This week, Billboard’s New Music Latin playlist — curated by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors — options contemporary new music together with Arcángel’s eight studio album La 8va Maravilla, Codiciado’s heart-wrenching “Todo Pendejo” and Joaquina’s pop ballad “pelinegra,” to call just a few.
On his 20-track set, Arcángel not solely celebrates his twentieth anniversary but additionally showcases his two-decade evolution that goes from his signature reggaetón and R&B sound to a extra experimental aspect: banda, Jersey membership, pop, afro home, merengue, you identify it. On a private degree, the Puerto Rican artist—who collaborates with Daddy Yankee, Ricky Martin and Grupo Firme, amongst others—declares this set his “sober album,” turning into the primary set he creates whereas not being drunk or medicine. “If for 20 years I created music in a not-so-healthy means, making music throughout very darkish instances, think about what I can do now that I’m sober and feeling higher personally,” he informed Billboard in a current cowl story.
Additionally on a brand new profession excessive, Kenia Os delivered “Belladona,” an avant-garde digital monitor that’s subtle, provocative and witty. In line with a press assertion, the music, co-written by the Mexican pop star, “follows a femme fatale who asserts management over love and its penalties.”
Additionally new this week is Manuel Turizo’s “Por Un Pendejo No Se Llora,” a sensual bachata a few lady who’s not beloved appropriately. Which launch this week do you suppose is finest? Give these new releases a spin and vote to your favourite new Latin music launch beneath:
Editor’s Word: The outcomes of the weekly New Music Latin ballot will probably be posted if the ballot generates greater than 1,000 votes. This ballot closes at 9:00 a.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 19.
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