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Business
Cuco, NEZZA and Fuerza Regida play CHIRLA's 40th anniversary awards night
The immigrant rights group handed out its Immigrant Champion Awards at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on 18 September.
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Releases
Pedro Capo opens the album Fulanito with the single Caer y levantarse
The Puerto Rican singer wrote it about getting back up, and the record lands on 16 October after his move home to the island.
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Tours
Ha*Ash book an 18-date North American tour for spring 2027
The sisters open at Toronto's Meridian Hall on 20 April and finish in Miami Beach on 22 May, with tickets on general sale Friday.
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Tours
Shakira draws 165,000 to the first weekend of her Madrid concert residency
Three nights into a twelve-show run, the setlist is already moving and Laura Pausini has turned up unannounced.
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Legal
Shein asks a court to dismiss the Selena estate's merchandise lawsuit
The retailer says third-party sellers uploaded the items and that a marketplace cannot be liable simply for displaying listings.
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Business
FLVCKKA is the standout artist in YouTube's Foundry class of 2026
The Chihuahua-born singer calls their own style hypercorridos, and Remezcla reads the pick as a signal about where Mexican music is going.
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Releases
Metrika releases the single P0RN0 from her coming album La Orden
Victor Marin directed the video, which puts the Valencian singer in a psychiatric ward.
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Tours
Karol G plays MetLife Stadium with Tainy and Judeline joining her
Rusowsky came out too, on the first of two sold-out New Jersey nights, for a Bby Wow the three had never performed live.
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Releases
Juan Luis Guerra and Manny Cruz cut a merengue single, Nieve en Verano
The song marks ten years of Cruz's career, and the video pairs both men with the Dominican broadcaster Francisca.
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Breakups
Jesse & Joy stop after two decades as Jesse Huerta steps back from the duo
He says he is prioritising his family and his mental health, and will work through to a December date.
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Business
The Peruvian cumbia band Los Mirlos play a Tiny Desk Concert
Fifty years after Jorge Rodriguez Grandez founded the group in Moyobamba, seven of them play five songs for NPR during its Latin Music Month takeover.
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Releases
Becky G opens up on new album "Baraja Bendita"
She discusses standing up for her community alongside Selena Gomez and Karol G.
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Business
Netflix sets a Fito Páez documentary for September 3
Matías Gueilburt directed the Netflix-produced film, and its trailer is out now.
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Releases
Karol G and Bruno Mars release the Still video shot at SoFi Stadium
Black and white rehearsal footage turns to colour when the pair reach the stage.
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Legal
Judge weighs reconsidering ruling in Bad Bunny reggaeton copyright case
One lawyer called the plaintiffs' theory a "Frankenstein" of unrelated song fragments.
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Legal
Bad Bunny wins a court ruling over the reggaeton dembow rhythm
Judge Andre Birotte Jr. found no single copyrighted work holds the pattern claimed.
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Business
Richard Busch sues Suno for the Regional Mexican music label Gerencia 360
The complaint puts alleged infringement of 444 registered works at 66.6 million dollars.
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Tours
Shakira dedicates her 12-show Madrid residency to Latinos living in fear
The Colombian singer made the case in an El Pais op-ed, pointing at Spain's immigration amnesty rather than at ICE.
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Tours
Shakira says her Madrid residency answers Latinos forced to live in fear
Writing in El Pais, the singer described a purpose built stadium and a thirty acre cultural site modelled on Macondo.
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Awards
Three singers reach the Mexico Canta final and a shot at a record deal
Tiffany Galaviz, Joshua Soto and Rosalba Valdez advance from the Los Angeles semifinal to the Auditorio Nacional on September 13.
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Releases
Wisin and Ivy Queen open La Universidad del Perreo with the track Hasta abajo
The album lands September 4 with Trebol Clan, Jowell, Randy, Don Chezina and Kapo among the guests.
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Releases
Elsa y Elmar rebuilds ten of her own songs on the album ciclos
The Colombian singer changed genres, rewrote verses she could no longer sing honestly, and caught a cold at exactly the right moment twice.
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Tours
Adanowsky brings a two-persona concert to Buenos Aires on November 4
Adan Jodorowsky puts the albums El idolo and Amador on one stage at La Trastienda.
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Business
The Latin Rock House, San Francisco, is now a protected music landmark
Owner Richard Segovia has kept a mural of more than 87 musicians going as the Mission District priced out the people it honours.
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Releases
Kany Garcia and Carin Leon reunite on the single El sombrero y la camisa
Their 2023 team-up Te lo agradezco was nominated for song of the year at the Latin Grammys.
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Releases
Ruben Rada left an unreleased album made with Los Autenticos Decadentes
Martin Moska Lorenzo says the ten-song set holds five originals and five covers, with no title and no release date.
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Obituary
Uruguayan singer Ruben Rada dies at 83
Rada was a key figure in Rio de la Plata music and culture.
