Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is the best-selling Latin female artist of all time, a Colombian-Lebanese singer-songwriter who has sold 100+ million records worldwide across a 30-year career. In her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran era (2024), she transformed a very public split from footballer Gerard Piqué into a global cultural phenomenon - breaking Guinness World Records with her Bizarrap session, sweeping the Latin Grammys, winning the MTV Video Vanguard Award, and releasing her most commercially and critically successful album in years. She writes her own music, speaks six languages, holds an IQ of 140, and runs a foundation that has educated thousands of Colombian children.
Peso Pluma (Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija) is the 25-year-old Mexican singer-songwriter from Zapopan, Jalisco who turned corridos tumbados - the fusion of traditional Mexican corridos with trap beats and hip-hop swagger - into a global phenomenon. In under five years, he broke a 64-year Billboard Hot 100 record, won a Grammy, became Mexico's most-streamed Spotify artist of all time, and built Double P Records into an independent powerhouse. His albums Génesis and Éxodo redefined what regional Mexican music could mean on a world stage.