Jefe de Jefes

Jefe de Jefes
Studio album by Los Tigres del Norte
Released	June 17, 1997
Genre	Norteño
Length	63:38
Label	Fonovisa
Los Tigres del Norte chronology
Unidos Para Siempre (1996) Jefe de Jefes (1997) Así Como Tú (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Jefe de Jefes ("Boss of Bosses") is a studio album released by Regional Mexican band Los Tigres del Norte. This album became their first number-one set on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, and received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album and Regional Mexican Album of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards of 1998.^[2]

Track listing

The information from Billboard.^[3]

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jefe de Jefes"	Teodoro Bello	3:35
2.	"El Sucesor"	Jessie Armenta	3:03
3.	"Por Debajo del Agua"	Bello	3:18
4.	"El Dolor de un Padre"	Armenta	3:38
5.	"También las Mujeres Pueden"	Frank Quintero	3:39
6.	"El Rengo del Gallo Giro"	Bello	3:07
7.	"Carne Quemada"	Bello	2:56
8.	"Mis Dos Patrias"	Enrique Valencia	3:33
9.	"El Prisionero"	Armenta	3:23
10.	"El Mojado Acaudalado"	Bello	3:43

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ni Aqui Ni Alla"	Armenta	3:35
2.	"El Tarasco"	Paulino Vargas	3:42
3.	"La Paloma"	Sebastian Yradier	3:06
4.	"Jesus Amado"	Bello	3:09
5.	"Lo Que Sembre Alla en la Sierra"	Bello	3:01
6.	"El Plantón"	Bello	3:26
7.	"Las Novias del Traficante"	Francisco Quintero	3:15
8.	"El General"	Ricardo Ibarra, Bello	3:27
9.	"El Mojado Acaudalado (Acoustic)"	Bello	4:35

Personnel

• Eduardo Hernández — arranger, art direction, mixing
• James Dean — engineer, mastering, mixing
• Arjan McNamara — mastering
• Joseph Pope — assistant engineer
• Los Tigres del Norte — mixing
• Hernán Hernández — band member
• Jorge Hernández — band member
• Luis Hernández — band member
• Oscar Lara — band member
• Alan Silfen — photography
• John Coulter — graphic design
• Erin Flanagan — stylist
• Bill Hernández — wardrobe

Chart performance

Chart (1997)[4]	Peak position
US Billboard Top Latin Albums	1
US Billboard Regional Mexican Albums	1
US Billboard Top Heatseekers	5
US Billboard 200	149

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 1997

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Album Review: Jefe de Jefes". All Music. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
2. Barquero, Christopher (1998). "Premios Lo Nuestro: Los galardones a la música latina serán entregados en mayo próximo". La Nación (in Spanish). Grupo Nación GN, S.A. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
3. "Jefe de Jefes". Billboard. Nielsen Business, Inc. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
4. "Jefe de Jefes". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
5. "American album certifications – Los Tigres del Norte – Jefe de Jefes". Recording Industry Association of America.