Key Latin music genres, pioneering artists, and landmark recordings across salsa, bossa nova, cumbia, and reggaeton.
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- What Cuban dance music genre, blending son and jazz, became popular in New York in the 1960s and 70s?
- Salsa
- What Cuban genre, developed in the late 19th century, is considered a root of salsa?
- Son cubano
- What New York record label, founded in 1964, was central to popularizing salsa music?
- Fania Records
- Who is known as the 'Queen of Salsa'?
- Celia Cruz
- What Brazilian genre, blending samba and jazz, emerged in the late 1950s?
- Bossa nova
- Who composed 'The Girl from Ipanema,' a landmark bossa nova song?
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
- What Brazilian percussion-driven dance music predates and influenced bossa nova?
- Samba
- What Colombian genre, featuring accordion and originating on the Caribbean coast, is closely tied to cumbia's roots?
- Vallenato
- What genre, originating in Colombia, is characterized by its simple rhythm and became popular across Latin America?
- Cumbia
- What genre, blending Puerto Rican and Jamaican dancehall influences with hip-hop, emerged in the 1990s?
- Reggaeton
- Who is credited as a foundational reggaeton artist with the hit 'Gasolina'?
- Daddy Yankee
- What rhythmic pattern, originating in Panama and Puerto Rico from dancehall riddims, underlies reggaeton?
- Dembow
- What Mexican genre, featuring brass and string ensembles, originated in the state of Jalisco?
- Mariachi
- What Dominican genre, characterized by fast tempo and the use of the guira and tambora, is a national dance music?
- Merengue
- What Dominican genre, slower and more romantic than merengue, became internationally popular in the 1990s?
- Bachata