The 5 Best Things That Happened in Latin Music This Week (April 17)

After a two-week poll asking Billboard readers to pick their favorite quarantine-inspired Latin song, fans picked Adriana Rios as their winner.

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From career milestones to 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:

It’s safe to say that we’ll remember this week as the one where artists dropped one earth-shattering collaboration after another. Beyonce and Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande all released or announced new duets -- can you handle it?

Each month, we’ll be running down memorable clips and celebrating artists who are breaking new ground with their visuals or choreography. In April’s edition, Rina Sawayama bittersweetly reminds us of the joys of karaoke sessions with friends; SiR reimagines Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, and TDE’s Black Hippy crew as King of the Hill characters; and Arca sets fire to the gender binary with a CGI blowtorch. Check out the best of the best below.

Latin music's fortunes continued their upward trajectory, with the genre registering its third straight year of growth in the United States and reaching its highest revenues since 2006.According to the RIAA's just-released 2019 Year-End U.S. Latin Music Revenues Report, the US.

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

This week, the good vibes actually began on Saturday evening (April 18), as the massive Lady Gaga-curated One World: Together at Home special took over the four major broadcast networks.

Canadian country-pop star Eric Ethridge is back with his brand new EP Forever With You and a music video for his single “Dream Girl”.

We might be more used to seeing  Eiza Gonzalez  in tough-girl roles and action-packed movies such as Bloodshot, but the Mexican beauty also has a soft side and a beautiful voice! The 30-year-old surprised her fans with a sweet performance of song Something There from Disney movie Beauty and the Beast - and yes, the girl can sing!

As we try to flatten the curve by staying at home, Just Jared has gathered up a full list of things on television to watch.

The wait to see some live music in person is going to be a long one. As the planet continues to battle the global coronavirus pandemic by practicing extreme social distancing and postponing (in some cases indefinitely) any event that would involve a large gathering of strangers, concert venues will remain dark and festival ground empty until it's deemed safe enough for us all to come together again.

Mexican crooner Luis Miguel celebrates 50 years around the sun Sunday (April 19), and we're celebrating the big day by highlighting some of his Billboard chart feats.

This week started off on an inspiring note, as Sunday afternoon (April 12) saw an incredible Easter concert performed by Italian national treasure Andrea Bocelli.

Ricardo Arjona has been using his social media platforms to keep fans informed on his new project, Blanco y Negro, revealing that his single "Hongos" will drop April 28.

Selena Quintanilla wasn’t crowned the Queen of Tejano for nothing! Since her tragic passing in 1995, her music, beauty and fashion has stood the test of time. In the 25 years after her death, Selena has been forever immortalized and idolized through a film biopic, capsule collections, beauty lines, a wax figure at the iconic Madame Tussauds and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This year, her story will be told on screen once again, in a series set to premiere on Netflix.

Protector mode! Scheana Shay’s mom, Erika van Olphen, slammed Vanderpump Rules after she claimed that the show didn’t accurately show all of her daughter’s accomplishments.

Long, exotic and bedazzled nails are no new trend in the music world. Just ask Ivy Queen, the reggaeton veteran, who with her sparkly and ornate manicure game has paved the way for today’s Latina artists, including Cardi B, Rosalia and Karol G.