X 100PREtainment, also includes his Spanglish collaboration with Drake, “MBunny nabbed his first-ever No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart, unseat-ing Ozuna, who had ruled the list for , released on RIMAS Enter-ia.” Bad
21 consecutive weeks with his albums AuraOasisJ BALVIN AND BAD BUNNYJ Balvin and Bad Bunny surprised and Odisea.
fans at midnight on June 28 with the release of their first joint album. On the eight-track set, the two artists blend their individual flows and respective Colombian and Puerto Rican roots, bringing to life an album
filled with old-school perreo, sensual trap and global reggaetón fusions. The first single, “Que Pretendes,” calls out an ex-girlfriend or boyfriend for wanting to get back together, while other tracks include a surprising
collaboration with Enanitos Verdes frontman Mbrings his distinguishable ’90s Latin rock to “Un Peso.” No. 1 on Top Latin Albums, scoring the biggest streaming debut for a arciano Cantero, who Oasis opened at
Latin set released in 2019.IndestructibleFLOR DE TOLOACHEDubbed as New York’s first all-wom-en mariachi group, Flor de Toloache’s13-track fiesta that includes originals, collabo-rations and reimagined pop covers, such as No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak.” Revamping a sic, Flor de Toloache teamed up with IndestructibleJuan Luis Guerra clas- is a music
John Legend for “Quisiera,” a collab that fuses mariachi with reggae and features an on-point Legend singing in Spanish. also features Alex Cuba and Mspotlights the graceful vocals, violin, Indestructible, which iguel,
trumpet, vihuela and guitarrón por-trayed by the Latin Grammy winners, pushing the boundaries of traditional mariachi music.Almadura
ILEAfter sharing the spotlight as the kid sister of Residente and Visitante in the groundbreaking band Calle 13 and nabbing a Grammy for her first solo album, 2016’s Ilevitable, iLe
(Ileana Cabra Joglar) presented her sophomore album, on words meaning “armor” and “hard soul.” The 12-track set includes special guest Eddie Palmieri, who plays a four-minute introduction to “MAlmadura, a play i
Novia,” which the Latin jazz/salsa legend wrote as a love letter to his wife. Featuring a variety of rhythms from the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa, and heavy on percussion sounds, Almadura contains deep lyricsabout social injustice, violence against women and the Puerto Rican political situation. “I’m expressing what I feel, but I know that those feelings also express a lot of other stories around the world,” iLe told Billboard on the
eve of the album’s release.El Mal QuererROSALÍAWtional flamenco, electronic beats and ith her infectious mashup of tradi-
urban melodies, Rosalía managed to put her modern flamenco pop at theforefront of her sophomore album, 2018’s El Guincho and co-written by C. Tan-gana. The 11-song collection, based on Flamencaabout a woman held captive by her El M, a 14th century gypsy novel al Querer, co-produced by
jealous partner, was her first top 10 and first chart entry on Top Latin Albums. “I am very excited, consider-ing the album has a strong flamenco influence,” Rosalía told music from my roots, music I grew up Billboard. “It’s
with, so how can one ask for more?” The singer is also nominated in the Big Four category best new artist.Latin
ILe at Columbiahalle in Berlin in 2015. Luis Fonsi in New York’s
Central Park in 2018.
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