Latin music

Latin music is a broad commercial and cultural category for music associated with Latin America and Latin American diasporas, encompassing many distinct regional traditions and genres.

Afro-Cuban music: Music shaped by the interaction of African and Spanish-derived traditions in Cuba. Its rhythms and instruments anchor major Cuban styles within the wider category.
African diaspora in Latin America: The history and cultural influence of people of African descent across Latin America and the Caribbean. African diasporic musical practices shaped rhythms and performance across the category.
Celia Cruz: A Cuban singer renowned for her performances of son, guaracha, and salsa. Her career carried Cuban and salsa music to audiences across the Americas.
Latin Grammy Awards: Annual awards recognizing recordings in Latin music, presented by the Latin Recording Academy. The awards institutionalize a commercial category that spans many languages and genres.
World music: A broad marketing category for music positioned outside dominant Western popular-music markets. Its overlap with Latin music shows how record industries classify music by perceived origin.
Salsa music: A dance music genre developed in New York from Cuban and Puerto Rican traditions. Salsa became one of the category’s most internationally recognizable styles.
Spanish colonization of the Americas: The conquest and rule of much of the Americas by Spain from the late fifteenth century onward. Spanish language, instruments, and institutions became part of many regional musical traditions.
Tito Puente: An American bandleader, percussionist, and composer central to Afro-Cuban jazz and mambo. His orchestras helped popularize Afro-Cuban dance music in the United States.
Billboard Latin charts: Billboard charts tracking commercial performance of music marketed to Latin audiences. Chart categories show how the music industry measures and markets Latin music.
Hispanic music: A broad label for music associated with Spanish-speaking peoples and cultures. It excludes Portuguese-speaking Brazil in ways that Latin music generally does not.

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