How to Use reggaeton in a Sentence

reggaeton

noun
  • Cafecito and reggaeton are as much a part of the culture as palm trees and neon lights.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • The reggaeton and Latin trap sensation is among the most-streamed Latin artists in the world.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Tainy turned out the weirdest reggaeton record to date.
    Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Don Omar has been one of the biggest names in reggaeton since rising to fame in the early 2000s.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 18 June 2024
  • But, who said that reggaeton and trap was born only for men?
    Suzette Fernandez, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2017
  • It was meant to salute the singer of the reggaeton hit, Luis Fonsi, who had introduced Biden.
    Will Weissert and Adriana Gomez Licon, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
  • Karol G is most known for her reggaeton and Latin music.
    al, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Dangond blends his vallenato with traces of reggaeton and salsa in a track where the man steps in to help the girl get over a louse.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 29 June 2018
  • Balvin, Luny from reggaeton pioneers Luny Tunes, and will.i.am are among the stars who drop by to help the aspiring artists along the way.
    Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2023
  • From a business perspective, this is smart since reggaeton is the fifth-biggest genre in the U.S.
    Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 22 Oct. 2023
  • It's made him, alongside Bad Bunny and Maluma, leaders of a new wave of reggaeton.
    Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Then, the mood lightened, the evening progressed and reggaeton, wine and conversation flowed until the late hours of the night.
    Mahira Rivers, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • La gente want reggaeton — and Ryan Castro and Blessd are bringing it.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2024
  • Little by little, reggaeton, rap, and bad news are heard again in the distance.
    Alan Hernández Pastén, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The world knows him as Bad Bunny, a name the 26-year-old Puerto Rican reggaeton artist gave himself as a joke.
    New York Times, 10 Oct. 2020
  • This Puerto Rican reggaeton has been building a buzz since 2016 with a video of him singing.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The two live performances of the festival feature a range of West African, hip hop and reggaeton dances.
    Alex Haddon, The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2024
  • The track has the old-fashioned, clip-clop beat of a cumbia, not the reggaeton or trap rhythms that dominate Latin urban radio.
    New York Times, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The catchy urban thumping beats feature the unique sound of Colombian reggaeton along with Maluma and Feid’s slang throughout the song.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 10 June 2022
  • The former teen sensation's music is a blend of reggaeton, pop and Latin trap.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Maluma and his fellow Colombians Feid and Sky make a suave reggaeton slow-burner.
    Raisa Bruner, Time, 1 Nov. 2019
  • With Yandel, Wisin became the first reggaeton artist to win a Grammy, but the duo split for solo careers (for now) four years ago.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2017
  • The catchy song, which is a fusion of reggaeton and pop, dominated the radio airwaves and charts this year.
    Johnny Diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The Colombian singer is a part of a Latin reggaeton boom that has captured fashion’s imagination in the last year.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 5 July 2019
  • After this initial gold rush, many reggaeton artists went back to the drawing board, thirsty for fresh takes on their beloved homegrown sounds.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The parties usually took place in the back of someone's house or an empty warehouse, and the music of choice was 2000s hip-hop and reggaeton.
    Janice Llamoca, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The Colombian and Puerto Rican stars are known for their nimble mix of reggaeton, pop and hip-hop, sampling from all kinds of Latin sounds.
    Raisa Bruner, Time, 28 June 2019
  • Hip-hop became a crucial touch point for country music, for reggaeton, for hard rock, for K-pop and much more.
    Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The reggaeton internet—along with scholars and critics—has been waiting for this shoe to drop.
    Isabelia Herrera, Pitchfork, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Here, reggaeton and bachata butt up against chiptune and pop and are kissed through the phone by Julio and Wisin and, naturally, Soulja.
    Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024

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