19 Facts About Latin music

The majority of Latino immigrants living in New York City in the 1950s were of Puerto Rican or Cuban descent, "Latin music" had been stereotyped as music simply originating from the Spanish Caribbean.

Enrique Fernandez wrote on Billboard that the single category for Latin music meant that all Latin music genres had to compete with each other despite the distinct sounds of the genre.

Latin music noted that the accolade was mostly given to performers of tropical music.

In 1997, NARAS established the Latin Recording Academy in an effort to expand its operations in both Latin America and Spain.

In September 2000, LARAS launched the Latin Grammy Awards, a separate award ceremony from the Grammy Awards, which organizers stated that the Latin music universe was too large to fit on the latter awards.

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Term "Latin music" originated from the United States due to the growing influence of Latino Americans in the American music market, with notable pioneers including Xavier Cugat and Tito Puente and then accelerating in later decades.

Salsa Latin music became the dominant genre of tropical Latin music in the 1970s.

On January 10,1990, EMI Latin bought Bob Grever's Cara Records, beginning the golden age of Tejano music.

Tejano Latin music's growth exploded, as journalist Ramiro Burr put it as "a stubborn brushfire spread over the horizon", the genre converted radio stations into playing Tejano Latin music.

Tejano Latin music posted a five consecutive year sales and concert attendance record from 1990 to 1995.

Selena's Latin music led the genre's 1990s revival and made it marketable for the first time.

Tejano Latin music is believed by Jose Behar to have hit Mexico "like an atomic bomb" by 1994.

Tejano Latin music suffered and its popularity waned following Selena's death, and record labels began abandoning their Tejano artists while radio stations in the United States switched from Tejano to Regional Mexican Latin music.

Ricky Martin's hip-shaking dance moves were compared to those of Elvis Presley among American Latin music critics seeking to find an artist who resembled Martin's dance moves and their effect on the United States pop market.

Bolero Latin music saw a resurgence of popularity with the younger audience.

Latin music trap gained mainstream attention in the mid-2010s with notable artists such as Ozuna, Bad Bunny, and Anuel AA.

Latin music is starting to become mainstream in the US as Latin artists are teaming up with English speaking artists.

Some most popular forms of Latin music are Salsa, Bachata, Regional Mexican music, Tango, Merengue, Latin Pop, and Reggaeton.

Latin music surpassed Country and EDM in terms of album sales in the US in 2018.