Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Curaçao i nā inoa mua no ka paʻi ʻeiwa o ka Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival. I kēia makahiki ʻo Maroon 5, Ozuna, Gladys Knight a me Third World e hōʻike ʻia i ka ʻahaʻaina ma ka World Trade Center ma Piscadera Bay. Ke paʻa nei ka hui me nā mea pena kiʻi like ʻole e hoʻolaha ʻia i nā mahina e hiki mai ana. Wehe ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina ma ka Pōʻalima, 29 ʻAukake me nā ʻaha mele manuahi o Havana D'Primera a me Aymee Nuviola.
Ua kūʻai aku ʻo American band Maroon 5 ma luna o 20 miliona mau album a loaʻa iā ia ʻekolu Grammy Awards. ʻO kā lākou album mua, nā mele e pili ana iā Jane, ua lilo i mea koʻikoʻi nui a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kāna mea pani, ʻo It Won't Be Soon Before Long. He nui nā paʻi: ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hanu, ʻo kēia aloha, e aloha ʻia ʻo ia, e haʻohaʻo iaʻu, neʻe e like me Jagger e hōʻike ana iā Christina Aguilera… ke hele nei ka papa inoa. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kā lākou album hou loa, ʻo Red Pill Blues, i ka hopena o 2017 a loaʻa ka helu 1 hit single Girls Like You, e hōʻike ana iā Cardi B. I kēia Ianuali i hala aku nei, ua loaʻa iā Maroon 5 ka hanohano o ka hana ma ka Super Bowl Half-Time Show.
ʻO Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado, i ʻike wale ʻia e kona inoa ʻo Ozuna, he Puerto Rican reggaeton a me ka mea mele Latin trap. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2016, ua kū ʻo Ozuna i mea kaulana no kona ʻano ma ka La Ocasión hoʻokahi, e hele ana mai ka ikaika a i ka ikaika mai ia manawa. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ʻelua album a hiki i kēia lā; ʻO 2017's Odisea a me 2018's Aura, a lanakila i ʻelua Billboard Music Awards a me ʻekolu Latin American Music Awards, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. I ka makahiki 2017, ua hana ʻo ia i kāna hana mua ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Que León.
ʻEono mau makahiki ma hope o kona hoʻomaka ʻana ma Curaçao e hoʻi ana ka 'Empress of Soul' Gladys Knight i ka mokupuni. Me kāna hui ʻo The Pips ua loaʻa iā ia nā mele maikaʻi loa, e like me I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Midnight Train To Georgia, a me Baby Don't Change Your Mind, i nā makahiki 1960 a me 1970. I ka pau ʻana o nā makahiki 1980, hoʻomaka ʻo Knight i kāna ʻoihana kaʻawale a loaʻa iā ia ka kūleʻa koke me ka mele mele ʻo James Bond License To Kill. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album hope loa, Where My Heart Belongs, i ka makahiki 2014 a he album ʻeuanelio maikaʻi loa ia, kahi i hana ai ʻo The Pips. Ua loaʻa iā Knight ʻehiku mau Grammy a me nā makana ʻē aʻe he nui i kona inoa.
Ua hoʻolauleʻa ka hui ʻo Jamaican Third World i kāna makahiki he 45 i ka makahiki i hala. Kāhea iā lākou iho ʻo 'Reggae Ambassadors' a me ka wehewehe ʻana i ko lākou kani ʻana ma ke ʻano he reggae fusion, hui pū ʻo Third World i ka reggae me nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole e like me ka soul, funk, a me disco. ʻO kā lākou pā nui loa i kēia lā ʻo 1978's Now That We Found Love. ʻO kā lākou kūleʻa i lawe mai iā lākou a puni ka honua a kau i ʻumi mau koho Grammy i ko lākou inoa. ʻO kā lākou mele hou loa, ʻo Loving You Is Easy, i hana ʻia e Damian Marley a hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma mua o kēia makahiki.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui Cuban Timba ʻo Havana D'Primera e Alexander Abreu ma 2008, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui e kahi hui o nā mea hoʻokani pila ma ke kahua mele Cuban, he 17 mau lālā i ka huina. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Abreu kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani pū maikaʻi loa o kona hanauna, a he akamai hoʻi i ka haku mele, mele, a me ke alakaʻi pū. Hoʻohui i nā mele ma waena o salsa, jazz, funk, a me Afro-Cuban, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i ʻehā mau album studio i kēia manawa. ʻO ka mea hou loa ʻo 2018's Cantor Del Pueblo, nāna i hoʻoili iā lākou i kā lākou koho ʻelua Latin Grammy no Best Salsa Album.
ʻO Aymée Nuviola, kapa ʻia ʻo 'La Sonera del Mundo', he mele kaulana mai Cuba i aʻo ʻia ma ka Manuel Saumell Conservatory ma Havana. ʻO Nuviola kekahi o nā hōkū Cuban nui loa i kēia lā, a ua hoʻopaʻa pū ʻo ia i kahi mele me ka moʻolelo ʻAmelika ʻo Jackson Browne. Ma ke ʻano he mele ʻōpio ʻo Nuviola i neʻe i Miami kahi i hoʻomaka maoli ai kāna ʻoihana. I ka makahiki i hala ua lanakila ʻo ia i kāna makana Latin Grammy mua loa no kāna album 2017 Como Anillo Al Dedo.
