El Comienzo

Grupo Frontera was formed in 2019 and they created their YouTube channel in 2022, where they released their debut single "La Plata" in April. That same month, they released their second single "No Se Va"; a cover of Morat's original song, which eventually became a hit for the band, and their first hit single.{{Cite web |last=López |first=Angie Salazar |date=2022-10-20 |title=Historia y biografía de Grupo Frontera |url=https://historia-biografia.com/grupo-frontera/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Historia y biografía de |language=es}} After their rise in popularity, they kept releasing other singles, usually with other artists.

At the end of July 2023, the Grupo Frontera announced that their debut album, along with the cover would be released on August 3, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-02 |title=¿Cuándo sale el álbum "El Comienzo" de Grupo Frontera y cuáles son las canciones? |url=https://spoiler.bolavip.com/amp/musica/cuando-sale-el-album-el-comienzo-de-grupo-frontera-y-cuales-son-las-canciones-20230802-SPO-18532.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Bolavip Spoiler |language=es-ES}}{{Citation |title=Aquí comenzó todo 🏠#shorts #grupofrontera | date=26 July 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMxmftAf4c |access-date=2023-08-02 |language=en}}{{Citation |title="El Comienzo" Nuevo Álbum de Grupo Frontera este 3 de Agosto #shorts #elcomienzo | date=27 July 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO-5kFWjM58 |access-date=2023-08-02 |language=en}} On August 1, the track listing was revealed, with a total of 12 songs.{{Citation |title=Grupo Frontera - El Comienzo (Album Trailer) | date=August 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gM9iJ1U4v0 |access-date=2023-08-02 |language=en}}

On October 19, 2023, Grupo Frontera was announced to be the next artist featured in the Apple Music Up Next series.{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Jeanette |title=Grupo Frontera Is Apple Music's Newest Up Next Artist |url=https://remezcla.com/music/grupo-frontera-is-apple-musics-newest-up-next-artist/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |work=Remezcla |date=October 19, 2023}} This was accompanied by the release of the Apple Music Edition of the album, which features the additional single "Amor Propio".{{cite news |last1=Calle |first1=Tommy |title=Gloria Trevi, Grupo Frontera, Anitta y Fuerza Regida destacan en las novedades musicales de la semana |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 |access-date=October 21, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 19, 2023 |language=es}} The song would be released on other platforms as a standalone single.

An album of 12 songs, it has collaborations with Bad Bunny, Junior H, Yahritza y Su Esencia, Manuel Turizo, Grupo Firme, Carín León, and Ke Personajes. Although there are 12 songs in the album, the sixth track it had no song and it wasn't until three weeks after the album's release that the song was revealed.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title='De lunes a lunes', así suena el adelanto del nuevo temazo de Manuel Turizo junto a Grupo Frontera |url=https://www.megastar.fm/musica/tus-artistas/noticias/lunes-lunes-asi-suena-adelanto-del-nuevo-temazo-manuel-turizo-junto-grupo-frontera-20230821_2862889 |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=MegaStarFM |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=soy.grupero |date=2023-08-02 |title=Grupo Frontera lanzará su primer álbum, 'El Comienzo' |url=https://somosnews.com.mx/entretenimiento/grupo-frontera-lanzara-el-comienzo-su-primer-album/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Somos News |language=en}}

{{Multiple image

| align = left

| image1 = Bad Bunny 2019 by Glenn Francis (cropped).jpg

| width1 = 150

| alt1 =

| caption1 =

| image2 = JrHConcierto.jpg

| width2 = 160

| alt2 =

| caption2 =

| footer = Bad Bunny (left) provides vocals on "Un x100to" and Junior H (right) provides vocals on "En Altavoz", respectively.

}}

El Comienzo begins with its first track "No Se Va", the first major success that Grupo Frontera had achieved during 2022. The song itself is a norteño cumbia.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/grupo-frontera-el-comienzo-album-review/|title=On Debut Album 'El Comienzo,' Grupo Frontera Breaks the Rules|last=Almazan|first=José|date=August 8, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2023|magazine=Texas Monthly}} The norteño cumbia sound continues on the second track "Un x100to" with Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny, which was a major hit single in 2023.{{Cite magazine|url=https://remezcla.com/music/listen-grupo-fronteras-highly-anticipated-debut-album-is-finally-here/|title=LISTEN: Grupo Frontera's Highly Anticipated Debut Album Is Finally Here|last=Lopez|first=Grecia|date=August 3, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2023|magazine=Remezcla}} The third track "En Altavoz", a collaboration with urban sierreño artist Junior H, is a ranchera with accordion, bajo quinto, tololoche, and alto horns; this last instrument giving the song a Sinaloa-style sound instead of Grupo Frontera's Nuevo León style.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.latimes.com/espanol/entretenimiento/articulo/2023-08-26/grupo-frontera-vive-sueno-con-album-y-proximo-concierto-en-el-zocalo|title=Grupo Frontera vive sueño con álbum y próximo concierto en el Zócalo|last=Bautista|first=Bereince|date=August 26, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2023|magazine=Los Angeles Times|lang=es}} On the fourth track "Cansado de Sufrir", Grupo Frontera returns to the sound of norteño cumbia. The fifth track "Las Flores" with the band Yahritza y su Esencia, is a grupero bolero, in which the band had stated that it is their favorite song on the album.{{Citation |title=LAS FLORES ft. @YahritzaYSuEsencia es nuestra canción favorita de "El Comienzo" #shorts | date=2 August 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8RqMSXkEUo |access-date=2023-08-04 |language=en}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/grupo-frontera-el-comienzo-interview-1234800656/|title=Grupo Frontera Breaks Down Songs From 'El Comienzo' Album|last=Mier|first=Tomás|date=August 4, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone}} The sixth track "De Lunes a Lunes" with the Colombian singer Manuel Turizo, is also a norteño cumbia and is about heartbreak.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/manuel-turizo-grupo-frontera-de-lunes-a-lunes-1234812041/|title=Manuel Turizo and Grupo Frontera Release 'De Lunes a Lunes'|last=Lopez|first=Julyssa|date=August 24, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://remezcla.com/music/watch-grupo-fronteras-mystery-album-song-is-a-collaboration-with-manuel-turizo/|title=WATCH: Grupo Frontera's Mystery Album Song Is a Collaboration With Manuel Turizo|last=Villa|first=Lucas|date=August 24, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2023|magazine=Remezcla}}

