Comments on: 10 Spanish Popular Music Artists You Probably Don’t Know

By: Jedd

Jedd — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:20:28 +0000

I like the Quinta Estacion. They are from Spain and won a Latin Grammy in 2010. My favorite song is Tu Peor Error. thespanishversion.org

By: Natalie Abbinanti

Natalie Abbinanti — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:26:53 +0000

Not sure about his role in RNB, but previous Latino style was super for me:)

By: Marta

Marta — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:57:11 +0000

Nice post, Ben
I’m Spanish, from Spain, and I have to say you chose very representative bands. However, most of them split up many years ago, hehe. For example, Ella baila sola doesn’t exist anymore. Or Mecano, or Heroes del Silencio (which is not a “pop” band for me and surely it is not pop for their fans either, hehe). Although some of them are still singing alone. But, as I said, these bands were really important at their time.
And well, although Nek sings in Spanish, he’s Italian, so I wouldn’t say he represents Spanish music.

If you wanted to include new pop Spanish bands, I would suggest including “Alejandro Sanz”, “Conchita”, “Bebe”, “Amaral”, “El canto del loco”, “M-Clan”, “Fito y Fitipaldis”… I don’t like this kind of music, but these bands and songwriters are famous nowadays. Fortunately, we have very good rock and indie bands too! “Vetusta Morla”, “Love of Lesbian”, “Deluxe”, “Iván Ferreiro”…

Anyway, thanks for the post, I liked it. And I hope I had helped a little bit. See you!

By: Flamenco Fan

Flamenco Fan — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:05:25 +0000

Gruesse zur Weihnachtszeit und die besten Wuensche zum neuen Jahr. Greetings fort he Christmas season and best wishes for the New Year.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:32:03 +0000

Heroes del silencio, is no spanish red hot chili peppers.
Heroes del silencio are heroes del silencio! period
they are themselves and theyve made great music you shouldnt compare any of these artist to any other artist. its disrespectful.

By: Sabrina Rongstad-Bravo

Sabrina Rongstad-Bravo — Sun, 02 May 2010 18:49:24 +0000

Hi There, A great blog, but many of the links to the songs are deleted.
Just thought I’d let you know. I was hoping to listen to it. I always feel music is a great way to learn languages. Me gusta mucho Los Burros!

By: claudine

claudine — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:37:48 +0000

While in Barcelona a few years ago we heard some music in a cafe we were totally intrigued by. We questioned a waiter who promptly wrote down ‘Chambao’ on a piece of paper for us. It changed our lives!

I’d start with ‘Endorfinas En La Mente’

By: ben

ben — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:13:55 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion. It’s great. I don’t know much about other country’s culture so these kinds of suggestions help a lot!

By: lullaby

lullaby — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:29:15 +0000

Thanks for being interested in Spanish pop music. I´m Spanish and you have chosen some of the most influential singers but let me tell you that your list is incomplete if you don´t add ‘Alejandro Sanz’.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Sanz

I´m not a fan of this guy but If you want to give a true information about the Spanish pop music you have to talk about Sanz. It´s just a suggestion.

Regards…

By: ben

ben — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:30:16 +0000

Thanks. This post was kind of my own homework assignment…just wanted to learn about some other musicians outside the united states.