Where is bachata popular

It has had to fight for survival just as the dance has. Aside from the fact that Trujillo was not a fan of Bachata, the Dominican Republic was in love with Salsa and Meringue music during its birth as well. However, this guitar based music has indeed survived, and continues to grow and thrive in popularity all over the world. There are many other notable artists still creating Bachata music, such as Zacarias Ferrera and Anthony Santos.

Sign up with Facebook. Login with your credentials:. Bachata has somehow become sweeter and also more commercial. The group Aventura a few years ago and now Romeo Santos and Prince Royce have contributed to its success beyond the borders of the Dominican Republic. The modern Bachata with its new musicality has in turn led to the evolution of the dance which varies from country to country. Sensual, Dominican, urban or fusion the range is wide.

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Musicians who were popular among Dominican elites, notably Juan Luis Guerra, with his soft and poetic music made the bachata to be accepted by all sectors of society.

The s and 90s saw a wave of emigration from the Dominican Republic to the Unites States. The emigrants carried music with them, establishing bachata in the major cities of Eastern USA, especially in New York.

By the late s, bachata had became hugely popular across Latinos in the US North East, and these new fans in turn brought the music back to their countries of origin. Large record labels took interest, and invested in slick new bachata productions.