This Sunday (July 13) marks 10 years since the world bid farewell to Joan Sebastian, the beloved Mexican icon and one of Latin music’s most prolific and influential singer-songwriters. Known as “El ...

The direct translation of “La Negra Tiene Tumbao” is “the black woman has swagger,” and Celia Cruz embodied this title, proving that she was the “queen of salsa.” Cruz was not just a talented musical ...

It seems I’ve been singing the same refrain ever since 2017, the year of our blessed “Despacito.” In 2023, Latin music continued its exponential growth in commercial value. The Recording Industry Assn ...

For Latin music, 2024 was yet another year of significant expansion — both on the commercial front, and in the stylistic detours and avant-garde tendencies favored by artists across the Americas.

Luis Fonsi and Feid switch gears with "Cambiaré," a salsa collab that marks pop star Fonsi's return to Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart after four years. "Cambiaré," with Feid, debuts at No. 26 on ...

Salsa started as a Caribbean phenomenon, but it spread all over the world like wildfire, and its devilish rhythm and sinuous melodies are now universal. At its best, salsa can rock as hard as rock. It ...

In the wake of the Super Bowl halftime show, he places a record 29 titles on the chart. By Pamela Bustios Sr. Charts & Data Analyst (Latin & Billboard Español) Bad Bunny starts the week with a massive ...

This year saw an explosion in Latin music, from Peso Pluma’s rise to superstardom to the instant success of Grupo Frontera’s “un x100to,” featuring the Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny. Outside of the ...