Latin Music Icons Codexery

A source-cited reference to latin music icons

Latin Music Icons (23)

• Tito Puente — El Rey de los Timbales: The King of the Timbales
• Violeta Parra — Pioneer of the Nueva Canción Chilena and collector of Chilean folk music.
• Víctor Jara — Chilean folk singer and activist murdered after the 1973 coup.
• Celia Cruz — The Queen of Salsa who brought Afro-Cuban rhythms to the world.
• Rubén Blades — The thinking person's salsa icon.
• Gloria Estefan — Cuban-American singer and five-time Grammy winner.
• Shakira — Queen of Latin Music
• Luis Fonsi — Puerto Rican singer known for the global hit 'Despacito'
• Daddy Yankee — Puerto Rican reggaeton pioneer and global hitmaker.
• Amália Rodrigues — Portuguese fado singer who popularised the genre globally.
• Andrés Segovia — The virtuoso who revived the classical guitar
• Antonio Aguilar — Mexican singer and actor who popularized charrería worldwide.
• Benny Moré — Cuban singer and bandleader, master of vocal improvisation.
• Buena Vista Social Club — Cuban ensemble that revived traditional son music worldwide.
• Caetano Veloso — Debut solo album by Caetano Veloso, released in Brazil in 1968.
• Carlos Gardel — The most famous tango singer of all time.
• Carlos Vives — Colombian singer who globalized vallenato.
• Carmen Miranda — The Brazilian Bombshell who popularized samba and Latin culture worldwide.
• Cartola — Brazilian samba composer, singer, and poet.
• Chico Buarque — Brazilian artist known for music and literature reflecting society.
• Chiquinha Gonzaga — First woman conductor in Brazil and pioneer of choro and carnival music.
• Daniela Mercury — The hurricane of Bahia who took axé music to the world.
• Elza Soares — Brazilian samba singer named Singer of the Millennium by BBC Radio.

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