Latin pop
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Latin Pop (Pop Latino, in Spanish and in Portuguese) generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a "Latin" influence. The definition of "Latin" varies, however. Linguistically, pop music sung in Spanish, or other languages derived from Latin, may be considered Latin pop. Geographically, it could refer to pop music from Latin America or sung by Latin Americans, generally regarded as Hispanics (although this classification does not include the Portuguese). Pop music which has a significant Latin pop influence, no matter sung by who or in what language, may also be considered Latin pop.
There are two main variants. The first one is regular pop performed in the Spanish, Spanglish, Portuguese or English for international audiences. The second one mixes pop with a wide variety of Latin American or Iberian rhythms such as salsa, samba, cumbia, norteña, merengue, banda, tex-mex, flamenco, tango, reggaeton, vallenato, and reggae. More recently, Latin Pop has also included hip hop contributions such as the UK label Heavenly Records old school hip-hop inluenced Latin pop artist Espiritu aka Vanessa Quinones with her cut-up hip-hop inflected top 50 releases like Los Americanos, Conquistador and Bonita Manana which also featured remixes from US hip-hop master Guru.
Latin Pop is usually marked by polished productions while incorporating unobtrusive Latin rhythms and instrumentation into tracks. Latin Pop first reached a global audience through the work of vocalist Ritchie Valens in the late 1950s; in later decades, Julio Iglesias, the versatile Gloria Estefan, and the revolving-door teen idol group Menudo carried the style forward. Since the late 90s, Latin pop and songs with significant Latin pop influences have achieved mainstream success in the United States and worldwide. Some of the most successful artists are Selena, Shakira, Luis Miguel, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, ThalÃa, RBD, Jennifer Lopez, Chayanne, Paulina Rubio and Ivete Sangalo. Julio Iglesias is to date the worlds best selling Latin artist selling 250-300 million albums worldwide.»Julio Iglesias Official Website»Iglesias Dynasty Biography
Major Latin Pop songwriters include Emilio Estefan, Estefano, Richard Daniel Roman and Shakira.
old generation artists
- Julio Iglesias - 300 million records.
- Luis Miguel - 100 million.
- Gloria Estefan - 90 million.
- Selena - 50 million albums
- Carlos Santana - 74 million.
new generation artists
- Shakira - 60 million.
- Ricky Martin - 60 million albums.
- Enrique Iglesias - 60 million albums.
- ThalÃa - 35 million albums.
- RBD - 26 million albums.
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Latin references
Many international singers have a few Latin pop hits in their repertoire, without necessarily being known for having a Hispanic or Latin background, which include Beyoncé's "Irremplazable", Toni Braxton's "Spanish Guitar", Madonna's "La Isla Bonita", Spice Girls' "Spice Up Your Life" and "Seremos Uno los Dos", M2M's "Todo lo Que Haces", A*Teens' "Dame, Dame, Dame", 'N Sync's "Yo Te Voy a Amar", Backstreet Boys' "Nunca Te Haré Llorar", Tomohisa Yamashita's "Daite Señorita", Roxette's "La Vida Sin TÃ", Latvian Marie N's (the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 winner) "I Wanna", Cher's "Dov'è L'Amore", French Lorie's "Sur un air latino", and Geri Halliwell's (who has Spanish heritage) "Mi Chico Latino".
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Some artists usually include Latin remixes in their singles, which also could be classified as Latin pop. These songs are usually mixed by DJs of Hispanic background, such as David Morales, Junior Vasquez, or Pablo Flores, among others. Some singers who have released such remixes, besides the ones already mentioned, include Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Utada Hikaru, Will Smith, Alexia, Jamiroquai, and Jennifer Paige.
- Amanda Miguel
- Airbag
- Bandana
- Diego Torres
- El SÃmbolo
- Enanitos Verdes
- GIT (band)
- Laureano Brizuela
- Mambrú
- MartÃn Ricca
- Miranda!
- Pablo Ruiz
- Erreway
- Teen Angels
- Valeria Gastaldi
- Marcela Morelo
- Fabiana Cantilo
- Emmanuel Horvilleur
- Leo GarcÃa
- Laura Miller
- Facundo Monti
- Coti Sorokin
- Valeria Lynch
- Pablo Dhysán
- Patricia Sosa
- Daniela Herrero
- German Barceló
- Axel
- Emmanuel Arias
- Rolabogan
- David Bolzoni
- Soledad Pastorutti
- Nelson John
- Lourdes
- Alejandro Lerner
- Luciano Pereyra
- Virginia Da Cunha
- Virus
- Azul Azul
- Mad Nipples Son
- Tupay
- Los Kjarkas
Brazil
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Sandy & JuniorIvete Sangalo
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- Alberto Plaza
- Amango
- Anita Tijoux
- Chancho en Piedra
- Click (80's teen pop group)
- Daniela Castillo
- De Saloon
- Difuntos Correa
- DJ Méndez
- Francisca Valenzuela
- Glup!
