1. Paulina Rubio - 'Gran City Pop'
Pop's Paulina Rubio's musical career has included tours of much of the world. In the ten tracks of Gran City Pop, Rubio shares her musical and life experience while visiting some of the world's great cities. The album includes performances by guest artists Estefano, Chris Rodriguez, Cacharro Lopez, Lester Mendez and Coti.
2. Los Super Reyes - 'Cumbia Con Soul'
This is the sophmore album of Cruz Martinez' Los Super Reyes, one of the two bands that were formed as a result of the break-up of Los Kumbia Kings.
3. Graciela Beltran - 'La Reina de la Banda'
Graciela Beltran is known as 'la Reina del Pueblo' but she'll have to duke-it-out with Jenni Rivera for the title of her new album to hold true. On the other hand, Beltran has a finer voice than Rivera and just as much fire. If the thunderous applause I heard at the last Beltran concert is any indication, maybe she is the title holder. Let the album speak for itself.
4. Natalia Lafourcade - 'Hu Hu Hu'
There is no doubt you're listening to an album by Mexico's Natalia Lafourcade because no one else mixes an orchestra and interesting lyrics with a mega pop sound. Lafourcade has said that Hu Hu Hu is a companion piece to her 2008 album Las 4 Estaciones del Amor but,if you don't look closely, it sounds like a children't album. It is definitely worth a closer look.
6. Francisco Cespedes - 'Te Acuerdas'
Cuban-born Francisco Cespedes new album, Te Acuerdas, is all about boleros. These are famous songs that you're probably familiar with including Armando Manzanero's "Te Extrano," Pablo Milanes' "Mirame Bien" and the Carlos Gardel standard "El Dia Que Me Quieras." There are also a few songs in English, French and Portuguese.
7. Paty Cantu - 'Me Cuedo Sola'
Mexican pop/rock singer Paty Cantu was originally part of the pop duo Lu until they split in 2007. This is her debut solo album although she's had hits with the 2008 single "Dejame Ir" and with the Motel duet "Dos Palabras."
8. Alicia Villarreal - "La Jefa'
Alicia Villarreal has finally released her fourth studio album; she's had her hands full in the last few years. The wife of Cruz Martinez, Villarreal was an active participant in the controversy that surrounded the break-up of Los Kumbia Kings, not to mention raising the couple's twin boys, born in Feb. 2006.
9. Zizek - 'ZZK Sound Vol. 3'
For fans of Latin dancehall, Zizek comnbines techno-cumbia and tropical sounds for an international dance beat blow-out.
10. The Latin Project - 'Musica De La Noche'
This is the second full-length album by British producers Jez Colin & Matt Cooper. The duo mixes deep house, broken beat, hip hop and Afro polyrhythms then throws down live vocals on top of the mix. With electronic effects, the music is high energy and danceable.
