MIAMI (Billboard) - Sony BMG Latin execs were cruising MySpace late last year when they came across the list of most popular unsigned Latin acts. Topping it was Optimo, a trio that plays urban bachata ...

Romeo Santos brought Dominican guitar music to the Bronx. Now he’s an ambassador for Latinos in the world’s biggest boardrooms. ADVERTISEMENT The King of Bachata deftly loads two 35-pound weights and ...

What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation. Even the Bee Gees have gotten a bachata spin. Prince Royce’s ...

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Bachata has come a very long way. During the 31 years dictator Rafael Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic, the musical genre was banned in most parts of the island because of its connection to ...

You may not even know such a kingdom exists, but it already has a king. Anthony “Romeo” Santos, known to his fans simply as Romeo, is the self-proclaimed king of bachata, and though he remains ...

Cafecito's Feliciano Garcia sat down with Leslie Grace, the 20-year-old Grammy-nominated Bachata singer from New York. She spoke at People en Español's panel on the future of music and entering a ...

For the VERY FIRST TIME Bachata Femmes is taking the lead in Toronto and across Canada by allowing ALL members to choose whether to “Lead or Follow” in a social dance scene that is often embedded in a ...