Me:
1) Santana
2) J.Lo
3) Shakira
4) Selena
5) Enrique Iglesias or Cristina Aguilera

And U?
[Edited 4/20/08 2:37am]

Off the top of my head:

1) Mark Antony
2) Rufinus
3) Tibullus
4) Lucretius
5) Caracalla

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

I see you include in your list:
North Americans
South (Latin) Americans
and even a Spaniard.

I think I have a problem understanding the term Latin.

Is it that they (sometimes) sing in Spanish?
That they or their ancestors came from Latin America?
That they or their ancestors speak romance languages (those that come from Latin)? In that case, would a Italian singer be a Latin singer?

Maybe it's obvious to you but believe me, it's NOT clear for this Spaniard

not in any order,
gloria estefan
ricky martin
mariah carey
shakira
lara fabian

Hector Lavoe
Marc Anthony
Cheo Feliciano
Juanes
Shakira
[Edited 4/20/08 7:11am]

Marc Anthony
Shakira
Juanes
Alejandro Fernandez
Pepe Aguilar

PANDURITO said:

I believe that would be correct. I don't know that I'd describe music from Spain as "Latin".

JessieJ said:

I looked it up on wikipedia


"Latin American music, sometimes simply called Latin music in The United States, includes the music of all countries in Latin America and comes in many varieties. From the simple, rural conjunto music of northern Mexico to the sophisticated habanera of Cuba, from the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos to the simple and moving Andean flute. Music has played an important part in Latin America's turbulent recent history, for example the nueva canción movement. Latin-American music is very diverse, with the only truly unifying thread being the use of Latin-derived languages, predominately the Spanish language, the Portuguese language in Brazil, and to a lesser extent, Latin-derived creole languages such as that found in Haiti.

Although Spain is not a part of Latin America, Spanish music (and Portuguese music) and Latin American music strongly cross-fertilized each other, but Latin-American music also absorbed influences from English and United States' music, and particularly, African music."

Celia Cruz
Oscar De Leon
Ruben Blades de Panama
Juan Luis Guerra
Santana

JessieJ said:

Gracias Jess

Hector Lavoe
Chivirico Davila
Ismael Rivera
Cheo Feliciano
Santana - not so much as a singer, but as a musician (I love him! I saw him in concert last night and it was AMAZING! He and his band are immensely talented).

Oh, honorable mention: Adalberto Santiago, Celia Cruz, La Lupe, Santos Colon, Ismael Miranda and Ismael Quintana (though he could have recorded more). I also love a street singer named Totico. That guy had an unbelievable voice for the style of music (Cuban) that he sang. He only has one album that I know of with Patato called Patato y Totico - it is fantastic.
[Edited 4/20/08 16:08pm]

Carlos Santana
Selena
Jennifer Lopez
Beyoncé
Enrique Iglesias

Sometimes Shakira...

Enrique Iglesias

I could only name Natalia y la Forquetina but they're not together anymore

Ceila Cruz
Compay Segundo
Tito Puente
Gonzalo Rubicalba
Pete Escovedo

selena
santana
enrique
j lo
gloria estefan

Gloria Estefan
Ricky Martin
Selena
Jose Feliciano
Mayte

selena be all i got sometimes.

that girl was just beautiful.

whenever i see see a girl wit a nice ass i be like, YAH SHE GOT DAT SELENA Y LOS DINOS!!!!!

Ay, que rico!!!!

1. LA LUPE

2. HECTOR LAVOE

3. CELIA CRUZ

4. LILA DOWNS

5. LA INDIA

but I have to include my honorable mentions (!!!):


Marc Anthony, Eugenia Leon, Omara Portuondo, and Angela Bofill

Nvncible1 said:

Sorry to bust your bubble (booty) but Selena's ass was fake. For real.

OH SHOOT!!! I forgot to add RAUL MIDON!!!


http://www.youtube.com/wa...Tv24sSNXHc




.

SCNDLS said:

OOOOH girl, stop!

For REAL ???

I used to want to have a booty like hers! !

SCNDLS said:

Whaaaaa?!!!!

BLASPHEMY! DONT DO IT! DO NOT DO IT!

Ottensen said:

And for the price of panties with butt pads in them you can too. I remember that before she died there was a huge escandolo in Texas because there were pics released of her booty pads slipping off or something and pics of her before and after the pads and it was quite obvious. Sorry, ya'll. I loved me some Selena though.

Twinkly1 said:

Excellent choices! I completely agree and I have to add Carlos Santana to this list. One of our greatest guitarists.

Definitely Hector Lavoe number one. Marc Anthony has a fantastic charisma on record that you can't beat. I like Joao Gilberto too as well as Celia Cruz (just got a fantastic collabo album of her and Tito Puente! ) and then Caetano Veloso to round out the list.

Y'all are making me laugh with the Santana. Dude doesn't sing and for good reason!
[Edited 4/21/08 8:44am]

Celia Cruz
Marc Anthony
Ricky Martin
India
Chayanne

Current list of horrible latin singers:

1. Juanes
2. Luis Miguel
3. Shakira
4. Gloria Estefan
5. Enrique Iglesias


all of them suckz

guitarslinger44 said:

Yes, but neither do Shakira and J.Lo, but they insist on trying. Carlos is definitely not a singer, but I figured if others can list Shakira and J.Lo, then I can list Carlos At least he has talent.