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Latin Pop
Stylistic origins	Spanish music · African music · Asian music
Cultural origins	Italy · Spain · Portugal · France · Romania • Latin America.
Typical instruments	Spanish guitar · Accordion • Bass · Drums, keyboard, trumpet · trombone · piano · claves · cowbell · timbales · conga
Mainstream popularity	Latin America · Spain · Italy • Portugal · France · Romania · USA · Canada · United Kingdom,
Fusion genres
Chicano rock · Rock en Español ·
Regional scenes
Americas: Brazilian pop · Mexican pop · US pop Europe: Italian music • Portuguese music · Spanish music · French music · Romanian music
Other topics
Pop culture Julio Iglesias, world's best-selling Latin artist Gloria Estefan, world's best-selling female Latin artist

Latin pop (Pop Latino, in Spanish and in Portuguese) generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a "Latin" influence. The definition of "Latin" varies, however. Linguistically, pop music sung in Spanish, or other languages derived from Latin, may be considered Latin pop. Geographically, it could refer to pop music from Latin America or sung by Latin Americans, generally regarded as Hispanics (although this classification does not include the Portuguese). Pop music which has a significant Latin pop influence, no matter sung by who or in what language, may also be considered Latin pop.

There are two main variants. The first one is regular pop performed in the Spanish, Spanglish, Portuguese or English for international audiences. The second one mixes pop with a wide variety of Latin American or Iberian rhythms such as salsa, samba, cumbia, norteña, merengue, banda, tex-mex, flamenco, tango, reggaeton, vallenato, and reggae. More recently, Latin Pop has also included hip hop contributions such as the UK label Heavenly Records old school hip-hop inluenced Latin pop artist Espiritu aka Vanessa Quinones with her cut-up hip-hop inflected top 50 releases like Los Americanos, Conquistador and Bonita Manana which also featured remixes from US hip-hop master Guru.

Latin Pop is usually marked by polished productions while incorporating unobtrusive Latin rhythms and instrumentation into tracks. Latin Pop first reached a global audience through the work of vocalist Ritchie Valens in the late 1950s; in later decades, Julio Iglesias, the versatile Gloria Estefan, and the revolving-door teen idol group Menudo carried the style forward. Since the late 90s, Latin pop and songs with significant Latin pop influences have achieved mainstream success in the United States and worldwide. Some of the most successful artists are Selena, Shakira, Luis Miguel, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Paulina Rubio, Thalía, Julieta Venegas, Jennifer Lopez, Chayanne and Ivete Sangalo. Julio Iglesias is regarded to date as the world's best selling Latin artist selling 250-300 million albums worldwide.^[1][2]

Major Latin Pop songwriters include Emilio Estefan, Estefano, Richard Daniel Roman and Shakira.

Contents 1 Information on Latin Pop Artists 1.1 Honorific titles in latin pop 1.2 Best selling latin pop artists 1.3 Most Awarded Latin Artists 1.4 Comment 2 The best selling latin pop 3 Latin references 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Information on Latin Pop Artists

[edit] Honorific titles in latin pop

Citation: List of honorific titles in popular music
(characteristic song) You'll be in the new article Latin stars.

Male titles	Male Artist	characteristic song
King of Latin Pop	Juan Gabriel
	Enrique Iglesias	Bailamos
	Julio Iglesias	Gozar la vida
	Ricky Martin	Livin' La Vida Loca
Prince of Latin Pop	Enrique Iglesias	Dímelo
	Ricardo Montaner
King of Tejano	Emilio
Female titles	Female Artist
Queen of Pop	Christina Aguilera	Genio Atrapado (Genie in a Bottle)
	Beyoncé	Irreplaceable
	Madonna	La Isla Bonita
	Shakira	Whenever, Wherever
Queen of Latin Pop	Gloria Estefan	1-2-3
Queen of Tejano	Laura Canales
	Lydia Mendoza
	Selena	Amor Prohibido

[edit] Best selling latin pop artists

Country	Old generation artists	Number of sales albums	Citation
	Julio Iglesias	300	[3]
	Roberto Carlos	100	[4]
	Gloria Estefan	90	[5]
	Carlos Santana	80
	Selena	50
	Vicente Fernández	50
Country	New generation artists	Number of sales albums
	Luis Miguel	90	[6]
	Ricky Martin	60	[7]
	Shakira	60	[8]
	Enrique Iglesias	45	[9]
	Paulina Rubio	20	[10]
	Thalia	20	[11]
	Alejandro Sanz	25	[12]

[edit] Most Awarded Latin Artists

Latin Music Artists	Citation	Grammy Awards	Billboard Latin Music Awards	Latin Grammy Awards	World Music Awards	Premios Lo Nuestro	Premios Juventud
Alejandro Sanz	[13]	2	?	14	?	?
Christina Aguilera	[14]	4	2	1	2	2
Enrique Iglesias	[15]	1	?	1	7	4
Gloria Estefan	[16]	3	6	4	1	1
Juanes	[17]	1	?	17	?	?	5
Luis Miguel	[18]	5	13	4	4	12
Ricky Martin	[19][20][21]	1	7	3	8	10	3
Shakira	[22]	2	13	8	3	17	9

[edit] Comment

• Shakira - 8 Latin Grammys. Most won by any female singer.