On the seventh track "Me Gustas", Grupo Frontera once again performs a ranchera with accordion, bajo quinto, tololoche, and alto horns. The eighth track "El Amor de Su Vida" features the band Grupo Firme, where they also return to the norteño cumbia genre.{{Cite magazine|url=https://remezcla.com/music/watch-grupo-frontera-grupo-firmes-eduin-caz-lose-el-amor-de-su-vida/|title=WATCH: Grupo Frontera & Grupo Firme's Eduin Caz Lose 'EL AMOR DE SU VIDA'|last=Hernandez|first=Jeanette|date=August 4, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2023|magazine=Remezcla}} Grupo Frontera performs a country-style ballad with the ninth track on the album "Cuídala". They then return to a norteño cumbia on the tenth track "Que Vuelvas" with Carín León. Said song was released at the end of 2022 and achieved major success in 2023. The eleventh track "Le Va Doler" is another norteño cumbia and the twelfth and final track "Ojitos Rojos" featuring the Argentine ensemble Ke Personajes, is a villera cumbia.{{Cite magazine|url=https://remezcla.com/music/watch-grupo-frontera-enlists-ke-personajes-for-ultimate-post-breakup-anthem-ojitos-rojos/|title=WATCH: Grupo Frontera Enlists Ke Personajes For Ultimate Post-Breakup Anthem 'Ojitos Rojos'|last=Hernandez|first=Jeanette|date=July 20, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2023|magazine=Remezcla}}

{{Clear|left}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| headline = El Comienzo track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = No Se Va

| length1 = 3:14

| writer1 = {{Hlist|Andrés Torres|Mauricio Rengifo|Juan Pablo Isaza|Juan Pablo Villamil|Martín Vargas|Simón Vargas}}

| extra1 =

| title2 = Un x100to

| note2 = with Bad Bunny

| length2 = 3:15

| writer2 = {{Hlist|Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio|Edgar Barrera|Marcos Borrero|Andrés Jael Correa Ríos}}

| extra2 = {{Hlist|Barrera|MAG}}

| title3 = En Altavoz

| note3 = with Junior H

| length3 = 2:47

| writer3 = {{Hlist|Barrera|Horacio Palencia|Nathan Galante|René Humberto Lau}}

| extra3 = Barrera

| title4 = Cansado de Sufrir

| length4 = 2:30

| writer4 = {{Hlist|Barrera|Ríos}}

| extra4 = Barrera

| title5 = Las Flores

| note5 = with Yahritza y Su Esencia

| length5 = 2:47

| writer5 = {{Hlist|Barrera|Yahritza Martínez}}

| extra5 = Barrera

| title6 = De Lunes a Lunes

| note6 = with Manuel Turizo

| length6 = 3:08

| writer6 = {{Hlist|Manuel Turizo|Barrera|Maikel Rafael Rico Torres|Mario Alberto Daza Altamar|Juan Diego Melina Vélez|Julián Turizo}}

| extra6 = Barrera

| title7 = Me Gustas

| length7 = 2:34

| writer7 = {{Hlist|Lau|Jesús Caballero}}

| extra7 = Barrera

| title8 = El Amor de Su Vida

| note8 = with Grupo Firme

| length8 = 2:46

| writer8 = {{Hlist|Barrera|Kevyn Mauricio Cruz}}

| extra8 = Barrera

| title9 = Cuídala

| length9 = 2:44

| writer9 = {{Hlist|Barrera|Andrea Elena Mangiamarchi|Manuel Lorente}}

| extra9 = Barrera

| title10 = Que Vuelvas

| note10 = with Carín León

| length10 = 2:49

| writer10 = Barrera

| extra10 = Barrera

| title11 = Le Va Doler

| length11 = 2:34

| writer11 = {{Hlist|Barrera|Cruz|Cristian Camilo Ortíz}}

| extra11 = Barrera

| title12 = Ojitos Rojos

| note12 = with Ke Personajes

| length12 = 3:42

| writer12 = {{Hlist|Barrera|Horacio Palencia|Diego Bollella Urtusastegui}}

| extra12 = Barrera

| total_length = 34:46

}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| headline = Apple Music Edition bonus tracks

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = Amor Propio

| length13 = 3:14

| writer13 = {{Hlist|Barrera|Cruz}}

| extra13 = Barrera

| title14 = Up Next: Grupo Frontera

| length14 = 5:57

| total_length = 43:57

}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

{{col-2}}

{{col-end}}

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for El Comienzo}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|title=El Comienzo|artist=Grupo Frontera|type=album|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|access-date=October 26, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments=true|nosales=true}}

{{Reflist}}

{{Grupo Frontera}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Comienzo, El}}

Category:Grupo Frontera albums

Category:2023 debut albums

Category:2020s Spanish-language albums