Noche de Luz by Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz born Alejandro Sanchez Pizarro on December 18, 1968 in Spain, is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. Sanz has won fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has experimented with rock, salsa, and hip hop. Noche de Luz is a little-known song that is still very intimate to listen to while enjoying in the holidays. Happy holidays!
By paula

"Oh Ven, Oh Ven Emanuel" by Jaci Velasquez

"Oh Ven, Oh Ven Emanuel" by Jaci Velasquez is from the spanish version of her Christmas album released in 2001. The album includes covers of all the classic English language Christmas tunes like "The First Noel", "White Christmas", "It Wouldn't Be Christmas", and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". The album also includes three original tracks including "The Angel Song". The album is "beautifully orchestrated with touches of traditional Christmas-style jazz and contemporary pop". Oh Ven Oh Ven Emanuel is my favorite Christmas song. Jaci Velasquez makes the song joyful and a perfect song for the holidays!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Burrito de Belen by Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez also known as Juanes sings a cover of the well-known Christmas song "Burrito de Belen". Juanes is a Columbian musican who has sold around 15 million albums worldwide. Juanes sang this song in 2006, in one of his holiday albums. The original "Burrito de Belen" was written by Jameson Genest. This holiday song is very commonly sung by many different famous Latin American musicians. So, for the holiday season listen to this song to feel cultural while having an amazing Christmas!!

Blanca Navidad by Luis Miguel

Feliz Navidad todos! Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Puerto Rican artist. He was born on April 19, 1970. He is a Latin American icon, he is often referred to as El Sol de Mexico (the sun of Mexico). He is one of the most successful artists in Latin American history, and has preformed in a wide variety of musical styles.One example is his version of Blanca Navidad
By Julia

Blanca Navidad

Andrea Bocelli is a blind Italian tenor and singer-songwriter. He has 14 solo albums which were all very succesful. He has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and has won over 30 awards. He has been featured in the Guinness Book of World Record for having three of his albums be in the first, second and third spot of the US Classical Album charts. In 2006, Bocelli was named a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He is extremely popular all around the world and even performed at Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's wedding! When getting in the Christmas spirit, make sure to listen to Andrea Bocelli's Christmas album, "Mi Navidad", which contains many Spanish and Italian versions of famous Christmas Carols. My favorite song on the album is his spin on "White Christmas" called "Blanca Navidad". It's a graceful and timeless song that makes the Christmas spirit present everytime you listen to it. I wish all of you a Merry a Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Click Here to Go to Bocelli's Site

Here's a link to a video!

Feliz Navidad

"Feliz Navidad" was written in 1970 by Jose Feliciano. He is a Puerto Rican singer. It has a simple Spanish chorus "Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad" meaning "Merry Christmas, a prosperous year and happiness. It is half in Spanish and half English. It has been translated in many languages and is probably one of the most famous Spanish Christmas songs in America and throughout the world.
Musicas and Musiques want to wish you a merry christmas and good health in the coming new year. Tune in for more blog posts coming in 2015!

Chimene Badi

Chimene Badi was born on October 30th of 1982 in Melun, in the Paris suburbs. She later spent her entire childhood living in France. In 2002, she signed up for an audition for the reality TV talent show "Pop Stars”. Chimène actually failed to make it through to the final where winners were put together to form a group. But ultimately, she showed the desire to pursue her art by launching a solo career rather than share the stage with a band. Fortunately for Chimène, Valéry Zeitoun, a member of the jury and, at that time, the director of French label AZ, was blown away by her performance. She is now a very well-known artist in France.

Abyale

 

     Abyale is a Franco-African dance music singer who grew up between Europe and the United States. The peak of her career was in the 1990s when she released her songs "I Don't Talk about Love" (#28 on the French SNEP Singles Chart) and "I Wanna Be Your Lover Too." She was a member of "Les Reines de Saba," a vocal quartet, and decided to pursue music since then. Universal Music considered her as "one of the new divas of the dance new soul." Some of her albums were Nightbuzz, A Shade of Blue, Soul Train. She is truly a great and experienced artist.

Listen to "I Wanna Be Your Lover Too" :

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado was born December 2, 1978 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She is a 35-year-old singer and songwriter. Nelly Furtado is one of the most well-known bilingual artist. Nelly has released several albums in Spanish and English and has sold 20 million albums worldwide. She plays many instruments such as piano, keyboard, guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, and trombone. She had a daughter, Nevis Chetan, with her boyfriend, Jasper Gahunia.

"Más" deals with the dynamic of a problematic relationship, that slowly begins to fade. The singer wants to feel alive and be loved.

Artist Website

J. Balvin

6 AM, is a song by J. Balvin featuring Farruko. It was released October 15, 2013 and it tops the charts in Hip Hop and reggae. It is the fourth single from his debut album La Familia.The song is nominated for Best Urban Performance and Best Urban Song at the 15th Latin Grammy Awards. J. Balvin goes by J. Balvin but his real name is José Álvaro Osorio Balvín. He was born on May 7, 1985 in Medellin, Columbia. He became interested in rap at a young age from the influence of Columbian music. He is often featured in the Spanish versions of American music such as the Spanglish version of "The Way" by Ariana Grande. Carlos Efrén Reyes Rosado is featured in the song "6am" better known as Farruko. Farruko started his career at 16 years old with the help of myspace as his fan base. The song "6am" is a really fun song and makes you
want to stand up and sing along!


Artist's website

Adila Sedraïa- Indila

Adila Sedraïa is a French-born R&B singer and songwriter. She is also known as Indila, which is her stage name. Adila is married to record producer and songwriter named Pascal Koeu who is also known as DJ Skalp. Adila is 30 years old, and is very successful for her young age. Her biggest song is called the Last Dance, and it has around 45 million views on YouTube. She is known to keep her personal life private, so not much is known about her. The Last Dance also known in Spanish as Dernière Danse is about the pain of fighting with her love, and how dancing helps her forget about the fighting. This song is very touching and sad, but Indila's voice is beautiful, and the song is really good.

Indila's Official Website

David Guetta

Pierre David Guetta was born on November 7, 1967 in Paris, France. Currently 47 years old. He is better known by his stage name David Guetta, he is a and producer of electronic music. Originally he started as a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, later he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, J"ust a Little More Love", in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster in 2004 and Pop Life in 2007. David Guetta has sold over six million albums and 15 million singles worldwide. In 2011 Guetta was voted as the #1 DJ in the 'DJ Mag Top 100 DJs' fan poll. Which is a huge accomplishment for a DJ, he has been very successful throughout his career and he's a great DJ, he works with a wide varity of artists from all around the world and I highly recommend you to listen to his songs!

By Julia