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  2. Bachata (music) - Wikipedia

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    These new modern styles of bachata became an international phenomenon, and today bachata is one of the most popular styles of Latin music. Bachata. The original term used to name the genre was amargue ("bitterness", "bitter music"), until the mood-neutral term bachata became popular. Bachata originates from the pan-Latin American style called ...

  3. Bachata (dance) - Wikipedia

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    From the late 1990s, dancers in the Western world started creating novel dance forms inspired by bachata music. The most well-known example of this is the made-up basic step commonly referred to as the "side-to-side step", which is sometimes accompanied by an exaggerated "pop” of the hips during the tap.

  4. List of best-selling singles by country - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of best-selling singles by country. Depends on the measurement, record sales of songs are taken by estimations or certifications . Sheet music dominated the early stage of music publishing industry with many individual titles selling millions of "copies". [ 1 ]

  5. Bachata (music) - en.wikipedia.org

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    Bachata arose in the poor and working class areas of the country. During the 1960s and early 1970s, while bachata was known as amargue music, it was seen as music of the lower class by middle-upper-class Dominicans. The genre's popularity rose in the 1980s and early 1990s when the rhythm began to reach the mainstream media.

  6. Manuel Turizo on new album '201,' 'La Bachata' success: 'You ...

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    The Colombian pop star chats with USA TODAY about the album's celebratory spirit. ... On "201," Turizo ricochets tirelessly between various genres, from bachata and mambo to reggaeton and dance-pop.

  7. Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music

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    Gage Averill of New York University concluded that overall the work is "remarkable and readable", although it is "uneven in places". [4]John Charles Chasteen of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill praised the book for being "lucid" and reflecting the author's knowledge of the subject.

  8. ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Breaks Protocol, Reveals 14 Million ...

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    Dancing With the Stars is breaking a long-standing tradition after 33 seasons by releasing viewer vote totals. ABC told Deadline on Monday, October 7, that fan engagement on the show is stronger ...

  9. Music of Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Bachata is more recent arrival, arriving in the first half of the 20th century, [8] taking influences from the bolero and derived from the country's rural guitar music. Bachata has evolved and risen in popularity over the last 40 years in the Dominican Republic and other areas (such as Puerto Rico) with the help of artists such as Antony Santos ...