Best Chiquis Rivera songs: Our top 10

Me vale

It was in November 2020 when Janney Marín Rivera, better known as ‘Chiquis’ Rivera, announced her triumphant return to music with a cover of the Mexican rock group Maná. Chiquis described the song as the perfect melody to end a «heavy» year. Backed by the Fonovisa label, ‘Me Vale’ has amassed over 200,000 streams on Spotify.

Mi problema is a great Chiquis song

Released in 2021, Chiquis’s song ‘Mi problema’ was well received. The melody has generated great traffic on YouTube and other streaming music platforms. Not far from the controversy, Chiquis confused the author of the song, Aníbal Pastor, with its original performer, the singer of Mexican origin Marco Antonio Solís, «El Buki».

Vas a volver

In 2018, Jenni Rivera’s eldest daughter released the single ‘Vas a Volver’, the first title of the album ‘Entre botellas’. In this song she tells the story of a woman who has lost her love but, she is sure it will return. The music video, which to date has more than 15 million views on YouTube, is a production in which the lyrics of the song are shared on a stage surrounded by nature.

Paloma blanca

This is one of Chiquis Rivera’s most special songs, since she composed it together with Claudia Alejandra Menkarski in 2014, just two years after the death of her mother, Jenni. In it, she talks about how much she misses «La Diva de la Banda» and, in a way, apologizes for the mistakes or pain she caused her, assuring her that she could never have betrayed her.

Anímate y verás

Twenty nineteen was a good year for Chiquis Rivera as she released one of her most successful singles: ‘Anímate y veras’. She is credited as co-writer along with Gerardo Demara Valenzuela, who died in 2020, and Jerry Demara Jr. On Spotify, the song has been well received, generating more than 800,000 plays, while on YouTube the music video has received approximately 5 million views.

Todo

Without a doubt, 2021 was a great year for Chiquis Rivera. In the midst of the pandemic, she managed to release the song ‘Todo’, a melody that, under the support of Fonovisa, has generated great traffic on YouTube and Spotify. This cheerful melody, belonging to the cumbia genre, was shared on Youtube with a music video produced by No Love Out West. The singer has described the song as ‘a hymn to the modern woman’.

Las destrampadas

The year 2020 saw one of the Chiquis Rivera’s most important releases, ‘Las destrampadas’, which she performed in collaboration with the band performers Ely Quintero and Helen Ochoa. The song’s authors are Emmanuel Castillo Martínez, Adrián Martin Armendariz and Chiquis. With a great reception, the song has accumulated close to a million shares on Spotify.

Quisieran tener mi lugar

If we are talking about special songs, we can’t forget to mention ‘Quisieran tener mi lugar’, a song composed by Jenni Rivera, Chiquis and Luis Antonio Lopez Flores. With ‘Quisieran tener mi lugar’, one of Jenni Rivera’s posthumous hits, Chiquis’received a good reception and attracted more than 2 million listeners on streaming platforms.

La malquerida

Marcela de la Garza, Armando Avila and Gloria Trevi are the composers of this song performed by Janney Rivera in 2014. It was included on the album ‘Ahora’, released in 2015. This is one of the songs from Chiquis that is widely adored by the public, as it has thousands of downloads and more than a million views on Spotify.

Amor eterno with Chiquis

The iconic song by Mexican singer Juan Gabriel has become a farewell anthem for those who have left us, and Chiquis Rivera is no exception. In 2015, she recorded ‘Amor eterno’ to include it on the album ‘Ahora’. With ‘Amor eterno’, Chiquis pays homage to her deceased mother, with whom she had some friction in the last years of her life, but whom she always remembers in her musical appearances.

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