Spend a half hour with some of your favorite Latin music artists here at the Latin Music Theater. If you're at work, remember to put on your headphones!
You might also be interested in listening to the songs and seeing the videos that held the top spots on the Billboard Latin Music charts during the last year.
Updated: 7/8/09
Nelly Furtado - "Manos Al Aire"
Nelly Furtado may be of Portuguese descent but she's made her name singing in English, with a few Portuguese tunes thrown in. She did sing a duet, "Tu Fotografia" with Juanes on his 2002 album Un Dia Normal; Juanes returned the favor by appearing with her on "Te Busque" from Furtado's 2006 Loose.
Always popular in the Latin music market, Furtado has just announced an all-Spanish language album Mi Plan scheduled to be released on Sept. 26th, 2009.
Listen to "Manos Al Aire"
Shakira - "Loba"
Colombian pop diva Shakira has just released the first single from her new album, currently scheduled for release September 25th, 2009.
The single is called "La Loba Ataca De Nuevo" or simply "Loba." Although the album will be a mix of both English and Spanish, Shakira decided to release the Spanish-language single first as a tribute to the fans that first embraced her music and helped her rise to super-stardom. The English-language version of the song, entitled "She-Wolf" should be out in a couple of weeks.
Jason Mraz, Ximena Sarinana - "Suerte" (Lucky)
Pop composer/vocalist Jason Mraz original release of his 2008 album We Lie, We Dance, We Steal Things was an English-language hit but when it was rereleased for the Latin American market, it included a new version of the song "Lucky" which was originally a duet with California pop singer Colbie Caillat. The new single, "Suerte" replaces Caillat with popular Puerto Rican pop star Ximena Sarinana.
Watch "Suerte"
Los Tigres del Norte - "La Granja"
Perennial favorites Los Tigres del Norte are due to release their new album, La Granja later this year. Here's the first single from the album; even though it looks like a video, these are just Los Tigres scenes for your entertainment. You do get to listen to the new single, though.
Listen to "La Granja"
Vicente Fernandez - "Necesito De Ti"
With his 2007 studio album Para Siempre still on the Top 10 of Billboard's Top Latin Albums, Vicente Fernandez delivers a new album, Necesito De Ti. Here's the single by the same name.
Listen to "Necesito De Ti"
Aventura feat. Wisin y Yandel & Akon - "All Up To You"
Whether or not The Last is Aventura's final album is still up in the air. In the meantime, the release is getting lots of air time, especially "All Up To You" which is a lot more reggaeton than the bachata we've come to expect from Aventura.
Wisin y Yandel - 'Abusadora'
Reggaeton darlings Wisin y Yandel have sure not lost their touch; their new album La Revolucion broke previous records by selling 35,000 copies the first week of its release and the single "Abusadora" is currently topping the charts. Watch, listen and see why.
Los Amigos Invisibles - 'Mentiras'
Los Amigos Invisibles new album Commercial is a blend of Latin rhythms fused with funk and lounge-style arrangements that bring back disco - or rather reinvent it for the new millenium. Here's a single from an album that is energetic, fun and infectious.
Pee Wee - "Cumbaya"
When the Kumbia Kings broke-up, lead singer Pee Wee Gonzalez (Irvin Salinas) stayed with the Kings until Cruz Martinez fired the popular teen idol when he didn't show up for a concert. Pee Wee quickly switched to the Kumbia AllStarz, sang lead on their debut album, A.B. Quintanilla III Presents From Kumbia Kings To Kumbia AllStarz but that didn't last long, either.
Now his debut album, Yo Soy has been announced for release Aug. 11, 2009. Here's the album's first single and, no, it's not the popular campfire song, "Kumbaya."
Bebe - "Malo"
Bebe, from Valencia, Spain, grabbed music lovers everywhere with her passion and distinctive style on Pafuera Telaranas. Five years later, it looks like we've got a new album to look forward to - tentatively titled Y Punto. But it reminded me about how much I loved the single "Malo" and decided I would enjoy listening to it again. I'm betting you would, too.
