Reggaeton

Categories: Music | Urban Music | Reggae | Latin Music
    • Origins: Panama and Puerto Rico
    • Origin: early to late 1980's
    • Stylistic Origins: Reggae, Techno, Hip Hop, Merengue, Batchata, Salsa, Dancehall
    • Famous Reggaeton Pioneers: El General and Vico C
    • Year became mainstream in the USA: 2004
  • Reggaeton (also spelled reggaetón, and known as reguetón and reggaetón in Spanish) is a form of urban music that became popular with Latin American youth in the early 1990s. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Originating in Panama, reggaeton blends West-Indian music influences of reggae and dancehall with those of Latin America, such as bomba, plena, salsa, merengue, latin pop, cumbia and bachata as well as that of hip hop, contemporary R&B, and electronica. However, reggaeton is also combined with rapping or singing in Spanish.
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