See which smashes rule Billboard's 100-position Top Hot Latin Songs of the 21st Century recap. Below, check out the 2000-24 top 10. By Pamela Bustios Sr. Charts & Data Analyst (Latin & Billboard ...

Bad Bunny’s placement atop the Top Latin Artists of the 21st Century chart is all the more impressive in that he didn’t appear on Billboard’s rankings until 2016. His tallies over 2000-24: 14 No. 1s ...

It seems I’ve been singing the same refrain ever since 2017, the year of our blessed “Despacito.” In 2023, Latin music continued its exponential growth in commercial value. The Recording Industry Assn ...

For Latin music, 2024 was yet another year of significant expansion — both on the commercial front, and in the stylistic detours and avant-garde tendencies favored by artists across the Americas.

The direct translation of “La Negra Tiene Tumbao” is “the black woman has swagger,” and Celia Cruz embodied this title, proving that she was the “queen of salsa.” Cruz was not just a talented musical ...

Salsa started as a Caribbean phenomenon, but it spread all over the world like wildfire, and its devilish rhythm and sinuous melodies are now universal. At its best, salsa can rock as hard as rock. It ...

The collection, released via Rimas Entertainment, is the longest-running No. 1 in the survey’s 32-year history, with 70 weeks at the summit in 2021-22. “Thank you all who believed and who continue to ...

Here's who produced the most No. 1s on Hot Latin Songs in the first quarter of the century, as part of Billboard's yearlong retrospective. The rich breadth and range of Latin music is beautifully laid ...

Bad Bunny reigns as the No. 1 Latin act on Billboard's recap of the first 25 years of the quarter-century, ruling Billboard's Top Latin Artists of the 21st Century chart. The retrospective is based on ...