bbnews
Page: 180
Evoking Panamanian genre pioneer El General, Farruko arrived on stage like a general and paid homage to the roots of reggaetón (also known as reggae en español) with a performance of “Perdóname” Thursday (Oct. 5) at the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards.
Explore
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
As a sweet surprise, Panama’s La Factoría and Eddy Lover, who originally recorded “Perdóname” in 2008, also rocked the stage. La Factoría donned a slinky latex red suit with a huge bow as an adornment and long matching boots, while Lover wore a metallic lime green suit.
The three performers mellowed-out “Perdóname,” for a laid back version of the classic song.
Accompanied by a cajon player, guitarist, keyboardist, over a dozen dancers, and even a Vespa motorcycle, the genre trailblazers delivered a beautiful, sultry performance to close the 30th annual ceremony at Watsco Center in Coral Gables, FL.
The 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards featured additional performances from Bad Bunny, Los Ángeles Azules, Calibre 50, Chiquis, Eladio Carrión, Grupo Frontera, Los Sebastianes, Manuel Turizo, Marc Anthony, Marshmello, Myke Towers, Nicki Nicole, Olga Tañon, Pepe Aguilar, Peso Pluma, Sky Rompiendo, Sofía Reyes, Ximena Sariñana, Yandel and Yng Lvcas.
The 30th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards was broadcast live on Telemundo. It simultaneously aired on the Spanish entertainment cable network Universo, on Peacock and the Telemundo app. Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, it’s available on Telemundo Internacional.
Check back to Billboard.com throughout the night for the latest news on performances, special awards and more.
Colombian superstar Manuel Turizo and DJ Marshmello brought a blast of EDM merengue to the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards stage on Thursday (Oct. 5) at the Wastco Center.
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
Performing their collaborative hit “El Merengue,” and accompanied by a group of dancers, the two artists got everyone in the audience dancing. Turizo interacted with some of them during the performance.
Turizo, wearing a shiny suit and dark glasses, Marshmello, the famous masked DJ at the side of the stage, created a mix that highlighted the EDM sound of the track and got the party going in the crowd. The performance ended with the lights dimmed, the dancers holding lamps in their hands, and a shower of confetti.
Manuel Turizo and Marshmello’s “El Merengue” spent 13 weeks at the top of the Tropical Airplay chart and also reached the pinnacle of Latin Airplay. The collaboration gave Christopher Comstock, better known as Marshmello, his first No. 1 on the Latin charts.
Meanwhile, the Colombian star participated in the Billboard Latin Music Week 2023 “Rising Star Q&A” panel on Wednesday (Oct. 4), where he reflected on how he built his career little by little. “At the beginning you have no idea about anything,” Turizo recalled.
The 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards featured additional performances from Los Ángeles Azules, Calibre 50, Chiquis, Eddy Lover, Eladio Carrión, Farruko, Grupo Frontera, La Factoría, Los Sebastianes, Manuel Turizo, Marc Anthony, Marshmello, Myke Towers, Nicki Nicole, Olga Tañon, Pepe Aguilar, Peso Pluma, Sky Rompiendo, Sofía Reyes, Ximena Sariñana, Yandel and Yng Lvcas.
Check back to Billboard.com throughout the night for the latest news on performances, special awards and more.
At the center of an all-encompassing performance filled with riveting moments and plenty of rhythmic transition was Bad Bunny, who delivered a thrilling eight-minute performance on Thursday (Oct. 5) at the 30th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards.
Explore
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
The Puerto Rican hitmaker showed up in blue denim overalls and an L.A. Dodgers caps, chilling like in a bonfire by the beach kind of setting, as he sang “Moscow Mule.” Suddenly, the vibe got lit with the Dominican dembow cut “Tití Me Prenguntó,” and smoothly transitioned to “Neverita.”
In one moment, the performer got off stage and said what up to the crowd in the front, which included Grupo Frontera. Bad Bunny also wore a diamond chain with a gigantic studded cowboy boot charm.
