Vicente Fernández

El Rey del Ranchera — the uncontested king of Mexican regional music — sold over 50 million albums, won three Grammy and nine Latin Grammy awards, and his annual concerts at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City defined the largest recurring live music event in Mexican cultural life for four decades. His 2009 retirement concert drew 100,000 people to the Foro Sol in the largest paid audience in Mexican music history.