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{{Short description|Upbeat Latin music mixed with American pop music}}
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{{Infobox music genre
|name = Latin pop
|stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Latin music]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[psychedelic music
|cultural_origins = 1970s, [[Latin America]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]]
|derivatives = {{hlist|[[Latin ballad]]|[[tropipop]]}}
|subgenrelist =
|subgenres =
|fusiongenres = {{hlist|[[Chicano rock]]|[[Latin rock]]}}
|regional_scenes =
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'''Latin pop''' (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]:
==History==
Latin pop is one of the most popular [[Latin music (genre)|Latin music]] [[genre]]s today. However, before the arrival of artists like
Ricky ===Influences and development===
[[File:Ricky_Martin_in_store_appearance,_Sydney_Australia_(1).jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Ricky Martin]] is an international Puerto Rican singer. He is considered to be the King of Latin Pop.]]
Latin pop became the most popular form of Latin music in the [[United States]] during the 1980s and 1990s, with acts such as Puerto Rican
[[File:Thalía_Primera_Fila_cropped.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Thalía]] is a Mexican singer referred to as the "Queen of Latin Pop".]]
Moreover, [[New York City|New York]] and [[Miami]] were home to thriving Latin club scenes, which during the 1980s led to the rise of [[Latin freestyle]], a club-oriented [[dance music]] that was rooted in Latin rhythms but relied on synthesizers and [[drum machines]] for most of its [[arrangements]]. Both of these sounds influenced the rise of Latin pop, which retained Latin [[rhythm]]s in its [[uptempo]] numbers but relied more on
Latin pop's first major [[wikt:crossover|crossover star]] was [[Gloria Estefan]], who scored a succession of non-club-oriented dance-pop hits during the mid- to late 1980s, but eventually became known more as an [[adult contemporary]] diva with an affinity for sweeping [[Sentimental ballad|ballads]]. This blend of Latinized dance-pop and adult contemporary balladeering dominated Latin pop through the 1990s. Most of its artists sang in Spanish for Latino audiences, although Latin pop's similarity to the mainstream helped several performers score crossover hits when they chose to record in English. [[Jon Secada]] landed several pop hits during the mid-1990s, and Tejano pop star [[Selena]]'s album ''[[Dreaming of You (Selena album)|Dreaming of You]]'' actually debuted posthumously at number one on the album charts upon its 1995 release.<ref name=AMDancePop>[http://www.allmusic.com/style/latin-pop-ma0000004461/ Latin Pop], ''
The late '90s and early 2000s saw Latin artists such as [[Ricky Martin]], [[Enrique Iglesias]], [[Shakira]], [[Jennifer Lopez]] and
==See also==
{{Portal|Latin music|Pop music}}
*[[Freestyle music]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album]]
*[[Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album]]
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