Gabito Ballesteros

About

Gabriel “Gabito” Ballesteros Abril (born 23 July 1999) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and record producer. He is considered one of the rising acts in the corridos tumbados movement, following in the footsteps of artists such as Peso Pluma, Natanael Cano, and Junior H. He is best known for collaborating with these artists on singles such as “AMG” in 2022 and “Lady Gaga” in 2023, both of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 1 in Mexico. Ballesteros also collaborated with Becky G in the 2023 single, “La Nena”.

Gabito Ballesteros Abril was born on 23 July 1999 in Cumpas, Sonora, to Gabriel Ballesteros Guzmán and Mónica Abril Medina, both from Cumpas. He has two sisters. At the age of eight, Ballesteros was taught to play guitar by his mother and he began playing in a choir at the local Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe church. When he was nine, he joined a children’s mariachi band formed by the priest that played at religious celebrations in town. Ballesteros soon learned to play other instruments such as the trumpet, violin, and vihuela, but was chosen as the group’s lead vocalist after a rendition of “El Rey”. He led the group to local notoriety…