- Javiera y los Imposibles
- Kudai
- La Sociedad
- La Ley
- Monserrat Bustamante
- Los Jaivas
- Los Prisioneros
- Los Tetas
- Los Tres
- Luis Jara
- Myriam Hernández
- Nicole
- Saiko
- Sum
- Supernova
- Teleradio Donoso
- Tiro de Gracia
- Ximena Abarca
Colombia
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Juanes
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Cuba
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- AylÃn Mújica
- Addys D'Mercedes
- Celia Cruz
- Gloria Estefan
- Jon Secada
- Lena
- Marlon
- Rey Ruiz
- Willy Chirino
Dominican Republic
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- AU-D
- Mirella Cesa
- Pamela Cortes
- Gerardo
- Kiruba
- Fausto Miño
- Danilo Parra
- La Pandilla (Not to be confused with teen music group)
- Tranzas
- Juan Fernando Velasco
- Alizée
- Manu Chao
- Ricardo Arjona »http://www.ricardoarjona.com
- Shery »http://www.shery.net
- Carlos Peña
- Diablos Negros
- DJ Sy
- Quimera
- Ytterbium
- Rosa Náutica
- Banda Blanca
- Adriano Celentano
- Al Bano and Romina Power
- Andrea Bocelli
- El Rubio Loco
- Eros Ramazzotti
- Gianluca Grignani
- Laura Pausini
- Lola Ponce
- Nek
- Nicola Di Bari
- Raffaella Carrá
- Tiziano Ferro
- Paolo Meneguzzi
- Paola e Chiara
Mexico
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Paulina RubioRBD
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- Alejandro Fernández
- Alejandro Ibarra (Aka Alex Ibarra)
- Aleks Syntek
- Ana Gabriel
- Anahi
- Belanova
- Belinda
- Benny Ibarra
- Bibi Gaytán
- Byanka (Mexican Pop singer)
- Caló
- Cristian Castro
- Crystal (singer)
- Cynthia Rodriguez
- Diego Schoening
- Dulce
- Edith Márquez
- Eduardo Palomo
- Elefante
- Ernesto D'alessio
- Fandango (band)
- Fey
- Flans
- Garibaldi
- Gloria Aura
- Grupo Play
- Imanol
- Isidro Emmanuel
- Jeans
- José José
- Juan Gabriel
- Julieta Venegas
- Kabah
- Kairo
- Kalimba
- Litzy
- Lorenzo Antonio
- Los Amantes De Lola
- Lu
- Lucero
- Lucia Mendez
- Luis Miguel
- Lynda
- Magneto (band)
- Maná
- Manoella Torres
- Manuel Mijares
- Maria Karuna
- Marco Antonio Muniz
- Marco Antonio Solis
- Mercurio
- Moenia
- Motel
- Natalia Esperón
- Neon
- OV7 (Aka La Onda Vaselina)
- Pandora
- Paulina Rubio
- Pablo Montero
- RBD
- Reik
- Sasha Sokol
- Stephanie Salas
- ThalÃa
- Timbiriche
- The Triplets
- Veronica Castro
- VÃctor Noriega
- Yuri
- El General
- Ivan Barrios
- Alejandro Lagrotta
- Karen Peralta
- Aniel Mejia
- Juan Carlos Bordanea
- Ernesto Carreyo
- La Factoria
- Manuel Arauz
- Erika Ender
Perú
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- Julie Freundt
- Ghiis
- Campo de Almas
- Periko
- Gianmarco Zignago
- Fuera del Resto
- Libido
- TK
- Mar de Copas
- Los Nosequien y Los Nosecuantos
- Amen
- Hoja de Parra
- Patricia Loaiza
- Pedro Suárez Vértiz
- Christian Meier
- Renzo Guerrero
Puerto Rico
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Ricky MartinMelina León
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- Adela Popescu
- Dan Bordeianu
- Lili Sandu
- Razvan Fodor
Spain
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| colspan="5" align="center" |Julio IglesiasLa Quinta Estación
Enrique IglesiasNatalia
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- Taio Cruz
- Geri Halliwell
- JeremÃas
- Ruth Lorenzo
United States
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- Carlos Baute
- Voz Veis
- Franco De Vita
- Ricardo Montaner
- Mayré MartÃnez
- Guillermo Dávila
- JeremÃas
- Ilan Chester
- Desorden Público
- Los Amigos Invisibles
- Carlos Mata
- Caramelos de Cianuro
- Ojo Fatuo
- Roque Valero
- Hany Kauam
- Kiara
- Karina
- Rudy La Scala
- José Luis RodrÃguez "El Puma"