By 2004 roughly a decade after she made her recording debut at the age of 18 Laura Pausini had sold over 25 million albums worldwide quite an impressive feat for someone whod never really broken into the lucrative English-language market The Italian …

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…

Blessed with a melodic touch that made them a sensation right out of the gate Sin Bandera enjoyed enormous acclaim and commercial success with their self-titled debut in 2002 and continued to record superlative romantic Latin pop in the years that fo…

An exceptionally well-regarded Spanish poprock band La Oreja de Van Gogh are also one of the most commercially successful with each of their albums selling around a million copies worldwide Driven by electric guitar and keyboard their music is easily…

Italian Euro-pop vocalist Nek b Filippo Neviani began playing guitar and drums at the age of nine and studied music for several years in the early 80s By the later half of the decade he had begun singing professionally and two of his early singles Wi…

In 1987 ex-Aparato Raro member Rodrigo Aboitiz ex-Paraiso Perdido member Andrs Bobe and ex-Nadie member Shia Arbulu formed a techno-pop ensemble called la Ley After issuing an EP Aboitiz and Arbulu left the band to get involved in different projects …

One of the most gifted and accomplished -- and certainly one of the most respected -- artists in the Latin music sphere during the late 90s and into the next century Julieta Venegas enjoyed enormous acclaim during her run and though commercial succes…

Venezuelan singer and songwriter Franco De Vita was born in Caracas and later moved to Italy where he lived for ten years At the age of 13 De Vita returned to South America he decided to study music after finishing high school Corpus was the name of …

Initially molded as a traditional Latin balladeer one who sings romantic songs with much dramatic flair over sweeping string arrangements Luis Fonsi enjoyed much success as such though he began to break from that mold steadily beginning with Paso a P…

Formed in the early 90s Elefante had the opportunity to play for a major audience in 2000 while opening for Joaqun Sabina at Mexico Citys Auditorio Nacional A year later the band represented Mexico in Via del Mar the most popular Chilean festival wit…

Child talent gone recording artist Belinda Peregrin Schull was born in Madrid in 1989 of mixed Spanish and French heritage relocating with her family four years later to Mexico City where she lives today Showing a talent for singing and performing fr…