From working in the fields to musical success: the brothers of the group Yahritza and their essence triumph without forgetting their origins

A year ago, Yahritza Martínez and her siblings got up early to help their parents pick fruit in the fields and then went to school.

Now they have become the latest musical sensation of the summer with a hit that occupies the first place of the Latin Billboard:

Washington state, the

trio Yahritza y su essence rose to fame last year with a home video of this song that went viral on TikTok.

They now have more than 1 million followers on the social network.

“We just helped them [our parents] pick apples, pears,

Jairo Martínez, one of the brothers who is part of the regional Mexican music band, recalled in an interview with Noticias Telemundo.

Their videos became so popular that they were contacted by record company executives and personalities from the music world.

At just 15 years old, Martínez became the youngest Latin artist to reach number one on the Billboard charts.

"Many people are going to listen to it because they are going through that

," Martínez said in an interview with Noticias Telemundo, referring to the success

, which deals with heartbreak and starting over.

“It's crazy, because it was our first song,” Armando Martínez, 24, who plays the 12-string guitar or docerola, told the Los Angeles Times.

The brothers grew up in a family of Mexican musicians who emigrated to the United States.

Yahritza started singing when she was 5 years old, accompanying her brother Armando,

, who was then 14 years old and played in a band with his father and uncles.

The feeling and power that her high-pitched voice raised surprised her older sister, as she told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview.

"My first song I sang was my

," Martinez told Noticias Telemundo with a laugh.

His older sister, Adriana, told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview that she sang the alphabet song

[Save the mariachi, the goal of this world conference]

Yahritza's music and its essence evokes the corridos of Chalino Sánchez and the sounds of Tierra Caliente, Michoacán, where her parents emigrated from.

A combination of genres of regional Mexican music that has put them at the forefront at their young age.

But despite the fame, the Martínez brothers do not forget their origins or how much their parents have worked to get them ahead.

“God willing, we are going to buy them a house, whatever they want,”

Armando assured.

"I see how tired they are and everything and I don't want them to continue like this," Yahritza added during the interview with Noticias Telemundo.