Grupo Duelo Brings Traditional Regional Mexican Music to Latin Music Week: ‘It’s More Alive Than Ever’

Grupo Duelo , one of the most prominent exponents of norteño tejano music, will be part of the Billboard Latin Music Week 2026, representing traditional regional Mexican music.

The band will lead the panel “Los No.

1s” on Tuesday, Oct.

20, at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach, Florida.

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1 hits in the same year for the first time, first with ‘Te Cura El Tiempo’ and then with ‘Para Que Ya No Duela,’” says Oscar Iván Treviño, singer and leader of Duelo.

“Talking about that and sharing the group Duelo’s story with attendees excites me.” “It’s also very important for the Latin audience to know that traditional regional Mexican music is more alive than ever, not just what’s trendy,” he adds.

Duelo has been a dominant force on the Billboard charts since 2004, earning 17 chart entries, 12 songs or albums in the top 10, and three albums that reached No.

1.

The group’s eighth studio album, Necesito Más De Ti , topped Regional Mexican Albums for two weeks in 2009, while its 52 entries on Regional Mexican Airplay include 15 top 10s and six No.

1 hits — the most recent ones this year “Te Cura El Tiempo” and “Para Que Ya No Duela” from its 2026 album Gravedad .

The band, which emerged in the early ‘90s, represents — along with Intocable and Pesado — the wave that modernized the genre, after it expanded, thanks to icons like Los Tigres del Norte, Los Invasores de Nuevo León and Los Cadetes de Linares.

“Within norteño music, there are many styles.

Intocable has theirs, Duelo has ours, and now Grupo Frontera has theirs.