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Yandel & Rapeton Founder El Guru Launch New Artist Development Venture
“I’ve been following Angel’s growth for several years,” says Yandel, whose real name is Llandel Veguilla. “I think he’s a natural A&R who truly wants to help new artists. I’m 100% convinced that with my record label, I can contribute to grow this Rapeton Approved, an idea Angel has been working on since 2016.” Y Entertainment already has producers and artists signed to its roster, including Catalyna, Nesty and Izzy Guerra. However, the new Rapetón Approved will start from scratch in its search for talent, says Yandel’s manager, Andy Martínez, who helped piece the deal together. Likewise, Rapetón will continue to function as it normally does, focused on covering the world of Latin urban music in general and the reggaeton in particular, where Guru is a widely respected fixture with a You...
Anitta’s Gaming Livestreams Dominate Top Facebook Live Videos Chart
Anitta’s streams take up the entire top three and five spots of the top 10 for September. Anitta’s gaming livestreams on Facebook are a hit, with three of the streams taking the top three spots on Billboard’s Top Facebook Live Videos chart for September 2020. The chart, the latest of which recaps September 2020 activity, is a monthly look at the widest-reaching and most-reacted-to videos posted by musicians on Facebook Live, as tracked by media analytics company Shareablee. Rankings are determined by a formula that blends reactions, comments, shares and first-seven-days views. Anitta’s streams find her playing video games such as Grand Theft Auto V, sometimes with special guests. In fact, the top video of the month, aired Sept. 6, featured popular gaming streamer Nobru. You Deserve to Make...
From J Balvin & Deepak Chopra’s Q&A to the Voting Panel, Pick Your Favorite Part of Latin Music Week Day 4
Friday’s (Oct. 23) programming for 2020 Billboard Latin Music Week included six back-to-back panels and showcases dedicated to Latin Music, culture and entertainment. J Balvin and Deepak Chopra kicked off the fourth and final day of the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Week with the “Mind and Music” panel, where they spoke on the art of meditation and how’s it’s helped them both on a personal level. The programming continued with Los Tigres del Norte and Becky G‘s timely conversation “Artists and the Vote” on the importance the Latino vote has for the first time in a presidential election, as Latinos are the nation’s largest racial minority among eligible voters, with a record 31.6 million Latinos eligible to vote. In the last panel of the day, The...
Sech Talks Black Lives Matter Movement at 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards: ‘Hopefully, People Listen’
Sech had a big night at the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards on Wednesday night, where he took home his first-ever Latin Billboard trophy for best new artist of the year and performed his 2020 hit “Relación” with a gospel choir. But before taking the stage, the Panamanian artist opened up about the Black Lives Matter movement on the red carpet. “I don’t know if it made a difference or how people received it, but it came from my heart to truly support everything that was going on and talk about the topic,” he told Billboard, referring to a heartfelt post he shared on social media in June amid the worldwide protests in response to the death of George Floyd and other Black citizens who have died at the hands of police. “Hopefully those people who are not aware listen and take conscienc...
Watch Every Single Performance at the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards: Maluma, Ozuna & More
Below, watch all 18 performances: Ozuna, “Gracias” Performing “Gracias” for the very first time on television, Ozuna returned to the stage for an intimate performance of the track from his latest album ENOC. Surrounded by candles and dressed in angelic white, a thankful Ozuna slowed things down for this stripped-down acoustic track. Making the performance even more special and personal, the superstar’s kids joined him onstage. By far one of the most beautiful performances of the night. Maluma, “Hawái” The awards kicked off with a bang thanks to Maluma, who sang his chart-topping global hit “Hawái.” The Colombian superstar, who was awarded with the Billboard Spirit of Hope Award, started his performance laying down on a white piano ...
Top Moments at the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards
Below, find the top five moments at the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards. The speeches Banda MS’ frontmen Alan Ramírez and Oswaldo Silvas were the first to give an acceptance speech at the awards ceremony and their poignant words touched hearts. Wisin & Yandel was the next duo to send a powerful message through their speeches. In their first accpetance speech, Yandel ended with a resounding “no more abuse against women.” While Yandel urged Latinos to get out and vote on Nov. 3 during his second acceptance speech. “Go out and vote because we’re voting for our future. And vote for that person that will actually care about our community.” Daddy Yankee acknowledged that these have been “challenging times and want to share this award with thos...