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Business
Becky G says the industry rolled its eyes at her música mexicana albums
The singer told will.i.am that Esquinas and Encuentros met doubt, and that música mexicana started bubbling eight months after she began.
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Business
Rapper Young Miko says Kany García coming out was important to her
Asked by ELLE México about being a role model herself, the singer named García, and described a fan who came to a show with her two mothers.
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Releases
Wisin's viral 'Perreo University' campaign turns out to be his new album
La Universidad del Perreo arrives September 4, with Ivy Queen, Jowell & Randy and others teased.
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Tours
Bad Bunny brings his world tour back home to Puerto Rico to close it out
He'll wrap the Debi Tirar Mas Fotos World Tour with two shows at San Juan's Hiram Bithorn Stadium.
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Tours
Chuy Lizarraga and Julio Preciado announce joint tour
The two Sinaloan music stars team up for a run of dates from September to October.
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Releases
Lara Project, the Venezuelan duo, release their first EP with GUS
Finjo Y Estoy Bien (División A) gathers eight songs, seven of them new, around three friends trying to look like everything is under control.
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Tours
Yuri and Lucero set the Entre Amigas Tour, their first US run together
Dates open in Sugar Land, Texas on November 27, break for the winter and pick up again in California in April 2027.
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Releases
Ricky Martin and Pedro Sampaio team up for the 2026 NFL Rio Game halftime show
The Baltimore Ravens face the Dallas Cowboys at Maracana Stadium on September 27, with the two artists sharing the halftime stage.
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Releases
Singer-songwriter David Aguilar previews his new album hours before its release
The Sinaloa native spoke to Rolling Stone en Espanol about who joined him on the record, though no title has been confirmed.
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Releases
Benny Blanco releases guest-packed Latin album 'Hermoso'
The eight-track record leans on Selena Gomez, Becky G and The Marías, and it has stirred real debate over who gets to make this music.
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Releases
Paulina Goto, Mexican pop singer, releases new single "Cuidame de Mi"
The song traces self-sabotage and the people who stay close through hard times, she told Rolling Stone en Espanol.
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Business
Colombia earthquake relief effort draws help from music festivals
The Spanish-language edition of Rolling Stone says the industry is pulling together over the damage.
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Business
Bogota Music Market opens its 15th edition to international projects
The gathering runs September 8 to 11 and brings artists and industry professionals together in the city.
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Releases
Becky G returns to her rap roots on new album "Baraja Bendita"
Speaking to NPR, the singer calls creative expression "part of our resistance."
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Business
Heat Latin Music Awards move to the Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center
The 2026 ceremony coincides with Day of the Dead, and nominees have not been named yet.
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Releases
Paulo Londra puts out a new track called Me asfixia la ciudad
Rolling Stone en Español's report did not detail the song's production or its place in a bigger project.
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Releases
Singer Marc Anthony and Chayanne join earthquake relief effort
AP says other artists are taking part too, without naming them.
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Releases
Karol G's seventh album 'No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto' is out
Drake, Bruno Mars and Greg Gonzalez guest on a 14 track heartbreak record she began writing alone in Hawaii.
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Tours
Pedro Fernandez announces "Ave Fenix Two'r" U.S. dates
The Mexican icon's run opens October 15 at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood and wraps December 5 in San Diego.
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Releases
Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical open tour behind joint album "Helado Tropical"
The electro-R&B supergroup plays The Ford on August 13.
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Business
Singer Shakira and rapper J Balvin turned to Colombia earthquake relief
A 7.4 quake centred near San Jose del Palmar killed at least 111 people. Musicians shared donation links and helped families search for the missing.
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Tours
Fuerza Regida add new dates to the This Is Our Dream tour
The fall leg runs from Illinois to Colorado, with tickets on general sale August 14.
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Releases
Fuerza Regida closes historic stadium tour with a star-studded NYC finale
50 Cent, J Balvin and Bobby Shmurda all joined the band's Citi Field closer.
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Releases
AKRIILA shares the song partedemipartedeti, the last preview of her next album
The album, due out September 3, trades hyperpop synths for guitar, piano and flute.
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Releases
Drake guests on Karol G's new album track Ahi
The song sits on No Me Arrepiento De Sentir Tanto, with Drake working in Spanish again.
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Releases
Karol G releases song AHI with Drake
Bruno Mars also guests on the same album, on the track Still.
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Tours
Aria Vega announces U.S. Cariavales Tour
The Colombian singer's Costeñita Core sound gets its first American headline run this October.
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Releases
Camilo Lara and Eblis Alvarez release joint album Ruido Tovar, with a Beck cameo
The Mexican Institute of Sound and Meridian Brothers project pays tribute to cumbia legend Rigo Tovar, out via Ansonia Records.
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Business
Camilo Sanabria talks through the music of Cien anos de soledad season two
The composer says Catholic, Afro-Colombian and Caribbean sounds collide as the show's magic gives way to harder reality.