He then sang “Where She Goes” and “Un Preview,” first backed by a group of cowboy-hat-and-boot-donning dancers. The curtain opened and the scene transformed into a New York-like setting with pizza shops and even a Rolls Royce. Meanwhile, the Bunny was surrounded by more dancers, masked and this time wearing black suits.
Earlier in the evening, Bad Bunny won several awards, including the coveted Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for “Tití Te Preguntó.” He garnered a total of 15 nods.
The 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards featured additional performances from Los Ángeles Azules, Calibre 50, Chiquis, Eddy Lover, Eladio Carrión, Farruko, Grupo Frontera, La Factoría, Los Sebastianes, Manuel Turizo, Marc Anthony, Marshmello, Myke Towers, Nicki Nicole, Olga Tañon, Pepe Aguilar, Peso Pluma, Sky Rompiendo, Sofía Reyes, Ximena Sariñana, Yandel and Yng Lvcas.
The 30th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards took place on Thursday (Oct. 5) at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Fla., broadcasted live on Telemundo. It simultaneously aired on the Spanish entertainment cable network Universo, on Peacock and the Telemundo app. Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, it’s available on Telemundo Internacional.
Check back to Billboard.com throughout the night for the latest news on performances, special awards and more.
We take a look back at Bad Bunny’s chart achievements. Evan Burke: Bad Bunny is not only music’s Latin king, he’s one of the world’s most popular global acts and a king of the Billboard charts. Exactly how far do his accomplishments reach? We break it down in this week’s Pop Culture Rewind. Bad Bunny […]
There’s a new No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart: Playboi Carti’s “Sky” takes the top spot on this week’s chart. Tetris Kelly:Playboi Carti “Sky” soars to the top of the TikTok Billboard Top 50, while Tate McRae makes a major move. Playboi Carti claims the top spot for the TikTok Billboard Top […]
Two groups of artist managers have come together to form The Circuit Group, a new entity that will create business opportunities around artists’ intellectual property. Founded by Dean and Jessica Wilson of Seven20 — whose clients include deadmau5 — along with Brett Fischer, David Gray and Harvey Tadman of AYITA — clients include Chris Lake […]
From spearheading Girl Power, landing No. 1s on both sides of the Atlantic, launching a solo career, penning books, and enjoying a front-row seat for Formula One, Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has lived a life less ordinary.
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
Halliwell, or “Ginger” to generations of pop music fans, stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote her new book, chat about her love of Americans’ can-do attitude, and talk us through where it all took off for her — with the Spice Girls.
As a member of the pioneering British girl group, Halliwell and her bandmates were a phenomenon, one that spawned a feature film, every type of imaginable merch, and hits – including nine No. 1 songs in the U.K. and a four-week stint at the summit of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Wannabe,” at the start of 1997.
Speaking with Fallon on Tuesday night’s episode (Oct. 3), Halliwell confirmed she actually missed the audition for what was to become Spice Girls (she was climbing a mountain, got sunburnt, phoned weeks later and still got the gig). Also, she admitted the name Spice Girls came to her in an exercise class in the 1990s, though the name Ginger, “some magazine made it up.” And, yes, before they became Simon Fuller’s Spice Girls, the project was briefly called Touch.
The iconic Union Jack dress that she wore on stage at the 1997 Brit Awards was a Gucci, which she altered with a tea towel. And those flashy red boots, she told Fallon, were juiced-up with spray-on car wax, an idea from the mind of her mechanic dad.
Geri has a place in her heart for the U.S. “I don’t think I’d be as successful as I was, and I have been, if it wasn’t for America. You say, ‘you can do it.’” And she did it. After leaving Spice World, Halliwell went solo. During a stretch from 1999 to 2001, she enjoyed four consecutive No. 1s in the U.K., including her cover of The Weather Girls’ “It’s Raining Men,” which appeared on the soundtrack for Bridget Jones’s Diary.
Spice Girls reunited last year to cerebrate Geri’s 50th birthday, an event that doubled-up as the 25th anniversary of their sophomore album Spiceworld, released back in 1997. There’s no talk, however, on the famous five hitting the studio or the road anytime soon.
These days, Halliwell is a happily married mom, and familiar to millions of sports fans through her husband Christian Horner, principal of Red Bull Racing, and the Netflix series Formula One: Drive to Survive, in which they regularly appear.
