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.
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Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Sony Music Latin has partnered with Tiger Turn Productions for the feature music documentary Fandango at the Wall.
Directed by Varda Bar-Kar and executive produced by Quincy Jones, Andrew Young, Carlos Santana, the feature follows Grammy-winning musician and Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra founder Arturo O’Farrill and and Grammy-winning producer Kabir Sehgal as they prepare to record a live album at the U.S.-Mexico border wall.“When I first learned
.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.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentPlacing an early bet on the booming Spanish-language market, Starzplay, Starz’s premium international streaming service, has unveiled its first slate of international original productions, made up of four series from Spain and Mexico.The titles will all be made available across the service’s footprint in Latin America. Select titles will debut in Spain and 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:
"First Stream Latin" is a compilation of the best new Latin songs, albums and videos recommended by the Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week's picks below.
Eslabon Armado’s Vibras de Noche debuts at No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart (dated Aug. 1). The trio’s sophomore album becomes the second title by a regional Mexican act to arrive atop the chart in 2020. Vibras de Noche opens with 23,000 equivalent album units earned in
Spy Kids Latino, even though he had written the script and was due to direct the film, too.Rodriguez admitted as much during a recent Comic-Con@Home panel on Thursday, via Indiewire, recalling how he had to convince the financiers that making most of the cast Latino wouldn’t adversely its impact at the box-office.“For me it was a big victory … to have the kids in Spy Kids be a Latin family, “ said Rodriguez, who was born in San Antonio to parents of Mexican descent.
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:
Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy in the Bay Area and the Mariachi Heritage Foundation in Chicago are preserving and keeping traditional Mexican sounds alive through music programs and young musicians.The importance of cultural preservation, specifically sounds that aren't considered mainstream or don't get much radio airplay, is what motivated Eugene Rodriguez (founder of Los Cenzontles) and Cesar Maldonado (Mariachi Heritage Foundation) to launch their music programs."It was a way of
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.
Donald Trump is in hot water once again over posing with a brand of beans after his daughter, Ivanka Trump did the same despite the said brand, Goya, being boycotted by its Mexican buyers! But now, his niece, Mary L.
Brothers Poncho Jr and Imanol Quezada have been performing for more than 10 years now, playing in buses and markets and at local parties in their native Coahuila, Mexico. But it wasn't until last year that Los Dos Carnales got their big break.
JD Pantoja (real name: Juan de Dios Pantoja) is a Mexican YouTuber-turned-music artist who’s marking territory in the biz with his urban-pop rhythms and melodious vocals. After teaming up with artists such as Noriel and Khea, Pantoja surprised fans with his latest production coined “12•19.”
Warner Chappell Music, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Bronco.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentWarnerMedia’s Turner Latin America, one of Latin America’s biggest pay TV operators, has struck an exclusive distribution alliance with Mexico-based Cinépolis, one of the biggest cinema theater chains in the world.The partnership, announced Tuesday, will see Cinépolis release eight to 10 movies in the second half of 2020 sourced from Particular Crowd, Turner’s new TNT Original production-acquisition house.
Every month, Billboard asks readers to vote for the best collab released during the month. Fans have voted and crowned Los Dos Carnales as the best Latin collaboration of June with their single “El Fue Arturo” featuring El Fantasma.
Snow tha Product's latest freestyle "On My Sh--" that she released yesterday (July 7) is the product of her latest experiment.She teased the video on her Instagram on Monday (July 6), writing, "process of making a song from scratch n shooting this myself in my livingroom (5,000 comments n ill drop this and the vlog about it)." More than 6,000 comments flooded the post about the untitled project at the time, prompting the Mexican American rapper to drop it.Sitting on a cube chair and occasionally