I'm learning Spanish first year and I want to pratice my listening skill.

Anybody knows any good spanish songs except Shakira (Not too fond of her voice and other mainstream spanish singers in America, no thanks), genre like pop, r&b, rock and no rap,metal or any hardcore stuff... I would like to hear traditional spanish music too if they have them.

MARC ANTHONY!
MARC ANTHONY!!

Listen to his old music.

also try India.

Lil Rob, Selena , Nasty Boy Kliq

I'm don't really like spanish songs, but Thalia seems fine to me. (by fine I ment that her songs are fine... she's fine too though).



My friends like Carlos Santana. I don't, but unfortunately I'm not the only guy in the world

Chingon. They did songs for movies like Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Kill Bill vol. 2. They're rock, and they're really fun to listen to. The band was started by Robert Rodriguez (director of Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Desperado, Sin City, Spy Kids movies etc.), and I think he plays guitar in the band.

if your going to listen to spanish music you have to listen to Juanes, he is one of my fave artists of all time and is beloved by the public because of his lyrics and his music. I remember watching a show and the girl said that a boyfriend wont have a problem taking his girl to a Juanes concert because he will like him too. Then she went on to say how young and old love him. I also introduced Juanes to my spanish teacher and she loves him just as much as i do. So take a listen. But he is classified in the pop rock genre. But i would listen anyways if you dont like it you dont. But going to traditional artists are Celia Cruz you will love her. I cant think of any it is the morning for me but if i think of more i be back!lol

I also love Juanes and I really like Alejandro Sanz. My favorite song by Alejandro Sanz is "Quisiera ser", the lyrics are so pretty. Carlos Ponce has some good songs too. If you're looking for more traditional I'd try the Gypsy Kings and I think Mana is pretty good.

Luis fonsi !! good singer!!

He is! Also, Juanes is really good! Someone mentioned Thalia before, and I second that too. Her songs are so catchy.

I forgot what the singer's name was but a good song is Ella Tiene Fuego.

LunyTunes, haha im jp. you can try.

i really like Juanes! you should try listening to his music. he's the only spanish singer i listen to...

juanes.
luis fonsi.
la oreja de van gogh.

El Canto del Loco
La Oreja de Van Gogh
Juanes
Kalimba

Rock/Pop/R&B-ish.

Pepe Aguilar feat.Tiziano Ferro-Mi Credo(it's a beautiful and slow duet)
Diego Torres-La Ultima Noche(that's also slow)
Daddy Yankee-Gasolina(one of the song which rocked last year,lol)

I'm obsessed with El Canto del Loco. I heard of them when I first started snooping around Fernando Torres websites and discovered that Torres is really good friends with the lead singer, Danny.

They're pop-rock. I have two songs that I love "Ya Nada Volverá A Ser Como Antes" and "Una Foto En Blanco Y Negro."

Sin Bandera - Que lloro - I have no clue what it means, but the song is so pretty.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=JFKGMbxl_oI

I had a feeling El Canto del Loco would come up
isn't Iker Casillas a big fan of them as well?
all the more reason

Jorge Moreno is pretty good too...I really like his voice

CELIA CRUZ!

Afro-Cuban jazz/pop/dance. She's great.

well, alot of the mainstream latino/a artsit here in america started out being mainstream in latin america... sooo... but whatever, anyway

for slasa, i reccomend Frankie Negron and he's got two good songs 'Por Tu Placer' and 'Comerte A Besos'. Both songs are great slasa songs, kind of pop-ish and all the lyrics are clear (seeing as how your trying to learn spanish, its a good place to start)

rock... if you want to push the limit of your listening skills (though I dont reccomend it for a beginner is Puya. but they're a little (not too) hardcore and sometimes you can't tell if hes singing in spanish or english, but they're a pure puerto rican band

for bachata theres the ever popular aventura. easy lyrics, kind of pop-ish, and you might recognize their song 'No Es Amor' that Frankie J butchered...

i think that should be a good start and a little variety ^^

RBD? Their kinda pop rock I guess.

We listened to Juanes music in Spanish class so you probably wanna try him. His songs are pretty upbeat and catchy.

I also like El Canto del Loco. I only know them because of Fernando Torres... (lol) But I like their music.

^PUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! i only know them because of fernando too.xP

my spanish teacher back in high school had us listen to enrique iglesias(sp?) ALL the time because she thought he was hot and she loved his voice.-__- at first, i was like...wth? but it did work at the end.^^;

One word for ya: JUANES
He's Colombian and he's amazing.

