Costa Rican talent signed to US label at 17, backing vocalist for Sergio Mendes and Britney Spears, wrote songs for Black Eyed Peas and Ricky Martin, scored number 1 hit on US dance charts. She’s the one singing “Suda el Jamon” in the Nike commercial where women getting liposuction jump off their operating tables and start dancing around.

Debut album from the Queen of NeoSoul. Released in 1997 the album marked a break with the digitally over-produced R&B that was prevalent in the 90s.

Pick your label: electro vacilón, electro tropical, psychedelic cumbia, afro-colombian house, progressive folklore, champetronics, latin electronic erotica… Founder Simón Mejía blends traditional Colombian music rhythms with modern electronic beats while lead singer Liliana Saumet brings the funky tropical feel from Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Will Smith decided to end a 10 year hip-hop hiatus by contributing to Bomba Estéreo’s remix of Fiesta because, as he articulates, “it’s hot sh*t”.

Ikah is the stage name of Spanish R&B singer Penélope Solís from Madrid. Ikah means “followers” in Hawaiian, “reed” in Hindi, and “squid” in Japanese.

Juanes began as frontman for the trash metal band Ekhymosis. Un Día Normal was his second solo album but the one that launched him as an international rock star.

Old school Panamanian Reggaetón like it sounded before Puerto Ricans got ahold of the music style.

Born in the Bronx to Dominican parents, Leslie Grace is one of the few women to ride the international Bachata wave. Her debut album includes Bachata standards, originals, and bachatafied versions of several Motown classics.

 

Debut album from Cuban-American singer/songwriter/rapper from Miami, finally released 2 years after her single “Gangsta” blew up on youTube. Dahlia’s songs typically transition from Rihanna-esque vocals to aggressive raps pushed through a throaty vibrato. Only Spanish language track is a hip-hop homage to Celia Cruz’s “La Negra Tiene Tumbao”.