Billboard Latin Music Awards: Maluma, Carlos Vives, Romeo Santos, Luis Fonsi and More Inspiring Speeches
All the speeches by artists who won special awards at the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards The 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards feted a handful of artists and works for special achievements. Here are their most memorable words. Carlos Vives, Hall of Fame: Nearly 30 years ago I decided to make my music in an original way, without copying what existed at the time. The industry didn’t see it, but fans did. And we reached the top spots of this prestigious magazine. So thank you to Billboard for recognizing me tonight. And thanks Emilio Estefan for opening the doors to this city. Thank you Afo, Walter who always believed in me. My wife Claudia for believing more. And my country, Colombia, for the inspiration.And remember, each of you is unique, as unique as your music. You Deserve to Make Mon...
Prince Royce Replaces Himself at No. 1 on Tropical Airplay Chart With ‘Loteria’
The last time an artist ranked first and second in the same chart week was Marc Anthony with “Lo Que Te Di” at No. 1 and “Parecen Viernes” at No. 2 (Jan. 25-dated lists). The last act, however, to replace himself at No. 1 was Nicky Jam in January 2018. Romeo Santos’ “Bella y Sensual,” which features Jam and Daddy Yankee, ceded its five-week reign to “Cásate Conmigo,” his collaboration with Silvestre Dangond (Jan. 27, 2018-dated list). “Lotería” leads the list dated Oct. 24, advancing from the runner-up position, thanks to a 34% gain in audience impressions, to 4 million, earned in the week ending Oct. 18, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The tune helps the bachata singer-songwriter up his career No. 1 count to 19, extending his third-most record in the chart’s 26-year history. (Royce s...
José Padilla, DJ Who Pioneered the Balearic Sound, Dies at 65
The celebrated Spanish DJ and producer traveled from his hometown Barcelona to Ibiza in 1975, where he would later settle in for his legendary Café Del Mar residency and forge a reputation as the godfather of chill-out music. Padilla’s sunset mixes spawned the popular Café del Mar compilation albums, which have sold more than six million copies around the globe, according to his reps. As a producer, Padilla cut remixes for Norah Jones, Chris Rea and others, he would take his tunes to clubs and parties around the globe, and he counted Madonna among his fans. His first artist album, 1998’s Souvenir, went on to earn a Latin Grammy nomination for best instrumental work. As his health deteriorated in recent months and the pandemic saw his income dry up, Padilla launched a GoFundMe. “My situatio...
Jennifer Lopez & Alex Rodriguez Join Joe Biden, Encourage Latino Community to Vote
Lopez added, “For me, it’s [about] unifying the nation again, you know, getting rid of this hate. Thinking about my kids walking around in a world where it’s OK to be racist or prejudiced because our administration says it’s OK — that, to me, is really sad because it’s not the country that I believe that I grew up in.” In the video segment, which also featured Biden’s wife, Jill, they spoke about the need to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, which has disproportionately affected the Latino population, and the power that Latino voices have. “My kind of hope and quest for the Latino community is that they start understanding their power,” J. Lo said. “Their vote counts.” Watch the clip below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are lookin...
5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (October 17)
Rockabye Baby has released a lullabies album titled Lullaby Renditions of Pitbull on Oct. 16. The club hits-turned-lullabies set includes “Time of Our Lives,” “Give Me Everything,” “Hotel Room Service” and “Timber,” among others. You can now stream all 13 lullabies here. Gloria Estefan on Being Supportive of Her Daughter Emily In the latest Red Table Talk: The Estefans, Gloria Estefan opened up about coming to terms with her daughter Emily’s sexuality. The Latin icon confesses she “had no clue” that her daughter was gay but was “suspicious” at times. “I remember being in my bedroom and telling you, ‘Mama, are you gay?'” she says in the clip below. “‘Do you want to carry th...
30 Years of Billboard Latin Music Week: Watch Ozuna, Bad Bunny & More Before They Were Superstars
The Billboard Latin Music Awards 2020 will broadcast live on Oct. 21 via Telemundo, with awards to be given out in 59 categories honoring the top artists, songs, albums, labels, publishers, songwriters and producers of the year. MALUMA (2015) Five years ago, Maluma joined the conference as part of the “TV and the Music Star” panel, where he revealed how being a part of Colombia’s The Voice propelled him to stardom and how, at the time, he was able to become the most-followed Latin male artist on Instagram ever. In 2017, he sat down with Billboard’s Leila Cobo and Griselda Flores for the “Socializing Maluma” discussion on how he works his social media accounts. This year, Maluma will join Jennifer Lopez for a can’t-miss Superstar Q&A conversation, where they will speak about their new m...
