From profession milestones to new music releases to main bulletins and people little essential moments, Billboard editors spotlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Right here’s what occurred within the Latin music world this week.
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Honored in Los Angeles
Earlier this week, Natalia Jiménez was honored by the Metropolis of Los Angeles with an Official Proclamation offered by District 14 Councilvmember Ysabel Jurado. The tribute passed off at Metropolis Corridor as a part of the Fiesta Broadway celebrations, the place the Spanish singer-songwriter was additionally named the 2025 Queen of Fiesta Broadway—she may even headline this 12 months’s occasion.
“It means a lot to me due to my robust ties to Mexico and the complete Latino group,” she mentioned in a press assertion. “I’ve lived a few years in each Mexico and america, and I perceive what it means emigrate and search new alternatives. I’m proud to be a part of such a united group, particularly in difficult instances. Thanks for inviting me, for this recognition, and for permitting me to rejoice our tradition and language with all of you.”
Making Historical past on Tour
In different L.A.-related information, Rauw Alejandro made historical past on the Intuit Dome as the primary Latin artist to carry out three consecutive bought out live shows. Throughout his Cali reveals—a part of his Cosa Nuestra world tour—the Puerto Rican artist invited shock visitors Marconi Impara and Yan Block to carry out “Espresso Martini” from his album Cosa Nuestra.
Produced by Reside Nation, the Broadway-inspired set — a nod to Rauw’s new musical period that symbolizes class, maturity and glamour —features a stay band in tow. The Cosa Nuestra stint wraps Could 31 in Miami. The “Todo de Ti” hitmaker will carry out a four-day sold-out residency from June 5 to eight on the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan earlier than taking the tour to Europe.
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Heartfelt Unhealthy Bunny Cowl
Laura Pausini has paid a heartfelt tribute to Unhealthy Bunny by releasing her personal model of his music “Turista,” a part of his chart-topping album Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Produced and organized alongside her husband and musician, Paolo Carta, Pausini delivers a melancholic cowl backed by weeping piano melodies and her potent vocals. “I listened to ‘Turista’ and immediately fell in love with it…so I sang it,” the Italian-born, Spanish-singing artist expressed on Instagram. “Some songs don’t should be a part of a brand new album or promoted as a single. When a music touches your coronary heart, it’s good in any fashion, at any time. Bravo Unhealthy Bunny.” Take heed to the monitor under.
Perreo: A Revolution
On the heels of dropping her ultra-personal, ultra-vulnerable, and ultra-experimental album Latinaje, Cazzu presents her first-ever ebook, Perreo: Una Revolución. “This ebook tells, vindicates, and denies the city music business particularly, about life as a girl in music or in any discipline. However above all, it goals to be a contribution to proceed constructing equality,” she wrote on Instagram. “I dedicate it to the ladies who love reggaeton, to those that hate it, to those that need to sing, compose, or produce, to my feminine colleagues who barely made it and proceed to withstand […] I additionally dedicate this to my male colleagues and the artists who impressed me,” she provides, admitting that ideas of writing her personal novel started 4 years in the past. The ebook is out there in all bookstores, as an book, and an audiobook (narrated by Cazzu).
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