Emilio Estefan Teams Up with Congress to Create ‘Latin Music Month’ & More Uplifting Moments

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From career milestones to major announcements, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened this week.

May 2024 has been designated as “Latin Music Appreciation Month” in The United States, after a bipartisan resolution was introduced by U.S. senators Ben Ray Luján and Marco Rubio this week. The effort was led by award-winning producer Emilio Estefan,, and political strategist and organizer Nathaly Arriola Maurice, after the group traveled to Washington, D.C. last year in December to meet with Senator Lújan.

Carlos Vives — winner of 18 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards and a Billboard Latin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductee — has been named The Latin Recording Academy’s 2024 Person of the Year. “It’s still surprising to me,” the Colombian artist told . “It’s like a message that the Academy gives at the end, because 32 years ago I chose a path . To be successful, to be commercial, there was one way. This other path that’s cultural or has to do with your identity, that doesn’t work, .

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