Grupo Codiciado were a Tijuana-based quintet who helped push the modern corrido sound, updating the traditional Mexican ballad with driving drums, electrified bajo sexto, and blistering accordion. Formed in 2015, they broke through with one song that put them on the map.
"Gente de Accionar", their first hit, cracked the top 40 of Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart in 2016, a defiant anthem of perseverance and rising from nothing that became their signature with audiences across the corridos scene.
On streaming, "Gente de Accionar" sits near 309 million plays, while their next most-streamed track, "Paso a Paso", trails at around 47 million. That puts the ratio above 6, past our 5.0 line.
By our measure Grupo Codiciado are a certified one-hit wonder, with the caveat that they were a working band with a real catalogue and a loyal regional following before splitting in 2021, after which their lead singer continued as a solo artist. It is simply that one breakthrough corrido reached far beyond the rest of their songs, and on streams it has stayed well ahead of a body of work that fans of the genre know much more widely.