Hits by two late Latin music icons whose ballads and salsa songs are constants in playlists across generations have been inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Juan ...

MIAMI (Billboard) - Hector Lavoe, dead for a decade, is today the most popular name on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart, thanks to "El Cantante," the film based on his life, starring Marc Anthony.

It has long been a dream of husband-and-wife team Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony to make a film about Hector Lavoe, the Puerto Rican singer who helped popularize salsa music in the United States. "El ...

The Colombian singer performed a candid rendition of a salsa classic with his own "El Cantante del Ghetto." By Isabela Raygoza Associate Editor, Billboard Español Colombian singer/rapper Ryan Castro ...

Late salsa star Hector Lavoe was, perhaps, largely unknown to mainstream American music lovers. But the new film El Cantante starring Hollywood couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, brings his story ...

Héctor Lavoe, whose full name was Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez, was a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. He was born on September 30, 1946, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and passed away on June 29, 1993, in ...

The foot-tapping rhythms of “Triste y Vacía” by Héctor Lavoe & Willie Colón reverberated throughout the blocked-off space outside 650 Central Ave. in Westville. Christie Colón (who goes by DJ Christie ...

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When you set out to do a biographical film about a public figure who’s well known to much of the audience, you start in a deep hole. But give the makers of El Cantante some credit. Marc Anthony, with ...

From Puerto Rico's Luis Figueroa to Colombia's Son Mujeres, check out the list below. By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Salsa music has stood the test of time and evolved ever since its ...

Colombian singer/rapper Ryan Castro channeled a candid rendition of Héctor Lavoe’s timeless salsa song “El Cantante,” appropriately titled “El Cantante del Ghetto” at the Latin American Music Awards ...