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Erick Brian Colon (member of CNCO); Adalberto Álvarez; Addys Mercedes; Albita; Alfredo de la Fé; Ángel Reyes; Armando Peraza; Arturo Sandoval; Aylín Mújica; Benny Moré
Music journalists and musicologists define Latin music as musical styles from Spanish-speaking areas of Latin America and from Spain. [10] [11] Music from Brazil is usually included in the genre and music from Portugal is occasionally included. [8] [12] Either definition of "Latin music" may be used for inclusion in this list.
As of 2025, 369 Latin songs have entered the Hot 100 chart, 1 in the 1950s, 1 in the 1960s, 2 in the 1970s, 1 in the 1980s, 5 in the 1990s, 36 in the 2000s, 80 in the 2010s and 243 in the 2020s. A total of 25 singles managed to reach the top 10 and 4 have peaked at number 1. Only 5 Latin songs reached the top 10 between 1958 and 2016.
This is a list of number one songs on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart by year: . List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs from the 1980s; List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1990
Puerto Rican singer Chayanne reached the top of the chart for the first time with "Fuiste un Trozo de Hielo en la Escarcha" in 1989. The Hot Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin 50 and Hot Latin Tracks), [1] published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart based on Latin music airplay.
Latin American music also incorporate the indigenous music of Latin America. [2] Due to its highly syncretic nature, Latin American music encompasses a wide variety of styles, including influential genres such as cumbia, bachata, bossa nova, merengue, rumba, salsa, samba, son, candombe and tango.
Since Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan are inconsistent with the definition of Latin music (Billboard states that the US Latin Digital Songs chart only ranks Spanish-language songs [114] but the English-language song "Conga" was ranked on the 2016 US Latin Digital Songs year-end chart), [115] some Spanglish songs primarily sung in English were excluded from the table above.
American Latin pop singers (33 P) Argentine pop singers (1 C, 28 P) B. Brazilian pop singers (5 C, 29 P) C. Chilean pop singers (1 C, 27 P) Colombian pop singers (1 C ...