Editing Music of Latin America (section)

===Dominican Republic===
{{Main|Music of the Dominican Republic|Merengue music|Perico Ripiao|Bachata (music)|Dominican rock}}
[[Merengue típico]] and [[Merengue music|Orchestra merengue]] have been popular in the Dominican Republic for many decades, and is widely regarded as the national music. [[Bachata (music)|Bachata]] is more recent arrival, arriving in the first half of the 20th century,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-19 |title=What is Bachata? {{!}} Incognito Dance |url=https://www.incognitodance.com/what-is-bachata-2/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=www.incognitodance.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> taking influences from the ''bolero'' and derived from the country's rural guitar music. Bachata has evolved and risen in popularity over the last 40 years in the Dominican Republic and other areas (such as [[Puerto Rico]]) with the help of artists such as [[Antony Santos]], [[Luis Segura]], [[Luis Vargas (musician)|Luis Vargas]], Teodoro Reyes, [[Yoskar Sarante]], [[Alex Bueno]], and [[Aventura (band)|Aventura]]. Bachata, merengue and salsa are now equally popular among Spanish-speaking Caribbean people. When the Spanish ''conquistadors'' sailed across the Atlantic they brought with them a type of music known as ''hesparo'', which contributed to the development of Dominican music. A romantic style is also popular in the Dominican Republic from vocalists such as Angela Carrasco, Anthony Rios, Maridalia Hernandez and Olga Lara. Reggaeton is currently one of the most popular genres coming out of the Dominican Republic. It has been recently popularized in night clubs with these high beats. This was made by the help of Dominican artist El Alfa. El Alfa has made "dembow" one of the most popular types of reggaeton. He has been able to produce highly played songs that are played in multiple countries.