100 Greatest Latin American Artists and Bands

 GREATEST LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS and BANDS

1. Astor Piazzolla - Argentina
3. Joao Gilberto - Brazil
4. Carlos Gardel - Argentina
5. Caetano Veloso - Brazil
6. Cartola - Brazil
7. Jorge Ben - Brazil
8. Vinicius de Moraes - Brazil
9. Astrud Gilberto - Brazil
10. Os Mutantes - Brazil
11. Chico Buarque - Brazil
12. Heitor Villa-Lobos - Brazil
13. Baden Powell - Brazil
14. Gilberto Gil - Brazil
15. Beny More - Cuba
16. Anibal Troilo - Argentina
17. Sergio Mendes - Brazil
18. Compay Segundo - Cuba
19. Ibrahim Ferrer - Cuba
20. Tito Puente - Puerto Rico
21. Elis Regina - Brazil
22. Buena Vista Social Club - Cuba
23. Ruben Gonzalez - Cuba
24. Martha Argerich - Argentina
25. Claudio Arrau - Chile
26. Omara Portuondo - Cuba
27. Paulinho da Viola - Brazil
28. Mongo Santamaria - Cuba
29. Victor Jara - Chile
30. Chavela Vargas - Costa Rica
31. Tom Ze - Brazil
32. Luiz Bonfa - Brazil
33. Gal Costa - Brazil
34. Ritchie Valens - Mexico
35. Milton Nascimento - Brazil
36. Novos Baianos - Brazil
37. Gustavo Santaolalla - Argentina
38. Maria Bethania - Brazil
39. Lalo Schifrin - Argentina
40. Violeta Parra - Chile
41. Nara Leao - Brazil
42. Marcos Valle - Brazil
43. Tim Maia - Brazil
44. Silvio Rodriguez - Cuba
45. Dorival Caymmi - Brazil
46. Mercedes Sosa - Argentina
47. Soda Stereo - Argentina
48. Orquesta Aragon - Cuba
49. Atahualpa Yupanqui - Argentina
50. Perez Prado - Cuba
51. Cachao - Cuba
52. Ray Barretto - Puerto Rico
53. Osvaldo Pugliese - Argentina
54. Luis Bacalov - Argentina
55. Adoniran Barbosa - Brazil
56. Celia Cruz - Cuba
57. Pixinguinha - Brazil
58. Joao Donato - Brazil
59. Edu Lobo - Brazil
60. Charly Garcia - Argentina
61. Tamba Trio - Brazil
62. Sepultura - Brazil
63. Hector Lavoe - Puerto Rico
64. Eliades Ochoa - Cuba
65. Carlos Santana - Mexico
66. Los Panchos - Mexico
67. Noel Rosa - Brazil
68. Elizeth Cardoso - Brazil
69. Chucho Valdes - Cuba
70. Carlos Puebla - Cuba
71. Guillermo Portabales - Cuba
72. Ruben Blades - Panama
73. Nelson Cavaquinho - Brazil
74. Agustin Lara - Mexico
75. Secos & Molhados - Brazil
76. Esquivel - Mexico
77. Eddie Palmieri - Puerto Rico
78. Willie Colon - Puerto Rico
79. Laurel Aitken - Cuba
80. Pablo Milanes - Cuba
81. Jose Gonzalez - Argentina
82. Bebo Valdes - Cuba
83. Clementina de Jesus - Brazil
84. Billy Cobham - Panama
85. Yma Sumac - Peru
86. Cafe Tacuba - Mexico
87. Sumo - Argentina
88. Francisco Canaro - Uruguay
89. Inti-Illimani - Chile
90. Joao Bosco - Brazil
91. Invisible - Argentina
92. Silvestre Revueltas - Mexico
93. Amon Tobin - Brazil
94. Ary Barroso - Brazil
95. Seru Giran - Argentina
96. Candeia - Brazil
97. Trio Matamoros - Cuba
98. Fania All-Stars - Puerto Rico
99. Raul Seixas - Brazil
100. Caifanes - Mexico

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bullcrap...These are underground latin performers..The most successful latin singers are:

1 Luis Miguel
2 Ricky Martin
3 Shakira
4 Enrique Iglesias
5 Chayanne
6 Thalia
7 Mana

Anonymous said...

I don't see Gloria Estefan or The Gipsy Kings on the list.

Anonymous said...

I agree. The most successful/Best selling LATIN artists of all time are:
Julio Iglesias
Luis Miguel
Ricky Martin
Enrique Iglesias,
Chayanne
Thalia
Shakira
Mana
Gloria Estefan
Jose Feliciano
Roberto Carlos
Miguel Bose

The ones mentioned on this page are basically popular, but not as popular, or commercially successfully as the list I just entered. Some of the new generations don't even know who they are. Whereas in Latin America everyone know who Shakira or Luis Miguel is
Gipsy Kings
Mana

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