[{"n": "Tito Puente", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/tito-puente/", "s": "El Rey de los Timbales: The King of the Timbales"}, {"n": "Violeta Parra", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/violeta-parra/", "s": "Pioneer of the Nueva Canción Chilena and collector of Chilean folk music."}, {"n": "Víctor Jara", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/v-ctor-jara/", "s": "Chilean folk singer and activist murdered after the 1973 coup."}, {"n": "Celia Cruz", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/celia-cruz/", "s": "The Queen of Salsa who brought Afro-Cuban rhythms to the world."}, {"n": "Rubén Blades", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/rub-n-blades/", "s": "The thinking person's salsa icon."}, {"n": "Gloria Estefan", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/gloria-estefan/", "s": "Cuban-American singer and five-time Grammy winner."}, {"n": "Shakira", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/shakira/", "s": "Queen of Latin Music"}, {"n": "Luis Fonsi", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/luis-fonsi/", "s": "Puerto Rican singer known for the global hit 'Despacito'"}, {"n": "Daddy Yankee", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/daddy-yankee/", "s": "Puerto Rican reggaeton pioneer and global hitmaker."}, {"n": "Amália Rodrigues", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/am-lia-rodrigues/", "s": "Portuguese fado singer who popularised the genre globally."}, {"n": "Andrés Segovia", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/andr-s-segovia/", "s": "The virtuoso who revived the classical guitar"}, {"n": "Antonio Aguilar", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/antonio-aguilar/", "s": "Mexican singer and actor who popularized charrería worldwide."}, {"n": "Benny Moré", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/benny-mor/", "s": "Cuban singer and bandleader, master of vocal improvisation."}, {"n": "Buena Vista Social Club", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/buena-vista-social-club/", "s": "Cuban ensemble that revived traditional son music worldwide."}, {"n": "Caetano Veloso", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/caetano-veloso/", "s": "Debut solo album by Caetano Veloso, released in Brazil in 1968."}, {"n": "Carlos Gardel", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/carlos-gardel/", "s": "The most famous tango singer of all time."}, {"n": "Carlos Vives", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/carlos-vives/", "s": "Colombian singer who globalized vallenato."}, {"n": "Carmen Miranda", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/carmen-miranda/", "s": "The Brazilian Bombshell who popularized samba and Latin culture worldwide."}, {"n": "Cartola", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/cartola/", "s": "Brazilian samba composer, singer, and poet."}, {"n": "Chico Buarque", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/chico-buarque/", "s": "Brazilian artist known for music and literature reflecting society."}, {"n": "Chiquinha Gonzaga", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/chiquinha-gonzaga/", "s": "First woman conductor in Brazil and pioneer of choro and carnival music."}, {"n": "Daniela Mercury", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/daniela-mercury/", "s": "The hurricane of Bahia who took axé music to the world."}, {"n": "Elza Soares", "u": "/e/latin-music-icons/elza-soares/", "s": "Brazilian samba singer named Singer of the Millennium by BBC Radio."}]