Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. Rock and pop music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which pop became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral , and accessible.
147-589: Rosalia Vila Tobella (born 25 September 1992), known mononymously as Rosalía ( Spanish: [rosaˈli.a] , Catalan: [ruzəˈli.ə] ), is a Spanish pop and flamenco singer. She has been described as an "atypical pop star" due to her genre-bending musical styles. After being enthralled by Spanish folk music at age 14, she studied musicology at Catalonia College of Music while also performing at musical bars and weddings. She completed her studies with honours by virtue of her collaborative cover album with Raül Refree , Los Ángeles (2017), and
294-470: A Galician father and an Andalusian mother, with one of his grandfathers being Cuban . Her parents separated in 2019. Rosalía has an older sister, Pilar "Pili" Vila (born 1989), who works with her as her stylist and creative director. The song G3 N15 is dedicated to Vila's son, Genís. Rosalía expressed interest in the performing arts at an early age, especially after discovering the discography of Camarón de la Isla . She began her musical education at
441-606: A Latin American but your music is called ' Latin ' because it is sung in Spanish. It is also very interesting to see how this term is only used in the United States". Rosalía has also said that she feels "uncomfortable" when this term is used on her. Stemming from these debates, Rosalía has received online criticism. In November 2018, Rosalía released a limited fashion line in collaboration with Pull&Bear , inspired in
588-473: A chorus that contrasts melodically, rhythmically and harmonically with the verse . The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment. The lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions. Harmony and chord progressions in pop music are often "that of classical European tonality , only more simple-minded." Clichés include
735-510: A 2018 genome -wide data study, the eastern region of the island had an average Native American ancestry contribution of 10%, as compared to an average of 5% in the rest of the island. Additionally, many North American Indians living in Spanish missions in Georgia and Florida were evacuated to Spanish Cuba along with the fleeing Spanish settlers following the loss of Spanish Florida . As
882-697: A Latin Grammy nomination for Record of the Year . In July, she released the single Fucking Money Man , which includes two tracks: " Milionària " (which she sang in Catalan ) and " Dios nos libre del dinero ". On 15 August, she released her collaboration with Ozuna " Yo x ti, tú x mí ", which became her fifth number one single in Spain. In November, Rosalía released " A Palé ", which features background vocals by James Blake , who she had worked earlier with on " Barefoot in
1029-415: A Olvidar ", which was featured in a special episode of Euphoria . Rosalía later collaborated with Oneohtrix Point Never and Tokischa on "Nothing's Special" and " Linda " respectively. On 2 November 2021, Rosalía announced the title of her new album Motomami . It was released on 18 March 2022 through Columbia Records . Promotion prior to the album release encompassed the release of three singles and
1176-714: A collaborative EP with her then boyfriend, singer Rauw Alejandro , and released the single " Beso " to global success. On 28 April, Rosalía performed at a free concert organized by the Secretariat of Culture in the Zócalo of Mexico City, which had more than 160,000 attendees. According to a press statement, Rosalía performed in front of nearly 2 million people worldwide and visited 21 countries across three continents. In September 2023, Rosalía signed with Jaime Levine, Shakira 's former manager, after departing ways with Rebeca León. A charity single alongside Björk titled " Oral "
1323-414: A commercial for SEAT 's Cupra brand. A collaboration between Rosalía and Zara is expected to launch in late 2024. On 12 February 2024, Rosalía's family constitued a new company, Tresmamis SL, settled to "promote, construct, purchase, sale, lease and create the general marketing of all kinds of buildings". Her mother María Pilar Tobella became as its chairperson and CEO . Through Tresmamis SL, Rosalía
1470-775: A concert in Mexico, she wore a green handkerchief in support of the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe and Free Abortion. The singer is also a firm LGBT supporter. All profits from her Viva Glam cosmetic campaign were to be given in support of women, youth and the LGBT community. In July 2021, she condemned the killing of Samuel Luiz , stating, "Samuel didn't die, he was assassinated". As for Rosalía's religious beliefs, she revealed that she has never been baptized nor taken to church by her parents. Her grandmother, who
1617-638: A concert tour, Los Ángeles Tour, supporting their first studio album together. The tour began on 11 February 2017 in Granada and ended on 1 March 2018 at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona. Spanish singer Bebe attended one of their concerts in Madrid alongside Juanes , who became "immediately obsessed with Rosalía" and asked his manager Rebeca León to work with her. She agreed to manage her as she felt like she
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#17327971728841764-580: A considerable amount of seats at the Spanish Parliament and was growing in popularity at the time. After being asked about politics at a press conference a couple days later, she said: "I think it is a very delicate topic and I don't think this is the place to talk about it." In May 2020, Rosalía expressed anger for the murder of George Floyd and briefly attended a protest in Miami in defense of racial equality , leaving early in order to appear on
1911-640: A duo with Juan "Chicuelo" Gómez to promote the Blancanieves soundtrack at the 2013 Panama International Film Festival in substitution of Sílvia Pérez Cruz and at the Festival Grec de Barcelona for the contemporary dance work De Carmen . In 2013, she participated in the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) Conference in New York, and was the lead voice in the culmination of
2058-526: A feature that it shares with other dialects of Caribbean Spanish as well as the Canary Islands . Many Cuban-Americans, while remaining fluent in Spanish, use American English as one of their daily languages. Religion in Cuba (2010) Cuba's prevailing religion is Roman Catholicism , although in some instances it is profoundly modified and influenced through syncretism . A common syncretic religion
2205-495: A folkloric compliment manifested in Catalan culture . These, however, were never commercialized. In 2022, Rosalía became a brand ambassador for Skims . In January 2023, she teamed up with Coca-Cola Creations to create a "transformation-flavored" Coke marketed as Move . She released the single " LLYLM " (Lie Like You Love Me) to promote the drink. Later in March she reimagined the interlude "Abcdefg", from her album Motomami , in
2352-411: A global interconnected world, where exposure to cultural traditions and art forms are widely accessed, Rosalía's success can inspire international appreciation of this art form and compare the situation to Madonna 's use of Spanish traditions sparking international interest in Spanish culture and art . The New York Times said in 2019: "The debate on the cultural appropriation of the Spanish singer
2499-667: A higher concentration of Blacks than other parts of the island. Havana has the largest population of blacks of any city in Cuba. In the 2012 Census of Cuba, 26.6% (2.97 million) of the Cubans self-identified as mulatto or mestizo . Officially called amarilla ( yellow in English) in the Cuban census, Cubans of East Asian origins made up 1.02% of the population in the 2002 Census of Cuba. They are primarily made up of ethnic Chinese who are descendants of indentured laborers who came in
2646-399: A light entertainment and easy listening tradition. Pop music is more conservative than other music genres such as folk, blues, country, and tradition. Many pop songs do not contain themes of resistance, opposition, or politics, rather focusing more on love and relationships. Therefore, pop music does not challenge its audiences socially, and does not cause political activism. Frith also said
