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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Music of the Dominican Republic - Wikipedia

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    However, the release of Juan Luis Guerra's Bachata Rosa album in the early 1990s propelled bachata into the mainstream, eventually surpassing merengue in both popularity and album sales. [6] Despite this, bachata flourished and has now gained worldwide acceptance. One of the most popular bands making bachata music was the former band Aventura. [7]

  5. Google Charts - Wikipedia

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    Google Charts is an online tool that is used to create charts and graphs. It uses HTML5 and SVG to function on multiple browsers and devices without extra plugins or software. It is known for its wide range of chart options and features, which are explained on the official Google Charts website. [1]

  6. Bachata (music) - Wikipedia

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    Bachata is a genre of music that originated in the Dominican Republic in the 20th century. It contains elements of European (mainly Spanish music), indigenous Taino and African musical elements, representing the cultural diversity of the Dominican population. [1] The form of dance, bachata, also developed with the music. [2]

  7. List of Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay number ...

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    The Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay are charts that rank the best-performing Latin songs in the United States and are both published weekly by Billboard magazine. . The Hot Latin Songs chart ranks the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country based on digital downloads, streaming, and airplay from all radio stations.

  8. Wikipedia:Record charts - Wikipedia

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    United World Chart, Global Top 40 Albums, Media Traffic: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology. This chart is also used to compile the data for the winners of the World Music Awards , which as of 2021 have been on a seven-year hiatus.

  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 ...