From profession milestones and new music releases to main bulletins and extra, Billboard editors spotlight the most recent information buzz in Latin music each week. Right here’s what occurred within the Latin music world this week.
Maná and Alejandro Fernández for a Good Trigger
Alejandro Fernández and Maná have joined forces to assist the victims of the current flooding in Northern California’s Pajaro Valley. Partnering with Dwell Nation, the Mexican acts can be donating a portion of the proceeds from their forthcoming Bay Space exhibits to the Group Bridges group.
“On the coronary heart of Maná is the assumption that our music is usually a automobile for social good,” mentioned lead singer Fher Olvera in a press assertion. “After we heard in regards to the devastating storms and noticed our individuals in Pajaro struggling, we knew we had to assist.”
“My coronary heart breaks pondering of the individuals of Pajaro who’re displaced by these storms,” added Fernández. “I’m honored that my music and concert events is usually a catalyst to convey consolation and assist to this hardworking Latino neighborhood.”
Maná can be acting on March 17 on the SAP Heart and on March 18 on the Oakland Area; Fernández can be performing on the SAP Heart on Sept. 9.
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Karol G Takes Over La Isla del Encanto
Over the earlier weekend, Karol G had three historic concert events on the Estadio Hiram Bithorn in Puerto Rico, the place she not solely carried out songs from her historic Billboard No. 1 album Mañana Será Bonito, however she additionally had star-studded friends together with Romeo Santos, Sean Paul, Feid, Mariah Angeliq, Justin Quiles, Eladio Carrión and plenty of extra. “I felt at dwelling and each I and my nation will at all times be pleased about that unconditional love!!!” the Colombian celebrity expressed on Instagram.
… and So Will Romeo Santos
On the heels of being one in every of Karol’s shock friends — the place they carried out “X Si Volvemos” and a few Aventura tracks collectively — Santos introduced he, too, can have two concert events on the Puerto Rican stadium on Might 20 and Might 21. Marking the primary time Santos will headline a live performance on the Hiram Bithorn, the exhibits will happen previous to kicking off his four-day U.S. stadium trek with stops in Los Angeles (June 3), New York (June 9), Miami (June 16) and Houston (June 24). The tour is in assist of Method, Vol. 3, which peaked at No. 2 on Billboard‘s High Latin Albums chart (dated Sept. 17).
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A Fito Páez Sequence
Honoring a outstanding 30-year trajectory, Netflix unveiled this week the primary look and launch date of the Fito Páez biographical collection El Amor Después Del Amor. Produced by Juan Pablo Kolodziej and Mariano Chihade of Mandarina Contenidos, the eight-episode collection chronicles the Argentine rock star’s life, from his dramatic and humble starting to his rise to fame within the Eighties, in addition to his legacy in Latin American music.
El Amor Después Del Amor will arrive April 26 on Netflix. Watch the primary trailer under and revisit a few of his biggest hits that Billboard Español compiled for this sixtieth birthday (additionally this week on March 14) here.
Anuel & Yailin Are Dad and mom
This week, Anuel AA and Yailin La Mas Viral welcomed their child woman, Cattleya (named after orchids present in Latin America). In a candy publish that exhibits the Puerto Rican rapper and Dominican newcomer on the hospital holding their new child, Yailin wrote: “From the second you arrived, our lives have been perpetually modified. You’re a blessing, a present from God who has crammed us with love and hope.”
In February, Anuel revealed that he and his spouse called it quits, however assured throughout an Instagram Dwell that it doesn’t matter what, he was going to be chargeable for his child. “I’m going to deal with her, and she or he’s going to be mine,” he added. “She’s going to stay like a queen as a result of her dad is a king.”
