Marc Anthony is launching a new production company, Magnus Media, in Miami. Superstars such as Alejandro Sanz, Juanes and Maná also recorded recent albums here. 1 slot on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums last month, was recorded here.
Visualizate, the new album by the Cuban duo Gente de Zona, which debuted at the No. The Latin Recording Academy, which has presented the Latin Grammys since 2000, is based here. record labels - and a slew of independents - having made Miami their headquarters. Today, Estefan’s life is the subject of a Broadway musical, Iglesias has ceded the spotlight to his son Enrique, and there’s no such thing as a Miami sound.īut the Latin music industry has never had a bigger presence in the city, with all three of the major U.S. pop music was infused by the “Miami sound” - upbeat, radio-friendly songs by Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada, Exposé, Willy Chirino and Julio Iglesias, performed in English or Spanish but leavened with a recognizably Hispanic beat. and in Latin music industries.ĬARL the 1980s and 1990s, U.S. Pitbull is one of the few current artists who have achieved major success in the U.S. Recording artists Pitbull, center right, and Prince Royce, center left, perform on stage with dancers at Bayfront Park on New Year’s Eve last year.
