Feid, \u2018Ferxxo Vs. Feid\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"AMSTERDAM,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/feid-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tFeid is leaving his alter ego behind in 2025. In his recent documentary\u00a0XTHE ENDX<\/em>, the Colombian superstar bid farewell to his famous green Ferxxo persona. Feid is now embracing his more stylish and sexier side in all black, which fans have dubbed his \u201cPro Max\u201d era. He has started teasing a new project called\u00a0Ferxxo Vs. Feid<\/em>\u00a0where this return to roots will presumably unfold. After tackling last year\u2019s\u00a0Ferxxo Vol. X: Sagrado<\/em>\u00a0on his own, Feid has said that he\u2019s happy to have reunited with his longtime producers and collaborators for what\u2019s coming next. \u2014Lucas Villa<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n\u00c1lvaro D\u00edaz<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"MIAMI,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
![\"MIAMI,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/alvaro-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\t\u00c1lvaro D\u00edaz\u00a0spent years revolutionizing Puerto Rico\u2019s underground with his left-of-center production tastes and clever wordplay, and it felt like the world finally caught up to him when he released his wildly popular 2024 project\u00a0SAYONARA<\/em>. We\u2019re hoping for more with a long-awaited follow-up this year, and he\u2019s teased that it might be coming: Last May, he shared the melancholy but endlessly catchy \u201cPARANOIA,\u201d featuring sharp-as-nails sounds from Tainy. Now we just need the full universe he\u2019s building. \u2014Julyssa Lopez<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nTokischa<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"MADRID,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tokischa-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tTokischa has spent the last few years charming fans with raucous dembow hits and a fully liberated, give-no-fucks attitude. That\u2019s exactly what has attracted artists like Rosalia and Madonna, who have tapped her for major collaborations. All of it has been setting up the runway for her highly anticipated debut album, expected sometime this year. The best part? Because Tokischa is always authentically herself, she\u2019s completely guided by instincts \u2014 so it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess what she might do on this record. \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nJulieta Venegas<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"MADRID,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/julieta-venegas-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tAny hint fans get that Julieta Venegas is working on new music immediately ignites tons of excitement. Though she\u2019s been releasing a few songs here and there over the past few years (including the beautifully unexpected Bad Bunny and Tainy collab \u201cLo Siento BB :\/\u201d), she hadn\u2019t revealed plans for a full album \u2014 until now. In September, she signed with global talent agency WME and shared that something big is on the way: \u201cI\u2019m really happy recording songs that will soon be part of my new album,\u201d she told\u00a0Billboard Espa\u00f1ol<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m excited to add people to my team who bring the kind of enthusiasm and experience that WME has, so we can work together to develop this new chapter.\u201d \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nCharly Gynn \u2013 \u2018$in $uerte, Nacimos Bendecidos\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Charly-Gynn-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tThis spring, the queen of chanteo premium unveils her sophomore LP, $in $uerte, Nacimos Bendecidos<\/em>, cementing her lane in reggaeton mexa<\/a> with neighborhood-specific nods to bootleg perreo mixtapes and \u00f1ero affectations. If her 2024 debut, La Matatana<\/em>, flexed star power with a stacked guest list, preview singles \u201cLo Roc\u00e9\u201d and \u201cL\u00e4 ReYnA D tAcUbAyA\u201d keep the heat in-house, assisted by her right-hand production man, Tzunami, and loaded with raunchy hooks destined for virality. \u2014Richard Villegas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nPeso Pluma<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"CHICAGO,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/peso-pluma-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tAt the peak of his career as a leading figure in m\u00fasica mexicana, Peso could have quickly released a follow-up to his 2024\u00a0\u00c9xodo<\/em>, which came a year after his record-breaking LP\u00a0G\u00e9nesis<\/em>. Instead, the Mexican hitmaker slowed things down, keeping fans on the edge of their seats, eagerly awaiting his next album. He\u2019s already revealed he\u2019s hunkered down in the studio working on new music and with a\u00a0just-released joint project with his cousin Tito Double P, it looks like Peso is back in business. We don\u2019t know when his new album will drop, but we already know it\u2019ll be worth the wait.