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"Here We Are" is a song by Cuban-American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released in November 1989 in the United States and in February 1990 in the United Kingdom as the third single of her debut solo album, Cuts Both Ways (1989).
Here We Are is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by David Ives [1] ... "Bishop's Song" – Bishop, Raffael, Marianne, Leo, Colonel, ...
" Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti" is a 2010 song and charity single recorded by the Latin supergroup Artists for Haiti and written by Emilio Estefan and his wife Gloria Estefan. It is a Spanish-language remake of the 1985 hit song " We Are the World ", which was written by American musicians Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie , and was recorded by ...
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.
As of 2025, 370 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 244 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.
In the US, the band's fourth single, "Anything for You", became their first-number one song on the Billboard Hot 100. " Can't Stay Away From You " became a number-one hit in the Netherlands. The band enjoyed continued success with their singles through their final release, " 1-2-3 ", which was a top ten in the United States.
Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has been called the "quintessential Latin American romantic song of the twentieth century". [1]
songs from the eastern province of Grandada, Jaen, Almeria, and Murcia caracoles a song form which started as a street snail-vendor's song in Zarzuela (a popular Spanish form of operetta) cartageneras song form derived from the taranta, with a florid vocal line, more "artistic" and decorative than forceful and rough castañuelas castanets cejilla