Music from Ibero-America or sung in Spanish or Portuguese
This article is about the music genre. For music from Latin America, see Music of Latin America. For other uses, see Latin music (disambiguation).
Latin music
Native name
Música latina
Stylistic origins
Ibero-American music
Spanish music
Portuguese music
Cultural origins
Early 1940s, Ibero-America
Subgenres
Latin jazz
Latin pop
Latin R&B
Latin rock
Latin urban
Regional Mexican
Tropical music
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Tango
Latin music (Portuguese and Spanish: música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America,[1] which encompasses Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Latino population in Canada and the United States,[2][3][4][5] as well as music that is sung in either Spanish and/or Portuguese.[6][7][8][9][10]
^Raygoza, Isabela (September 15, 2022). "Listen to GRAMMY.com's Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 Playlist: Featuring Latin Music Hits & Classics From Anitta, Selena, Bad Bunny, Shakira & More". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on September 15, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
^Abaroa, Gabriel (2019). "The First Twenty Years". 20a Entrega Anual del Latin Grammy. The Latin Recording Academy: 6. Retrieved July 20, 2022. ...together with the musical community of Latin America, Portugal, Spain, and the Latino population in Canada and the United States (that is, Ibero America)...
^Morales, Ed (2003). The Latin beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin music From Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond (1. Da Capo Press ed.). Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. p. xiii. ISBN 978-0-306-81018-3. Retrieved September 10, 2015. Including Spain, there are twenty-two predominantly Spanish-speaking countries, and there are many more styles of Latin music.
^Stavans, llan (2014). Latin music: musicians, genres, and themes. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. xviii, 838. ISBN 978-0-313-34396-4. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
^Lawrence, Larry; Wright, Tom (January 26, 1985). "¡Viva Latino!". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 4. pp. 53, 62. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
^Flores, Juan; Rosaldo, Renato (2007). A Companion to Latina/o Studies. Oxford: Blackwell Pub. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-470-65826-0. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
^Llewellyn, Howell (November 25, 1995). "ShowMarket to Focus on Development of Latin Music". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 47. p. 72. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^Arenas, Fernando (2011). Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-8166-6983-7. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
^Stavans, Ilan; Augenbraum, Harold (2005). Encyclopedia Latina : history, culture, and society in the United States. Danbury, CT: Grolier Academic Reference. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-7172-5818-5. The term Latin music identifies a wide range of genres and styles generated in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula
^Segal, David (September 14, 2000). "Awards With a Musical Accent". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
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