In the 1980s and 1990s, Latin Pop became a popular form of Latin music
in the United States and it achieved a booming record for having so many
non-Latino listeners during this time. Latin Pop was greatly affected by
different styles of music and dances that originated in the United States.
Everyone knows New York and Miami for their Latin club scenes full of life and
tropical music. During the 1980s, the rise of Latin freestyle music began which
came with a club-oriented dance that relied on different musical instruments
and different sounds to move your body to. After Latin freestyle prospered it
influenced the rise of Latin Pop, which had some similarities except Latin pop
was more up beat and relied more on Pop for it’s musical flavor.
In our opinion, Latin pop was universal to everyone and influenced many other genres as well. Artists who began singing just American music heavily influenced this genre of music in the end. Later, many of them switched into Latin pop and sung their songs in a variety of languages but now stick to Spanish and English. Latin pop is a very fun genre and is played worldwide in all the clubs and parties to engage people in dancing and moving around to enjoy the beat. Latin pop has come a long way and is still very popular in the 21st century thanks to artists and devoted fans that enjoy this type of music (All Music, 2011.)
In our opinion, Latin pop was universal to everyone and influenced many other genres as well. Artists who began singing just American music heavily influenced this genre of music in the end. Later, many of them switched into Latin pop and sung their songs in a variety of languages but now stick to Spanish and English. Latin pop is a very fun genre and is played worldwide in all the clubs and parties to engage people in dancing and moving around to enjoy the beat. Latin pop has come a long way and is still very popular in the 21st century thanks to artists and devoted fans that enjoy this type of music (All Music, 2011.)
