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New music is coming from Álvaro Díaz, Julieta Venegas, and more
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With the success of blockbuster albums like Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Lux, and Tropicoqueta, Latin and Spanish-language music had a banner year in 2025. The growth was in the numbers: The Recording Industry Association of America revealed that Latin music generated $490.3 million in revenue during the first half of 2025, a 6 percent increase from the previous year.
But the sonic innovations were more important as artists linked genres, the past and present, and political and social issues to make some of the most exciting records of the year. That only bodes well for 2026: Already, acts like Feid and Álvaro Díaz have been getting creative, teasing new colors and eras for the year. Meanwhile, we might finally get long-awaited music, like Tokischa’s debut and Julieta Venegas’ comeback. That’s just the beginning — here are all the Latin albums we can’t wait for in 2026.
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Feid, ‘Ferxxo Vs. Feid’
Image Credit: Paul Bergen/Redferns/Getty Images Feid is leaving his alter ego behind in 2025. In his recent documentaryXTHE ENDX, the Colombian superstar bid farewell to his famous green Ferxxo persona. Feid is now embracing his more stylish and sexier side in all black, which fans have dubbed his “Pro Max” era. He has started teasing a new project calledFerxxo Vs. Feidwhere this return to roots will presumably unfold. After tackling last year’sFerxxo Vol. X: Sagradoon his own, Feid has said that he’s happy to have reunited with his longtime producers and collaborators for what’s coming next. —Lucas Villa
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Álvaro Díaz
Image Credit: Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images for The Latin Recording Academy Álvaro Díazspent years revolutionizing Puerto Rico’s underground with his left-of-center production tastes and clever wordplay, and it felt like the world finally caught up to him when he released his wildly popular 2024 projectSAYONARA. We’re hoping for more with a long-awaited follow-up this year, and he’s teased that it might be coming: Last May, he shared the melancholy but endlessly catchy “PARANOIA,” featuring sharp-as-nails sounds from Tainy. Now we just need the full universe he’s building. —Julyssa Lopez
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Tokischa
Image Credit: Pablo Cuadra/WireImage/Getty Images Tokischa has spent the last few years charming fans with raucous dembow hits and a fully liberated, give-no-fucks attitude. That’s exactly what has attracted artists like Rosalia and Madonna, who have tapped her for major collaborations. All of it has been setting up the runway for her highly anticipated debut album, expected sometime this year. The best part? Because Tokischa is always authentically herself, she’s completely guided by instincts — so it’s anyone’s guess what she might do on this record. —J.L.
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Julieta Venegas
Image Credit: Aldara Zarraoa/Redferns/Getty Images Any hint fans get that Julieta Venegas is working on new music immediately ignites tons of excitement. Though she’s been releasing a few songs here and there over the past few years (including the beautifully unexpected Bad Bunny and Tainy collab “Lo Siento BB :/”), she hadn’t revealed plans for a full album — until now. In September, she signed with global talent agency WME and shared that something big is on the way: “I’m really happy recording songs that will soon be part of my new album,” she toldBillboard Español. “I’m excited to add people to my team who bring the kind of enthusiasm and experience that WME has, so we can work together to develop this new chapter.” —J.L.
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Charly Gynn – ‘$in $uerte, Nacimos Bendecidos’
Image Credit: Lao Aranda* This spring, the queen of chanteo premium unveils her sophomore LP, $in $uerte, Nacimos Bendecidos, cementing her lane in reggaeton mexa with neighborhood-specific nods to bootleg perreo mixtapes and ñero affectations. If her 2024 debut, La Matatana, flexed star power with a stacked guest list, preview singles “Lo Rocé” and “Lä ReYnA D tAcUbAyA” keep the heat in-house, assisted by her right-hand production man, Tzunami, and loaded with raunchy hooks destined for virality. —Richard Villegas
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Peso Pluma
Image Credit: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images At the peak of his career as a leading figure in música mexicana, Peso could have quickly released a follow-up to his 2024Éxodo, which came a year after his record-breaking LPGénesis. Instead, the Mexican hitmaker slowed things down, keeping fans on the edge of their seats, eagerly awaiting his next album. He’s already revealed he’s hunkered down in the studio working on new music and with ajust-released joint project with his cousin Tito Double P, it looks like Peso is back in business. We don’t know when his new album will drop, but we already know it’ll be worth the wait.—Griselda Flores
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El Malilla
Image Credit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images/YouTube Music This past year, El Malilla pushed Mexico’s reggaeton scene into the mainstream with his historic performances at Coachella. With his second album that’s due out later this year, the Mexican heartthrob will show he’s more than a reggaeton Mexa star. El Malilla will branch out into boleros, corridos, bachata, and other genres in an LP that he’s called the best work of his career. For now, his fans can enjoy two volumes of hisTu Maliante BebéEP series, which both dropped last year. —L.V.
