For the first time in history, two Spanish-language albums topped the albums chart in the United States last month. Not unusually, Bad Bunny claimed the No. 1 spot. But making an impressive showing at No. 2 was “111Xpantia,” the ninth album by Fuerza Regida — a five-member regional Mexican band with deep roots in San Bernardino, Calif.
With a population of nearly 70% Latinos, San Bernardino is where Fuerza Regida earned its wings, performing at parties and events starting in 2017 until they became local and then national celebrities. With a fierce loyalty to his homebase, frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz,
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