By: Nereida Dominguez Remedios

“Latin American music, musical traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese.” –britannica.com

“The origin of Latin music in the United States dates back to the 1930s with Rhumba. Rhumba was prominent with Cuban-style ballroom dancing in the 1930s, but was not mainstream. It was not until the 1950s and 1960s that Latin music started to become intertwined with American culture.” –wikipedia.org

Nowadays, Latin music has become one of the most listened to music genres. Now, there are different styles of music like reggaeton, norteñas, corridos, salsa’s, cumbias and many more.

In the past decades there have been many artists that have sadly died. Even though they have died they still have a big impact in music today, like Selena, Vicente Fernández, and Chálanos Sanchez, and many more. These artists have had the biggest influence on today’s Latin music.

In the last couple of years some of the biggest artists have been Bad Bunny, Feid, Raul Alejandro, J Balvin, Daddy Yankee, and Don Omar.   These artists have been the most successful throughout the years. Most of these artists have upbeat songs, but they also have some music for you to get into your feelings. Like Bad Bunny, his old music is more sad where he would call it trap music.

The biggest style I know people listen to is corridos. “Corridos is a ballad in a traditional Mexican style, typically having lyrics that narrate a historical event.” -Oxford Languages

Some of the biggest artists that are known for corridos are Peso Pluma, Fuerza Regida, Nathanael Cano, Junior H, and Tito Double P and many more. These artists have helped define new regional Latin music.