The Beginning?........

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Latin pop is in a nutshell "Latin music" of the genre pop.

Esto includes artists from


countries such as Italy, Spain, Portugal and France, among others, because of these
nations come true Latin roots faded in the world. Then the singers and groups of Latin
American republics (Hispanic Americans, Brazilians and Haitians), as well as the
former French and Portuguese colonies in other continents (mainly in Africa) appear.
Often the concept as Hispano Latin Pop Pop partners, which often leads to confusion.
THE BEGINNING?.........
For some Latin pop beginnings date back to the 1950s, when the bolero in its different
variants was the most widespread throughout Latin American countries gender. Others
believe that starts from the influence of popular music norteramericana in Los Teen
Tops phenomena of Mexico or New Wave. The term "Latin Pop" had greater relevance
since 1980, after the industry was interested in developing sales phenomena like Julio
Iglesias had sold millions of albums worldwide, Camilo Sesto, record 40 major and
Gloria Estefan was dancing to the United
States with his song Conga. For that decade,
the company Televisa became a quarry for
pop idols throughout the Spanish-speaking
region. Were groups like Menudo, Magneto or
Timbiriche of the future that would be part of
global artists such as Juanes, Thalia, Enrique
Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Shakira and Paulina
Rubio.
Mexico for its part experienced a big change
in his style of music, it is worth noting the case of Yuri, "The Mexican Madonna", which
made a radical change to the music in Mexico and Latin America, the first Latina to
present a show 1st Level, at one time was considered to hold the title of Queen of
Latin Pop that currently belongs to Shakira.
In the following decade, various factors such as the growth of the Hispanic population
in the United States, the consolidation of the music industry in the hands of the Estefan
family in music and finding new rhythms for First World markets caused the so-called
"boom" of Latin music with the theme Livin 'La Vida Loca by Ricky Martiny "Amor a la

Mexicana" Thalia, which sought to consolidate a fad into a permanent phenomenon.


Subsequently benefit artists like Juanes and Shakira, which are recognized worldwide.
But one of the group had more success in the 80's Latin pop and was often timbiriche

THE EVOLUTION OF LATIN POP MUSIC ........


Mainstream pop music is Spanish, which is a line taken from the bolero and the ballad
-gender quintessential Latin Americans,
characterized by its letters of love and gentle
rhythm. Some of their representatives are
Juanes, Camilo Sesto, Selena, Enrique
Iglesias, Luis Miguel, Ricardo Arjona, Alejandro
Sanz, Yuri, Shakira, Thalia, Paulina Rubio and
Julieta Venegas. It is noteworthy that this genre
has taken its benefits Anglo variables of the
time like the soft rock.
There is also talk of Latin pop in relation to
Latin American or Iberian rhythms adapted in order to become a product that can be
heard beyond its traditional audience. Since the 1950s, and this practice was made in
order to penetrate the North American market. One of the most striking examples is
the success of Damaso Perez Prado in the United States. In the 1990s he intensified
giving privileges to the most attractive sounds for the Pan-American audience, but
there is a way to stay behind: banda, cumbia, flamenco, merengue, northern, salsa,
samba, tango, tex-mex, vallenato, etc. A notable case is Carlos Vives who made
traditional Colombian music pop product and Bacilos, and separately.
Because the Latin pop, popular for being in essence, also contained within its genre
artists from other musical styles fashionable charged for some time. The case of
Spanish rock in the late 80s and 90s is evident, so bands like Soda Stereo, Enanitos
Verdes and Mana due to the popularity enjoyed were considered exponents of the
genre being accepted one as on the other side. In this new decade trends are closer to
hip hop, but the Latin variant, which is the reggaeton will be the same that is gaining
interest ever did the rock in Spanish, so artists like Daddy Yankee and Don Omar also
they are regarded artist and pop world.
In Mexico some are successful pop artists like Yuri, Thalia, Paulina Rubio, Julieta
Venegas, Alejandra Guzman, or Gloria Trevi

In Colombia there are a number of artists who were recognized quickly in the Anglo
market and they are Juanes, Shakira, Fanny Lu, Carlos Vives, Aterciopelados,
Fonseca, Andres Cabas, Andres Cepeda among other world-class pop genre.
Latin pop, since the late 90's has ceased to be music consumption only for the
Spanish-speaking audience, but has sought its place within the European or American
market, where many successes are taken to the dance floors of these countries. In
some cases are treated by DJs remixed versions of Latin American origin, such as
David Morales, Junior Vasquez and Pablo Flores, and other is the "crossovers" where
Hispanics spend artists recording songs in other languages, mainly English .
Some American and European artists recorded some songs with a Latin content;
Some of them are: La Isla Bonita Madonna, Spice Up Your Life Spice Girls group,
Dov' L'Amore Cher, Beyonce Irreplaceable, Mambo No. 5 Lou Bega, among others.
RBD and Kudai are two Latin bands that marked the new era of Latin pop, both are a
phenomenon of music in Latin America reaching young people stay in their image and
music, strangely both ended his career in 2009 but carried only Kudai indefinite break.

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