\u00a0\u2014Griselda Flores<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nEl Malilla<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"INDIO,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/El-Malilla-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tThis past year, El Malilla pushed Mexico\u2019s reggaeton scene into the mainstream with his historic performances at Coachella. With his second album that\u2019s due out later this year, the Mexican heartthrob will show he\u2019s more than a reggaeton Mexa star. El Malilla will branch out into boleros, corridos, bachata, and other genres in an LP that he\u2019s called the best work of his career. For now, his fans can enjoy two volumes of his\u00a0Tu Maliante Beb\u00e9<\/em>\u00a0EP series, which both dropped last year. \u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nDillom<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"MONTERREY,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dillom-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tArgentina\u2019s prince of trap-rock mischief has been riding high since 2024\u2019s horror-core opus, Por Ces\u00e1rea<\/em>, earning a Latin Grammy nomination, collaborating with friends and heroes like Lali and Pity \u00c1lvarez, and playing his first solo stadium show just a few weeks ago. Dillom\u2019s<\/a> third album is already on the horizon, with whispers of a fresh dance-punk direction confirmed by the recent scorcher \u201cRojo Profundo,\u201d the opening salvo for a new era of mosh pits and pop culture provocations. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nNando Garc\u00eda \u2013 \u2018Lover Man\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nando-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tSince debuting in the pandemic with the folk-pop ruminations of Pirueta<\/em>, Chilean singer-songwriter Nando Garc\u00eda has grown bolder and more incisive, embracing electronic atmospheres on his follow up, Decir Amor<\/em>, and teasing moody art-rock for his upcoming LP, Lover Man<\/em>. Slated for arrival in the Spring, the album will explore male affections between paramours, friends, and fathers and sons, unpacking the violence under every caress and supercharging catharsis with explosive power chords. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nCasi \u2013 \u2018Si El Tibur\u00f3n Se Come El Cable\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/casi-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tAfter a decade leading the Colombian music criticism platform, El Enemigo<\/a>, Juan Antonio Carulla is putting his creative pen where his mouth is under the alias, Casi. His new album Si El Tibur\u00f3n Se Come El Cable <\/em>pairs ska, cumbia, and bolero with affecting urban prose (\u201c\u00a1Ay, Rat\u00f3n!\u201d) and acerbic self-deprecation (\u201cEst\u00e1s Pintao\u2019\u201d), accentuating Bogotano idiosyncrasies and handcrafted visual storytelling. Look for the record in the first quarter. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nKenia Os<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"MEXICO](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kenia-os-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tThe Latin pop star went international with the concert film\u00a0Kenia Os: La OG<\/em>, which wrapped up her\u00a0Pink Aura<\/em>\u00a0era. Now Os has started to tease her next album with an enigmatic \u201cK De\u2026\u201d message. The LP could include her highly-anticipated collaboration with fellow Mexican queens Belinda and Danna and maybe another Peso Pluma duet; the two of them emerged last year as the it Mexican couple after the success of their 2024 collab \u201cTommy & Pamela.\u201d \u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nJunior H<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Junior](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/junior-h-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tJunior H, the young pioneer of the corridos tumbados movement, will finally release his first album in two years. He has maintained his streak as one of Mexico\u2019s top artists and sold out multiple tours off the success of 2023\u2032\u00a0$ad Boyz 4 Life II<\/em>\u00a0LP. During a recent concert, Junior H announced that his eighth studio album will drop in February. He has previewed the LP with his Luis Miguel-esque bolero \u201cCulpable.\u201d\u00a0\u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nSix Sex<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Screenshot\"](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/six-sex-temp-pic.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tAfter five EPs playing libidinous hopscotch between reggaeton and techno, Argentina\u2019s club siren supreme is ready to kick off her sixth and sexiest era. Restylane-pumped lips are still sealed as to the sounds and collaborators on her hotly anticipated debut album, but a cornucopia of recent credits alongside Emilia, Dillom, Shygirl, Yeri Mua, Nick Le\u00f3n, and MCR-T suggests she has her pick of the litter. Keep an eye on her many performances throughout the 2026 festival circuit for teasers of carnal bedlam to come. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nFeli Colina \u2013 \u2018La Otra Mejilla\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"LAS](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/feli-colina-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tArgentine avant-popstress Feli Colina is not one for rush jobs. Since her magical 2022 LP El Valle Encantado<\/em>, she\u2019s released a compilation of percussive B-sides and a handful of singles oscillating between psycho-sexual trip-hop (\u201cV13\u201d) and theatrical poetry (\u201cSonhos\u201d). Little is known about her new project, La Otra Mejilla<\/em>, other than cryptic tweets about duality, personal transformation, and coming to terms with being the bearer of red flags. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nDiego Raposo<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/diego-raposo-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tLil Wayne\u2019s bar \u201creal G\u2019s move in silence like lasagna\u201d could easily have been about Diego Raposo<\/a>.
