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Latin Pop & Rock
Chicano rock, Miami pop, and the queen of Tejano.
From Santana's guitar to Los Lobos taking 'La Bamba' back to #1, from Gloria Estefan's Conga line to Selena's crossover — the artists who put Latin music at the center of American pop. The sound of car radios from East L.A. to Little Havana.
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▸ Did you know
- Ritchie Valens's 'La Bamba' (1958) was the first Spanish-language song to reach the US pop charts.
- Selena's 'Dreaming of You' debuted at #1 in 1995 — the first mostly-Spanish album to top the Billboard 200.