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- Shakira. From her pop-folk beginnings as a teenager to the power and sensuality of her thirties and forties, Shakira has always represented Colombia with excellence.
- Rubén Blades. He’s one of the last remaining legends from the golden age of salsa. Politically sensitive, charismatic, intelligent, and a worthy representative of Latin American identity around the world, Blades has become one of modern music’s most important figures.
- Bad Bunny. He’s a 21st-century man, the most widely recognized Puerto Rican, and one of its greatest sources of pride. Benito is a person who focuses on his language, culture, history, and values, all of which have made him one of the biggest stars in the music world today.
- Camila Cabello. Only 25 years old, Cabello has already enjoyed resounding success, from her streaming music presence to industry accolades such as two Latin Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and a Billboard Music Award.
Nov 29, 2023 · It's a genre of regional Mexican music called sierreno, and it's become such a social and musical phenomenon that our friends at the Alt.Latino podcast wanted to try and figure out why this music ...
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Feb 12, 2019 · Hispanic people are the largest minority in the United States, reports CNN — the second largest ethnic group after whites. So to say that the presence of Latin music or Spanish-language pop hits on an American music chart is a crossover is a complete misrepresentation what it means to be American.
May 3, 2023 · Regional Mexican Music Isn’t Just Having a Moment — It’s Been a Movement. For the first time, two regional songs are in the top five of the Hot 100. Two Billboard staffers discuss the ...
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- Selena. She was the “Queen of Tejano Music,” who catapulted the genre into the mainstream and became the eternal Latin Sweetheart of America. One of the few celebrities who enjoyed a single-name recognition.
- Los Panchos. They are the original Hispanic Americans and would be known as the epitome of romanticism. The internationally famous trio was formed in New York City in 1944 by Puerto Rican lead vocalist Hernando Avilés, Mexican singer Alfredo ‘El Güero’ Gil— creator of the requinto guitar, a smaller version of the acoustic classical guitar which would come to revolutionize the popular ballad—and Mexican singer ‘Chucho’ Navarro.
- Celia Cruz. Get ready for a trip back in time through a portal to witness a piece of history (and the turbulent political history of the 20th century). The place is Kinshasa, the capital city of Congo—back then called Zaire— and the date is September 1974.
- Tito Puente. Multitalented Puente was a catalyst and alchemist of contemporary salsa and Latin-Jazz after the Afro-Cuban jazz created by Mario Bauzá and Francisco Gutierrez Grillo “Machito” in the early 1940s in New York with the band Machito and his Afro-Cuban, of which he was a member.
Nov 14, 2019 · Back in January, the king of catchy, chart-topping Latin pop ballads, Luis Fonsi, teamed up with reggaeton pioneer Daddy Yankee – known for his spot on NORE’s ‘Oye Me Canto’ – to release ...
Today, Latin American music has become a term for music performed by Latinos regardless of whether it has a Latin element or not. Acts such as Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, and Pitbull are prominent on the pop charts.
