Yami Safdie and Maluma’s ‘Felicidades,’ & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week
Yami Safdie and Maluma have released “Felicidades”, their first collaboration, a cumbia-pop song celebrating someone who has left a toxic relationship. Its chorus encourages listeners to value themselves and embrace single life, making the track the most prominent release in this week’s New Music Latin poll.
The poll also features Daddy Yankee’s 15-track album *La Postal*, with collaborations including Cardi B, Myke Towers and Danny Ocean. Other releases include albums by Wow Popy and songs by Los Dos de Tamaulipas and Frontera, Santana and Natalia Lafourcade, and La Joaqui and Tiago PZK; Emilia and Codiciado also released new music. Voting closes at 11 a.m. ET on 2 November, and results will be posted if the poll receives more than 1,000 votes.
In short
- Yami Safdie and Maluma debut their collaboration, “Felicidades”.
- Daddy Yankee’s new album *La Postal* has 15 tracks.
- The poll closes on 2 November and needs 1,001 votes for results.
Explained simply
Latin music spans many styles, including pop, reggaeton and cumbia, a dance music tradition with regional variations. Yami Safdie is an Argentinian singer-songwriter, while Maluma is a Colombian singer known internationally for Latin pop and reggaeton.
Daddy Yankee is a Puerto Rican artist closely associated with reggaeton, and his album brings together performers from different parts of Latin music. The other releases in the poll also range across styles and artists, giving listeners a chance to compare what is arriving this week.
The poll is part of a regular effort to let readers choose which new Latin release they like best. Its results offer a snapshot of the preferences of people who take part.
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