Myspace’s Latin Music explosion

“Part Latina, part Philipina, the singer Miss Issa describes her music as ‘a combination of R&B and Latin music’ and records on indie label SoundonSound Entertainment. You may not have heard of Miss Issa, as I had not, but on myspace.com she is mighty popular. Her page has been viewed 157,342 times, and she counts 15,808 users as ‘friends’ – people who sign up to send or receive information from her.

While this degree of popularity is now common on MySpace, in the Latin music realm the MySpace phenomenon has gone largely unnoticed even as the online community continues to amass Latin musicians in its ranks.

According to Roslynn Cobarrubias, urban coordinator for music, comedy and fashion at MySpace (Latin also falls under her purview), as of March 2, MySpace has 13,080 Latin music acts – a veritable explosion from the 1,000 Latin acts on MySpace in August.”

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