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Los Guaracheros De Oriente
54,574 listeners
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Trío Matamoros
6,273 listeners
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Arsenio Rodríguez
23,392 listeners
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Mi Son
36,447 listeners
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Septeto Nacional
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Celeste Mendoza
10,925 listeners
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Barbarito Torres
18,966 listeners
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Pedro Luis Ferrer
12,152 listeners
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Vieja Trova Santiaguera
55,252 listeners
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