From profession milestones to new music releases to main bulletins and people little vital moments, Billboard editors spotlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Right here’s what occurred within the Latin music world this week.
Eslabon Armado Conjures up College students in NYC
Mexican music superstars Eslabon Armado made a particular go to to Baruch Faculty in New York Metropolis to take part in Eres Arte: A Panel con Eslabon Armado. The occasion, moderated by Billboard Español’s Isabela Raygoza, was impressed by a artistic student-made video imagining the band visiting their school to carry out and converse as a playful different if unable to attend their live performance.
With about 150 college students, the panel supplied a uncommon alternative for the younger followers to interact immediately with the Mexican-American group the place they shared their journey, from their origins as a household group to their rise to fame. The dialogue touched on their leap into independence with their very own label, Armado Information, and their pleasure about their upcoming tour in Mexico, the place they’ll play dwell within the nation of their ancestry for the very first time. “We wish to inform our story to folks which are our age, which are perhaps impressed by us, that simply wish to make a change of their lives or wish to superarse,” frontman Pedro Tovar shared in the course of the dialogue. Following the 30-minute panel, Eslabon Armado handled the group to an intimate dwell efficiency, taking part in new releases “Esa Noche,” “Eres Arte <3,” and their 2020 hit “Jugaste y Sufrí.”
“Organizing Eres Arte was a labor of affection — bringing collectively college students throughout NYC to have fun música mexicana and cultural identification as impressed by Eslabon Armado,” assistant professor Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana, who organized the occasion, advised Billboard Español. “It’s a testomony to the ability of illustration and the function of public establishments in uplifting various voices.”
“Tocando El Cielo”
Luis Fonsi’s “Tocando el Cielo” would be the official music for the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup, in collaboration between the league and Common Music Latino. The announcement was made on Thursday (April 10) in the course of the official draw of the 2025 Gold Cup, which was broadcasted dwell on YouTube Stay. This yr’s match will characteristic 16 nationwide groups: the highest 15 from the Concacaf area, which certified by the most recent version of the Concacaf Nations League and the Gold Cup 2025 preliminaries, together with the invited group, Saudi Arabia.
The Latin Grammy Mentorship Program
The Latin Grammy Cultural Basis introduced the fourth version of Main Girls of Leisure Join TogetHER mentorship program, in partnership with She Is The Music. This yr’s mentors will present “one-on-one digital mentoring periods with younger ladies trying to comply with a profession within the music and leisure industries,” based on a press launch.
“We’re proud to help the subsequent technology of ladies within the Latin music business with the Main Girls who generously share their time and experience, and She is the Music”, Raquel “Rocky” Egusquiza, government director of the Latin Grammy Cultural Basis, stated in an announcement. “Collectively, the influence of neighborhood is made seen as we work in the direction of closing the gender hole inside the Latin music business.”
The mentors embrace artists corresponding to Ivy Queen, Vivir Quintana, Janina Rosado and Julieta Venegas, amongst various executives in Latin music.
Tribute to Selena Quintanilla
At this yr’s Tecate Pa’l Norte in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, A.B. Quintanilla III was among the many shock visitors of the yr, the place he took the stage to honor his late sister Selena. The Mexican American hitmaker was joined by Ximena Sariñana, Matisse and Belanova to sing a medley of Selena hits, together with “Amor Prohibido, “El Chico del Apartamento 512,” “La Carcacha” and “No Debes Jugar,” to call a couple of.
Watch a fan-captured video of the tribute right here.
Further reporting by Isabela Raygoza.
