The Song Planner

Afro-Latin Pop

tagStarted 2020Peak 2022-2025Last big hit still activeFrom Latin AmericaSung in Spanish

Located in 2 routes

Pop → Afropop / Afrobeats-PopLatin / Música Latina → Afro-Latin / Afro-Caribbean

African pop crossbred with Latin and Caribbean flavors: Afrobeats grooves meeting reggaeton dembow, Latin guitar and tropical percussion, with bilingual hooks gliding between Spanish, English and Yoruba or pidgin. Sunny, romantic and danceable, it pairs Afro shakers and log drums with clave-driven bounce for festival-ready crossover pop.

History

As Afrobeats and Latin urbano both went global around 2020, collaborations multiplied: Mr Eazi and J Balvin traded English, Spanish and Yoruba verses on 'Lento' (2020), Burna Boy and Balvin fused styles on 'Rollercoaster' (2022), Rema sang Spanish for the first time on Feid's 'Bubalu' (2023), and Ayra Starr joined Rauw Alejandro and Rvssian on 'Santa' (2024) — knitting Lagos and San Juan into one tropical pop language.

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Sources

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_(song)
  • https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/mr-eazi-j-balvin-lento-music-video-9503232/
  • https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/feid-rema-bubalu-number-1-latin-airplay-chart-1235578369/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm_Down_(Rema_song)