After reimagining the Latin club landscape on 2023\u2019s Yo no era as\u00ed pero de hora en adelante, s\u00ed<\/em>, the Dominican producer kept fans guessing with a whopping 50-track ambient compilation<\/a> while still clocking in studio time with Danny Ocean and Enyel C. Raposo remains characteristically mum about his forthcoming LP, but mood board posts shouting out Aphex Twin, Gal Costa, and Wilfrido Vargas point to yet another adventurous chapter. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nLolab\u00fam<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lolabumalbum-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tAfter the electronic pop and cumbia of 2023\u2019s Muchachito Roto<\/em>, the chameleonic Ecuadorian band Lolab\u00fam is in the midst of its next transformation. A new album recorded alongside the Chilean producer Yaima Cat will delve into the band\u2019s emigration to Bogota, the political turmoil of their homeland, and the ferociousness of Latin America\u2019s new rock generation. Singer Pedro Bonfim<\/a> is known for contrasting biting poetry with lush instrumentals, even teasing the new sound as \u201cnoisy Manu Chao.\u201d \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nTrueno<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"SITGES,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/trueno-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tTrueno may have already given us two interations of\u00a0El \u00daltimo Baile<\/em>, taping drill and\u00a0 going old-school across 20 excellent rap tracks \u2014 but he\u2019s clearly not done. While he hasn\u2019t announced a new album for 2026, the Argentine star has been teasing that fresh music is lined up for the year. And as we wait for that , he\u2019s popping up on Gorillaz\u2019s album\u00a0The Mountain<\/em>, out in March.\u00a0\u2014Tom\u00e1s Mier<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nFito Paez<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Fito](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fito-paez-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tIt almost feels unfair to expect another album from Fito Paez this soon. After all, his last album Novela<\/em> was an epic opera that he started developing in 1988, and finally finished in 2025. The three-decade project reignited people\u2019s love for the Argentine rock icon, and quickly began sparking conversations about what he might do next. He\u2019s been touring and performing a lot, so it\u2019s almost a guarantee that he\u2019s found fresh and unexpected inspiration. \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nTini, \u2018FUTTTURA\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"MADRID,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tiny-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tTini is getting ready to teleport us to\u00a0FUTTTURA<\/em>. The Latin pop icon ushered in the futuristic world in a series of sold-out stadium concerts in her home country of Argentina. Tini has already expanded the ambitious tour further into Latin America with new dates. The tour is named after Tini\u2019s next album, which is due out later this year. She has so far previewed the LP with the house-infused \u201cUna Noche M\u00e1s\u201d and the cumbia banger \u201c36 Vidas.\u201d \u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nJuanes<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"MEXICO](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/juanes-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tLast month, Juanes teased a new era in his storied career with the cumbia banger \u201cMu\u00e9rdeme.\u201d To take the song to an otherworldly place, he teamed up with electro-tropical group Bomba Est\u00e9reo, indicating perhaps a different musical chapter. Fans have been awaiting more from Juanes: It\u2019s been almost three years since he dropped his excellent album Vida Cotidiana<\/em>, which won a Grammy for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album. \u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nCamilo<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/camilo-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tLatin pop music\u2019s most colorful star has been getting cerebral. Camilo ushered in his next era last June with the timely \u201cMaldito ChatGPT.