Latin Alternative
Latin alternative is a catch-all for Latin American and Latino artists who mix rock, electronic music, hip hop or pop with regional folk styles outside the mainstream.
A song might put cumbia or son rhythms under distorted guitars, or pair folk instruments with synths and samples. The term came into use in the 1990s as a name for bands that did not fit Latin pop or straightforward rock en español. It is wider than Latin rock, since it includes electronic and hip hop acts, and the Latin Grammys have a category for alternative music.
Artists it is known for: Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados, Bomba Estéreo, Julieta Venegas.
- Family
- Latin
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A broad heading
- From
- Latin America and the US, 1990s
- Also called
- alterlatino
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 4%
About 3,600 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have latin alternative among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Latin Alternative artists
Mon Laferte
Soda Stereo
Gustavo Cerati
Enjambre
Zoé
Los Enanitos Verdes
El Cuarteto De Nos
Caifanes
Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
Andrés Calamaro
The latin alternative artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.