In the wake of the crossover mania that characterized the Latin music industry at the end of the 90s Ricky Martin Shakira Paulina Rubio Thala -- all of whom released English-language albums around this time came Juanes a Latin artist so great he didn…

Born in Bogota Colombia Fonseca chose the path of music at an early age creating and selling his first compositions to friends and family by the age of 12 Studying music formally at institutions such as Javeriana University in Bogota and Berklee Coll…

It took the Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 about a year to catch on after quietly debuting stateside in 2005 on White Lion a small reggaeton label in partnership with Sony BMG but catch on they certainly did By the end of the following year Calle 13 had b…

Don Omar became one of reggaetons first international superstars thanks to his early-2000s work with Luny Tunes but even more so thanks to Reggaeton Latino his 2005 anthem that became one of the styles first genuine crossover hits Born William Landrn…

One of the most sensational Mexican pop acts of the mid-2000s Belanova enjoyed tremendous success in their native country especially with their second album Dulce Beat whose single Por Ti notably logged a record-setting 29 weeks atop MTV Mexicos Top …

Lolita Torres son Diego started getting involved in show business in the mid-80s while playing roles in soap operas oriented to young audiences Diego Torres first band was called Marca which broke up in 1991 when the artist decided to start a solo ca…