\u201d The singer-songwriter with his signature handlebar mustache tackled the growing AI phenomenon through a playful love song. Now that Camilo is taking on ChatGPT, it will be interesting to see what other kind of contemporary grievances he airs out on the fifth studio album listeners are anticipating.\u00a0\u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nCimafunk<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"PORTLAND,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cimafunk-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tIt\u2019s been a minute since we had a new LP from Cuban funk visionary Cimafunk; his last record Pa\u2019 Tu Cuerpa<\/em>\u00a0dropped back in 2024. Since then, Cima has been sharpening his skills onstage, delivering some of the best live shows in Latin music. Currently, he\u2019s been in the studio, hyping up potential music in 2026. \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nBad Gyal<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"MADRID,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bad-gyal-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tThe Spanish singer struck gold with La Joia<\/em>, the LP she dropped back in January 2024. The standout remix of \u201cChulo pt. 2\u201d, featuring Tokischa and Young Miko, went especially viral, showing Bad Gyal\u2019s taste for finding the perfect collaborators. She\u2019s now been busy dropping tons of new tracks, including the jolting club banger \u201cFuma\u201d and the Ozuna team-up \u201c\u00daltima Noche,\u201d all previews of her next chapter. \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nXavi<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"LOS](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/xavi-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tIt\u2019s been over a year since Xavi\u2019s debut album, but his follow-up is finally on the horizon. After the Mexican-American star broke through with corridos, he has pushed the genre to new places. Xavi scored a global smash last year by blending bachata in \u201cEn Privado\u201d with Manuel Turizo. Since then, he\u2019s proven his star power by embracing cumbia with Grupo Frontera in \u201cNo Capea\u201d and riding the Afrobeats wave with Kapo in \u201cBien Pedos.\u201d \u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nJorge Drexler<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"GRANADA,](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jorge-Drexler-album-list.jpg?w=300\")
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\n\n\tThe Uruguayan musician\u00a0took a bit of time after releasing Tinta y Tiempo<\/em>, the gorgeous ode to the passing of time from 2022. The LP included \u201cTelefon\u00eda,\u201d which won Song of the Year and Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys. Then in October, Drexler went on social media <\/a>and offered a behind-the-scenes look at his time in the studio, which sparked excitement that he\u2019s thinking about the future \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nBomba Estereo<\/h2>\n
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\n\tFeid is leaving his alter ego behind in 2025. In his recent documentary\u00a0XTHE ENDX<\/em>, the Colombian superstar bid farewell to his famous green Ferxxo persona. Feid is now embracing his more stylish and sexier side in all black, which fans have dubbed his \u201cPro Max\u201d era. He has started teasing a new project called\u00a0Ferxxo Vs. Feid<\/em>\u00a0where this return to roots will presumably unfold. After tackling last year\u2019s\u00a0Ferxxo Vol. X: Sagrado<\/em>\u00a0on his own, Feid has said that he\u2019s happy to have reunited with his longtime producers and collaborators for what\u2019s coming next. \u2014Lucas Villa<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\t\u00c1lvaro D\u00edaz\u00a0spent years revolutionizing Puerto Rico\u2019s underground with his left-of-center production tastes and clever wordplay, and it felt like the world finally caught up to him when he released his wildly popular 2024 project\u00a0SAYONARA<\/em>. We\u2019re hoping for more with a long-awaited follow-up this year, and he\u2019s teased that it might be coming: Last May, he shared the melancholy but endlessly catchy \u201cPARANOIA,\u201d featuring sharp-as-nails sounds from Tainy. Now we just need the full universe he\u2019s building. \u2014Julyssa Lopez<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tTokischa has spent the last few years charming fans with raucous dembow hits and a fully liberated, give-no-fucks attitude. That\u2019s exactly what has attracted artists