Q 01/05

The music industry classifies Latin music as music sung in which two languages?

A) Spanish and Portuguese

B) Spanish and Italian

C) Portuguese and French

D) Italian and French

Answer · why

A) Spanish and Portuguese

Spanish and Portuguese: the test is language, not where the artist comes from. As the head of the Grammys said in 2000, language is about all the many...

Q 02/05

Why did the Recording Academy launch separate Latin Grammys in 2000?

A) Too few categories

B) Label boycott

C) Rival awards

D) Language ban

Answer · why

A) Too few categories

Too few categories: organisers said the Latin music world was too large to fit inside the main Grammys, so the new show launched with 40 awards of its...

Q 03/05

Billboard's Latin charts began with three genre families: Latin pop, tropical and which other?

A) Regional Mexican

B) Brazilian pop

C) Andean folk

D) Caribbean jazz

Answer · why

A) Regional Mexican

Regional Mexican is a catch-all for styles from mariachi to norteño and banda. Billboard added a fourth family, Latin Rhythm, in 2005, when reggaeton ...

Q 04/05

Which future television star got his break singing and drumming in Xavier Cugat's orchestra?

A) Ricardo Montalbán

B) Desi Arnaz

C) Cesar Romero

D) Fernando Lamas

Answer · why

B) Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz acknowledged his debt to Cugat, the Waldorf-Astoria's "Rumba King", for his start. He went on to play a Cuban bandleader himself, opposite ...

Q 05/05

Which record label is credited with popularizing salsa in the 1970s?

A) Seeco Records

B) RMM Records

C) Fania Records

D) Tico Records

Answer · why

C) Fania Records

Fania Records began in 1964 with a bandleader and a lawyer delivering records to shops from the boot of a car. Its roster grew so strong that it is of...