Intocable

Intocable rose to mass popularity in the late '90s and arguably became the most successful Tejano act of their day. Intocable's style of Tejano is undeniably norteño in nature, driven by polka rhythms and heavily accented by accordion. The group even fashions itself as norteño (i.e., the cowboy look). However, their Texan roots and frontman Ricky Muñoz's gift for graceful pop melodies, among other subtleties, differentiate them from more traditional genre acts such as Los Tigres del Norte and Conjunto Primavera. Intocable established themselves as one of the most steadily popular and commercially successful regional Mexican acts of their day with recordings such as 1999's number one Contigo. Followed by a pair of chart-topping albums in 2003 -- Crossroads: Cruce de Caminos, and La Historia, established a pattern for the group. In all, nine of their albums peaked at either one or two on the Latin Albums chart and ten…