According to a new study by YouGov Research, half of Americans listen to music in a language other than English and the predominate language is Spanish. Millennials in particular, say they think there should be more Spanish speaking pop stars. To me this means that while a growing percentage of Latinos in the U.S. are…
According to BuzzAngle, which tracks music consumption, Latin music ranked ahead of country music for the first time grabbing about 10% of album sales and song consumption on streaming services. Hip Hop owned the top spot accounting for about a quarter of the market in both categories followed by Pop, Rock, R&B, Latin, Country, and…
At the ripe age of 75, Mick Jagger and the surviving members of the “greatest rock and roll band in the world” will soon begin a 13-show U.S. stadium tour. I was a big Stones fan growing up, and have seen them live probably a dozen times. I have always loved their unique blend of…
On the heels of his World Cup performance with Will Smith, Nicky Jam, AKA Nick Rivera Caminero, is the hottest Latin Hip Hop artist in the world. However, a few years ago, the current king of “Reggeaton” was struggling with his career and moved to Colombia for a few years, doing a little concert promoting…
I must admit that I didn’t know anything about Donald Glover or his musical persona, Childish Gambino, until he hosted Saturday Night Live last week. The talented writer, comic, actor, singer and New York University alumnus is on the cusp of superstardom. This past week he released the most provocative song and music video of…
We all know that Despacito took the world by storm in 2017. The Luis Fonsi song featuring Daddy Yankee recently crossed 4 billion views on YouTube making it the most viewed music video in the history of the world. Last month, I overheard two people at the airport debating the thrust behind the song’s mega…
The Luis Fonsi smash hit, Despacito has dominated airwaves for the better part of 2017. It spent 15 weeks as number one on the Billboard charts, and it was the first YouTube video in history to reach three billion views. The Spanish language song, by every possible metric is not only one of the top songs of…