Portal:Latin music
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Latin music (Portuguese and Spanish: música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America, which encompasses Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Latino population in Canada and the United States, as well as music that is sung in either Spanish and/or Portuguese. It may also include music from other territories where Spanish- and Portuguese-language music is made. (Full article...)
Billboard Latin charts
- The current number-one song on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart is "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" by Karol G.
- The current number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart is Éxodo by Peso Pluma.
Did you know? -
- ... that some music critics hear echoes of work by Diana Ross and Lesley Gore in Selena's song "Missing My Baby", which was featured on Entre a Mi Mundo?
- ... that "Play That Song" was already "bubbling up the charts" prior to its official release?
- ... that Cuban performer Celia Cruz was the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement accolade at the Lo Nuestro Awards?
- ... that the second album of the Argentine band Kamikaze had low sales because of the 1989 Argentine hyperinflation?
- ...that "Toro Mata" ("The Bull Kills" in Spanish) is one of the most famous folk songs in Peru?
- ... that the music video for Ricardo Arjona's song "Fuiste Tú" was filmed at several tropical locations in Guatemala?
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Described by Arjona as "the world out of the window and the prison built by ourselves", "Quién" became a moderate commercial success, reaching number 21 on the US Billboard Top Latin Songs chart, and number four at the Latin Pop Songs chart. Its accompanying music video, directed by Simon Brand, was filmed in Las Vegas, and features Arjona singing while walking around the city's nighttime lights. A "jewel of elegance", according to Mexican website Terra, the music video has received 1.3 million views on YouTube.
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Gil started to play music as a child and was still a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a bossa nova musician, and then grew to write songs that reflected a focus on political awareness and social activism. He was a key figure in the Música Popular Brasileira and tropicália movements of the 1960s, alongside artists such as longtime collaborator Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian military regime that took power in 1964 saw both Gil and Veloso as a threat, and the two were held for nine months in 1969 before they were told to leave the country. Gil moved to London, but returned to state of Bahia in 1972 and continued his musical career, as well as working as a politician and environmental advocate.
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Lágrimas Cálidas (English: Warm Tears) is the debut studio album by Colombian recording artist Fanny Lu, released on January 1, 2005. The record contains ten tracks, most of which were composed by Jose Gaviria, and produced with Andres Munera. Musically, the album experiments with tropipop, which is composed of the genres of vallenato, merengue, and pop music. Recording for the album took place in 2004 in three cities: Miami, Bogota and Medellin. An international version of the album, containing two remixes, was released exclusively in United States, Spain and Colombia.
The album was certified gold in Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador and ranked number thirteen on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart in the United States. The album earned Lu many accolades, including a Latin Grammy nomination, five Billboard Latin Music Awards nominations, and three Premios Shock nominations, winning two. Three singles were released from the record, two of which, "No Te Pido Flores" and "Y Si Te Digo", reached number one on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart.
Latin music WikiProject
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin music was created with the purpose of assembling writers and editors interested in Latin music.
- The aim of this project is to standardize and improve articles related to the various genres of Latin music, as well as to create missing articles.
- To become a member of the WikiProject (anyone may join), simply click here and add your username.
Featured content
Featured content:
Billboard Top Latin Songs Year-End Chart ·
Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 ·
Formula, Vol. 1 ·
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album ·
List of awards and nominations received by Ivy Queen ·
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year ·
Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year ·
Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year ·
Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year ·
List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s ·
Ricardo Arjona discography ·
Ricky Martin albums discography ·
Romance (Luis Miguel album)
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