From the old-school bachateros like Frank Reyes, Raulín Rodríguez, and Blas Durán to modern artists like Romeo Santos, here are the best bachata songs.

A year ago, Billboard predicted the trends we would see over the course of 2022 and 2023 in Latin music — including more urban, pop, and bachata fusions. With a growing number of Latin artists ...

Hispanic Heritage Month: This Bachata Evolution Shows How ‘Music of the Barrios’ Changed the Game. Bachata had some of its challenging moments in from the ‘60s to the ‘80s because it was ...

Before it took over Latin dance halls worldwide, bachata arose from Dominican shantytowns as a kind of lower-class party music. Now, a recent CD and a series of concerts are bringing the genre's ...

For bachata singer J'Martin, the music part takes on a special meaning - he owns 31 supermarkets in . Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 64°F. Saturday, June 28th 2025 ...

“My bachata music was never what my grandma used to listen to,” he said with a laugh.. For “Double Vision,” which came out in July from RCA Records, Royce experimented in the studio with ...

Bachata music star Romeo Santos is shaking things up. March 3, 2012. By Chris Richards. On a Friday night late last month, Romeo Santos paces the stage of Madison Square Garden practically on tiptoe.

When Romeo Santos became the first Latino artist to sell out two consecutive shows at Yankees Stadium in 2014, it was clear he was a force to be reckoned with. Starting with his teenage days in ...

At the heart of Formula Vol. 3 is Santos’ unwavering loyalty to bachata.He always brings the genre back home, paying homage to the Afro-Caribbean country’s sharp jerga speaking-style and to ...

Prince Royce has a “weird relationship” with his new album, Llamada Pérdida, out today. The new album has 23 songs that he describes as “bachata in 4K,” as he explores genre fusions while ...

Arriving in a sunset-drenched Santo Domingo, I’m enchanted by the lyrical rhythms of bachata music floating from car speakers, corner stores and homes in the Dominican Republic’s cosmopolitan ...