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Celso Piña

Mexican singer and accordionist

Mexico • 1953-04-06 – 2019-08-21

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Biography

Celso Piña Arvizu (April 6, 1953 – August 21, 2019) was a Mexican singer, composer and accordionist, mainly in the genre of cumbia, being one of the most important musicians in the style of "cumbia rebajada". Piña was a pioneer in the mixture and fusion of tropical sounds, with many of his works having elements of cumbia, regional Mexicano, cumbia sonidera, ska, reggae, rap/hip-hop, R&B, etc. Piña is also known as El Rebelde del acordeón or the Cacique de la Campana.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

48 releases · 15 albums · active 1985–2019

  • Performance · 104
  • Production · 6
  • Other credits · 2

Studios: Soundworks Recording Studio, New York · Suite 66 Estudios · Kinky Studios, Los Angeles, CA · Artico Estudio, Ciudad de México

Frequent collaborators

  • Los Angeles Azules
  • Mexican Dubwiser
  • Estopa
  • Lila Downs
  • Pesado
  • The Iguanas
  • Bacilos
  • Gloria Trevi

Around the web

Celso Piña · Gatefold