024}}}} || 15 || 108 | | Que Sigan Llegando las Pacas |
| scope="row" | "Qué Onda" {{small|(with Calle 24 and Fuerza Regida)}} | 1 || 61 || 8 || 26 | | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row" | "Apaga el Cel" {{small|(with Calle 24)}} | — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Elvira" {{small|(with Óscar Maydon and Gabito Ballesteros)}} | 9 || — || 24 || 190 |
| Distorsión |
| scope="row" | "Que Sigan Llegando las Pacas"
| rowspan="2" | 2024 | — || — || — || — | | rowspan="2" | Que Sigan Llegando las Pacas |
| scope="row" | "Modo Capone"{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/852038-drake-chino-pacas-modo-capone-stream |title=Drake Tries A New Style On The Chino Pacas Single "Modo Capone" | website=HotNewHipHop|date=October 18, 2024 |author=Elias Andrews}} {{small|(with Fuerza Regida and Drake)}} | — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Modo Capone" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles/2024-11-02/|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100: Week of November 2, 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=29 October 2024}}}} || 11 || — |
Notes
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