Calibre 50 Celebrates Its Historic 28th No. 1 Hit at Billboard’s First-Ever Mazatlán Pop-Up Moment

Billboard hosted the event at the birthplace of banda music to honor the regional Mexican band.

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Calibre 50’s performance is part of the Billboard “Milestone Moment Pop-Up” series, hosted by Billboard and Calibre 50’s label Fono.

For the first time ever, Billboard celebrated an exclusive Milestone Pop-Up Moment outside the United States — in the beautiful Mazatlán, a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Located on the Pacific Coast, opposite the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula, Mazatlán is known as the birthplace of banda music in the region.

Calibre 50 is a regional Mexican band that formed in 2010 in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The band emerged from the vibrant Sinaloa music scene, blending norteño and banda traditions. Celebrating its new achievements in Mazatlán — the heart of Sinaloan music — was particularly meaningful, especially as the group reached an impressive milestone of 28 chart-topping hits on the Regional Mexican Airplay tally, as of March 2026.