Over the years, many iconic musicians have helped popularize Latin music in the United States. In the process, they’ve exposed wider audiences to an array of genres and cultures. From pioneers like ...

There was a time when Fania Records was the most transcendent label in Latin music — hailed as the Motown of salsa. From its meteoric rise in late ’60s New York to its triumphant empire of sound ...

It seems I’ve been singing the same refrain ever since 2017, the year of our blessed “Despacito.” In 2023, Latin music continued its exponential growth in commercial value. The Recording Industry Assn ...

From Bad Bunny to Shakira, Latin music was the fifth-largest major genre in the country last year. Latin artists, such as Peso Pluma, Kali Uchi, Xavi, Fuerza Regida, Junior H and more, are topping the ...

Willie Colon hasn’t even taken the stage yet, but the first three notes of an opening riff by his saxophonist tip the screaming crowd at the Poliedro arena that the legendary salsa star is about to ...

Baile Inolvidable by Bad Bunny just became the first salsa song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify, proving salsa’s worldwide impact.

Here are Billboard Latin & Billboard Español editors' favorite albums from the year. See which one is No. 1. Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos, released the first week of 2025, set the tone for a year ...

How does one reinvent salsa, a universally beloved and traditional music genre? That’s the question that 34-year-old salsero Luis Figueroa keeps asking himself. From touring the world with Romeo ...

He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” Eddie Palmieri in performance in the early 1960s. From ...

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri's death Wednesday evening. The ...

Cristina Vega, 28, left, dances cumbia with Giancarlo Rinaldini, 24, during a performance by cumbia group Sabor Puro, at La Pesca Market on Jefferson Boulevard in Dallas, on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Ben ...