Bad Bunny won Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammy Awards last night (February 1, 2026), taking the top prize for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS and making history as the first all-Spanish-language album to win the Recording Academy’s biggest category. Onstage, Bad Bunny looked visibly moved as he accepted the award, first shouting out …
Bad Bunny just dropped the official trailer for his upcoming Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime show! Shot in Puerto Rico and set to Baile Inolvidable, the 1-minute clip showcases Benito dancing with a diverse range of dancers from around the world. Dancing takes center stage, and the tagline for the video says it all: …
I’ve been dancing salsa for nearly 20 years now, and there are few things that I enjoy more than traveling to other countries to dance. Over the past year, I’ve helped build Salsa Vida into the largest global salsa calendar in the world, now covering 114+ countries and 4,500+ events. So I wanted to use …
Happy New Year! As we kick off 2026, here are a few recent milestones for Salsa Vida: 100+ countries covered: We recently crossed 100 countries covered by our global salsa calendar! We are now at 112 countries (and counting) making Salsa Vida the largest salsa dance calendar in the world! Parlez-vous français ? As of …
The 26th Annual Latin Grammy Awards turned Las Vegas into a celebration of tropical rhythms last night, with salsa and bachata getting a prominent spotlight alongside the night’s biggest winner, Bad Bunny, who took home multiple awards including Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, a project that blends reggaeton with Afro-Caribbean grooves …
Salsa vs Cumbia: What’s the Difference? Salsa and cumbia are two popular Latin dance styles that are often danced at Latin clubs and socials. Many DJs play both in the same night, which can be confusing when you’re just getting started with Latin dancing. The two dances are similar in some ways, but there are …
Looking for the best cities in the United States to go salsa dancing? You’ve got plenty of options! The U.S. hosts more salsa lessons, socials, and festivals than any other country in the world, perhaps not surprising given its size and the fact that salsa, as we know it today, actually originated in the U.S. …
Bad Bunny will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on February 8, 2026— the first time a Puerto Rican artist leads the biggest stage in U.S. entertainment. The NFL announced the news Sunday night alongside Apple Music and Roc Nation. Bad Bunny is the first …
Bad Bunny closed his No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí residency in San Juan on Saturday night (Sept. 20) with a three-hour celebration that felt less like a pop show and more like a love letter to Puerto Rico — capped by a salsa-soaked finale that put the genre’s heartbeat front and center. The last …
Cuban Dance Styles: The Complete List Cuba’s dance and music have had a tremendous impact on Latin music, social dance, and global popular culture. The island has long been a cultural melting pot of Indigenous Taíno heritage, Spanish colonial influence, and powerful West & Central African traditions, whose mixing (under difficult historical circumstances) sparked remarkable …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Salsa is back (and bigger): Salsa Vida’s calendar now spans nearly 2,000 events across all 50 U.S. states and 36 countries The one-person, AI-assisted platform also lists 250+ festivals for the current year, 500+ city guides, open submissions, and a free TuneTempo practice app—making it the most comprehensive, up-to-date salsa resource online. …
Eddie Palmieri—the Bronx-born pianist whose trombone-driven bands redefined New York salsa and powered dance floors for six decades—died on August 6, 2025, after an extended illness. He was 88 and passed at his home in Hackensack, New Jersey. Born in Spanish Harlem to Puerto Rican parents, Palmieri came up playing timbales before settling into the …
After weeks of late-night coding sessions (and copious amounts of coffee), I’m thrilled to roll out a brand new tool for dancers: TuneTempo, a free, browser-based music slow-downer and loop app built specifically for dancers. TuneTempo makes it easy to slow down (or speed up!) any song so you can slow a piece down when …
Bar Salsa—better known to dancers as “Salsa Temple” or “Bar Salsa Temple”—held a final party on Sunday, June 1, 2025, and closed to the public starting June 2. The brief announcement came via social posts from the venue, thanking London’s Latin dance community for years of classes, socials, and late-night parties. Opened in September 2017 …
Eric Caty—international ballroom champion, co-founder of Calgary’s Salsa Rica Dance Company, and a driving force behind the Canadian salsa and ballroom scenes—passed away peacefully on March 30, 2025, after a sudden battle with bacterial meningitis. He was 49. Born in Montréal in 1975, Caty began formal ballroom training at age six, studying with some of …
Bad Bunny fans and salsa enthusiasts got a treat this week with the release of the music video for “Baile Inolvidable,” a salsa-infused track from his latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. In the video, the Puerto Rican star takes his first salsa lesson, dressed casually in a gray sweatsuit and sneakers. The class is …
The Euroson Latino World Salsa Championships is one of the top international salsa competitions in the world, and this year’s competition just concluded, and the results are in! Over a thousand competitors from 37 countries and 5 continents gathered in Pueba Mexico, from December 2-7th 2024 to compete in this year’s event, which marked the …
The holidays are a time for family, friends, celebrations and music, and what better way to celebrate than with some festive salsa music! Whether you’re hosting a salsa Christmas party or burning off some Thanksgiving pounds at the studio, here our picks or 15 top salsa Christmas songs to get you dancing! 1. “All I …
Fernando Sosa, the director of Tropical Gem and one of the most well-known salsa dancers in the world, officially retired from the performance world today with a final performance at the Camana Club in Milan, Italy. The performance, fittingly titled “The Last Dance”, paid homage to Fernando Sosa and his many decades of performing, featuring …
The Las Vegas Super Congress, one of the largest salsa events held in the US, announced that they will be moving this year’s event to the Westgate Las Vegas Resort. The Las Vegas Salsa Congress, now in it’s 21st year, has been held every year at the Tropicana Hotel on the south end of the …
