5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (May 30)

Paulina Rubio’s birthday!“To all my Gemini, I send you a big kiss and I hope you have an incredible birthday,” the Mexican singer shared on Instagram June 8 as she kicked off her birthday month. “I want to thank all of my fans, friends, and family.

Entertainment Tonight, Beyoncé and Jay-Z's oldest child was just nominated for her first BET Award for being featured on "Brown Skin Girl" by Beyoncé, Wizkid, and SAINt JHN—which is part of the The Lion King: The Gift soundtrack.The track is nominated for the BET Her Award, along with some stiff competition.

In the wake of George Floyd’s death, an unarmed black man who recently died at the hands of police in Minneapolis, Gloria “Goyo” Martinez has used her platform to demand justice and police accountability. She also took time to address the matter at the 2020 Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC), where she sat down with Billboard’s Leila Cobo.

Manuel Medrano on June 19. Medrano's one-hour show will be accessible live, for a small "entrance" fee, to Rappi’s 25 million registered users, spread across its home base of Colombia (5 million registered users), Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay."Rappi has a significant number of users who use the platform recurrently," says Sebastian Ruales, global head of SuperApp for Rappi.

Aitana has been making waves in the  music  industry since 2018. And now, with the release of the visuals to her latest single Enemigos, she’s saving it!.

In honor of the women who have helped push Latin music and culture forward and take it to a global level, the Latin Alternative Music Conference will recognize a group of leading female executives in their inaugural Wonder Women of Latin Music during this year's virtual conference.

Each month, we’re running down memorable clips and celebrating artists who are breaking new ground with their visuals or choreography. In May’s edition, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande carry out dance battles in outer space, Bronx rapper 645AR takes an unhinged field trip to Times Square, Kate NV sends a brilliantly campy news broadcast from Russia, and more. Check out the best of the best below.

This past weekend people across the country took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man and father living in Minnesota killed by a police officer who held him down by his neck with his knee for more than seven minutes. Outraged by the senseless death, people of all races protested police brutality across the country in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

This past weekend people across the country took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man and father living in Minnesota killed by a police officer who held him down by his neck with his knee for more than seven minutes. Outraged by the senseless death, people of all races protested police brutality across the country in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

If you’re just popping in to hear about everything Lady Gaga did this week, we won’t be mad. The TL;DR of it: Chromatica is here and it’s everything we dreamed of.

From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week.

What better way to kick off the holiday weekend than with an epic collab from two of our favorite pop superstars? We’re talking about Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, of course, who dominated headlines all week with “Rain on Me.”

By Denise Petski

Jesse & Joy return to the Latin Pop Albums chart top 10 as AIRE opens at No. 7 on the May 23 survey. The Mexican duo’s fifth studio album marks its first chart appearance on the top tier in almost five years, and clocks its fifth top 10 on the list. AIRE follows Un Besito Más, the Latin Grammy winner which debut