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Kim Viera, Daddy Yankee Show You 'Como': Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week

Nuyorican newcomer Kim Viera teams up with Daddy Yankee for a summer love hit, Arcangel and J Balvin go disco-over-dembow and Dillon Francis and De La Ghetto keep moombahton alive.
In "Como," the undisputed king of reggaeton joins forces with newcomer Kim Viera for an <em>urbano</em> reinvention of the summer love song.

As we melt into the thick of the summer's second half, Latin artists of every genre are gearing up to soundtrack the golden hours of late summer. Kim Viera's "Como" with Daddy Yankee is a yearning celebration of fleeting summer love that reaches from "right now to forever." Arcangel released his long-awaited fifth album, with some surprising genre twists. Dillon Francis devotes a whole album to the concept of the "Featured Latin Artist." And a rising Mexican regional singer pens a traditional song for

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