Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by regions. Subgenres include banda, country en Español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mexico music, Norteño, Sierreño, Tejano, and Tierra Caliente. It is among the most popular radio formats targeting Mexican Americans in the United States.
The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The Billboard awards are the Latin music industry’s longest running award. The award ceremonies are held during the same week as Latinfest+.
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. The award has been given since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards in 2000 to artists, directors and producers of an individual promotional music video released for the first time during the award eligibility year.
The Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists, in the United States and internationally. The award is given to a producer whose recordings released during the eligibility period represent extraordinary creativity in the area of record production. Six individual songs, or 51% of the duration of an album, are the minimum for a producer to be eligible. Two or more producers can participate as a team only if they have worked together during the period of eligibility.
The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year is an award presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend musicians for their "artistic achievements in the Latin music industry as well as their humanitarian efforts". Award recipients are honored during "Latin Grammy Week", a string of galas just prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony. Until 2023, the award was only presented to artists of Ibero-American heritage, when Laura Pausini became the first Italian artist to be presented with the honor.
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the pop girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. While in the group, Cabello began to establish herself as a solo artist with the release of her collaborative singles "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "Bad Things" —the latter peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100. She left Fifth Harmony in late 2016.
The Premios 40 Principales for Best Latin Song is an honor presented annually at the Los 40 Principaless, a ceremony that recognizes excellence, creates a greater awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latino artists in the international scene.
The Latin American Music Awards is an annual American music awards show produced by TelevisaUnivision. It is the Spanish-language counterpart of the American Music Awards (AMAs). As with AMAs, the Latin AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and music buyers and is produced by SOMOS Productions. The first Latin AMAs debuted on October 8, 2015, on Telemundo and was hosted by Lucero. The awards were not held in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, they resumed a year later.
Salomón Villada Hoyos, better known by his stage names Feid and Ferxxo, is a Colombian singer, songwriter and record producer. Born in Medellín, Colombia, he has worked with several well-known singers such as Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Sebastián Yatra, Manuel Turizo, Maluma and Karol G.
The Billboard Spirit of Hope is an honor that is presented by Billboard magazine to an artist or a group in recognition of their extraordinary philanthropic and humanitarian contributions beyond their musical work." The accolade was established in 1996 in honor of Selena, who died a year earlier. The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award is decided by the Billboard editorial committee. The Spirit of Hope Award was first given to Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan.
Billy Pérez, better known as Musiko, is a producer and composer of Christian music. In his discography, there are two studio albums and two collaborative ones, these being 7 together with Triple Seven and Dosis together with Indiomar.
The musical works of Colombian singer Shakira have drawn the attention of music critics, and journalists, Shakira's songs from her first two international albums are the most analyzed due to their symbology, lyrics and concept of that time. Several of these analyzes have helped to understand a little more the ideals of the singer, her political and religious position as well as her inspirations for her first videos and songs. Likewise, the analysis of these works are used for works in various universities and colleges.
The following is a list of events and new Spanish and Portuguese-language music that happened in 2023 in the Latin music industry, namely music released in Ibero-America. Ibero-America encompasses Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Latino population in Canada and the United States.
Grupo Frontera is an American regional Mexican band from Edinburg, Texas. The band consists of Adelaido "Payo" Solís III, Juan Javier Cantú, Julian Peña Jr. (congas), Alberto "Beto" Acosta, Carlos Guerrero (drums), and Brian Ortega.
Alma is the third studio album by Argentine singer Nicki Nicole. It was released on May 18, 2023, through Dale Play Records and Sony Music Latin labels. The album features collaborations with Milo J, Young Miko, YSY A and Rels B.
The 30th Billboard Latin Music Awards—presented by Billboard to honor the most popular albums, songs and performers in Latin music—were held at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida on October 5, 2023.
"Frágil" is a regional Mexican song by the American bands Yahritza y su Esencia and Grupo Frontera. It was written by Kevyn Cruz, Luis Ángel O'Neill Laureano, Yahritza Martínez and Edgar Barrera, who also produced it. It was released as a single on April 7, 2023 through Lumbre Music, Columbia Records and distributed by Sony Music Latin.
"Mambo 23" is the lead single of Guerra's upcoming second EP, Radio Guira. It was released on September 22, 2023, by Rimas Entertainment. The track marked the first time that the artist ventured into Mambo Merengue or Merengue de Calle and Latin trap. The song include fusions of bachata, trap and merengue with arrangements of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and classical instruments with influences of influences of Dominican dembow and trap music. The music video was directed by Guerra's oldest son, Jean Gabriel Guerra.
"Nassau" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. The song was released on 22 March 2024 as a part of Shakira's twelfth studio album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran.