Halliwell’s second book, Rosie Frost & the Falcon Queen, was officially released on Tuesday (Oct. 3) on Amazon, Walmart, Barnes & Noble and Target.
Watch the interview below.
[embedded content]
One is a Puerto Rican Latin music star. Another, a Nicaraguan fashion designer. The third, a Mexican-American barber, tattooist and visual artist. But all three have something in common: Myke Towers, Shantall Lacayo and Rob The Original are leaving their mark in their respective fields, through their own way of making art.
Explore
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
The three met on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at Billboard Latin Music Week in Miami Beach, Florida, where they participated in the “Deja Tu Huella” panel presented by Cheetos to talk about the importance of giving back. With Billboard‘s Jessica Roiz as moderator, each spoke about their inspirations, influences and motivations.
Towers, who has placed dozens of songs on the Billboard charts, including his latest hit “Lala,” has used his platform to give back to Puerto Rico during difficult times such as Hurricane Fiona in 2022, when he donated $150,000 from two concerts at the Coliseo to the survivors. “I feel that I have responsibility; Those people are the first to support me,” he said about his fans on the island. “And not only in Puerto Rico,” he added. “There are a lot of fans who make a sacrifice just to be in a hotel to greet you or come to the show and try to be in the first row. You see that and you try to do what you can for them.”
Lacayo, who has been making her way in the U.S. fashion scene, where she won Project Runway‘s season 19, not only incorporates bright colors that represent her land into her creations, but also elements such as wooden buttons hand-carved by indigenous women and other details made by artisans from Nicaragua and other Latin American countries.
“I believe that every artist who wants to excel in the creative industry has to find that DNA that makes them unique,” said the Miami-based designer. “Throughout my career, together with my team, I think the main thing we have discovered is that the DNA of our brand is our cultural roots, how we can keep alive those indigenous traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation and that unfortunately are getting lost in this world of fast fashion. We all want to leave a mark; part of my work seeks to do so through the reinterpretation of the work of artisans.”
Her brand has also partnered with Extraordinary Women, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women in extreme poverty to work on their self-esteem and prepare themselves in various fields to be able to enter the work field.
For Rob The Original, who started out cutting hair, went on to be a tattoo artist and today makes portraits in shattered glass and other mediums — from sand and salt, to Cheetos! — his contribution lies in the diversity of his work. “That is going to be my mark: telling people that there are no limits to art,” said the artist, who has 1.7 million followers on Instagram alone. To that end, he has announced the Rob the Original Academy, in which he plans to prepare other multidisciplinary artists. “Basically, we are going to do a little bit of everything I do, we are also going to show how you can grow your social networks… how to make a career out of your talent.”
Celebrated for more than 30 years, the 2023 edition of Latin Music Week includes a Superstar Q&A with Shakira; the Legends on Legends chat with Chencho Corleone and Vico C; Making the Hit Live! with Carin León and Pedro Capó; a panel with RBD’s Christian Chávez, Christopher von Uckermann, and Maite Perroni; Superstar Songwriter discussion with Edgar Barrera and Keityn, among many other panels, Q&As and workshops. See the ultimate Latin Music Week guide here. This year’s Latin Music Week, taking place Oct. 2-6, also includes showcases by Peso Pluma, Mike Bahía and Greeicy, DannyLux, and Fonseca, to name a few. Check out the dates and times for the showcases throughout the week here.
Official partners of the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Week include AT&T, Cheetos, CN Bank, Delta Air Lines, Lexus, Netflix, Michelob ULTRA, and Smirnoff.
Latin Music Week coincides with the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards ceremony, which will broadcast live from the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Fla., on Thursday (Oct. 5) and will air on Telemundo. It will also broadcast simultaneously on Universo, Peacock, the Telemundo App, and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean on Telemundo Internacional.
For NFL night on Wednesday, Oct. 4, The Masked Singer threw the ball to a handful of celebrity contestants. Four scored, and for one, the Diver, a fumble and exit.