2793-458: A line on Rosalía's " Chicken Teriyaki ". They released a joint EP titled RR on 24 March 2023, featuring the single " Beso ". She was in a relationship with American actor Jeremy Allen White from late 2023 until the summer of 2024, when they had a "mutual breakup". Rosalía identifies as a feminist . After being congratulated at the 2019 Billboard Women in Music gala, the singer stated: "I
2940-684: A lot of freedom. I personally think that he doesn't do music to please nobody but only for himself." Rosalía collaborated with Blake on his song " Barefoot in the Park ", which was released as the fourth single of his 2019 album Assume Form . She has also cited Aventura , Beyoncé , Frank Ocean , Héctor Lavoe , Kate Bush , Nina Simone , Queen , Supertramp , Bob Dylan , Bob Marley , Janis Joplin , Kanye West , Rihanna , Lil' Kim , Lole y Manuel , M.I.A. , Shakira , Tego Calderón , David Bowie , Pharrell Williams and Lauryn Hill as direct musical inspirations. The biggest fashion influence of Rosalía
3087-617: A moment in Latin pop culture . "Con altura" won two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Latin Video and Best Choreography , making her the first Spanish act to win one. It also won Best Collaboration at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards and Best Urban Song at the 2019 Latin Grammys . The song has sold over seven million copies worldwide so far. In May, Rosalía released the song " Aute Cuture ". It became her third number-one in Spain and earned
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#17327971728843234-830: A perfect score and stated: "the Catalan singer's potent, smart second album is more complex than any Latin pop currently in the charts". During the three-year droplet era that started with the 2019 release " Con altura ", Rosalía's music evolved to a more mainstream urbano field without leaving the flamenco essence that characterizes her artistry. Described by Rolling Stone as "one of the most daring and reckless productions of recent years", Rosalía's 2022 studio album Motomami "redefined mainstream" by taking reggaeton as its main influence and blending it with traditional music of Latin America as well as with other genres such as industrial or jazz . The singer has stated that she listens to
3381-498: A pop song is to them, songs from the 1960s turned out to be the most memorable, significantly more than songs from recent years 2000 to 2015. Before the progressive pop of the late 1960s, performers were typically unable to decide on the artistic content of their music. Assisted by the mid-1960s economic boom, record labels began investing in artists, giving them the freedom to experiment, and offering them limited control over their content and marketing. This situation declined after
3528-630: A result, descendants of the Calusa , Tequesta , Timucua and other now-extinct indigenous peoples of Florida have been assimilated into the mainstream Cuban population. They comprise part of Cuba's Amerindian genetic makeup. Intermarriage between diverse groups is so frequent as to be the rule. Cuba's birth rate (9.88 births per thousand population in 2006) is one of the lowest in the Western Hemisphere. Its overall population increased from around 7 million in 1961 to 11 million today, but
3675-539: A second collaboration with Balvin, " Con altura ". Despite initially receiving mixed reviews from critics, "Con altura" topped the charts in Argentina, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela and Spain. Its music video, directed by Director X , became the most-watched music video by a female artist of 2019. It also spawned her nickname "La Rosalía" and its choreography eventually became viral and
3822-404: A separation which was "also, broadly, one between boys and girls, middle-class and working-class." The latter half of the 20th century included a large-scale trend in American culture in which the boundaries between art and pop music were increasingly blurred. Between 1950 and 1970, there was a debate of pop versus art. Since then, certain music publications have embraced the music's legitimacy,
3969-402: A significant proportion of those living on the island affirm some sub-Saharan African ancestry. Based on genetic testing in 2014, the average African, European and Native American ancestry in those self-reporting to be "negro (Black)" was 65.5% "African", 29% "European" ancestry and 5.5% "Native American" or other ancestry. Although Afro-Cubans can be found throughout Cuba, Eastern Cuba has
4116-464: A symbol of Cuba. In Santería, she has been syncretized with the goddess Ochún . The important religious festival "La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre" is celebrated by Cubans annually on 8 September. Other religions practised are Palo Monte , and Abakuá , which have large parts of their liturgy in African languages. The flag of Cuba is red, white, and blue; and was first adopted by Narciso López on
4263-416: A tendency to reflect existing trends rather than progressive developments ; and seeks to encourage dancing or uses dance-oriented rhythms. The main medium of pop music is the song, often between two and a half and three and a half minutes in length, generally marked by a consistent and noticeable rhythmic element , a mainstream style and a simple traditional structure . The structure of many popular songs
4410-475: A thriving pop music industry, most of which is devoted to Western-style pop. Japan has for several years produced a greater quantity of music than everywhere except the US. The spread of Western-style pop music has been interpreted variously as representing processes of Americanization, homogenization , modernization, creative appropriation, cultural imperialism , or a more general process of globalization . One of
4557-488: A trend referred to as " poptimism ". Throughout its development, pop music has absorbed influences from other genres of popular music. Early pop music drew on traditional pop , an American counterpart to German Schlager and French Chanson , however compared to the pop of European countries, traditional pop originally emphasized influences ranging from Tin Pan Alley songwriting, Broadway theatre , and show tunes . As
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4704-643: A vast catalogue of music specially when she is making a record in the urge to learn about them. Rosalía has cited the 2011 eponymous album by James Blake as one of the most impactful records of her life. In his El mal querer review, The Guardian ' s Alexis Petridis wrote: "She can really sing [...] but her voice is audibly rooted in a different musical tradition to the usual styles in which pop vocalists perform. The standard set of tricks (post- Whitney extemporisation overload, sub- Winehouse aged soul , please-compare-me-to- Kate-Bush kooky swooping, etc) are all noticeable by their absence. Instead, her voice
4851-400: A virtual benefit concert organized by TeleHit . In October, she offered her song " A Palé " for a vote-encouraging campaign of Sony Music for the 2020 United States presidential election titled "Your Voice. Your Power. Your Vote". Pop music Identifying factors of pop music usually include repeated choruses and hooks , short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often
4998-533: A wide audience [...] since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the special meaning of non-classical mus[ic], usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as The Beatles , The Rolling Stones , ABBA , etc." Grove Music Online also states that "[...] in the early 1960s, [the term] 'pop music' competed terminologically with beat music [in England], while in the US its coverage overlapped (as it still does) with that of 'rock and roll'". From about 1967,
5145-498: A woman. She became a professional at the time when it was very unusual". About Björk , Rosalía told Pitchfork that she "thanks God for Björk's existence" and for "paving the way for female producers". When asked about James Blake's impact on her, she said: "I started listening to him when I was at university. His music has left a mark on me; not only the bold character of his production but also its minimalism and free structures. When I listen to him, I can feel that he allows himself
5292-564: A young body" due to the maturity of the genre. After the release of " Malamente " in May 2018, which rose the singer's popularity to a national level, her music was described as a "heavily exciting fusion of flamenco and modern arts ". American magazine Pitchfork called the singer's voice "a soft liquid velvet" and wrote that "Malamente consumes the listener with drums and soft synthesizers that drag you to their world completely". After releasing El mal querer later that year, The Guardian gave it
