Top 10 Top 10 Merengue Performers
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1. Conjunto Quisqueya
One of the 1970s big bands that has adapted traditional folk rhythms into urban dance music.
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2. Fulanito
This band mixes merengue with rap and hip-hop to produce “merenhouse” music.
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3. Juan Luis Guerra
An international superstar, the classically trained musician blends jazz-influenced merengue and sentimental bachata music.
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4. Milly Quezada
“The Queen of Merengue” has been an internationally popular singer and bandleader since the 1970s.
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5. Los Hermanos Rosario
A six-brother boy band from Higüey, which recorded several bestselling albums in its 1980s heyday.
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6. Toño Rosario
Formerly of the Hermanos Rosario, Toño, a.k.a. El Cuco, is a modern-day merengue superstar.
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7. Luis Segura
Dubbed “the Father of Bachata”, the veteran Segura sings the tear-jerking Dominican version of C&W.
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8. Cuco Valoy
Prodigiously gifted and versatile musician credited with fusing African and Cuban influences into mainstream merengue.
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9. Wilfrido Vargas
Multitalented composer and performer who has popularized merengue across Latin America.
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10. Johnny Ventura
An extrovert exponent of brass-dominated dance music.
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