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Urbano music (Spanish: música urbana) or Latin urban is a transnational umbrella category including many different genres and styles. As an umbrella term it includes a wide and diverse set of genres and styles such as dancehall, dembow, urban champeta, funk carioca, Latin hip hop and reggaeton.
Billboard en Espanol also highlights music from emerging artists and covers new trends in music throughout Latin communities around the world. It provides in-depth coverage of Latin music while recognizing the music fans and professionals who speak Spanish. The site was relaunched in September 2022 as Billboard Español.
Claro Música is a music streaming platform available in South America and Central America. [2] This service is offered in countries where the Claro telephone platform exists, [3] for Windows, Android and iOS devices. [4] It has playlists, radios, podcasts, and other divisions in its interface by musical genres. [5]
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias was recognized by the Guinness World Records in 2013 as the best-selling male Latin artist of all time. [12]Because the majority of Latino immigrants living in New York City in the 1950s were of Puerto Rican or Cuban descent, "Latin music" had been stereotyped as music simply originating from the Spanish Caribbean.
"Uber Everywhere" is the debut single by American rapper MadeinTYO, released on February 26, 2016 by Privateclub Records. Produced by K Swisha, the song is about the extensive use of Uber. "Uber Everywhere" peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Based on Cuban music in rhythm, tempo, bass line, riffs and instrumentation, Salsa represents an amalgamation of musical styles including rock, jazz, and other Latin American musical traditions. Modern salsa (as it became known worldwide) was forged in the pan-Latin melting pot of New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay are charts that rank the best-performing Latin songs in the United States and are both published weekly by Billboard magazine. . The Hot Latin Songs ranks the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country based digital downloads, streaming, and airplay from all radio stations.
A music scene, similar to the early underground gangsta rap scene, has emerged in northeastern Mexico (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Coahuila), where the musical phenomenon of hip-hop is being co-opted by the influence of organized crime and the drug war in the region. Some of the main exponents of the genre are Cano y Blunt, DemenT and Big Los.