5439-453: Is Cuban music and dancing, being well-known far outside the country. Well known Hispanic music styles such as mambo , salsa , rumba , cha-cha-chá , bolero , and son originated in Cuba. The origins of much of Cuban music can be found in the mix of Spanish and West African music, while American musical elements such as trombones and big band were also significant elements in the formation of Cuban music. Cuban literature includes some of
5586-580: Is Lola Flores . In an interview with Billboard she stated: "I love her. I love the attitude and the strength she had". She also mentioned Carmen Amaya ; "she used to wear masculine clothes in a moment that any woman was dancing in typically-man clothing". Rosalía has become a regular fashion show attendee, expressing her love for Palomo Spain, Dion Lee , Martin Margiela , Dapper Dan , Pepa Salazar, Matthew Williams , Alexander Wang , Burberry , Dominnico, Dior and Versace among others. She has attended
5733-556: Is Santería , which combined the Yoruba religion of the African slaves with some Catholicism; it shows similarities to Brazilian Umbanda and has been receiving a degree of official support. The Roman Catholic Church estimates that 60 percent of the population is Catholic, with 10 percent attending mass regularly, while independent sources estimate that as few 1.5 percent of Catholics do so. Membership in Protestant churches
5880-417: Is "designed to appeal to everyone" but "doesn't come from any particular place or mark off any particular taste". Frith adds that it is "not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward [...] and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative". It is, "provided from on high (by record companies, radio programmers, and concert promoters) rather than being made from below (...) Pop
6027-425: Is all the collective clubs around the world. Radio is just doing its best to keep up." Songs that talked of escapism through partying became the most popular, influenced by the impulse to forget the economic troubles that had taken over the world after the 2008 crash . Throughout the 2010s, a lot of pop music also began to take cues from Alternative pop . Popularized by artists such as Lana Del Rey and Lorde in
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6174-417: Is almost endless and very exciting." Another flamenco influence of Rosalía is La Niña de los Peines . She states that despite not enjoying her recordings at first, she ended up appreciating her melodies and realized that she was a true pioneer since most flamenco singers were men at the time she became popular. She said: "flamenco is a masculine art form by tradition and there she was, with all her creativity as
6321-440: Is characterized by a blend of Indigenous Taíno , African, and Spanish cultural elements, reflecting a unique multicultural heritage. The Cuban Revolution of 1959 , which brought Fidel Castro to power , marked a significant turning point as it transformed the political landscape, reinforced a sense of national identity centered around revolutionary and socialist ideals and led to the continuing Cuban Exodus , thus establishing
6468-644: Is estimated to be 5 percent and includes Baptists , Pentecostals , Seventh-day Adventists , Presbyterians , Episcopal Church of Cuba|Episcopalians, Methodists , Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and Lutherans . Other groups include the Greek Orthodox Church , the Russian Orthodox Church , Jehovah's Witnesses , Hindus , Muslims , Buddhists , Jews , Baháʼís , and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Cuba
6615-612: Is expected to build a recording studio complex in the future Cultural District in l'Hospitalet de Llobregat . She is of paternal Asturian and maternal Catalan heritage. One of her great-grandfathers was Cuban . She is fluent in Catalan , Spanish and English. In 2016, Rosalía started dating Spanish rapper C. Tangana . They co-wrote eight of the eleven songs of Rosalía's sophomore album El mal querer and twice collaborated vocally . They broke up in May 2018. Since then, they have referenced each other in songs, social media posts, interviews and music videos. In April 2020, Tangana told
6762-402: Is home to a variety of syncretic religions of largely African cultural origin. According to a US State Department report, some sources estimate that as much as 80 percent of the population consults with practitioners of religions with West African roots, such as Santeria or Yoruba. Santería developed out of the traditions of the Yoruba , one of the African peoples who were imported to Cuba during
6909-526: Is just the singles charts and not the sum of all chart music. The music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical , jazz , rock , and novelty songs . As a genre, pop music is seen to exist and develop separately. Therefore, the term "pop music" may be used to describe a distinct genre, designed to appeal to all, often characterized as "instant singles-based music aimed at teenagers" in contrast to rock music as "album-based music for adults". Pop music continuously evolves along with
7056-534: Is largely the story of the intertwining pop culture of the United States and the United Kingdom in the postwar era. — Bob Stanley According to Grove Music Online , "Western-derived pop styles, whether coexisting with or marginalizing distinctively local genres, have spread throughout the world and have come to constitute stylistic common denominators in global commercial music cultures". Some non-Western countries, such as Japan, have developed
7203-888: Is like, 'It’s none of anybody's fucking business!' It's something I'm happy to share. And I think [Rosalía] feels that way too." In November 2019, Rosalía met Puerto Rican singer Rauw Alejandro in a hotel in Las Vegas days before the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards . They went on their first date in December after Alejandro asked her out while in Madrid . After much public speculation, they made their relationship public in September 2021. They got engaged on 31 December 2022 in Carolina , Puerto Rico. On 25 July 2023, media reported
7350-480: Is more of a political issue and a matter of privileges. Following her win for Best Latin Video for " Con Altura " at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards , Rosalía broached a related discussion, as to whether the expression " Latin " (derived from a Romance language , like Spanish ) has been misunderstood and has evolved to the English interpretation of " Latino " (person from Latin American countries previously ruled by
7497-479: Is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged". According to Frith, characteristics of pop music include an aim of appealing to a general audience, rather than to a particular sub-culture or ideology, and an emphasis on craftsmanship rather than formal "artistic" qualities. Besides, Frith also offers three identifying characteristics of pop music: light entertainment, commercial imperatives, and personal identification. Pop music grew out of
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#17327971728847644-474: Is often thought to be from Romani people in Andalusia . However, the origin of flamenco music is not known precisely, and it probably fused musical practices from three sources: Moorish , Jewish and Romani cultures. Responding to this criticism, Rosalía said, "music is universal." Rosalía has cited Camarón de la Isla , James Blake and Björk as her major musical influences. In 2019 she told MTV "when I
7791-504: Is powerful and gutsily emotive: her melismas sound more Middle Eastern than Mariah Carey . Despite her wide vocal range, Rosalía tends to use Auto-Tune aesthetically in songs and live performances. The songwriting skills of Rosalía have recently been questioned and criticized for being "random" and " kitsch ." Generally, her lyrics deal with various topics and contain multiple references to general and pop culture . Those references can also be seen in her visual work, which she considers
7938-430: Is that of a verse and a chorus, the chorus serving as the portion of the track that is designed to stick in the ear through simple repetition both musically and lyrically. The chorus is often where the music builds towards and is often preceded by "the drop" where the bass and drum parts "drop out". Common variants include the verse-chorus form and the thirty-two-bar form , with a focus on melodies and catchy hooks , and
