From career milestones, new music releases, major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest Latin music news every week. Here’s what’s been happening in the Latin music world this week.
This week, René “Residente” Perez received the “Grand Prix for Entertainment Lions for Music” award at Cannes Lions for his powerful music video “This Is Not America” featuring French-Cuban duo Ibeyi. Awarded to Doomsday Entertainment and Sony Music Latin, this grand prize makes Residente the first Sony Music Latin artist to receive this honor. In his four-minute single, the Puerto Rican rapper attacks politicians, the police and American imperialism, recounting years of injustice and violence against the peoples of Latin America. Throughout the song, he reiterates an important point: America is not just the United States. The music video also won Best Director, Best Music Video and Best Video Effects at the Berlin MVA and Best Video at the AICP Awards.
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Wow… A really powerful music video for the song This is Not America. Congratulations @DoomsdayEnt and @SonyMusicLatin on winning the Grand Prix in the Entertainment Lions for Music category. #CannesLions2022 https://t.co/tCSN1vq70y pic.twitter.com/lYaQeiG3Yn
— LIONS | The House of Creativity (@Cannes_Lions) June 21, 2022
Colombian singer-songwriter Llane (real name: Juan David Castaño) has finally released his first studio album, three years after announcing he was going solo. The former singer of Piso 21 now presents 10 tracks that best capture his musical flow: fresh, positive and very popetón (pop and urban). In Fino (Warner Music Mexico), Llane teams up with collaborators Zion, Manuel Turizo, Danny Ocean, Boza, Khea, Alvaro Diaz, Omar Montes and Masego. “We have started a new phase of an album full of feelings and emotions, something we all experience and overcome in stages of love and life,” he said in a statement. hurry. “As an artist, I’m very proud of the wonderful songs that are part of my album.” Stream and listen to Fino below:
In March, it was announced that Bad Bunny was set to join Hollywood heavyweights Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Michael Shannon and more in the upcoming Bullet Train movie. Now, Sony Pictures has unveiled the official character posters, which include the Puerto Rican artist as The Wolf. In it, Bunny will play a hitman, part of a set of assassins, all with connected, albeit conflicting, goals. And all aboard a non-stop bullet train in Japan. Bullet Train is set to hit theaters later this year on August 5th.
If the title of his debut studio album is any indication, Karol G is unstoppable. This week, the Colombian star took home a big prize at the Premios Tu Music Urbana 2022 fan-voted awards, where she took home 11 awards, including Artist of the Year, Best Social Artist and Best tour. Although the singer was not present at the ceremony in Puerto Rico, broadcast live for the first time on Telemundo, she surely received the memo. “I’m very happy with all these awards,” she said via video message. “Thank you PR and everyone who voted for me.” She also explained that she didn’t attend the awards because she was overseas working on a lot of new projects.
Cultura Profetica in retrospect
In honor of their 25th anniversary, Cultura Profetica have announced that they will be holding an anniversary concert at the famed Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan on August 13. Rio Pedras who brought fans back to their career. “We showed a lot of band memorabilia and historic photos that capture our 25 years as an artist. We had a real tbt,” the band posted on Instagram.
What is considered Spanish music?
Spanish music is often associated with traditional styles such as flamenco and classical guitar. Although these forms of music are common, there are many different traditional music and dance styles in the regions.
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- Flamenco: Intense and emotional music usually sung and played with guitars and handclaps. …
- Jota: Traditional folk music from the Aragon region. …
- Zarzuela: combines sung and spoken numbers in theatrical performances.
What is the Latin beat called?
Tresillo (/trɛˈsiːjoʊ/ tres-EE-yoh; Spanish pronunciation: [tɾeˈsiʎo]) is a rhythmic pattern (shown below) used in Latin American music. To see also : The vision behind the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame. It is a more basic form of the rhythmic figure known as the habanera.
What are the different Latin rhythms? Latin percussion is a style of percussion that transcends many forms of Latin American music, including salsa, son cubano, samba, bossa nova, cascara, calypso, merengue, bolero, mambo, cha-cha-cha, tango, songo and folk musical styles. like rumba and cumbia.
What is rhythm in Latin?
Latin rhythms include the music of all Latin American countries and cross all varieties: from the simple Nordic music of Mexico and the United States to the sophisticated habanera of Cuba, from the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos to the simple sounds of the quena.
What culture is Latin?
Latin American culture is the result of a combination of European, indigenous and African influences. Spanish is the main language in most of the region. Large family groups are common, including aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents.
Which cultures are considered Latin? “To be considered Latina/Latino/Latinx, you or your ancestors must be from a Latin American country: Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, French-speaking Caribbean countries, Central or South America (but regions English speakers). Someone with roots in these countries or, as in the case of Puerto Rico,…
How many Latin cultures are there?
There are 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean today, according to the United Nations.
Is Spanish a Latin culture?
For example, a person from Spain would be Hispanic but not Latino because Spain is a Spanish-speaking country but not a Latin American country.
Where does Latin culture originate from?
The region of central Italy, the cradle of Latin civilization, still retains its Latin identity under the modern name of Latium (ancient Latium).
Is Latin and Spanish songs same?
Spanish songs are songs whose origin comes from the country of Spain. Latin songs are songs whose origin is from the region of Latin America. The language of Latin music is mainly Spanish, although it can also be Portuguese, given that Brazil is part of the Latin American region.
What makes a song Latin? Latin music is characterized above all by rhythm. It’s not a subtle background or rhythm; rhythm is in many ways the real focus of music. But, that’s not the only part of the music; melodies and harmonies are also important elements of this music.
Do people in Spain listen to Latin music?
Spaniards enjoy the music of many North, Central and South Latin American pop artists, including Shakira, Maluma, Alvaro Soler and Jennifer Lopez. Julio Iglesias remains the king of Latin pop for a certain generation throughout Spain.
