Music

On February 10, 2002, Argentines landed in PR for a full-scale invasion. The invaders consist of a group of 5 young saints and very innocents lads, they call themselves Santos Inocentes. These 5 saints bring on a very powerful, melodic, industrial rock sound.

BMI announced that the music performing rights organization's 9th annual Latin Music Awards will be held May 8th at the Diplomat Hotel & Resort in Hollywood, Florida.

Russell Simmons, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Dave Mays, Hilary Rosen, Jermaine Dupri and Minister Benjamin Muhammad, organizers of the first national Hip-Hop Summit last June in New York which drew artists, politicians, music executives and religious leaders together under the theme of "Taking Back Respo

Once again, dozens of top entertainment personalities will gather in Miami on Thursday, February 7th, 2002, to attend the 14th edition of the Premio Lo Nuestro A La Música Latina 2002, the foremost Hispanic music award in the U.S.

Jupiter Media Metrix reports that regardless of the current market downturn, US digital music sales -via digital subscription models and single paid downloads -will generate $1.6 billion in revenue by 2006, with $1.0 billion, or nearly 63 percent, coming from subscriptions alone.

Sony Discos/Columbia Records is releasing Libre, the first Marc Anthony album since his 1999 English language debut (the RIAA triple platinum Marc Anthony) and the salsa-pop singing sensation's first salsa album since 1997's Contra La Corriente.

Grammy-winning recording artist Shakira will release LAUNDRY SERVICE, her first album of English material on Epic
Records, on November 13, 2001.