Between the choruses, the guitar rolls like falling droplets. A sweet yet somehow poignant voice turns the pain of heartbreak into a danceable rhythm. Does that music sound familiar to you? That ...

It used to be that recording artists had to be known for a specific genre to get signed to a label. But in recent years, more and more music artists have been experimenting with different genres — ...

“We felt that [our music] was so unique that it could actually backfire on us,” recalls Anthony “Romeo” Santos of formulating a modern bachata sound as part of NYC’s Aventura. From the early Nineties ...

On Thursday, Nov. 11, at 12 p.m. ET, Catalan singer and songwriter Rosalía dropped the music video for her recent single and very first bachata song, "La Fama," featuring The Weeknd. I've been ...

Bachata is guitar-based music born in the poor neighborhoods of the Dominican Republic. It emerged from the shadows in the 1960s, only to be derided as low-class. Today, bachata is one of the ...

See the artists who've added to bachata's growing presence in Latin pop this decade. By Jessica Roiz Associate Editor, Latin A year ago, Billboard predicted the trends we would see over the course of ...

For many years, the music business seemed to think that Latin artists needed to follow a stereotypical crossover path to get global attention. Major acts, such as Bad Bunny and Maluma, debunked that ...

The Latin music world is mourning the loss of one of its most recognisable voices, as news emerges of the passing of Dominican singer Alex Bueno. Known for his long-standing influence in Merengue and ...

Bachata had some of its challenging moments in from the ‘60s to the ‘80s because it was considered too vulgar. Despite the genre being associated with rural underdevelopment and crime, a new wave of… ...

In many ways, Geoffrey Royce Rojas is like millions of other young Latino Americans. He was raised by Dominican parents who came to New York looking for the American dream and struggled to keep their ...

June is busting out all over and the featured dance from the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) will be Bachata, taught by Harry and Dottie Adams. The Bachata is a vibrant and passionate genre of ...

His 2025 joint album with Romeo Santos, 'Better Late Than Never,' received no nominations.