Latin pop

Latin pop artists

• Luis Miguel is the most known Mexican singer of the last two decades, and the most popular Latin American singer of the 1990s. He is known in Latin America and Spain as "El Sol de México" ("The Sun of Mexico"). He has won four Latin Grammy Awards and five Grammy Awards. His Amarte Es Un Placer Tour had a length of 8 months and run through Mexico, USA, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Brazil and Spain between 1999 and 2000. It was the highest-grossing tour ever made by a Latin artist, as well as the most extended. These two records were broken by his 2005 Tour. Luis Miguel is praised for his extraordinary vocals and for having performed successfully several genres like latin pop, bolero, ballads and mariachi. He has refused to crossover and records his music only in Spanish. Luis Miguel has been dubbed "The Latin Frank Sinatra".»http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3xfixq95ldke

• Gloria Estefan's is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide,»Estefan awarded for her career at the Latin Grammy's»http://www.gibson.com/MiamiGuitarTownWebsite/News/Gloria-Estefan-Autographs-317/ 26.5 million of those in the United States alone.»http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=tblTopArt&action= She has won seven Grammy Awards, placing her among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date.

• Ricky Martin is a Grammy Award- and Latin Grammy Award- winning, Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, with his worldwide smash hit "Livin' La Vida Loca" written by Robi Draco Rosa. Martin rose to fame as a member of the Latin American boy band Menudo after which he became a solo artist in 1990. He is considered a major star in the world of Latin Pop and is considered to have opened the doors for some of his fellow (Latin American singers).

• Shakira's particularly with the most successful songs in the twenty-first century to date, Whenever Wherever and Hips Don't Lie. She has won two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, and has been Golden Globe-nominated. She is also the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time,and the second most successful female Latin singer having sold 72 million albums worldwide, according to BMI. Additionally, she is the only artist from South America to reach the number-one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, Canadian Hot 100, the Australian ARIA chart, and the UK Singles Chart.

• Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish singer, songwriter and actor. Iglesias started his musical career with Mexican indie label Fonovisa, which helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latino market in the United States, selling more Spanish language albums than any other artist in that period of time. Despite being criticized by his lack of vocal talent, Iglesias has sold over 60 million records worldwide, won a Grammy and Latin Grammy and has had two Billboard Hot 100 #1s and one #3, and holds the record for producing 20 number #1 Spanish–language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks.

Best-selling Latin artists

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:100%;" |- ! style="background-color: #7f007f; color:#ffffff;" rowspan="2" width="200"| Artists ! style="background-color: #7f007f; color:#ffffff;" rowspan="2" width="150"| Country ! style="background-color: #7f007f; color:#ffffff;" rowspan="2" width="112"| Period ! style="background-color: #7f007f; color:#ffffff;" rowspan="2" width="250"| Genre ! style="background-color: #7f007f; color:#ffffff;" colspan="1" width="200"| Estimated sales ! style="background-color: #7f007f; color:#ffffff;" rowspan="2" width="75"| Reference |- ! style="background: #D3A7CB" width="200"|^{50 million to 200 million records} |- | align=left| Julio Iglesias | Spain | 1968–present | Latin |