8085-421: Is unfair: her music embodies, with height, the most eloquent artistic form of globalization: the remix". When asked about this topic, she responded: "I've realized that it is not that I am specifically being attacked, it is the situation where there are people who, like me, have been fortunate enough to be able to study music, which they have wanted. And having options that other people don't have", stating that this
8232-647: The Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video . It also spawned a nomination for Best Direction at the Berlin Music Video Awards . On 22 June, Arca and Rosalía released their highly anticipated collaboration " KLK ", included in the musician's album KiCk i . Recording sessions for Rosalía's third studio album started as early as 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Rosalía relocated to Miami where she continued to work on
8379-546: The Met Gala trice, dressed in Rick Owens , Givenchy and Dior. Rosalía has been mentioned as an influence by a number of artists including Christina Aguilera , Tate McRae , Camila Cabello , Lauren Jauregui , Marina Satti , Judeline , Julieta , Ralphie Choo , and Maria Hein . Forbes named Rosalía in their list of "Most Influential Spanish Women" in 2020 and in 2022. In 2021, Pitchfork named Rosalía one of
8526-536: The Pedro Almodóvar film Pain and Glory . She had previously contributed vocals to the soundtracks of Arde Madrid and Paquita Salas . In March 2019, Rosalía embarked on her first global concert tour, El Mal Querer Tour , to further promote El Mal Querer , with shows in South America, North America, Europe and Africa. While on tour, Rosalía issued several songs. On 28 March 2019, she released
8673-593: The Rising Star Award for "changing the sound of today's mainstream music with her fresh flamenco-influenced pop", and became the first Spanish-singing act in history to be nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys . She is widely considered one of the most successful and influential Spanish singers of all time. Rosalia Vila Tobella was born in Sant Cugat del Vallès , Catalonia, in 1992, although she
8820-528: The Spanish and Portuguese empires ), extending the debate about cultural appropriation and whether she should or should not be nominated in Latin categories at award shows. Rosalía also discussed the topic at the 2020 Latin Billboard Music Week , where Leila Cobo , host of VP Latin, stated: " Billboard categorizes music sung in the Spanish language as Latin music. You are a Spanish artist, not
8967-512: The baccalaureate project El mal querer (2018). Reimagining flamenco by mixing it with pop and hip hop music, it spawned the singles " Malamente " and " Pienso en tu mirá ", which caught the attention of the Spanish general public, and were released to universal critical acclaim. Recipient of the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year and listed in Rolling Stone ' s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , El mal querer started
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#17327971728849114-434: The barbershop quartet-style harmony (i.e. ii – V – I) and blues scale -influenced harmony. There was a lessening of the influence of traditional views of the circle of fifths between the mid-1950s and the late 1970s, including less predominance for the dominant function . In October 2023, Billboard compiled a list of "the 500 best pop songs". In doing so, they noted the difficulty of defining "pop songs": One of
9261-438: The verse–chorus structure ), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much of pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, urban , dance , Latin , and country . The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although the former more accurately describes all music that is targeted for mass appeal (compare art music ) and includes many disparate styles. Although much of
9408-560: The "crucial way of communication between the artist and the consumer." Graphic artist Carlota Guerrero is one of the singer's best friends. Rosalía's visual inspiration mainly comes from Spanish tradition and Eastern culture , mainly Japanese . The singer has a wide knowledge of art history , which she translates to the public by constantly recreating religious portraits , contemporary paintings, and movie scenes within her musical projects. She has cited Pedro Almodóvar and Andrei Tarkovsky as her favorite filmmakers, Gaspar Noé 's Enter
9555-458: The 16th through 19th centuries to work on the sugar plantations. Santería blends elements of Christianity and West African beliefs and as such made it possible for the slaves to retain their traditional beliefs while appearing to practice Catholicism. La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre (Our Lady Of Charity) is the Catholic patroness of Cuba, and is greatly revered by the Cuban people and seen as
9702-555: The 19th century to build railroads and work in mines . Historically, Chinese descendants in Cuba were once classified as "white". The number of people identifying as Taíno has not been formally recorded. Most of them live on the eastern part of the island, notably in Granma, Guantánamo, and Las Tunas. The intermixing between European settlers and the native Taíno was prevalent in the early colonial era. Their mixed-race descendants have been historically undercounted. According to
9849-517: The 2012 Census of Cuba, 64.1% of the inhabitants self-identified as white . Based on genetic testing (2014) in Cuba, the average percentages of European, African and Native American ancestry in those auto-reporting to be white were 86%, 6.7%, and 7.8%, respectively. The majority of the European ancestry comes from Spain. The Afro-Cuban population was 9.3% in the 2012 Census of Cuba. Just about 1.3 million Cubans described themselves as black . Thus
9996-435: The American and (from the mid-1960s) British music industries , whose influence has made pop music something of an international monoculture, but most regions and countries have their own form of pop music, sometimes producing local versions of wider trends, and lending them local characteristics. Some of these trends (for example Europop ) have had a significant impact on the development of the genre. The story of pop music
10143-680: The Any Espriu 2014. In 2015, she collaborated with La Fura dels Baus on a show that premiered in Singapore . She was the opening act for flamenco artist Miguel Poveda , accompanied by Alfredo Lagos, at the International Music Festival of Cadaqués, and also at the 2016 Jerez Jazz Festival. She worked with Rocío Márquez on the presentation of her album El Niño , produced by Raül Refree , at Primavera Sound . In 2015, she also worked with clothing brand Desigual and sang
10290-561: The Canaries have been detected in Cuba and Iberoamerica, demonstrates that Canary Islanders with indigenous Guanche ancestors actively participated in the American colonization. The United States has the largest number of Cubans outside Cuba. As of 2023, the United States Census Bureau 's American Community Survey showed a total population of 1,450,808 Cuban immigrants. As of 2015, 68% of Cuban-born residents of
10437-586: The Cuban Diaspora. The population of Cuba was 11,167,325 inhabitants in 2012. The largest urban populations of Cubans in Cuba (2012) are to be found in Havana (2,106,146), Santiago de Cuba (506,037), Holguín (346,195), Camagüey (323,309), Santa Clara (240,543) and Guantánamo (228,436). According to Cuba's Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas ONE 2012 Census, the population was 11,167,325 including: 5,570,825 men and 5,596,500 women. Source. In
10584-522: The Eastern region having more African and Native American genetic contribution. Cuban genealogy has become a rising interest for Cubans in the last 15 years. A 1995 study done on the population of Pinar del Río , found that 50% of the Mt-DNA lineages (female lineages) could be traced back to Europeans, 46% to Africans and 3% to Americans. This figure is consistent with both the historical background of
10731-545: The Grammys had snubbed Motomami for the Album of the Year category. At the start of 2023, Rosalía collaborated with Coca-Cola to create a limited edition flavor under its "Coca-Cola Creations" brand called "Move", for which she released the song " LLYLM ". In March, the singer embarked on a festival run off her Motomami tour, which visited a great variety of festivals through 21 dates, including Coachella , Lollapalooza and Primavera Sound . On 24 March, she released RR ,