[edit] The best selling latin pop

#	Artist	Album	Language Album	Certification / Sales	Grammy Awards	Grammy Awards (nomination)	Source
	Ricky Martin	Ricky Martin (1999)	English	7x Platinum / 22,000,000		Best Pop Album
	Shakira	Laundry Service	English	3x Platinum / 20,000,000
	Luis Miguel	Romance	Spanish	Platinum / 13,000,000	Best Latin Pop Performance
	Ricky Martin	Vuelve	Spanish	Platinum / 8,000,000	Best Latin Pop Performance
	Enrique Iglesias	Enrique Iglesias	Spanish	Platinum / 7,000,000	Best Latin Pop Performance
	Shakira	¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?	Spanish	Platinum / 7,000,000		Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
	Gloria Estefan	Mi Tierra	Spanish	Platinum / 6,000,000	Best Tropical Latin Album
	Shakira	Fijación Oral Vol. 1	Spanish	Platinum / 5,000,000	Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
	Shakira	MTV Unplugged	Spanish	Platinum / 4,000,000	Best Latin Pop Album
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#	Artist	Album	Language Album	Certification / Sales	Latin Grammy Awards	Latin Grammy Awards (nomination)	Source
	Shakira	MTV Unplugged		2x Platinum / 4,000,000		Album of the Year
	Ricky Martin	Almas del Silencio		4x Platinum / 4,000,000		Best Male Pop Vocal Album
	Enrique Iglesias	Quizás		4× Platinum / 2,500,000	Best Male Pop Vocal Album
	Ricky Martin	MTV Unplugged		2x Platinum / 2,000,000	Best Male Pop Vocal Album	Album of the Year
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#	Artist	Single	Language Single	Certification / Sales	Grammy Awards	Grammy Awards (nomination)	Source
	Shakira	Hips Don't Lie	English	Platinum / 10,000,000		Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
	Ricky Martin	Livin' La Vida Loca	English	Platinum / 6,000,000		Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
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#	Artist	Single	Language Single	Certification / Sales	Latin Grammy Awards	Latin Grammy Awards (nomination)	Source
	Shakira	Suerte / Whenever, Wherever		Platinum / 9,000,000	Best Short Form Music Video
	Shakira	La Tortura		Platinum / 6,000,000	Record of the Year / Song Of The Year	Best Short Form Music Video
	Ricky Martin	Livin' La Vida Loca		Platinum / 6,000,000		Record of the Year

• Language Album (Only in Spanish Album and Single) - The Latin Grammy songs are recorded only in Spanish.
• Source of such information is usually wikipedia.
• So far, no numbering according to best position the sale !

[edit] Latin references

Many international singers have a few Latin pop hits in their repertoire, without necessarily being known for having a Hispanic or Latin American background, which include Beyoncé's "Irremplazable", Toni Braxton's "Spanish Guitar", Madonna's "La Isla Bonita", Spice Girls' "Spice Up Your Life" and "Seremos Uno los Dos", M2M's "Todo lo Que Haces", A*Teens' "Dame, Dame, Dame", 'N Sync's "Yo Te Voy a Amar", Backstreet Boys' "Nunca Te Haré Llorar", Tomohisa Yamashita's "Daite Señorita", Hikaru Utada's "Me Muero", Roxette's "La Vida Sin Tí", Latvian Marie N's (the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 winner) "I Wanna", Cher's "Dov'è L'Amore", French Lorie's "Sur un air latino", Pet Shop Boys "Domino Dancing", and Geri Halliwell's (who has Spanish heritage) "Mi Chico Latino".

Some artists usually include Latin remixes in their singles, which also could be classified as Latin pop. These songs are usually mixed by DJs of Hispanic background, such as David Morales, Junior Vasquez, or Pablo Flores, among others. Some singers who have released such remixes, besides the ones already mentioned, include Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Utada Hikaru, Will Smith, Alexia, Jamiroquai, and Jennifer Paige.

[edit] See also

Regional Latin pop scenes Pop music Latin American music Latin pop family List of honorific titles in popular music Some parts of this article will be moved to a new Article Latin stars.

List of best-selling singles worldwide List of best-selling albums worldwide List of best-selling remix albums worldwide List of best-selling music artists List of artists featured on MTV Unplugged

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Viva La Videolucion Latin Pop Videos
• The 100 Most Important Albums of Latin Pop

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