Meet the Hot Latin Songs Female Artist of the Year Finalists at 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards

Mexican singer-songwriter Carla Morrison is turning to artists like Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Camila Cabello and Mabel to help her get through tough times in self-isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic.Morrison, who is currently living in Paris, shared with Billboard her ultimate quarantine playlist, which she named "QURANTINI'S.""I feel very sad at the moment, in quarantine really feeling down for the people being affected by it and myself," Morrison tells Billboard.

While the coronavirus pandemic has led authorities around the globe to cancel concerts and sporting events, and even shut down daily activities in some places, Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino — one of the most important music festivals in the country. Some acts backed out, but tens of thousands of music fans flocked on Saturday to the first day of the festival, which still expected Guns N' Roses, Carlos Vives and Zoe to be among its headliners.

MEXICO CITY -- While the coronavirus pandemic has led authorities around the globe to cancel concerts and sporting events, and even shut down daily activities in some places, Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino — one of the most important music festivals in the country.

A tweet on March 13 summed it up: “While Spain canceled international flights, Disney closes its doors, Canada switches university classes to online mode, Italy is in quarantine…in Mexico @CLaudiashein says #vivelatino2020 is on!Vive Latino -- Mexico City's massive annual music festival that can draw crowds up to 100,000 people -- kicked off Saturday afternoon (March 14) despite thousands of tweets criticizing the choice to move forward in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Mexican festival Vive Latino has no plans of shutting down this weekend, says Jordi Puig, Vive Latino founder and director.

2020 is looking to be a big year for Directioners.

With more than 15 chart entries on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs and 12 top 10 hits on Regional Mexican Airplay, La Adictiva has become one of the most successful bands from Sinaloa in the last three decades.Formerly known as La Adictiva Banda San José de Mesillas, the 17-member band was founded on March 19 (día de San José) in 1990 in the town of Mesillas and is celebrating 30 years in music, and multiple hits on the Billboard charts throughout the years, including their heartbreak song "Después

Just like his beautiful Mexican wife, Salma Hayek, is within the world of film, Francois-Henri Pinault is a force to reckon with in the world of business. The French native is a very well respected entrepreneur and the chairman and CEO of the French luxury goods company Kering.

Sometimes when things get the darkest, you just have to have a good morbid laugh.

Dead & Company leads the March 7-dated Hot Tours recap (see below) with the annual return of Playing in the Sand, the band’s four-day destination event in Mexico. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the event grossed a massive $18.7 million from 6,127 tickets sold.

Music has always been a big part of Adam Sandler's career, from Saturday Night Live to the stand-up stage. Now, he's being honored for it.The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has announced that the A-list star will be honored with the ASCAP Founders Award at the 37th annual 2020 Pop Music Awards.

It's the confrontation fans have been waiting for! In a new sneak peek clip from the Netflix reality series' upcoming reunion episode, Amber Pike directly addresses Jessica Batten for the first time since the show aired. 

On this week’s Latin Factor podcast, Billboard editor Leila Cobo presents a candid conversation with the Mexican actor and singer Jaime Camil.Singer, actor, producer, entrepreneur -- we can go on and on when it comes to describing the multi-faceted Camil, who is starring alongside Sandra Echeverría in the film Las Pildoras de Mi Novio (My Boyfriend's Meds), a Lionsgate/Pantelion Films romantic comedy.While the film is a comedy, Camil's character suffers from mental health issues which brings

After making the rounds on the West Coast last year, Carlos Rivera is ready to take his Guerra tour -- named after his fifth studio album -- to some of the renowned venues of the East Coast, Billboard can exclusively reveal.Presented by Loud and Live and Emporio Group in conjunction with Westwood Entertainment and Sony Music Latin, the tour will kick off April 10 at Rosemont Theatre in Chicago and continue until June 21 at Warner Theater in Washington, D.C.

Tyler Perry’s nephew has died.

RIO DE JANEIRO  Cesar Rodrigues’ “Airplane Mode” is the most popular non-English language feature on Netflix so far in the world, Netflix disclosed exclusively to Variety on Thursday Feb. 27.

At the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Christian Nodal, Los Angeles Azules and more are repping regional Mexican music as finalists.The upcoming event will honor the best in Latin music, with 59 different categories in the main musical genres, including Latin pop, tropical, Latin rhythm and regional Mexican.

With Bad Bunny and Ozuna leading the pack as 14-time finalists and artists such as Daddy Yankee, J Balvin and Anuel AA not far behind, it’s safe to say that Latin urban music is set to dominate the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards, taking place Thursday, April 23, via Telemundo.

On Wednesday (Feb. 19), Alejandro Duque, managing director of Universal Music Latino, Machete and Capitol Latin, appointed Carlos Perez and Aldo Gonzalez to vp of PR and promotion and vp A&R of Universal Music Latino, Machete Music, Capitol Latin, respectively. Both Perez and Gonzalez are based in Miami and will report directly to Duque.