WHO ARE THE BEST LATIN MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME?

Marc Anthony is a Puerto Rican-American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He is known for his salsa and Latin pop music and has won numerous awards throughout his career, including multiple Grammy Awards and Latin Grammy Awards. He has sold over 12 million albums worldwide and has collaborated with many other well-known artists in the industry. In addition to his music career, Anthony has also appeared in several films and television shows.

Daddy Yankee is a Puerto Rican singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer who is widely considered the “King of Reggaeton”. He has been instrumental in popularizing reggaeton music globally and has won numerous awards for his contributions to the genre. Some of his most popular songs include “Gasolina”, “Dura”, and “Con Calma”.

Shakira quickly became an icon of Latin music, as people started to respect her as one of the biggest Latina artists of all time. Historically, Spanish music, mainly Latino music, wasn’t as popular as English. So, having a Spanish singer that paved the road for more and more artists to become known around the whole globe was a big success for the continent. The uniqueness of Shakira is both her voice and her dance power. She learned the Arabic belly dance from her grandmother and has mixed it with the Latino dance style.

Pitbull is a Latin musician known for his energetic and upbeat music that blends hip-hop, reggaeton, and dance-pop. He has released numerous hit songs and collaborated with many popular artists, and is also recognized for his philanthropic efforts

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a Mexican-American singer, songwriter, and fashion designer. She was known as the “Queen of Tejano music” and was a prominent figure in the Latin music industry during the 1990s.

Selena’s music blended traditional Mexican music with pop, R&B, and disco, and she became one of the most successful Latin artists of all time. Tragically, she was murdered at the age of 23 in 1995, but her legacy continues to inspire new generations of musicians.

Daddy Yankee‘s “Gasolina” is the gift that keeps on giving. Nearly 20 years since its release, the reggaetón anthem is getting a new boost on YouTube in part thanks to a sync in the Spanish film Culpa Mía.

According to the video streaming platform, “Gasolina’s” resurgence lands the song the No. 78 spot on Global Top Songs. It garnered 9.34 million global views during the July 7-13 charting period. Other tunes on the soundtrack include Rosalía and Tokischa’s “La Combi Versace” and Marc Seguí’s “Tiroteo” with Rauw Alejandro and Pol Granch.

Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina” fueled the reggaeton movement when it was released in 2004, the second single from the Puerto Rican star’s Barrio Fino album, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart — the first-ever reggaetón album to hit that spot — and stayed there for 24 weeks, becoming the top Latin album of the 2000s.

ROMEO SANTOS TEAMS with Justin Timberlake for the new song “Sin Fin,” off the King of Bachata’s just-released new album Formula Vol. 3. Timberlake sings in both English and Spanish on the single, which was accompanied by an Emil Nava-directed visual.

“You already know this love is all yours baby/So, take it,” Timberlake sings on the chorus. “We’ve been here before/It’s strong enough to save us.”

Santos told Billboard that he spent a year trying to recruit Timberlake to record together; Santos had previously rerecorded a rendition of ‘NSync’s “Gone” while a member of Aventura.

When the two finally got in the studio, “He said, ‘I dig this.’ What I respect about JT is he not only recorded his vocals but he turned that song that now I feel was at 30 percent into something completely different for the better.

He changed the melody, the lyrics; he wrote, he produced. There was a moment where I was at the studio and he was directing my guitarist. To me, that was surreal: JT is producing a bachata,” Santos said.