From profession milestones to new music releases to main bulletins and people little necessary moments, Billboard editors spotlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Right here’s what occurred within the Latin music world this week.
Los Tigres del Norte Make Historical past — Once more!
This week, Los Tigres del Norte broke its personal stadium attendance report on the Houston Livestock Present and Rodeo, drawing 75,595 followers in the course of the rodeo’s Go Tejano Day. As a part of their Siempre Contigo tour, the famend norteño band, generally known as The Voice of the Individuals, carried out on the sold-out NRG Stadium simply days after additionally closing out the Besame Mucho Pageant with greater than 70,000 followers in attendance. On the former, Los Tigres broke its personal 2019 report by topping it with 9 extra attendees this 12 months.
“Thanks to our beloved followers […] with out you, this wouldn’t have been potential,” the Regional Mexican group wrote on Instagram.
Karol G’s Tour Additionally Makes Historical past
Karol G is presently on the Latin American leg of her Mañana Será Bonito Tour, the place she additionally broke information in Costa Rica this week. Billboard lately reported that the “Bichota” singer bought practically 105,000 tickets between her two sold-out reveals in San José (March 9-10), changing into the highest ticket gross sales ever for a live performance within the Central American nation; the report was beforehand held by Coldplay in 2022.
Moreover, because the trek strikes to Europe, the Colombian famous person additionally achieved a groundbreaking feat by changing into the primary artist to promote out 4 reveals on the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, the place she is going to carry out from July 20 to 23. Click on right here to see an updating checklist of all her MSB tour information.
From Billboard Latin Music Week to “Existo”
On Friday (March 15), Pedro Capó and Carin León dropped their first collaborative effort “Existo,” a tune they created in actual time, in entrance of a reside viewers and in half-hour on the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Week in October. The charming observe begins off with country-tinged guitar riffs and transitions right into a mid-tempo cumbia, and resembles the resilience and empowerment of human beings within the midst of adversity. The lyrics are based mostly on the actual experiences of each singers: “How can I not achieve success if I exist?” they passionately chant.
The thought of the tune was first created in the course of the Making the Hit, Reside! panel at Latin Music Week. Within the Instagram Reside video under, Capó and León speak to Billboard about lastly bringing it to life.
Goyo’s Daughter Shines on Stage
Goyo and her younger daughter, Saba, had a shining second this week when the pre-teen shared her expertise on stage with CeeLo Inexperienced. “Final night time was merely magical,” the Colombian artist, who shares her daughter with former Chocquibtown singer Tostao, expressed on Instagram. The candy second was captured on video, by which Saba is seen singing Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Someone” as CeeLo and her mother hype her up on stage. “My daughter Saba demonstrated that the most effective pathway to empower is with instance. CeeLo Inexperienced requested who knew the tune and with out doubting a second, made her desires come true. The youthful, the extra wild,” she wrote.