From profession milestones to new music releases to main bulletins and people little necessary moments, Billboard editors spotlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Right here’s what occurred within the Latin music world this week.
Sebastián Yatra scholarship goes to …
The Latin Grammy Cultural Basis awarded the Sebastián Yatra Scholarship, or Prodigy Scholarship, to Cuban double bass participant Leo Luna Roblejo throughout a ceremony in Miami on Aug. 7.
“Music has the facility to alter lives and unite cultures, and I’m excited to see how these younger individuals, like Leo, will carry ahead the legacy of Latin music with ardour and dedication,” Yatra stated in an announcement. “I’m grateful for the chance to contribute to their schooling and inventive growth.”
The scholarship holds a most worth of $250,000, permitting Luna Roblejo to pursue a bachelor’s diploma at Berklee School of Music in Boston beginning this fall.
“Music has been my calling and my ardour ever since I used to be a younger little one, and to have the chance to pursue my dream because of the help of Sebastián Yatra and the unimaginable Latin Grammy Cultural Basis is past something I might have imagined,” stated Roblejo. “I’m dedicated to creating you all proud, and I’ll take full benefit of this chance, working laborious on daily basis to benefit from this present.”
Los Ángeles Azules to obtain particular award
Los Ángeles Azules will obtain the 2024 Hispanic Heritage Award for the Arts Award throughout the thirty seventh Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards on the John F. Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts’ Opera Home on Sept. 5, which will probably be featured on the PBS broadcast, on-line and PBS video app.
“Los Angeles Azules have actually moved audiences all over the world by their music and messages for many years,” Antonio Tijerino, HHF president and CEO, stated in an announcement. “We’re thrilled to honor this exceptional group of musical giants with our Arts Award, and we sit up for sharing our collective cultural delight, achievement and imaginative and prescient, together with the opposite Honorees, on the Kennedy Middle and on PBS with all of America and past throughout Hispanic Heritage Month.”
The long-lasting Mexican cumbia group added, “We’re very grateful to the Hispanic Heritage Awards for this nice recognition of our lengthy inventive profession. We additionally wish to thank all our followers and those that have supported us all through this time. It’s because of them and to those that get pleasure from and dance to our songs that we’ll proceed constructing this nice profession.”
Coldplay confirms collab with Tini
Mark your calendars: Coldplay is about to drop “We Pray” on Aug. 23, which options Argentine star Tini, together with different worldwide artists corresponding to Palestinean-Chilean artist Elyanna, Burna Boy from Nigeria and British rapper Little Simz. “That is so thrilling,” Tini commented on the submit shared by Coldplay on social media.
Hearken to a preview of the track under:
Lele Pons’s IG Dwell with María Corina Machado
Lele Pons, the Venezuelan influencer and singer with essentially the most followers on social media (53.3 million on Instagram alone), had Venezuelan opposition chief María Corina Machado as a visitor on an IG Dwell on Friday (August 9) to speak in regards to the present state of affairs of their nation, the place tensions and repression by the federal government have elevated because the presidential elections of July 28.
Virtually two weeks after the Venezuelan electoral authority declared Nicolás Maduro the winner and the opposition revealed information in response to which its candidate Edmundo González received with near 70% of the votes — one thing that has been well known, even by the U.S. — Machado reiterated her message that they’ll proceed to press by peaceable means and her religion that they’ll get “to the top.” She additionally answered questions from Pons’ followers and stated that within the coming days they are going to be asserting an enormous occasion through which the worldwide group will have the ability to take part.
Introduced simply three hours prematurely in a submit shared by Pons and Machado, the Dwell attracted some 135,000 individuals and obtained principally constructive messages. Watch it under.
Celia Cruz will get her coin
The picture of the legendary singer Celia Cruz is now depicted on a U.S. quarter. The late Cuban artist, generally known as the Queen of Salsa, was chosen together with 4 different ladies from historical past to be featured on the U.S. quarter as a part of the American Ladies Quarters Program this 12 months. She additionally makes historical past by turning into the primary Afro-Latina to look on the coin.
The four-year American Ladies Quarters Program “celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by ladies of the USA,” states the U.S. Mint’s web site, which additionally sells the cash individually and as a set. The opposite 2024 honorees are Patsy Takemoto Mink, the primary girl of coloration to serve in Congress; Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, a ladies’s rights advocate and Civil Conflict period surgeon; poet, activist, and lawyer Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray; and Native American author, composer, educator and political activist Zitkala-Ša.
—Extra reporting by Sigal Ratner-Arias.
