5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (July 25)

The 2020 MTV VMAs just announced the second round of performers for the upcoming award show that will be held outdoors in New York City. Blinding Lights singer The Weeknd, rapper Roddy Ricch, Colombian singer Maluma and boy band CNCO will reportedly all join previously announced artists BTS, J Balvin and Doja Cat as performers for the show.

Carlos Vives has been blessing us with traditional vallenato and cumbia sounds since the beginning of his music career in 1986.For more than three decades, his songs such as “La Gota Fria” and “Tierra del Olvido” have become timeless pieces that transcend generations.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Arturo Sampson as the new Head of Production at Isaac Lee’s Exile Content Studios, which focuses on acquiring and developing premium original content for audiences across the U.S.

From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here's what happened in the Latin music world this week:

This week was all about badass women, as Tove Lo, Sophie Turner, Dua Lipa, Miranda Lambert, Zendaya, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Beyonce and more made headlines.In events news, Lollapalooza and the GLAAD Media Awards both went virtual, and on the awards show side, nominations were announced for the Emmys and MTV VMAs.

Maluma is back with new music!

The makers don't have plans to release "Tenet" in China yet.Right now, Warner Bros.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorPulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes is set to write “Life Is a Carnival,” a Latin music-infused new film for Warner Bros.The movie will mark her second collaboration with “In the Heights” producers Scott Sanders and Mara Jacobs after Hudes wrote the book for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical as well as the screenplay for the Jon M.

If you had whiplash trying to keep up with all of the major headlines this week, you’re not alone -- and we’re here to help.

Leoni Torres has joined forces with El Micha for the single and video “Recordandote,” out today (July 24).

Fanny Lú’s newest music video “En Mis Tacones” (In My Heels), premiering exclusively on Billboard today (July 23).For her latest track, which also marks her first release since signing an exclusive record deal with BMG, the Colombian pop star recruited Mexican songstress Paty Cantú and California-native rising artist Melanie Pfirrman, resulting in a new female empowerment anthem.Fusing urban, vallenato, cumbia and pop rhythms, the bilingual “En Mis Tacones” conveys the message that women are

Fabio Acosta began his career in 2002, when he joined EMI Latin in Miami as an assistant to Lucas Piña, who at the time was the label's director of radio and promotion. From that platform, Acosta went on to launch his own independent radio promotion company, Akela Family Music."I worked with lots of artists, many number ones," he said.

Latin Music Week 2020 is set to take place October 20-23.

From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here's what happened in the Latin music world this week:

Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week's picks below.Yeison Jiménez & Silvestre Dangond, "Gracias A Ti" (Sony Music Entertainment Colombia)Colombia’s growing movement of “música regional,” the country’s version of regional Mexican music, keeps gaining traction locally.

This week was a great one for boy band fans, as One Direction announced how they're going to be celebrating their 10-year anniversary! (Meanwhile, Billboard staffers picked the 30 best boy band albums of the past 30 years.)