Shakira is often called “The Queen of Latin Pop”.Įarlier this year, Shakira released her latest album “El Dorado”, which is mostly sung in Spanish. We’ll get started with Shakira, who is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. So here are some Spanish artists and songs to get you started! I know, I am starting with artists you probably already know, but if you are new to Latin music, I promise you will discover some new Latin artists further down this list. I will start this list with some Latin pop! Latin pop is one of the most popular Latin music genres today and some of the biggest Latin music stars in the world belong to this genre, with artists like Shakira, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin fitting in this category. In fact, I enjoyed my journey of learning Spanish with music so much that I even started a YouTube Channel where I post Spanish songs with their original lyrics as well the English translation. What you should do instead is focus on songs which you enjoy, read the original language lyrics as you sing along, look up the lyrics in your native language, and instead of just listening passively, have some fun and sing along with the songs!Īnyway, after learning Spanish through music for the past two years myself, I’d like to share some of my favourite Spanish songs. So how do you learn a language with music? To be honest, you can’t just listen to music passively and expect to become fluent thanks to some magical force. Other articles on Fluent in 3 Months share about how effective it can be to learn languages with music, and I agree, music can be an amazing tool for language learning.
Hopefully the success of Despacito has gotten a lot of people interested in learning Spanish! And with Latin music being so popular right now, what better way to learn Spanish than by learning it with music!?