10878-540: The Park ". In December, Rosalía was featured alongside Lil Baby on the remix of Travis Scott 's " Highest in the Room ". She was awarded the Rising Star award at Billboard 's Women in Music for the international recognition she achieved during the year and for "changing the sound of today's mainstream music with her fresh flamenco-influenced pop". Rosalía's performance of " Juro Que " at the 62nd Grammy Awards marked
11025-553: The Soviet Union and Castro's transformation of Cuba into a declared socialist republic . Cuban soldiers were sent overseas to fight in the Angolan Civil War and Ogaden War in the 1970s-1980s. Castro remained in power until 2008, first as Prime Minister then from 1976 as President of Cuba . Fidel was succeeded by his brother Raúl Castro . Miguel Díaz-Canel succeeds the brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro, making him
11172-641: The Spanish embassy in their home country and turn in documentation that proves their parents or grandparents fled Spain between 1936 and 1955. They did not need to relinquish their current citizenship. The first people known to have inhabited Cuba was the Siboney , an Amerindian people. They were followed by another Amerindian people, the Taíno who were the main population both of Cuba and other islands in The Antilles when Christopher Columbus first sighted
11319-701: The Taller de Músics. She did a six-year course at the academy. She began attending class at the Raval school, later transferring to the Superior School of Music of Catalonia . She also autonomously worked as an independent singer at weddings and musical bars, for which she was paid "a little over 80 euros or in exchange for dinner ". During that time, Rosalía met many underground Spanish artists who would later succeed such as La Zowi , Yung Beef , Kaydy Cain , Hinds and María Escarmiento. At 15, she competed on
11466-690: The United States have naturalized automatically losing their Cuban citizenship. Significant populations of Cubans exist in the cities of Hialeah and Miami in Florida (995,439 Cubans in this state in 2017) and in Texas (60,381), New Jersey (44,974), California (35,364), New York (26,875), and Illinois (22,541) The second largest Cuban diaspora is in Spain. As of 2019, there were 151,423 Cubans in Spain. Smaller numbers of Cubans live in Brazil , Uruguay , Italy * , Mexico * , and Canada . After
11613-485: The United States, led to the Spanish–American War , and in 1902 Cuba gained formal independence. During the first decades of the 20th century, USA interests were dominant and in Cuba, leading to large influence over the island. This ended in 1959 when de facto leader Fulgencio Batista was ousted by revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro . Quickly deteriorating relations with the US led to Cuba's alliance with
11760-466: The Void (2009) and Wong Kar-wai 's Fallen Angels (1995) as her favorite films, and Jean-Michel Basquiat as her favorite artist. Art critic Harold Rosenberg ’s writings on action painting also inspire her stage performances. Rosalía has been accused of cultural appropriation by some Romani people because she adapts Romani customs into her style and draws from the flamenco music tradition, which
11907-480: The West Eurasian fraction, the vast majority of individuals belong to West European haplogroup R1b . The African lineages found in Cubans have a Western (haplogroups E1 , E2 , E1b1a ) and Northern ( E1b1b-M81 ) African origin. The North African haplogroup E1b1b1b (E-M81), is found at a frequency of 6.1%. According to Fregel et al. (2009), the fact that autochthonous male E-M81 and female U6 lineages from
12054-580: The album artwork for Motomami and released " Saoko " as the album's second single to wide critical acclaim. The song's accompanying music video, directed by Valentin Petit, was shot in Kyiv , mainly at Podilskyi Bridge . For its editing done by Petit and Jon Echeveste, the video would go on to win the MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing . On 24 February, Rosalía released " Chicken Teriyaki " as
12201-516: The album while also providing vocals to multiple songs. On 4 September 2020, a remix of Sech 's " Relación ", which also features Daddy Yankee , Farruko and J Balvin , was released, earning Rosalía her second entry on the Billboard Hot 100 , peaking at 64. She also took part in Bad Bunny 's third solo studio album, El Último Tour del Mundo , on the track " La Noche de Anoche ", which
12348-660: The album's third single. Upon release, Motomami received universal acclaim from music critics , many of whom praised the experimentation and genre-bending sounds. Motomami received a perfect score from various publications, including The Telegraph , The Independent and Variety and was given four stars or more by Clash , Rolling Stone , Rockdelux , The Guardian etc. Pitchfork crowned Motomami with its "Best New Music" honor writing, "It feels rare to hear an album that's so experimental, that aspires to stretch itself out across genres and play with form, and that attains exactly what it sets out to achieve. Rosalía
12495-514: The album, earned Rosalía her first number-one single in Spain. El mal querer was released on 2 November 2018 and debuted at number two on the PROMUSICAE chart. Presented as experimental and conceptual, it revolves around a toxic relationship described in the anonymous 13th-century Occitan novel Flamenca . The album was met with universal acclaim by music critics . Writing for The Guardian , head critic Alexis Petridis highly commended
12642-412: The album, giving it the highest rating and describing it as "the calling card of a unique new talent". El mal querer was listed in over twenty album year-end and decade-end lists by publications such as Pitchfork , Billboard and The Guardian . Rolling Stone listed it 315th on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, making it the highest Spanish-language album in the list. El mal querer
12789-642: The albums chart since its entry, having accumulated a total of 89 weeks. Los Ángeles won the "Album of the Year" award at the Time Out Awards and the Premio Ruido , among others. In 2017, RTVE contacted Rosalía to participate in the pre-selection to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 , which she declined because of scheduling conflicts with the promotion of her debut record. Rosalía and Raül Refree embarked on
12936-419: The annual musical firework show done in Barcelona during La Mercè , which took place on 24 September, where she premiered " Omega ", featuring Ralphie Choo , which was released the following day. Rosalía's music has been described as "challenging" both for her and for the listener. Noted for the conceptuality and constant genre transformation of her albums and singles, Rosalía's music has evolved from folk to
13083-440: The ascent of Rosalía into the international music scene. Rosalía explored urbano music with her 2019 releases " Con altura " and " Yo x ti, tú x mí ", achieving global success. She gave reggaeton an experimental twist on her third studio album Motomami (2022), departing from the new flamenco sound of its predecessor. The album caught international attention with its singles " La Fama ", " Saoko " and " Despechá " and became
13230-461: The best reviewed album of the year on Metacritic . Throughout her career, Rosalía has accumulated eleven number-one singles in her home country, the most for a local artist. She has also won two Grammy Awards , twelve Latin Grammy Awards (including two Album of the Year wins), four MTV Video Music Awards , two MTV Europe Music Awards , three UK Music Video Awards and two Premio Ruido awards, among others. In 2019, Billboard gave her
13377-492: The birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country , blues , and hillbilly music . According to the website of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , the term "pop music" "originated in Britain in the mid-1950s as a description for rock and roll and the new youth music styles that it influenced". The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pop's "earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to
