Salsa Music Salsa Music a popular genre of Latin American music. Since its emergence in the mid-1960s, salsa has achieved worldwide popularity, attracting performers and audiences not only in Latin American communities but also in such non-Latin countries as Japan and Sweden. In terms of style and structure, salsa is a reinterpretation and modernization of Cuban dance-music styles. It emerged around 1900 as an urban, popular dance-music style in Cuba. It derived some features from …showed first 75 words of 505 total…

…showed last 75 words of 505 total…sociopolitical idealism diminished. In addition, the genre faced new competition, especially in New York City and Puerto Rico, from the merengue, a dance-music style from the Dominican Republic. Nevertheless, salsa has remained popular among younger generations of Latinos, who tend to favor a smoother, more sentimental style known as salsa romántica, popularized by such bandleaders as Eddie Santiago and Tito Nieves. Notable salsa singers of the 1990s included Linda "India" Caballero and Mark Anthony.