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Staff Picks: The Best Latin Songs of 2024, Ranked
Best Latin songs of 2024: See which is the No. 1 track of the year, according to Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors.
Prince Royce and Gabito Ballesteros struck gold when they found a way to flawlessly fuse bachata with música mexicana in “Cosas de la Peda.” The heartbreak song starts off with a wailing trombone that sets the tone for the melancholic lyrics about drowning your sorrows in alcohol. Born during a music camp in Jamaica, and after visiting The Bob Marley Museum for inspiration, Colombian newcomer Kapo gave life to his first major hit: “Ohnana.” A word he invented, meaning “‘trust everything will be fine,” the suave Afrobeats single is charged with poetic lyrics about a “a beautiful [love] story” that “in these times it is not seen.” With “Ohnana,” the former Billboard Latin Artist on the Rise earned his first No. Image Credit: Luis Alejandro Marquez “Vomba” Part of his surprise EP venequia., dedicated to his native Venezuela and narrated from the perspective of an emigrant, Danny Ocean’s “por la pequeña Venecia” is an emotional letter to the regime of the South American country, released just days before the disputed July presidential elections.
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