13524-514: The culture of the Spanish Romani people ( Gitanos ), who claim this artistic expression as their own, as it has been one of the few ways of free cultural expression Gitanos had available to them in the face of discrimination and persecution within wider society. Purists view flamenco performances by Catalans , non- Gitanos , or non- Andalusians , such as Rosalía, as unfair and illegitimate. Others have defended Rosalía, saying that, in
13671-775: The decade, it was common for pop producers, songwriters, and engineers to freely experiment with musical form, orchestration , unnatural reverb , and other sound effects. Some of the best known examples are Phil Spector 's Wall of Sound and Joe Meek 's use of homemade electronic sound effects for acts like the Tornados . At the same time, pop music on radio and in both American and British film moved away from refined Tin Pan Alley to more eccentric songwriting and incorporated reverb-drenched electric guitar, symphonic strings, and horns played by groups of properly arranged and rehearsed studio musicians. A 2019 study held by New York University in which 643 participants had to rank how familiar
13818-459: The descendants of people who went into exile after its brutal 1936-39 Civil War, part of a 2007 law meant to address the painful legacy of the conflict. This new Historical Memory Law has granted to more than 140,000 Cubans of Spanish ancestry the Spanish citizenship , and there were 143,048 Cubans with Spanish citizenship in Cuba and 93,004 in Spain on January 1, 2019. Under the law, the descendants had until December 2011 to present themselves at
13965-539: The early 2010s and later inspiring other highly influential artists including Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift , it gave space to a more sad and moody tone within pop music. Cuban people Cubans ( Spanish : Cubanos ) are the citizens and nationals of Cuba . The Cuban people have varied origins with the most spoken language being Spanish . The larger Cuban diaspora includes individuals that trace ancestry to Cuba and self-identify as Cuban but are not necessarily Cuban by citizenship . The United States has
14112-416: The end of their engagement, which was confirmed by Rauw Alejandro the following day. Musically, the couple had worked on different projects while being together. Rosalía is credited as a songwriter and background vocalist on two songs on Alejandro's debut album Afrodisíaco (2020), one of them being the single " Dile a Él ", as well as "Corazón Despeinado", from the 2022 album Saturno . He also contributed
14259-495: The first non-Castro leader of Cuba since the revolution in 2018.Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel y Bermúdez (Spanish: [mi.ˈɣel ˈdi.as kaˈnel]; born 20 April 1960) is a politician and engineer who is the third first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. The culture of Cuba reflects the island's influences from various cultures, primarily European (Spanish),Taino and African. One of the most distinctive parts of Cuban culture
14406-528: The first time a Spanish female artist performed at the gala. She also became the first Spanish-singing act in history to be nominated for Best New Artist . During lockdown , Rosalía released " Dolerme " and, in May, " TKN ", her second collaboration with Travis Scott , which eventually became her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 , debuting at number 66, as well as the sixth number-one single of hers in her home country. The song went viral on TikTok . The music video for "TKN", directed by Nicolás Méndez , won
14553-467: The founding of the republic in 1902, a considerable migration (over 1 million) arrived from the Iberian peninsula to the island, between them were more than a few former Spanish soldiers who participated in the wars, and yet it never created an obstacle for the respect and affection of Cubans, who have always been proud of their origins. In December 2008, Spain began accepting citizenship applications from
14700-578: The genre evolved more influences ranging from classical , folk , rock , country , electronic music , and other popular genres became more prominent. In 2016, a Scientific Reports study that examined over 464,000 recordings of popular music recorded between 1955 and 2010 found that, compared to 1960s pop music, contemporary pop music uses a smaller variety of pitch progressions, greater average volume, less diverse instrumentation and recording techniques, and less timbral variety. Scientific American ' s John Matson reported that this "seems to support
14847-409: The home. By the early 1980s, the promotion of pop music had been greatly affected by the rise of music television channels like MTV , which "favoured those artists such as Michael Jackson and Madonna who had a strong visual appeal". Multi-track recording (from the 1960s) and digital sampling (from the 1980s) have also been used as methods for the creation and elaboration of pop music. During
14994-406: The island in 1492. He claimed the islands for Spain and Cuba became a Spanish colony . It was to remain so until 1902 apart from a brief occupation by Britain in 1762, before being returned in exchange for Florida . Towards the end of the 19th century, Spain had lost most of its American possessions and a series of rebellions had shaken Cuba. This, combined with calls for annexation of Cuba in
15141-409: The island, primarily to Miami, Florida , where a vocal, well-educated and economically successful exile community exists. An autosomal study from 2014 found the genetic ancestry in Cuba to be 72% European, 20% African and 8% Amerindian. Of note, there is high variability between regions within Cuba, with individuals from Western provinces having higher European ancestry on average, and those in
15288-542: The largest Cuban population in the world after Cuba. The modern nation of Cuba, located in the Caribbean , emerged as an independent country following the Spanish-American War of 1898 , which led to the end of Spanish colonial rule. The subsequent period of American influence, culminating in the formal independence of Cuba in 1902, initiated a complex process of national identity formation. This identity
15435-414: The late 1970s and would not reemerge until the rise of Internet stars. Indie pop , which developed in the late 1970s, marked another departure from the glamour of contemporary pop music, with guitar bands formed on the then-novel premise that one could record and release their own music without having to procure a record contract from a major label. The 1980s are commonly remembered for an increase in
15582-401: The late 20th century that became global superstars include Whitney Houston , Michael Jackson , Madonna , George Michael , and Prince . At the beginning of the 2000s, the trends that dominated during the late 1990s still continued, but the music industry started to change as people began to download music from the internet. People were able to discover genres and artists that were outside of
15729-501: The main purpose of pop music is to create revenue. It is not a medium of free articulation of the people. Instead, pop music seeks to supply the nature of personal desire and achieve the instant empathy with cliche personalities, stereotypes, and melodrama that appeals to listeners. It is mostly about how much revenue pop music makes for record companies. Music scholar Timothy Warner said pop music typically has an emphasis on recording, production, and technology, rather than live performance;
15876-408: The mainstream and avant-pop . As Rosalía has a master's degree in flamenco interpretation, she started her professional career as a full flamenco singer. 2017 saw the release of her debut album Los Ángeles , a folk record in which Rosalía "is posited as the contemporary cantaora who has better understood the current times". The singer has, ever since, been described as "an old soul trapped in
16023-514: The mainstream and propel them to fame, but at the same time smaller artists had a harder time making a living because their music was being pirated. Popular artists were Avril Lavigne , Justin Timberlake , NSYNC , Christina Aguilera , Destiny's Child , and Britney Spears . Pop music often came from many different genres, with each genre in turn influencing the next one, blurring the lines between them and making them less distinct. This change
16170-448: The manner in which pop has been disseminated", which helped to move pop music to "a record/radio/film star system". Another technological change was the widespread availability of television in the 1950s with televised performances, which meant that "pop stars had to have a visual presence". In the 1960s, the introduction of inexpensive, portable transistor radios meant that teenagers in the developed world could listen to music outside of