like Rosalia and Madonna, who have tapped her for major collaborations. All of it has been setting up the runway for her highly anticipated debut album, expected sometime this year. The best part? Because Tokischa is always authentically herself, she\u2019s completely guided by instincts \u2014 so it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess what she might do on this record. \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tAny hint fans get that Julieta Venegas is working on new music immediately ignites tons of excitement. Though she\u2019s been releasing a few songs here and there over the past few years (including the beautifully unexpected Bad Bunny and Tainy collab \u201cLo Siento BB :\/\u201d), she hadn\u2019t revealed plans for a full album \u2014 until now. In September, she signed with global talent agency WME and shared that something big is on the way: \u201cI\u2019m really happy recording songs that will soon be part of my new album,\u201d she told\u00a0Billboard Espa\u00f1ol<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m excited to add people to my team who bring the kind of enthusiasm and experience that WME has, so we can work together to develop this new chapter.\u201d \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tThis spring, the queen of chanteo premium unveils her sophomore LP, $in $uerte, Nacimos Bendecidos<\/em>, cementing her lane in reggaeton mexa<\/a> with neighborhood-specific nods to bootleg perreo mixtapes and \u00f1ero affectations. If her 2024 debut, La Matatana<\/em>, flexed star power with a stacked guest list, preview singles \u201cLo Roc\u00e9\u201d and \u201cL\u00e4 ReYnA D tAcUbAyA\u201d keep the heat in-house, assisted by her right-hand production man, Tzunami, and loaded with raunchy hooks destined for virality. \u2014Richard Villegas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tAt the peak of his career as a leading figure in m\u00fasica mexicana, Peso could have quickly released a follow-up to his 2024\u00a0\u00c9xodo<\/em>, which came a year after his record-breaking LP\u00a0G\u00e9nesis<\/em>. Instead, the Mexican hitmaker slowed things down, keeping fans on the edge of their seats, eagerly awaiting his next album. He\u2019s already revealed he\u2019s hunkered down in the studio working on new music and with a\u00a0just-released joint project with his cousin Tito Double P, it looks like Peso is back in business. We don\u2019t know when his new album will drop, but we already know it\u2019ll be worth the wait.\u00a0\u2014Griselda Flores<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tThis past year, El Malilla pushed Mexico\u2019s reggaeton scene into the mainstream with his historic performances at Coachella. With his second album that\u2019s due out later this year, the Mexican heartthrob will show he\u2019s more than a reggaeton Mexa star. El Malilla will branch out into boleros, corridos, bachata, and other genres in an LP that he\u2019s called the best work of his career. For now, his fans can enjoy two volumes of his\u00a0Tu Maliante Beb\u00e9<\/em>\u00a0EP series, which both dropped last year. \u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tArgentina\u2019s prince of trap-rock mischief has been riding high since 2024\u2019s horror-core opus, Por Ces\u00e1rea<\/em>, earning a Latin Grammy nomination, collaborating with friends and heroes like Lali and Pity \u00c1lvarez, and playing his first solo stadium show just a few weeks ago. Dillom\u2019s<\/a> third album is already on the horizon, with whispers of a fresh dance-punk direction confirmed by the recent scorcher \u201cRojo Profundo,\u201d the opening salvo for a new era of mosh pits and pop culture provocations. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tSince debuting in the pandemic with the folk-pop ruminations of Pirueta<\/em>, Chilean singer-songwriter Nando Garc\u00eda has grown bolder and more incisive, embracing electronic atmospheres on his follow up, Decir Amor<\/em>, and teasing moody art-rock for his upcoming LP, Lover Man<\/em>. Slated for arrival in the Spring, the album will explore male affections between paramours, friends, and fathers and sons, unpacking the violence under every caress and supercharging catharsis with explosive power chords. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tAfter a decade leading the Colombian music criticism platform, El Enemigo<\/a>, Juan Antonio Carulla is putting his creative pen where his mouth is under the alias, Casi. His new album Si El Tibur\u00f3n Se Come El Cable <\/em>pairs ska, cumbia, and bolero with affecting urban prose (\u201c\u00a1Ay, Rat\u00f3n!