Shakira the world’s most popular Latin musician

The latest global download survey by Nokia’s Ovi Music reveals Shakira is the world’s most popular Latin musician in 2010.

She currently tops the Latin download charts in over 35 countries and claims four out of the world’s ten most downloaded Latin tracks – with her latest album and lead single She Wolf currently top of the Ovi Music download charts.

TOP TEN LATINO ARTISTS GLOBALLY (based on 2010 Ovi Music downloads):

Artist
Country of origin

1. Shakira
Colombia

2. Alejandro Fernández
Mexico

3. Camila
Mexico

4. Luis Miguel
Mexico

5. Legião Urbana
Brazil

6. Thalia
Mexico

7. Vicente Fernández
Mexico

8. Chayanne
Puerto Rico

9. José José
Mexico

10. Pedro Fernández
Mexico


TOP TEN LATINO DOWNLOADS GLOBALLY (based on 2010 Ovi Music downloads):

Artist
Song

1. Shakira
She Wolf

2. Shakira
Did it Again

3. Camila
Mientes

4. Camila
Dejarte De Amar

5. Thalia
Equivocada

6. Victor & Leo
Borboletas

7. Venegas Julieta
Bien o Mal

8. Shakira
Lo Hecho Está Hecho

9. Shakira
Loba

10. Baute Carlos
Colgando En Tus Manos (con Marta Sanchez)

In Germany, the top ten Latin music downloads all come from Shakira, while in Austria and the UK nine of the top ten Latin music downloads belong to the Colombian star. Latin music fans in China, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland are further proof of Shakira’s global domination of Latin music, with the singer behind eight of the top ten Latino tracks downloaded in these markets.

According to the research, the world’s biggest Latin music download hotpots are Mexico and Brazil, who are responsible for over 90 per cent of Latin music downloads between them (61 per cent and 31 per cent relatively); Finland comes in third as Europe’s biggest Latino downloader, followed by Spain and the UK.

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