16317-403: The mid-1960s, pop music made repeated forays into new sounds, styles, and techniques that inspired public discourse among its listeners. The word "progressive" was frequently used, and it was thought that every song and single was to be a "progression" from the last. Music critic Simon Reynolds writes that beginning with 1967, a divide would exist between "progressive" pop and "mass/chart" pop,
16464-691: The most important artists of the last 25 years. The popularization of new flamenco nationally and worldwide has allowed new artists such as María José Llergo to reach a wider audience internationally. In 2020, The Atlantic stated that Rosalía had "turned the harrowing music of Andalusia into a global phenomenon." Rosalía has been credited with inspiring contemporary artists like Marina , Kacey Musgraves , and Christina Aguilera . The resurgence of flamenco music alongside Rosalía's work has led to discussions of cultural appropriation , sometimes dubbed "the Rosalía polemic". Rosalía has been accused of stealing
16611-427: The most well-known names of the islands, such as writer and independence hero José Martí in the late 19th century. More contemporary Cuban authors include Daína Chaviano , Pedro Juan Gutiérrez , Antonio Orlando Rodríguez , Zoé Valdés and Leonardo Padura Fuentes . The Spanish language is spoken by virtually all Cubans on the island itself. Cuban Spanish is characterized by the reduction of several consonants,
16758-421: The music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music . David Hatch and Stephen Millward describe pop music as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, and folk music". David Boyle, a music researcher, states pop music as any type of music that a person has been exposed to by the mass media. Most individuals think that pop music
16905-490: The music video for " Malamente ". A second limited edition line was released in May 2019. In September 2020, she launched a solidary lipstick collection with MAC Cosmetics , donating 100% of proceeds in support of women, youth and the LGBT community to a MAC-related fund. A second limited eye shadow collection with MAC was released a year later. After starring in an Air Max 2090 commercial, Rosalía teamed up with Nike in March 2021 to design espadrilles -like Air Force 1s ,
17052-802: The pop music styles that developed alongside other music styles is Latin pop , which rose in popularity in the US during the 1950s with early rock and roll success Ritchie Valens . Later, Los Lobos and Chicano rock gained in popularity during the 1970s and 1980s, and musician Selena saw large-scale popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, along with crossover appeal with fans of Tejano musicians Lydia Mendoza and Little Joe . With later Hispanic and Latino Americans seeing success within pop music charts, 1990s pop successes stayed popular in both their original genres and in broader pop music. Latin pop hit singles, such as " Macarena " by Los del Río and " Despacito " by Luis Fonsi , have seen record-breaking success on worldwide pop music charts. Notable pop artists of
17199-400: The popular anecdotal observation that pop music of yore was "better", or at least more varied, than today's top-40 stuff". However, he also noted that the study may not have been entirely representative of pop in each generation. In the 1960s, the majority of mainstream pop music fell in two categories: guitar, drum and bass groups or singers backed by a traditional orchestra. Since early in
17346-643: The press that there "exists a good friendship between the two". Rosalía unfollowed and blocked Tangana on social media in December 2020 after he spoke about her disparagingly in an interview. Rosalía was in a brief relationship with American actress Hunter Schafer for about five months in 2019, which was confirmed by Schafer in her cover story for GQ in April 2024. The two remain close friends; Schafer considers her to be "family no matter what". She further explained, "It's been so much speculation for so long. Part of us just wants to get it over with, and then another part
17493-604: The promotional singles " Hentai " and " Candy ". The lead single " La Fama ", featuring the Weeknd , is an experimental bachata that saw great commercial success. It became Rosalía's seventh number one single in Spain while also peaking at five in France and reaching the top ten spot in eight other countries. In December 2021, Rockstar Games launched a new Grand Theft Auto Online radio station, Motomami Los Santos, curated by Rosalía and Arca . In February 2022, Rosalía revealed
17640-473: The rate of increase slowed over time and has recently turned to a decrease, with the Cuban government in 2006 reporting the first drop in the population since the Mariel boatlift . Immigration and emigration have had noticeable effects on the demographic profile of Cuba during the 20th century. Between 1900 and 1930, close to a million Spaniards migrated to the island. Since 1959, over two million Cubans have left
17787-503: The reasons pop can be hard to summarize is because there’s no real sonic or musical definition to it. There are common elements to a lot of the biggest pop songs, but at the end of the day, "pop" means "popular" first and foremost, and just about any song that becomes popular enough...can be considered a pop song. In the 1940s, improved microphone design allowed a more intimate singing style and, ten or twenty years later, inexpensive and more durable 45 rpm records for singles "revolutionized
17934-403: The record as she was an independent artist working on a university project, Rosalía invested a lot of her own money, to the point of "almost going bankrupt ". The album was almost completely recorded at el Guincho's apartment in Barcelona with a computer, a microphone and a sound table . It would mix traditional flamenco with today's pop and urban music. In May 2018, the singer announced
18081-600: The region, and the current demographics of it. According to another study in 2008, regarding the geographical origin attributed to each mtDNA haplogroup, 55% of the sequences found in Cubans are of West Eurasian origin (namely, Europe and the Middle East) and 45% of African origin Regarding Y-chromosome haplogroups (male lineages), 78.8% of the sequences found in Cubans are of West Eurasian origin, 19.7% of African origin and 1.5% of East Asian origin. Among
18228-423: The show. They began working on two albums together. Rosalía signed with Universal Music later in 2016, and she relocated to California . She went on to only release Los Ángeles . The album talks about death in a dark way with aggressive guitar chords by Refree. It presents reworks of flamenco classics receiving several accolades. She was nominated for Best New Artist at the 18th Latin Grammy Awards . The album
18375-487: The single for their campaign jingle "Last Night Was Eternal". and self-released "Un Millón de Veces" included in the benefit album Tres Guitarras Para el Autismo . At 20, she worked as a flamenco teacher and vocal coach. In 2016, Rosalía collaborated with Spanish rapper and former boyfriend C. Tangana on " Antes de morirme ". The song was a sleeper hit and entered the Spanish Singles Chart in 2018, after
18522-639: The success of Rosalía's newer material. The collaboration received international attention when it was featured on the soundtrack of the first season of the Spanish Netflix show Élite . In 2016, Rosalía performed to a crowd of a hundred people at the Tablao del Carmen, a flamenco specialized venue at the Pueblo Español , in Barcelona . In the audience was Raül Refree , whom she invited to
18669-416: The tattoo, the garter appears as a symbol of a past slavery, the dress as the suppression of sexuality, the garter as an attribute of a femininity not determined by ourselves. A social ritual that covers one of the physical needs, the opposition of our culture to the body is clear. The garter as a sign of belonging to a class that demands a specific behavior becomes a memory. Rosalía is also pro-choice . During
18816-468: The television show Tú Sí Que Vales , although she was not selected. At 17, she had to undergo vocal cord surgery after tearing one of her vocal cords due to "intense singing practices" and was unable to sing for a year. In 2012, she became the vocalist of Kejaleo, a flamenco music group featuring Jordi Franco, Roger Blavia, Cristo Fontecilla, Diego Cortés and Xavi Turull. They released an album, Alaire , in 2013. That same year, Rosalía professionally worked as
