See the artists who've added to bachata's growing presence in Latin pop this decade. By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin A year ago, Billboard predicted the trends we would see over the course of ...

What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation. Even the Bee Gees have gotten a bachata spin. Prince Royce’s ...

“We felt that [our music] was so unique that it could actually backfire on us,” recalls Anthony “Romeo” Santos of formulating a modern bachata sound as part of NYC’s Aventura. From the early Nineties ...

When Romeo Santos tells you he wants you on his bachata record, you say yes. At least that’s what Natti Natasha thought when the king of bachata reached out about working together. “I remember him ...

Before becoming a global phenomenon in the 2000s thanks to artists like Aventura, Monchy y Alexandra and Prince Royce, and before being declared an “intangible cultural heritage of humanity” by UNESCO ...

Music brings Henry Míles back to family gatherings where he would dance and sing to all different kinds of artists. He grew up over the river in Indiana and first started writing poems into music at ...