Music is a great way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. You can play music in the morning throughout the whole school to get everyone involved or you can play it just in your classroom for your students. You can integrate it as part of your Hispanic Heritage Month lessons.
I have put together a short list of songs that you can share with your students and fellow teachers. I did check the lyrics to every song to make sure they were school appropriate, but some of the videos are not school appropriate. Please be sure to vet the videos before playing them in your classroom.
The songs I chose are not necessarily representative of the country's traditional music, but instead songs that students might enjoy. Each country is represented with at least one song. I tried to choose songs that were more upbeat to make listening to music more enjoyable.
Argentina
Diego Torres-"Un poquito"
Soda Stereo- "Musica ligera"
Bolivia
Los Kjarkas- "Wayayay"
Chile
Fracisca Valenzuela-"Armadura"
Los Prisioneros- "Tren al sur"
Colombia
Shakira- "Estoy aqui"
Juanes- "A Dios le pido"
Carlos Vives- "La tierra del olvido"
Costa Rica
Los Ajenos- "Parte de tu vida"
Cuba
Celia Cruz- "La vida es un carnaval"
Gloria Estefan- "Mi tierra"
Gente de Zona- "La gozadera"
Dominican Republic
Prince Royce- "Incondicional"
Juan Luis Guerra- "La bilirrubina"
Ecuador
Mirella Cesa- "Todos mis deseos"
El Salvador
Salsa Clave- "El sombrero azul"
Jhosse Lora- "Guanaco salsa"
Equatorial Guinea
Las Hijas del Sol - "¡Ay corazón!"
Guatemala
Ricardo Arjona- "No preguntes cómo estoy"
Gaby Moreno- "Fronteras"
Honduras
Banda Blanca- "Sopa de caracol"
Guillermo Anderson- "El encarguito"
Mexico
Pepe Aguilar- "Cancion mexicana"
Juan Gabriel- "Caray"
Marco Antonio Solis- "Morenita"
Nicaragua
Carlos Mejia Godoy- "Nicaragua, Nicaragüita"
Panama
Samy y Sandra Sandoval- "Vete tu que yo me quedo"
Ruben Blades- "Camaleon"
Paraguay
Kchiporros- "Noche de soltero"
Peru
Pedro Suárez-Vértiz - "Cuando pienses en volver"
Spain
Enrique Iglesias- "Ritmo total"
Alejando Sanz, Melendi, Arkano- "Dejala que baile"
Alvaro Soler- "El mismo sol"
Uruguay
Marama- "Lo intentamos"
United States/Puerto Rico
Don Omar- “Danza Kuduro”
Marc Anthonly- "Vivir mi vida"
Ritchie Valens- "La bamba"
Selena - "Bidi bidi bom bom"
Venezuela
Franco De Vita- "Cuando tus ojos me miran"
Oscar De Leon- "La Mazucamba"
Other Fun Songs with names of hispanic countries that are not included in the playlist.
In the Heights- "Carnaval del barrio"
Calle 13- "Latinoamerica"
Los Tigres del Norte- "America Central"
Los Coyotes- "300 Kilos"
Lin-Manuel Miranda - "Almost Like Praying"
Happy Listening,
Angie
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