Top Ten Latin American Music Artists
Carlos Santana is a Mexican and American musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American jazz.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian-Spanish singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model.
Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), known as Ritchie Valens, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted eight months, as it abruptly ended when he died (aged 17) in a plane crash, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died", an accident that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson. Three albums recorded by him were released posthumously. Valens was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler, known professionally as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He's a Spanish singer and Spain isn't in Latin America.
Talking Heads were an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison.
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino American hip hop recording group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide.
Rage Against the Machine is a rap metal band formed in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk. This is an American rock band
Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, known by his stage name Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.
The best Brazilian artist of all time. She sang like a suffering person (yet was the queen of suffering for it). She had a variety of styles & paved the way for artists like Anitta. She also won Latin Grammy's & all this was after more than 10 years of music until her tragic demise in a plane crash. R.I.P. (1995-2022).
Mexican band- Jesús Navarro (vocals), Julio Ramírez and Gilberto Marín (Instruments) One of the best music bands of the last and current decade, their love ballads, melancholic songs and uplifting beats have made them known throught all of latinamerica and beyond. They are still making good music and their music continues playing on radios and discos all day long! Really they are one of the best contributors to latin music to date
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, actress, and fashion designer.