- To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Latin music, by creating and improving articles related to the subject
- To be involved in discussions and debates relating to "Latin music" including and not limited to:
merges, citations, other references, image issues, splits, cleanup, formatting, and expansion.
- Reduce trivial information, speculation, point of view, and anything else that violates Wikipedia's core article policies.
- Bring numerous articles to Good Article, Featured Article, and/or Featured List status.
- Maintain and improve the Latin music portal.
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- Defining "Latin music"
In the music industry, "Latin music" has a broad definition due to music journalists, musicologists, and other music sources having different views of what makes an artist or a recording "Latin". For the purpose of simplicity and from past discussions, The Latin Recording Academy's definition of "Latin music" is used as the basis for the project's scope while Billboard and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)'s definition are used as supplements. Therefore, the Latin music project scope mainly focuses on the following:
- Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking music and its genres from Ibero-America. Ibero-America, as defined by the Latin Recording Academy, encompasses Latin America, Spain, Portugal, as well as the Latino population of Canada and the United States. [1]
- Vocal recordings in Spanish and Portuguese from anywhere around the world.
- Music sung in languages, dialects or idiomatic expressions recognized in Ibero-America such as Catalan, Nahuatl, Quechua, Galician, Valencian, and Mayan.
- Instrumental Latin music genres and compositions by Ibero-American musicians.
- Criteria for inclusion
Biographies
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A biography that has met the notability requirements outlined at WP:BIO may be included within this project if it meets one of the following criteria.
- For vocal artist and bands:
- Records in Spanish, Portuguese or any dialect or language of any out of the countries of Ibero-American.
- For instrumental musicians, the project covers any of the following:
- Predominantly performs Ibero-American rhythmical elements, instrumentations, and genres, possibly including a variety of musical styles, and arrangements.
- Musicians of Latin heritage or a composer of Ibero-American heritage may also be included so long as they do not lend themselves to confusion (for example, they perform music that has Greek elements and are thus not included in the project scope because the nature of the work does not correspond to any Latin genre).
- For reference on which types of music is covered by the project, refer to the Category Definitions page at the Latin Grammy website which includes the categories that allows instrumental music.
- Composers, songwriters, producers, and any other music executives or personnel involved with the Latin music industry falls under the project scope as well.
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Recordings
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A recording that has met the notability requirements outlined at WP:NMUSIC may be included within this project if it meets one of the following criteria.
- For vocal recordings:
- 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish, Portuguese or in languages or dialects in Ibero-America or any combination of these languages.
- Spanish or Portuguese-language versions of a song originally recorded in another language may be included in the project scope if said version meets WP:NSONGS.
- Spanish- or Portuguese-language cover versions of a song recorded in another language may also also included in the project if the cover version meets the standards at WP:SONGCOVER.
- For instrumental music, any recording containing works by Ibero American authors and composers (no matter who plays) or it is interpreted by Ibero American artists, even though the work is authored by someone other than an Ibero American, can be entered provided it meets one of the following:
- Have recognized Latin rhythms such as genres from Ibero-America.
- Be performed by a musician of Latin heritage .
- Or have been composed by someone of Ibero-American heritage and does not lend itself to confusion (for example, a song that has Greek elements but was composed/interpreted by a Latino may not be accepted, because the nature of the work does not correspond to any Latin genre).
- In the case of classical music, due to the nature of the genre, works recorded in Latin, German, English, Italian, French or any other language may, at the discretion of either the article's main contributor(s) or consensus at the article's talk page be included provided that the composer is of Ibero-American origin.
- For a more in-depth look on which types of instrumental recordings are covered by the project scope, refer to the Category Definitions page at the Latin Grammy website.
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- Automatic inclusions
- When in doubt if an album or a song falls under the Latin music project scope, use this guide as an example of what recordings can be included under the project scope:
- Any album that has ranked on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart. The only exception is if Billboard later determines it does not belong on that chart by removing it. For example, Santana's Supernatural debuted at number-one on the Top Latin Albums in 1999, but was removed the following week after Billboard determined that the album did not meet the linguistic requirement.
- Any song that has ranked on one of following charts by Billboard: Hot Latin Songs (from October 20, 2012 onwards), Latin Streaming Songs, Latin Pop Airplay (from August 15, 2020 onwards), Tropical Airplay (from January 21, 2017 onwards), Latin Rhythm Airplay (from January 8, 2011 onwards). Songs that have ranked on the charts prior to the dates mentioned are determined case-by-case.
- Any recordings that have received a Latin certification from the RIAA.
- Any album or song that has received a Grammy nomination in the Latin field (including Best Latin Jazz Album). Likewise, any album or song that has received a Latin Grammy nomination.
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