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Salsa romántica (Spanish of 'romantic salsa') is a soft form of salsa music that emerged between the mid-1980s and early 1990s in New York City, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. It has been criticised for it being supposedly a pale imitation of "real" salsa, often called " salsa dura ".
The 1980s saw the major record labels such as RCA/Ariola, CBS, and EMI form their own Latin music divisions. [1] By 1985, Billboard noted that the Latin music industry saw increase in awareness from major corporations such as Coca-Cola promoting Julio Iglesias and Pepsi advertising Menudo.
Puerto Rican singer Chayanne reached the top of the chart for the first time with "Fuiste un Trozo de Hielo en la Escarcha" in 1989. The Hot Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin 50 and Hot Latin Tracks), [1] published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart based on Latin music airplay.
In addition to large Latin music markets in the USA like Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas and New York City, Giro has penetrated into Europe and Asia and also the Caribbean and Central and South American tropical music markets, spending six months in Brazil alone between São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Recife, and touring heavily in 2011 ...
Sensual is the second studio album by Puerto Rican singer Tito Rojas, released in 1990 by Musical Productions.From this album songs such as Ella Se Hizo Deseo, Sensual and Siempre Sere stand out.
Several songs of Arsenio's band, like Fuego en el 23, El Divorcio, Hacheros pa' un palo, Bruca maniguá, No me llores and El reloj de Pastora were later covered by many salsa bands (like Sonora Ponceña and Johnny Pacheco). On the other hand, a different style, Mambo, was developed by Cachao, Beny Moré and Dámaso Pérez Prado.
In 2017, six of the top ten viewed songs on YouTube feature Latin Artists. [91] The song was the beginning for the boom of Latin music in the United States. [91] Some of the most popular forms of Latin music are Salsa, Bachata, Regional Mexican music, Tango, Merengue, Latin Pop, and Reggaeton. [92]
In California Bomba Liberte, Grupo Aguacero, Bombalele, La Mixta Criolla, Herencia de los Carrillo, and Los Bomberas de la Bahia are all groups that have promoted and preserved the culture. Women have also played a role in its revival, as in the case of the all-female group Yaya, Legacy Woman, Los Bomberas de la Bahia, Grupo Bambula (Originally ...