"We're still new in that world," Paz said in an interview with The Times. The singer was a bit bleary after staying up until 7 a.m. writing music, but he was confident that "we have all the tools it takes to be superstars. I feel like it did take a while for Mexican music to be cool, though. I don't feel like it's the Grammys' fault, because they didn't know - it just wasn't as big as it is now."
The Recording Academy began to acknowledge the enormous popularity and influence of this scene, one that's transformed the music of the Americas and beyond. Fuerza Regida may, finally, be up next for hardware.
Even as the genre exploded on TikTok and streaming over the last few years, and made arena stars out of Fuerza Regida, one audience has escaped the 27-year-old Paz (known colloquially as JOP) thus far - Grammy voters.
Despite its local roots, cross-border superstardom and gargantuan streaming figures (right now it has seven singles with more than 100 million plays on Spotify), the band has yet to be nominated for a Grammy - Latin or otherwise.
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