\u201d) and acerbic self-deprecation (\u201cEst\u00e1s Pintao\u2019\u201d), accentuating Bogotano idiosyncrasies and handcrafted visual storytelling. Look for the record in the first quarter. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tThe Latin pop star went international with the concert film\u00a0Kenia Os: La OG<\/em>, which wrapped up her\u00a0Pink Aura<\/em>\u00a0era. Now Os has started to tease her next album with an enigmatic \u201cK De\u2026\u201d message. The LP could include her highly-anticipated collaboration with fellow Mexican queens Belinda and Danna and maybe another Peso Pluma duet; the two of them emerged last year as the it Mexican couple after the success of their 2024 collab \u201cTommy & Pamela.\u201d \u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tJunior H, the young pioneer of the corridos tumbados movement, will finally release his first album in two years. He has maintained his streak as one of Mexico\u2019s top artists and sold out multiple tours off the success of 2023\u2032\u00a0$ad Boyz 4 Life II<\/em>\u00a0LP. During a recent concert, Junior H announced that his eighth studio album will drop in February. He has previewed the LP with his Luis Miguel-esque bolero \u201cCulpable.\u201d\u00a0\u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tAfter five EPs playing libidinous hopscotch between reggaeton and techno, Argentina\u2019s club siren supreme is ready to kick off her sixth and sexiest era. Restylane-pumped lips are still sealed as to the sounds and collaborators on her hotly anticipated debut album, but a cornucopia of recent credits alongside Emilia, Dillom, Shygirl, Yeri Mua, Nick Le\u00f3n, and MCR-T suggests she has her pick of the litter. Keep an eye on her many performances throughout the 2026 festival circuit for teasers of carnal bedlam to come. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tArgentine avant-popstress Feli Colina is not one for rush jobs. Since her magical 2022 LP El Valle Encantado<\/em>, she\u2019s released a compilation of percussive B-sides and a handful of singles oscillating between psycho-sexual trip-hop (\u201cV13\u201d) and theatrical poetry (\u201cSonhos\u201d). Little is known about her new project, La Otra Mejilla<\/em>, other than cryptic tweets about duality, personal transformation, and coming to terms with being the bearer of red flags. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tLil Wayne\u2019s bar \u201creal G\u2019s move in silence like lasagna\u201d could easily have been about Diego Raposo<\/a>. \t<\/p>\n \n\tAfter the electronic pop and cumbia of 2023\u2019s Muchachito Roto<\/em>, the chameleonic Ecuadorian band Lolab\u00fam is in the midst of its next transformation. A new album recorded alongside the Chilean producer Yaima Cat will delve into the band\u2019s emigration to Bogota, the political turmoil of their homeland, and the ferociousness of Latin America\u2019s new rock generation. Singer Pedro Bonfim<\/a> is known for contrasting biting poetry with lush instrumentals, even teasing the new sound as \u201cnoisy Manu Chao.\u201d \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tTrueno may have already given us two interations of\u00a0El \u00daltimo Baile<\/em>, taping drill and\u00a0 going old-school across 20 excellent rap tracks \u2014 but he\u2019s clearly not done. While he hasn\u2019t announced a new album for 2026, the Argentine star has been teasing that fresh music is lined up for the year. And as we wait for that , he\u2019s popping up on Gorillaz\u2019s album\u00a0The Mountain<\/em>, out in March.\u00a0\u2014Tom\u00e1s Mier<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tIt almost feels unfair to expect another album from Fito Paez this soon. After all, his last album Novela<\/em> was an epic opera that he started developing in 1988, and finally finished in 2025. The three-decade project reignited people\u2019s love for the Argentine rock icon, and quickly began sparking conversations about what he might do next. He\u2019s been touring and performing a lot, so it\u2019s almost a guarantee that he\u2019s found fresh and unexpected inspiration. \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tTini is getting ready to teleport us to\u00a0FUTTTURA<\/em>. The Latin pop icon ushered in the futuristic world in a series of sold-out stadium concerts in her home country of Argentina. Tini has already expanded the ambitious tour further into Latin America with new dates. The tour is named after Tini\u2019s next album, which is due out later this year. She has so far previewed the LP with the house-infused \u201cUna Noche M\u00e1s\u201d and the cumbia banger \u201c36 Vidas.