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:
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Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular.Hosted by Today anchor Craig Melvin and meteorologist Dylan Dreyer, the special featured socially-distanced performances by everyone from Black Eyed Peas and John Legend to The Killers, Lady A and Brad Paisley at venues throughout the country.
Despite the truly unprecedented times surrounding the national holiday, Melvin promised "If there was ever a time to celebrate America, it's tonight" as he opened the show from atop the Marriott Marquee in Times
.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
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
Steve Aoki has collaborated with a slew of Latin artists -- most notably Daddy Yankee, Maluma and Maná -- but he wants greater involvement in the Latin market that goes beyond his star-studded collabs. After launching his own record label, Dim Mak, 24 years ago, on Wedne
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The First Daughter of the United States was slammed on social media once again, this time after she advised people to wear masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic that the U.S.
Macy’s has been lighting up the night sky on the Fourth of July for decades! New York City residents have long celebrated Independence Day with an extravagant fireworks display and as the saying goes, the show must go on — even during a pandemic! Macy’s was forced to re-imagine its iconic Fourth of July fireworks display this year, opting to spread out the show over multiple nights to avoid hundreds of thousands of people from congregating around the city in crowds, as social distancing remains
Brad Paisley opened 2020's re-imagined Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on NBC with a good dose of country, performing "American Saturday Night" live from the Grand Ole Opry."American Saturday Night," off of Paisley's 2009 album of the same name, set a feel-good tone for the night's program, which was hosted in New York City but featured musical performances from artists around the country.
Brandon Choe Photo EditorThe American tradition of watching fireworks have been mostly cancelled this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
It’s the Fourth of July and the one thing that many people will be watching tonight on television is the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular!
Dylan Dreyer opened up about how she’s adapted to filming the Today show at home — and revealed she’s been pumping while working.“I got some work done on my maternity leave,” the meteorologist, 38, joked during the Thursday, June 2, show, as she moved her camera down and turned to the side. “I have to pump! Mama’s gotta make some milk.”Dreyer and husband Brian Fichera welcomed their second child, son Oliver, in January 2020.
John Legend, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady A and more will perform during NBC's 44th annual Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on Saturday (July 4).
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