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Toquinho

Toquinho (Antônio Pecci Filho), born 1946 in São Paulo, is a Brazilian singer and guitarist known for bossa nova and MPB, especially his partnership with Vinicius de Moraes.

Totó la Momposina

Totó la Momposina, born Sonia Bazanta Vides in 1940, was a Colombian singer of traditional cumbia and bullerengue whose 1993 album La Candela Viva made her an international figure.

Traviezoz de la Zierra

Traviezoz de la Zierra is a Mexican sierreño quartet formed in Nogales, Sonora, at the end of 2009, known for mixing hardcore narcocorridos with romantic ballads and for its Billboard charting album Los Días de Ayer.

Trazendo a Arca

Trazendo a Arca is a Brazilian gospel worship band founded in 2002 in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, formerly Toque no Altar, whose albums have sold over a million copies.

Triana

Triana is a Spanish progressive rock band formed in Seville in the mid-1970s, credited with fusing flamenco with progressive rock and regarded as a canonical act of Andalusian rock.

Tribal Seeds

Tribal Seeds are an American roots reggae band from San Diego, California, formed in 2005 by the brothers Steven and Tony-Ray Jacobo; their album Representing topped the Billboard Reggae chart in 2014.

Tribo de Jah

Tribo de Jah is a Brazilian reggae band formed in 1986 in São Luís, Maranhão, fronted by founder Fauzi Beydoun and credited as a pioneer of reggae in Brazil.

Trinidad All Stars

Trinidad All Stars, also known as Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars, is a steel orchestra in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, founded in 1935.

Trio Los Panchos

Trio Los Panchos, also known as Los Panchos, is a bolero trio founded in New York City in 1944, whose requinto guitar and harmonies became the model for romantic tríos.

Trio Mocotó

Trio Mocotó is a Brazilian instrumental trio formed in 1968 at São Paulo's Jogral nightclub, regarded as the matrix of samba-rock, which it developed as Jorge Ben's backing band.

Trio Nordestino

Trio Nordestino is a traditional forró trio founded in Salvador, Bahia in 1958 and considered the oldest active trio in Brazil, known for the 1970 hit "Procurando Tu".

Tropicália

Tropicália, also called Tropicalismo, was a Brazilian cultural movement of the late 1960s led by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, ended by military repression in 1968.

Turma do Pagode

Turma do Pagode is an eight-member pagode group from the Zona Norte of São Paulo, formed in 1994 and known for the hits "Lancinho" and "Camisa 10".

Two Sevens Clash

Two Sevens Clash is the 1977 debut album by the Jamaican vocal trio Culture, produced by Joe Gibbs, whose apocalyptic title track closed Kingston's schools on 7 July 1977.

Ulices Chaidez

Ulices Chaidez is a Mexican singer and songwriter from Sinaloa who leads the Regional Mexican trio Ulices Chaidez y Sus Plebes, signed to DEL Records at 15.

Ulises Chaidez y sus Plebes

Ulises Chaidez y sus Plebes is a Mexican Regional trio from Villa Juárez, Sinaloa, led by singer Ulices Chaidez; its 2016 debut album Andamos en el Ruedo topped Billboard's Regional Mexican charts.

Ulpiano Vergara

Ulpiano Vergara, known as El Mechi Blanco, is a Panamanian accordionist, composer, and bandleader of música típica who has recorded more than 600 songs since 1970.

Ultramen

Ultramen is a Brazilian rock band formed in 1991 in Porto Alegre, known for mixing rap with heavy guitars and later reggae, funk, and samba-rock.

Un Beso y Una Flor

"Un Beso y Una Flor" is a 1972 ballad by Spanish singer Nino Bravo, written by José Luis Armenteros and Pablo Herrero, and a farewell anthem across the Spanish-speaking world.

Una Noche en Medellín

"Una Noche en Medellín" is a 2022 reggaetón song by Chilean singer Cris MJ, the breakout anthem of the Chilean urban wave and Chile's most-listened song of 2022.

Underground (music)

Underground, or el underground, was the early-1990s Puerto Rican mixtape and club scene where reggae en español and hip hop fused into the music that became reggaetón.

Unha Pintada

Unha Pintada is the artistic name and band project of Brazilian singer Aldiran Santana from Simão Dias, Sergipe, a leading romantic arrocha performer whose career broke out in 2019.

United Palace

The United Palace is a historic theater at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights, Manhattan, built in 1930 as Loew's 175th Street Theatre and now a major Latin music venue.

Valentín Elizalde

Valentín Elizalde Valencia, 'El Gallo de Oro' (1979–2006), Mexican banda and corrido singer from Sonora; 12 studio albums, killed after a Reynosa concert, legacy kept alive by posthumous releases.

Valentino Merlo

Valentino Merlo is an Argentine singer from Rosario who broke out in 2024 at age 15 with "Hoy", a cumbia cover with The La Planta.

Vanessa da Mata

Vanessa da Mata is a Brazilian singer and songwriter of MPB, born in 1976 in Alto Garças, Mato Grosso, best known for the hits "Ai, Ai, Ai…" and "Boa Sorte/Good Luck".

Vanessa Martín

Vanessa Martín, born Vanesa Martín Mata, is a Spanish singer-songwriter from Málaga, a leading voice of modern Spanish romantic pop since her 2006 debut album Agua.

Varry Brava

Varry Brava is a Spanish indie-pop trio from Orihuela, formed in 2009 by Aarón Sáez, Óscar Ferrer, and Vicente Illescas, known for danceable synth-pop and the hit "Raffaella".

Vetusta Morla

Vetusta Morla is a Spanish indie rock band formed in 1998 in Tres Cantos, Madrid, whose self-released debut Un día en el mundo sold over 55,000 copies and drew a record 40,000-person Madrid concert in 2018.

Vibras Tour

The Vibras Tour was Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin's 2018 North American tour supporting his album Vibras, running from Fresno to Miami and grossing $11.5 million.