The singing isn't too fast so you could probably follow along with lyrics.

ill give you some songs/artists that we listen to in spanish class. theyre all mainstream though: Ricky Martin, Shakira (even though you dont like her), and Enrique Iglesias (sp?)

we've listened to Miente by Enrique. also, by Antologia by Shakira is a very pretty song. i was like you and hated her voice in American songs, but her voice is different in this song. its good!

CELIA CRUZ!!!!
anything by her is fine. I also like Aventura cause bachata is really catchy.

i'll recommend some of my favorite artists... sin bandera and their song "que me alcance la vida," juanes has great songs but one of my favorite ones is "volverte a ver," the julieta venegas, she's a mexican artist with a more rockish pop style... her song "me voy" is one of those that you can sing along to really easily... then one of the more rockish groups that i like is panda and one of the songs i like from them is "Cita con el quirófano" and bellanova with their song "por ti"

I lived n Mexico for two years in the early 90's. Well, since you are a girl and you are trying to practice your listening skills and you want to listen to something that is a little enjoyable. Pop or pop/rock Menudo and Mana and for Romantic songs all the girls in the 90's liked Luis Miguel.

I loveeeeeeee listening to Luis Fonsi. His voice is so good! =)

this song is so pretty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYoKJ6MJimA

Olga Tanon - Tu Amor
Los Del Rios - Macarena
Las Ketchups - Asereje (ketchup song)
Selena - Bidi Bidi Bom Bom
Selena - Como La FLor


These songs are the TOP of the TOP of SPANISH songs!

U should Try Mana,Juanes,Aventura, rebelde has some good songs too....Another excellent song would be el general he gots some songs that u would be able to memorize quickly

After being immersed in MTV Tres and VHUno for the past four months, here's my list:

Indie Rock/Rock
Zoe
La Oreja de Van Gogh
Alejandra Guzman
Kudai
Kinky
Pacha Massive

Bossa Nova/Electronica
Belanova
Los Amigos Invisible

Dance/Disco
Paulina Rubio
Fey
Belinda

R&B
Reik
Alex Ubago

Pop
R.B.D.
Toby Love

Reggaeton/Hip-Hop
Rakim y Ken-y
Mala Rodriguez (fantastic!!!)
Calle 13

Punk Pop
Allison
Novel
Motel
Panda
Division Minuscula

I'll edit this as I think of more.

Paulina Rubio and Thalia are my two favorites! I used to like Shakira, but I don't like her new material that much. I like Laura Leon's songs, even though she kind of scares me.

Alejandro Fernandez - ranchero and pop, the man has an unbelievably beautiful and yet powerful voice.
one of my fave alex songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBmOQuwgK7w

Luis Miguel - pop and bolero, he's got an incredibly smooth voice. I grew up listening to his wonderful music.
My fave latin song, ol skool luismi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Fk8YbJtIA

oh Alejandro Sanz has an awesome voice
and Shakira is cool if you can get used to her voice

Pitbull (ft. Ken-Y) - Dime. Heck, I don't even understand it, but it's a nice song.


Melissa.

Shakira sounds different in spanish btw. I perfer her spanish songs they sound much nicer.

Definitely Juanes. <-- his songs are seriously love (^^)

Cumbia Kings

kumbia all stars - chiquilla

gloria estefan - hoy {this song is beautiful <3}

Chello {I love this guy haha}

cabas - la cadena de oro
cabas feat trebol clan - la cadena de oro

Aventura

Son by four

Paulina Rubio

Uhm no reggaeton

I also think Ricky Martin's new spanish songs are good XD espically the collab with the spain singer.

thats all I can think of for right now

You can go to this thread for some recommendations >>Click Me<<

We listened to "Vamos a la playa" in Spanish class.. xD

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH me too!!! !

i would definitely vouch for ricky martin's mtv unplugged album done last year. its really great. i accidentally saw it on mtv one day, and fell in love with it.

especially the track like gracias por pensar en mi. please try to listen to it! people may laugh at you because its ricky martin but an acoustic ricky martin totally works.

kudai

Tal Vez this is their latest song, I luv it, they rock

others that i think are good to listen
Belanova
Belinda
Sin Bandera
Reik
La Oreja De Van Goh
Luis Fonsi
LU
Ha-Ash
Mana
Thalia
Fey
Pepe Aguilar
Alejandro Fernandez
Pedro Fernandez

and there tons of others

oh yeah since your learning spanish, don't really go with regetton, you really won't learn how to speak spanish correctly, it'll be more like learning the slang words along with phrases,
But if you want to I suggest you do it after you get the hang of spanish and know what some slang terms mean

Los Bunkers
Chancho en piedra
Chilean Artists =D

try listening to juanes' song "fotografia" w/ nelly

Bersuit Vergarabat, one of the greatest argentine rock bands ever.

some tracks:
Toco y me voy
Negra Murguera
Desconexion Sideral