ICuraçao imemezele amagama okuqala ohlobo lwesishiyagalolunye lomkhosi weCuraçao North Sea Jazz Festival. Kulo nyaka iMaroon 5, i-Ozuna, i-Gladys Knight ne-Third World izobonakala kulo mkhosi obuseWorld Trade Center ePiscadera Bay. Le nhlangano isematasa nabanye abaculi abehlukene abazomenyezelwa ngokuqhubeka kwezinyanga ezizayo. Umkhosi uvulwa ngoLwesine, ngomhlaka 29 Agasti ngamakhonsathi amahhala kaHavana D'Primera no-Aymee Nuviola.
Iqembu laseMelika iMaroon 5 selithengise ama-albhamu angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-20 futhi lathola ama-Grammy Awards amathathu. I-albhamu yabo yokuqala, i-Songs About Jane, yaba yintuthuko enkulu futhi owalandela yona, i-It Will Not Be Soon Before Long, wenza kangcono kakhulu. Ama-Hits ayemaningi: Kunzima Ukuphefumula, Lolu Thando, Uzothandwa, Kuyangimangaza, Kushukumisela NjengoJagger oqukethe uChristina Aguilera… uhlu luyaqhubeka. I-albhamu yabo yakamuva, iRed Pill Blues, ikhishwe ekupheleni kuka-2017 futhi iqukethe inombolo engu-1 eshaya i-single Girls Like You, equkethe uCardi B. NgoJanuwari odlule, iMaroon 5 ibe nodumo lokudlala ngesikhathi seSuper Bowl Half-Time Show.
UJuan Carlos Ozuna Rosado, owaziwa nje ngesibongo sakhe u-Ozuna, ungumculi we-reggaeton wasePuerto Rican nomculi we-Latin trap. Ekuqaleni kuka-2016, u-Ozuna waduma ngokubonakala kwakhe kwiLa Ocasión eyodwa, kusukela ngamandla kuya phambili kusukela lapho. Usekhiphe ama-albhamu amabili kuze kube yimanje; Ama-Odisea ka-2017 nama-Aura ka-2018, futhi bawina ama-Billboard Music Awards amabili nama-Latin American Music Awards amathathu, phakathi kokunye. Ku-2017, wenza ukubonakala kwakhe kokuqala kwifilimu iQue León.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyisithupha eqale ukubonakala eCuraçao 'i-Empress of Soul' uGladys Knight ubuyela esiqhingini. Ngeqembu lakhe iThe Pips wayenezingoma ezinkulu, ezifana nokuthi I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Midnight Train To Georgia, nethi Baby Do Not Change Your Mind, ngawo-1960s and 1970s. Ekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1980 uK Knight waqala umsebenzi wakhe wedwa futhi wathola impumelelo ngokushesha ngethrekhi yesihloko sikaJames Bond ethi License To Kill. I-albhamu yakhe yakamuva, i-Where My Heart Belongs, ikhishwe ngo-2014 futhi iyi-albhamu ye-bona fide gospel, nalapho iThe Pips ibidlala khona. UKnight manje unemiklomelo eyisikhombisa yamaGrammy neminye eminingi egameni lakhe.
Iqembu laseJamaican iThird World ligubhe iminyaka engu-45 lasungulwa ngonyaka odlule. Bazibiza ngama-'Reggae Ambassadors 'futhi bachaza umsindo wabo njenge-reggae fusion, i-Third World mix reggae nezinye izinhlobo eziningi ezifana ne-soul, funk ne-disco. Ukushaya kwabo okukhulu kuze kube manje kwakungu-1978 Manje Sathola Uthando. Impumelelo yabo ibalethele umhlaba wonke futhi yafaka amagama abaphakanyisiwe abayishumi eGrammy egameni labo. I-single yabo yakamuva ethi, Loving You Is Easy, yakhiqizwa nguDamian Marley futhi yakhishwa ekuqaleni konyaka.
Ibhendi yaseCuba Timba iHavana D'Primera yasungulwa ngu-Alexander Abreu ngo-2008, leli qembu lasungulwa yiqembu labaculi emkhakheni wezomculo waseCuba, lafinyelela kumalungu ayi-17 esewonke. U-Abreu uthathwa njengomunye wabashayi bamacilongo abahamba phambili esizukulwaneni sakhe, futhi ubuye abe ngumqambi onekhono, umculi nomholi wamakhosi. Ukuxuba isigqi ku-salsa, i-jazz, i-funk, ne-Afro-Cuban, leli qembu selikhiphe ama-albhamu amane e-studio kuze kube manje. Okwakamuva yiCantor Del Pueblo ka-2018, okubenze baqokwa okwesibili kweLatin Grammy kwi-Best Salsa Album.
U-Aymée Nuviola, obizwa ngegama elithi 'La Sonera del Mundo', ungumculi ohlonishwayo waseCuba oqeqeshwe eManuel Saumell Conservatory eHavana. UNuviola ungomunye wezinkanyezi ezinkulu zaseCuba zanamuhla, futhi waze waqopha ingoma nengwazi yaseMelika uJackson Browne. Njengomculi osemncane uNuviola wathuthela eMiami lapho umsebenzi wakhe wedwa waqala khona. Ngonyaka owedlule uzuze umklomelo wakhe wokuqala weLatin Grammy Award nge-albhamu yakhe yango-2017 ethi Como Anillo Al Dedo.