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Tours
Cazzu reschedules her first stadium show on the Latinaje en vivo tour
She played Madison Square Garden earlier on the run, before this stadium date was pushed back.
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Business
TREBEL buys the superfan platform Sesh to build out artist services
The free, ad-supported music app gains tools that Sesh says can identify a listener as a fan in under a minute.
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Releases
Lido Pimienta discusses new album Caribenya on NPR
The Colombian Canadian artist says the record explores what she calls the Caribbean sublime, with her 7-year-old daughter singing on one track.
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Releases
Selena Gomez, Becky G and Benny Blanco share Te Olvido (La La) video
Danny Trejo stars in the Chicano-culture-steeped clip, directed by a frequent Bad Bunny collaborator, previewing Blanco's album Hermoso.
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Releases
Karol G announces sixth album No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto
The Colombian superstar revealed the record from the stage in Toronto, with the LP due one week later.
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Releases
DJ Fred Again.. and Latin Mafia livestream their mixtape sessions on YouTube
The three-day Mexico City livestream will run until the British DJ and the Mexican trio finish recording their joint project.
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Releases
Cuban French duo Ibeyi release fourth album "Offering" as independent artists
Twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz left longtime label XL Recordings after 10 years to make the record on their own.
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Tours
Fuerza Regida's "This Is Our Dream" tour fills Dodger Stadium
The corrido tumbado band traced its decade-long climb from Inland Empire house parties to a stadium show with a live time machine.
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Releases
Chilean singer Mon Laferte releases double album "Femme Fatale Vol. 2"
The 20-track record includes a duet with St. Vincent and arrives eight months after its predecessor.
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Tours
El Malilla restored his US tour after pausing it over ICE raids
The reggaeton Mexa singer opens 19 dates in Palm Springs on 24 July, and says his next album took a year and a half and includes a bolero.
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Releases
Los Primos del Este release eighth studio album "Dulce Amargo"
The North Carolina band's norteno-sax sound has topped 2 million Spotify listeners as the subgenre keeps growing fast.
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Releases
Norteño band Los Tigres del Norte joins conductor Gustavo Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl
The August 21 concert caps Dudamel's farewell run as the L.A. Philharmonic's music director before he moves on to the New York Philharmonic.
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Releases
Música mexicana singer Tito Double P releases second solo album "Acomodo"
Released May 28 with zero guest features, the 23-track corrido record follows his rise writing hits for cousin Peso Pluma.
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Releases
Argentine pop artist Six Sex releases debut album "Ultra"
The Buenos Aires-associated artist built the record as an answer to what commentators call a "sex recession," pulling from decades of club music.
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Legal
Fuerza Regida frontman Jesus Ortiz Paz in legal battle with Jimmy Humilde
Ortiz Paz accused Rancho Humilde of pulling Fuerza Regida songs from streaming as a royalties countersuit moves through federal court.
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Business
L.A. City Hall honors Boleros de Noche concert series on 10th anniversary
Los Angeles declared Aug. 1 Dia del Bolero, honoring a decade of concerts curated by musician Roberto Carlos.
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Releases
La Cruz remembers Pulse shooting victims on new EP "El Nene, Vol. 2"
The Venezuelan reggaeton artist's EP also pairs him with Brazilian pop star Gloria Groove on a track called Sirveme.
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Festivals
BelicoFest took its musica mexicana festival to Los Angeles and San Jose
Tito Double P, Gerardo Ortiz and Clave Especial headlined the first LA edition at BMO Stadium, three years after the festival started in Phoenix.
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Festivals
Ozomatli opened the free Grand Performances concert season in downtown LA
The 40th season at California Plaza runs to 29 August, with tributes to Stevie Wonder, Roy Ayers and Ritchie Valens along the way.
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Releases
RaiNao releases new album "Marcriá"
Naomi Ramirez traveled to Havana to record with Cuban legend Omara Portuondo as blackouts rolled through the island under the U.S. blockade.
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Releases
Leslie Grace releases new album "Amor, Quien Eres?" after a decade away from music
She discussed the record's origins, plus 'In the Heights' and the scrapped 'Batgirl' movie, on the debut episode of The De Los Podcast.
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Releases
Alvaro Diaz releases "Omakase," his boastful new Latin trap album
The Puerto Rican rapper turns his own kitchen into a 16-track concept anchored by a tribute to a late collaborator.
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Obituary
Colombian folk singer Toto La Momposina, the "Queen of Cumbia," dies at 85
The Latin Grammy-winning voice of Colombian cumbia died of a heart attack in Mexico, her family said.
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Business
Rosie Perez narrates a podcast history of salsa music in New York
Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York opened on 26 May 2026 with the rise of Fania Records, the label often called the Motown of salsa.
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Awards
Karol G to receive the AMAs' International Artist Award of Excellence
She will also perform on the broadcast, which honors Billy Idol and Darius Rucker the same Memorial Day night.