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Dillom
Image Credit: Medios y Media/Getty Images Argentina’s prince of trap-rock mischief has been riding high since 2024’s horror-core opus, Por Cesárea, earning a Latin Grammy nomination, collaborating with friends and heroes like Lali and Pity Álvarez, and playing his first solo stadium show just a few weeks ago. Dillom’s third album is already on the horizon, with whispers of a fresh dance-punk direction confirmed by the recent scorcher “Rojo Profundo,” the opening salvo for a new era of mosh pits and pop culture provocations. —R.V.
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Nando García – ‘Lover Man’
Image Credit: Manuela Bocaz* Since debuting in the pandemic with the folk-pop ruminations of Pirueta, Chilean singer-songwriter Nando García has grown bolder and more incisive, embracing electronic atmospheres on his follow up, Decir Amor, and teasing moody art-rock for his upcoming LP, Lover Man. Slated for arrival in the Spring, the album will explore male affections between paramours, friends, and fathers and sons, unpacking the violence under every caress and supercharging catharsis with explosive power chords. —R.V.
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Casi – ‘Si El Tiburón Se Come El Cable’
Image Credit: Richi 2.0* After a decade leading the Colombian music criticism platform, El Enemigo, Juan Antonio Carulla is putting his creative pen where his mouth is under the alias, Casi. His new album Si El Tiburón Se Come El Cable pairs ska, cumbia, and bolero with affecting urban prose (“¡Ay, Ratón!”) and acerbic self-deprecation (“Estás Pintao’”), accentuating Bogotano idiosyncrasies and handcrafted visual storytelling. Look for the record in the first quarter. —R.V.
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Kenia Os
Image Credit: Medios y Media/Getty Images The Latin pop star went international with the concert filmKenia Os: La OG, which wrapped up herPink Auraera. Now Os has started to tease her next album with an enigmatic “K De…” message. The LP could include her highly-anticipated collaboration with fellow Mexican queens Belinda and Danna and maybe another Peso Pluma duet; the two of them emerged last year as the it Mexican couple after the success of their 2024 collab “Tommy & Pamela.” —L.V.
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Junior H
Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety Junior H, the young pioneer of the corridos tumbados movement, will finally release his first album in two years. He has maintained his streak as one of Mexico’s top artists and sold out multiple tours off the success of 2023′$ad Boyz 4 Life IILP. During a recent concert, Junior H announced that his eighth studio album will drop in February. He has previewed the LP with his Luis Miguel-esque bolero “Culpable.”—L.V.
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Six Sex
Image Credit: Catalina Jacobo* After five EPs playing libidinous hopscotch between reggaeton and techno, Argentina’s club siren supreme is ready to kick off her sixth and sexiest era. Restylane-pumped lips are still sealed as to the sounds and collaborators on her hotly anticipated debut album, but a cornucopia of recent credits alongside Emilia, Dillom, Shygirl, Yeri Mua, Nick León, and MCR-T suggests she has her pick of the litter. Keep an eye on her many performances throughout the 2026 festival circuit for teasers of carnal bedlam to come. —R.V.
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Feli Colina – ‘La Otra Mejilla’
Image Credit: Mindy Small/WireImage/Getty Images Argentine avant-popstress Feli Colina is not one for rush jobs. Since her magical 2022 LP El Valle Encantado, she’s released a compilation of percussive B-sides and a handful of singles oscillating between psycho-sexual trip-hop (“V13”) and theatrical poetry (“Sonhos”). Little is known about her new project, La Otra Mejilla, other than cryptic tweets about duality, personal transformation, and coming to terms with being the bearer of red flags. —R.V.
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Diego Raposo
Image Credit: JORGE GUILLÉN* Lil Wayne’s bar “real G’s move in silence like lasagna” could easily have been about Diego Raposo.
After reimagining the Latin club landscape on 2023’s Yo no era así pero de hora en adelante, sí, the Dominican producer kept fans guessing with a whopping 50-track ambient compilation while still clocking in studio time with Danny Ocean and Enyel C. Raposo remains characteristically mum about his forthcoming LP, but mood board posts shouting out Aphex Twin, Gal Costa, and Wilfrido Vargas point to yet another adventurous chapter. —R.V. -
Lolabúm
Image Credit: khlooria* After the electronic pop and cumbia of 2023’s Muchachito Roto, the chameleonic Ecuadorian band Lolabúm is in the midst of its next transformation. A new album recorded alongside the Chilean producer Yaima Cat will delve into the band’s emigration to Bogota, the political turmoil of their homeland, and the ferociousness of Latin America’s new rock generation. Singer Pedro Bonfim is known for contrasting biting poetry with lush instrumentals, even teasing the new sound as “noisy Manu Chao.” —R.V.