\u201d \u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tLast month, Juanes teased a new era in his storied career with the cumbia banger \u201cMu\u00e9rdeme.\u201d To take the song to an otherworldly place, he teamed up with electro-tropical group Bomba Est\u00e9reo, indicating perhaps a different musical chapter. Fans have been awaiting more from Juanes: It\u2019s been almost three years since he dropped his excellent album Vida Cotidiana<\/em>, which won a Grammy for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album. \u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tLatin pop music\u2019s most colorful star has been getting cerebral. Camilo ushered in his next era last June with the timely \u201cMaldito ChatGPT.\u201d The singer-songwriter with his signature handlebar mustache tackled the growing AI phenomenon through a playful love song. Now that Camilo is taking on ChatGPT, it will be interesting to see what other kind of contemporary grievances he airs out on the fifth studio album listeners are anticipating.\u00a0\u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s been a minute since we had a new LP from Cuban funk visionary Cimafunk; his last record Pa\u2019 Tu Cuerpa<\/em>\u00a0dropped back in 2024. Since then, Cima has been sharpening his skills onstage, delivering some of the best live shows in Latin music. Currently, he\u2019s been in the studio, hyping up potential music in 2026. \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tThe Spanish singer struck gold with La Joia<\/em>, the LP she dropped back in January 2024. The standout remix of \u201cChulo pt. 2\u201d, featuring Tokischa and Young Miko, went especially viral, showing Bad Gyal\u2019s taste for finding the perfect collaborators. She\u2019s now been busy dropping tons of new tracks, including the jolting club banger \u201cFuma\u201d and the Ozuna team-up \u201c\u00daltima Noche,\u201d all previews of her next chapter. \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s been over a year since Xavi\u2019s debut album, but his follow-up is finally on the horizon. After the Mexican-American star broke through with corridos, he has pushed the genre to new places. Xavi scored a global smash last year by blending bachata in \u201cEn Privado\u201d with Manuel Turizo. Since then, he\u2019s proven his star power by embracing cumbia with Grupo Frontera in \u201cNo Capea\u201d and riding the Afrobeats wave with Kapo in \u201cBien Pedos.\u201d \u2014L.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tThe Uruguayan musician\u00a0took a bit of time after releasing Tinta y Tiempo<\/em>, the gorgeous ode to the passing of time from 2022. The LP included \u201cTelefon\u00eda,\u201d which won Song of the Year and Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys. Then in October, Drexler went on social media <\/a>and offered a behind-the-scenes look at his time in the studio, which sparked excitement that he\u2019s thinking about the future \u2014J.L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n\u00c1lvaro D\u00edaz<\/h2>\n
Tokischa<\/h2>\n
Julieta Venegas<\/h2>\n
Charly Gynn \u2013 \u2018$in $uerte, Nacimos Bendecidos\u2019<\/h2>\n
Peso Pluma<\/h2>\n
El Malilla<\/h2>\n
Dillom<\/h2>\n
Nando Garc\u00eda \u2013 \u2018Lover Man\u2019<\/h2>\n
Casi \u2013 \u2018Si El Tibur\u00f3n Se Come El Cable\u2019<\/h2>\n
Kenia Os<\/h2>\n
Junior H<\/h2>\n
Six Sex<\/h2>\n
Feli Colina \u2013 \u2018La Otra Mejilla\u2019<\/h2>\n
Diego Raposo<\/h2>\n
After reimagining the Latin club landscape on 2023\u2019s Yo no era as\u00ed pero de hora en adelante, s\u00ed<\/em>, the Dominican producer kept fans guessing with a whopping 50-track ambient compilation<\/a> while still clocking in studio time with Danny Ocean and Enyel C. Raposo remains characteristically mum about his forthcoming LP, but mood board posts shouting out Aphex Twin, Gal Costa, and Wilfrido Vargas point to yet another adventurous chapter. \u2014R.V.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\nLolab\u00fam<\/h2>\n
Trueno<\/h2>\n
Fito Paez<\/h2>\n
Tini, \u2018FUTTTURA\u2019<\/h2>\n
Juanes<\/h2>\n
Camilo<\/h2>\n
Cimafunk<\/h2>\n
Bad Gyal<\/h2>\n
Xavi<\/h2>\n
Jorge Drexler<\/h2>\n
Bomba Estereo<\/h2>\n