With revenues of $510m in H1, Latin Music is still on course to generate $1bn dollars in the US this year

According to new mid-year data released by the RIAA, on a retail basis, Latin Music revenues grew 23% in the US in H1 2022
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‘Latin music artists are not getting the recognition they deserve.’

MTW Agency CEO Diana Dotel discusses the challenges that come with working with Latin music and biggest lessons learned across her career
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Latin music will generate close to $500m from streaming in the US this year – but it’s losing (a bit of) market share

Across all formats, genre claimed 4.31% share in the first half of 2019
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95% Of U.S. Latin Music Revenue Comes From Streaming, says RIAA Report

A new RIAA report shows that in the first half of 2019, the U.S. Latin music business continued to grow at a double-digit pace. By mid-year 2019, Latin music revenues grew 13.5% to $232 million at estimated retail value versus the prior year. That builds on three consecutive years of…

Music ‘Trigger Cities’: Spotlight On Latin America

In this third part in a series exploring music "trigger cities", Jason Joven pf Chartmetric takes an in-depth look at Latin America’s music consumption stats to explore how listeners there are precipitating the exponential growth of Latin music’s global popularity. __________________________ Guest post by Jason Joven of Chartmetric Trigger Cities…

Apple is hiring for a Global Head of Latin Music to grow ‘multi-million dollar business programs’

Company is hiring for a Global Head of Latin Music Business in Miami
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Latin Grammy Awards 2018 – Full Winners List

The winners of last night’s 2018 Latin Grammy Awards came from a broad spectrum of styles and genres. The awards were televised on Univision from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Top Awards Record of the year – “Telefonía”, Jorge Drexler. Album of the year – “¡México por siempre!”,…

REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this scroll back through happenings in the music industry of the past week, we revisit Spotify’s stock price dip, a massively expensive Beatles Pinball Machine, how the rise of smart speakers has been impacting music consumption (in a good way!) and much more! Spotify Stock Below IPO Day Price,…

Apple Music Ups Latin Game With ¡Dale Play! Playlist

Apple Music is making a play for the red hot Latin music market with ¡Dale Play!, a newly launched playlist of hot Latin hits globally. Each week, the playlist artwork features a different artist hand selected by Apple Music’s editorial team and will act as its face of Latin music…

Latin Music Boom Here To Stay

After achieving dominance in 2017, the Latin music wave breaking through into the mainstream has showed no signs of stopping. Here we look at the timeline of Latin music’s economic boom. ___________________________ Guest post by William Glanz of SoundExchange Latin music achieved dominance in 2017, with “Despacito” becoming nearly as…