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Latin music is vastly large and it is impossible to include every subgenre on any list. [1] Latin music shares a mixture of Indengious and European cultures, and in the 1550s included African influence. [2] In the late 1700s, popular European dances and music, such as contradanzas and danzones, were introduced to Latin music. [2]
Hispanics, young and old, could find comfort in the popular rhythmic sounds of Latin music that reminded them of home; mambo, cha-cha, merengue and salsa. Tito Puente, an American born Boricua (Puerto Rican), revolutionized the Latin music of the time. He incorporated many new percussion and woodwind instruments into the popular Latin sound.
Los 600 de Latinoamérica. 600 discos 1920–2022 (The 600 from Latin America. 600 Albums 1920–2022) is a list of 600 music albums from Latin America, compiled by a group of music journalists and communicators from the region, and includes music from all countries, eras, and genres of recorded music, to celebrate Latin identity, according to the project's introduction. [1]
El Comienzo is a great introduction to a group that is helping to expand the Latin music genre outside of its usual suspects. “BZRP MUSIC SESSIONS, VOL. 53,” Bizarrap feat. Shakira
Latin American music also incorporate the indigenous music of Latin America. [2] Due to its highly syncretic nature, Latin American music encompasses a wide variety of styles, including influential genres such as cumbia, bachata, bossa nova, merengue, rumba, salsa, samba, son, candombe and tango.
In celebration of Billboard's Greatest of All Time special package, our team of Latin experts has compiled a list of 50 seminal Spanish-language albums from the past 50 years.
Latin pop is a catch-all for any pop music sung in Spanish, while Mexican/Mexican-American (also to referred to as Regional Mexican) is defined as any musical style originating from Mexico or influences by its immigrants in the United States including Tejano, and tropical music is any music from the Spanish Caribbean.
Urbano music (Spanish: música urbana) or Latin urban is a transnational umbrella category including many different genres and styles. As an umbrella term it includes a wide and diverse set of genres and styles such as dancehall , dembow , urban champeta , funk carioca , Latin hip hop and reggaeton .