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Trueno
Image Credit: Ramon Costa/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Trueno may have already given us two interations ofEl Último Baile, taping drill and going old-school across 20 excellent rap tracks — but he’s clearly not done. While he hasn’t announced a new album for 2026, the Argentine star has been teasing that fresh music is lined up for the year. And as we wait for that , he’s popping up on Gorillaz’s albumThe Mountain, out in March.—Tomás Mier
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Fito Paez
Image Credit: Christopher Polk/Billboard It almost feels unfair to expect another album from Fito Paez this soon. After all, his last album Novela was an epic opera that he started developing in 1988, and finally finished in 2025. The three-decade project reignited people’s love for the Argentine rock icon, and quickly began sparking conversations about what he might do next. He’s been touring and performing a lot, so it’s almost a guarantee that he’s found fresh and unexpected inspiration. —J.L.
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Tini, ‘FUTTTURA’
Image Credit: Aldara Zarraoa/WireImage/Getty Images Tini is getting ready to teleport us toFUTTTURA. The Latin pop icon ushered in the futuristic world in a series of sold-out stadium concerts in her home country of Argentina. Tini has already expanded the ambitious tour further into Latin America with new dates. The tour is named after Tini’s next album, which is due out later this year. She has so far previewed the LP with the house-infused “Una Noche Más” and the cumbia banger “36 Vidas.” —L.V.
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Juanes
Image Credit: Medios y Media/Getty Images Last month, Juanes teased a new era in his storied career with the cumbia banger “Muérdeme.” To take the song to an otherworldly place, he teamed up with electro-tropical group Bomba Estéreo, indicating perhaps a different musical chapter. Fans have been awaiting more from Juanes: It’s been almost three years since he dropped his excellent album Vida Cotidiana, which won a Grammy for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album. —L.V.
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Camilo
Image Credit: Maria-Juliana Rojas for Rolling Stone Latin pop music’s most colorful star has been getting cerebral. Camilo ushered in his next era last June with the timely “Maldito ChatGPT.” The singer-songwriter with his signature handlebar mustache tackled the growing AI phenomenon through a playful love song. Now that Camilo is taking on ChatGPT, it will be interesting to see what other kind of contemporary grievances he airs out on the fifth studio album listeners are anticipating.—L.V.
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Cimafunk
Image Credit: Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images It’s been a minute since we had a new LP from Cuban funk visionary Cimafunk; his last record Pa’ Tu Cuerpadropped back in 2024. Since then, Cima has been sharpening his skills onstage, delivering some of the best live shows in Latin music. Currently, he’s been in the studio, hyping up potential music in 2026. —J.L.
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Bad Gyal
Image Credit: Borja B. Hojas/FilmMagic/Getty Images The Spanish singer struck gold with La Joia, the LP she dropped back in January 2024. The standout remix of “Chulo pt. 2”, featuring Tokischa and Young Miko, went especially viral, showing Bad Gyal’s taste for finding the perfect collaborators. She’s now been busy dropping tons of new tracks, including the jolting club banger “Fuma” and the Ozuna team-up “Última Noche,” all previews of her next chapter. —J.L.
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Xavi
Image Credit: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images It’s been over a year since Xavi’s debut album, but his follow-up is finally on the horizon. After the Mexican-American star broke through with corridos, he has pushed the genre to new places. Xavi scored a global smash last year by blending bachata in “En Privado” with Manuel Turizo. Since then, he’s proven his star power by embracing cumbia with Grupo Frontera in “No Capea” and riding the Afrobeats wave with Kapo in “Bien Pedos.” —L.V.
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Jorge Drexler
Image Credit: Carlos Alvarez/WireImage/Getty Images The Uruguayan musiciantook a bit of time after releasing Tinta y Tiempo, the gorgeous ode to the passing of time from 2022. The LP included “Telefonía,” which won Song of the Year and Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys. Then in October, Drexler went on social media and offered a behind-the-scenes look at his time in the studio, which sparked excitement that he’s thinking about the future —J.L.
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Bomba Estereo
Image Credit: Erika Goldring/Getty Images Fans got a touch of Bomba when frontwoman Li Saumet paired up with Rawayana singer Beto Montenegro for last year’s cosmic ride Astropical. Now, Bomba is heading back to the studio to cook up some new music. A release in 2026 would mean their first record since the urgent Deja, which was released in 2021. —J.L.