18963-399: The term "pop music" was increasingly used in opposition to the term rock music, a division that gave generic significance to both terms. While rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of popular music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. According to British musicologist Simon Frith , pop music is produced "as a matter of enterprise not art", and
19110-419: The term's definition. According to music writer Bill Lamb, popular music is defined as "the music since industrialization in the 1800s that is most in line with the tastes and interests of the urban middle class." The term "pop song" was first used in 1926, in the sense of a piece of music "having popular appeal". Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as
19257-475: The title of her upcoming album in a little homemade YouTube series. J Balvin parallelly released his fifth studio album, Vibras , which featured Rosalía on the track " Brillo ". Later that month, Rosalía released the album's lead single " Malamente ". The single caught the attention of international personalities such as Kourtney Kardashian and Dua Lipa and numerous music critics, while its Canada -directed music video reached social media virality. The song
19404-662: The top forty in both on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200 . On Spotify , it achieved the biggest debut for a Spanish-language album by a female artist on the platform's history, with 16.3 million streams in the first day. In July 2022, Rosalía embarked on her second worldwide concert tour, Motomami World Tour , to further promote Motomami , with shows in Europe, South America and North America. The setlist featured four unreleased tracks including " Despechá ", which
19551-629: The use of digital recording , associated with the usage of synthesizers , with synth-pop music and other electronic genres featuring non-traditional instruments increasing in popularity. By 2014, pop music worldwide had been permeated by electronic dance music . In 2018, researchers at the University of California, Irvine , concluded that pop music has become 'sadder' since the 1980s. The elements of happiness and brightness have eventually been replaced with electronic beats making pop music more 'sad yet danceable'. Pop music has been dominated by
19698-609: Was Christian , used to take her to church if she voluntarily asked to. There she began to believe in God despite never having submitted to the Catholic Church nor considering herself Christian. As for politics and international conflicts, in November 2019, following a second general Spanish election in the country within six months , Rosalía tweeted "fuck Vox". Vox is a far-right nationalist political party that had earned
19845-416: Was 13 years old I started listening to him [Camarón de la Isla] by chance. This genre, flamenco, was what my high-school friends listened to and so did I. When I discovered him I was like 'oh my God!' I didn't think anyone was capable to sing with such a voice; it would go right through me so heartily. He was my introduction to flamenco. Thanks to him I discovered this vast universe within this music style which
19992-579: Was a "once in fifty years kind of artist". The recording cycle for Rosalía's second studio album, El mal querer , began in early 2017 as her baccalaureate project, graduating from the Catalonia College of Music . She personally chose to work alongside Spanish musician el Guincho and spawned its concept alongside friend Ferran Echegaray, who bet on the Romance of Flamenca to follow the album's storyline. Despite having no budget to produce
20139-425: Was already a formidable singer, but here she also sounds like she learned that with global superstardom comes the freedom to set her own agenda". The album has become the best reviewed and most discussed album of 2022 on Metacritic . Commercially, Motomami entered twenty-two charts in nineteen countries and reached the top ten in seven countries, two of them number-ones. The album entered major market charts, reaching
20286-457: Was epitomized in Spears' highly influential 2007 album Blackout , which under the influence of producer Danja , mixed the sounds of EDM , avant-funk , R&B , dance music , and hip hop . By 2010, pop music impacted by dance music came to be dominant on the charts. Instead of radio setting the trends, it was now the club. At the beginning of the 2010s, Will.i.am stated, "The new bubble
20433-425: Was fifteen when I entered a recording studio for the first time having all these women as references. I was so shocked by the fact that there were only men in that session that, since that moment, I've been fighting for having the same number of men and women in the studio. As simple as that". Rosalía has a garter belt buckle tattooed on her left thigh in reference to a 1970 body art performance by Valie Export . In
20580-662: Was later nominated for several awards including four Latin Grammys , a Latin Billboard Music award , a Latin American Music award and a LOS40 Music award . It won the Latin Grammy awards for Album of the Year , Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album , Best Engineered Album and Best Recording Package . It also won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album . In 2019 Rosalía took part in
20727-558: Was later released as a single on Valentine's Day . The collaboration, performed on Saturday Night Live , became a huge commercial success, debuting at number two on the Spotify global chart with 6.63 million streams in a single day, marking the biggest debut for a song fully sung in Spanish in history. A week later, she collaborated alongside the Weeknd on the remix of " Blinding Lights " and, in January, with Billie Eilish on " Lo Vas
20874-412: Was later released on 28 July to global success. Rosalía later took part in the forthcoming projects by Romeo Santos , Niño de Elche, and Wisin & Yandel . At the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards in November 2022, Motomami won the four categories in which it was nominated in, which were Album of the Year , Best Alternative Music Album , Best Engineered Album and Best Recording Package . Rosalía
21021-475: Was nominated for five Latin Grammy Awards , out of it won two, for Best Alternative Song and for Best Urban Fusion/Performance . The follow-up single, " Pienso en tu mirá ", was released in July. Its music video received critical acclaim for its aesthetics and poetic symbolism. The song was nominated for Best Pop Song at the 2019 Latin Grammy Awards . The third single, " Di mi nombre ", released three days prior to
21168-556: Was raised in Sant Esteve Sesrovires , Baix Llobregat . Born in a Catalan -speaking family with no artistic background, she is the youngest daughter of María Pilar Tobella Aguilera, a businesswoman of Catalan descent who runs Suprametal, SA, a family company specialising in metalworks founded by Rosalía's grandfather Jaume Tobella Bosch (1933-2019). Her father, José Manuel Vila, was born in Cudillero , Asturias , to
21315-490: Was released on 10 February 2017 through Universal Music and spawned two singles, "Catalina", released in October 2016, and " De Plata ", released in May 2017. The album was very well received by critics. Jordi Bardají wrote in 2018 that the record was "one of the greatest ' sleepers ' that Spanish sales lists have known in recent times." Los Ángeles reached its peak position of number nine on 11 November 2018 and has remained in
21462-614: Was released on 21 November 2023. On 16 August 2024, Rosalía was featured on Thai rapper Lisa 's single " New Woman ". The song debuted at number 15 on the Billboard Global 200 and at number six on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., becoming Lisa's fourth top-ten hit on the latter chart. It also debuted at number 97 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In September 2024, Rosalía curated the soundtrack for
21609-595: Was the first woman and sixth act overall to win Album of the Year twice as a lead artist. She also received two nominations at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album and Best Music Film for Motomami TikTok Live, winning for the former category. However, media such as Rolling Stone , Pitchfork , the New York Times and W believed that the Recording Academy and
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