Explore
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
After Pickle (singing The Who’s “Pinball Wizard”), Gazelle (Katy Perry’s “The One That Got Away”), Cow (Bruno Mars’ “Treasure”), S’more (Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger”), and Diver (OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried”) gave it their best shot, Diver was given the heave-ho.
[embedded content]
When the helmet came off, the confetti fell, jaws dropped and Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules supervillain Tom Sandoval gave the crowd a wave.
Ken Jeong chose right for the second straight week. And with it, season 10 of Fox’s bizarre singing competition unmasked perhaps the “second-most hated person” in its history, notes Variety’s Michael Schneider, behind only disgraced former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who appeared in season seven.
If Jeong guessed right, he wasn’t the only one. Internet sleuths figured out the man behind the mask well ahead of the big reveal.
“So much fun,” Sandoval said of his experience on The Masked Singer. “Being able to come out here and perform behind the mask, not being judged, just being judged on my performance, it was really nice.”
Being a top TV villain, was it tough going on the show? “It was, but it was nice, I felt protected under the mask,” he continued. “This costume is incredible. There’s so many talented people here I feel honored to be part of it.”
[embedded content]
Hosted by Nick Cannon, the latest season includes a 16-strong fleet of contestants disguised in extravagant costumes including a Husky, Royal Hen, Tiki, Hawk, Hibiscus and Anteater.
Sandoval (Diver) joins Anthony Anderson as Rubber Ducky and Demi Lovato as Anonymouse as season 10’s unmasked celebrities.
Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Thicke, Jeong and Jenny McCarthy return as judges for the latest season, which airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on Fox.
“I was a bit nervous but we’re going to give it our all,” singer-songwriter DannyLux said at the beginning of his showcase, presented by Warner Music Latina, on Wednesday (Oct. 4) during the Billboard Latin Music Week 2023.
The Mexican-American artist delivered an eclectic set at the Faena Theater for Latin Music Week attendees as day three of the conference wrapped. Wearing a Selección Mexicana jersey and with his guitar in hand, DannyLux serenaded those in attendance with his sad sierreño anthems such as “Jugaste Y Sufrí,” “Junto A Ti” and “No Te Quiero Perder.” He was also joined by emerging artist StrangeHuman to perform their collab “Sustancias En Mi Corazón” for the first time together on stage.
“It’s crazy what’s been happening to us, we’ve dreamed of doing this since we were kids,” said DannyLux — who performed at Coachella earlier this year. “Thank you for all the support you give us. I’m so happy that you have accepted my songs. I don’t know how to express myself pero la neta gracias.”
He also shared his backstory to those who were just discovering his music, explaining that he did not come from a family of musicians. “My dad was a garbage truck driver and one time he found a guitar and brought it home,” he said.
Earlier this year, a billboard in the Coachella valley went viral ahead of DannyLux’s debut at the festival. It read a special message from his father to Danny: “My last time at Coachella I was picking up the trash. Now I’m back to see my son perform this Friday. Te amo DannyLux, Tu Papá.”
Celebrated for more than 30 years, the 2023 edition of Latin Music Week includes a Superstar Q&A with Shakira; the Legends on Legends chat with Chencho Corleone and Vico C; Making the Hit Live! with Carin León and Pedro Capó; a panel with RBD’s Christian Chávez, Christopher von Uckermann, and Maite Perroni; Superstar Songwriter discussion with Edgar Barrera and Keityn, and, among many other sessions, Q&As and workshops. See the ultimate Latin Music Week guide here. This year’s Latin Music Week, taking place Oct. 2-6, also includes showcases by Peso Pluma, Mike Bahía and Greeicy, DannyLux and Fonseca, to name a few. Check out the dates and times for the showcases throughout the week here.
Official partners of the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Week, taking place Oct. 2-6, include AT&T, Cheetos, CN Bank, Delta Air Lines, Lexus, Netflix, Michelob ULTRA and Smirnoff.
Latin Music Week coincides with the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards ceremony, which will broadcast live from the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Fla., on Thursday (Oct. 5) and will air on Telemundo. It will also broadcast simultaneously on Universo, Peacock, the Telemundo App, and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean on Telemundo Internacional.