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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...
How Camilo Became TikTok’s Most-Followed Latin Artist
“Whenever he has an idea or before he posts something, he asks for my opinion,” she says. “Everything posted on TikTok is a team effort.” She says that they usually plan a dance challenge long before a single release, dedicating a day to think of the choreography with help from their friend Paula Macher, who has over 1 million TikTok followers herself. “[She] knows all the latest trends and popular dance moves,” says Evaluna. “In the end, it helps push the song we’re promoting.” Noel Nuez, TikTok’s director of operations for Spanish South America, believes that kind of collaboration has helped Camilo rake in new followers so quickly: “He’s surrounded by family and colleagues who are also well-integrated on TikTok themselves, which enables him to viralize across other top profiles and ...
Natalia Jimenez and Llane to Perform at 2020 Billboard Latin Music Week
Celebrating its 30th anniversary as the longest-running and biggest Latin music industry event, Latin Music Week 2020 was originally scheduled to take place April 20-23 in Las Vegas, NV, and was postponed due to COVID-19. This year’s virtual festivities will feature intimate artist conversations, industry panels, workshops, and performances. Confirmed talent for the three-day immersive experience dedicated to Latin Music, culture, and entertainment includes Rosalia, Pharrel Williams, Anuel AA, J Balvin, Carlos Vives, Becky G, Los Tigres del Norte, Camilo and Sech. 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...
Sebastian Yatra & Guaynaa Revive a Latin Classic With ‘Chica Ideal’: Watch Their Post-Pandemic Fantasy Video
Produced by Ovy on the Drums, Yatra elaborates on why Guaynaa was the best fit for this collaboration. “I went to one of his showcases during Premio Lo Nuestro, and his energy onstage drove me crazy. His vibe, his originality. I had to work with him,” he expressed. “It’s so amazing to do this song in the way we did it and the way Guaynaa sings in it.” In the music video, Yatra and Guaynaa are seen playing basketball in the year 2020 with a group of people wearing masks. After losing the ball and searching for it in the woods, they wind up at a lit pool party (pandemic-free) in the year 2021. The release of “Chica Ideal” marks a new stage in Yatra’s personal life and career, which he says have evolved because of the global health crisis. “When I sum up my year, I think it’s all been very po...
Meet the Voices of Latin Protest Music
One of Brazil’s best-known singers and political activists, Veloso purposely wrote this upbeat tune about freedom in a rock’n’roll style, hoping to provoke Brazilian youth as a military dictatorship engulfed the country. Though Veloso’s use of electric guitars drew boos from a festival crowd, the song still became one of the most revered of the tropicália movement, and Veloso’s most popular in his five-decade career, with its urgent refrain about wanting “to keep living”: “Why not? Why not?” Víctor Jara, “Manifiesto” (1974) The Chilean singer-songwriter and Communist activist wrote this hauntingly wistful folk song — a testament to his reason for becoming a revolutionary artist — just weeks before he was tortured and shot to death by soldiers of Augusto Pinochet in the dictator’s September...
Here Are All the Performers For the 2020 BBMAs
Post Malone — who will also perform during the evening — leads this year’s pack of nominees with a grand total of 16 nods in 15 separate categories including top artist (alongside Billie Eilish, Jonas Brothers, Khalid and Taylor Swift), top Billboard 200 album (for Hollywood’s Bleeding), top streaming song (for “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” with Swae Lee) and more. The 2020 BBMAs will air Wednesday (Oct. 14) at 8 p.m. ET/PT exclusively on NBC, live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Check out the complete list of performers below. PerformersAlicia KeysBad BunnyBrandy featuring Ty Dolla SignBTSDemi LovatoDoja CatEn VogueGarth BrooksKane Brown, Swae Lee & KhalidLuke CombsPost MaloneSaint JhnSia You Deserve to Make Money Even When ...
Thalia’s 10 Best Songs on the Billboard Charts, In Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
Thalía took her music career to the next level with 1995’s En Éxtasis, her first album in a long partnership with EMI Latin. At the same time, her telenovela Maria La Del Barrio was a global success in syndication in more than 180 countries. The lead single for En Éxtasis, “Piel Morena,” was the first of many anthems for Thalía. The proudly Mexican song on which she highlighted her brown skin peaked at No. 7 on the Hot Latin Songs chart dated Oct. 7, 1995. “Piel Morena” marked the first of Thalía’s 26 entries on the Hot Latin Songs chart and the first of 12 on the chart’s top 10. Of those, four went to No. 1. In the digital era, she remains a force as the first Mexican female artist to hit one billion views on YouTube with “No Me Acuerdo,” fe...
Hispanic Heritage Month 2020: See Becky G’s Music Video Evolution
Becky G kicked off her music as a teenager, demonstrating across her videos how her music and personality have evolved throughout the years. The “Sin Pijama” singer is confirmed for a can’t-miss conversation at the 30th-anniversary installment of Billboard Latin Music Week, taking place virtually from Oct. 20-23. The Mexican-American hitmaker will join Jorge and Hernán Hernández from the iconic norteño group Los Tigres del Norte to discuss the role artists currently play in engaging voters and the immigrant experience as seen by two generations of Mexican-American artists. To RSVP, click here. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. G...
Latin Remix of the Week: Reykon Recruits Becky G, Maluma & Tyga for ‘Latina’ Remix
Back in May 2019, Reykon released his Maluma-assisted track titled “Latina,” an irresistible and catchy reggaetón track that finds the pair falling for every Latina that comes their way. Injecting new life into last year’s summer hit, Reykon recruited Becky G and Tyga for a new “Latina” remix that dropped Friday (Oct. 9), along with an animated music video. “To be able to gather all these people in one song is extraordinary,” Reykon tells Billboard. “People liked the song with Maluma and now to have these artists join us, it’s an honor. Becky G has been representing women with her incredible talent and Tyga is the rapper of the moment with whom I’ve had a great musical chemistry. We are already parceros!” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are...
Songs We Love During Hispanic Heritage Month: Luis Enrique, Hernaldo Zuniga & More Latin Picks
Traveling to Nicaragua every year became a family tradition and it was throughout the years that I discovered its captivating and promising music scene. Most notably, Luis Enrique, positioning himself as “the Prince of Salsa” as one of the leading forces of the romantic salsa movement of the ‘80s and ‘90s. His timeless hits such as“Así Es La Vida,” “Tu No Le Amas, Le Temes” and “Yo No Se Mañana,” amongst others, have all entered the Billboard charts, and his 2009 album Ciclos nabbed the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album. Luis comes from one of the country’s biggest musical families, including the iconic singers (and his uncles) Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Carlos Mejia Godoy, both of whom were pivotal in the New Song Movement in Central America of the 1970s. Carlos also helped pro...
