(Vocals, b. 1957) Originally scoring hits as part of the Latin-powered Miami Sound Machine in the late 1980s with husband Emilio, Cuban-born Estefan soon went solo with hugely successful pop albums like Into The Light (1991) and Destiny (1996). Always keeping a foot firmly in the Latin market with Spanish-language albums like Abriendo Puertas (1995), she was ideally placed when the Latin boom of Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias ignited in ...
(Vocals, b. 1969) The attention paid to Lopez’s backside by tabloids probably reflects the amount of light that shines from it. An accomplished actress with a successful Hollywood career she released a debut album in 1999 that spawned hits ‘If You Had My Love’ and ‘Waiting For Tonight’. J Lo (2001) generated more of the same for this immaculate Latin diva. A remix album went down well and Rebirth (2005) revealed ...
(Vocals, b. 1971) Born in Puerto Rico, Enrique Martin Morales, was a member of the Latin boy-band Menudo in the 1980s. As an actor he also enjoyed TV work in Mexico and America, notably as a singing bartender in General Hospital. Martin made his Spanish-language solo debut in 1991 and a string of albums like A Medio Vivur (1995) won him a devoted following in Latin music circles. These firm foundations ...
West-coast city Seattle was the unanticipated epicentre of 1990s music as grunge, the biggest ‘back to basics’ movement since punk, shook traditional American rock – Nirvana was to enjoy iconic status for a spell until Kurt Cobain’s death. In the UK, the dance-rock of The Stone Roses, a holdover from the late 1980s, put Manchester briefly in the picture, but it was American bands like Metallica, the Red Hot Chili ...
Latin pop has been around for as long as Latin music itself. As far back as the 1920s, Mexico, Argentina and Spain were veritable fountains of popular music, which they exported to all Spanish-speaking nations. An international audience was found in the United States, along with the steady influx of Latino immigrants in the late twentieth century. Prior to this, Latin music made its rounds through the decades via the boleros ...
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