World music superstar Shakira continues her massive 'Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran' world tour this year. One of the few Latin music stars to also dominate the English language charts, Shakira, who hails from Colombia, is best known in North America for her breakout hit 'Whenever, wherever', and the inescapable jam 'Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean)', which remains one of the best-selling digital singles of all time. With her unmistakable vocals, which incorporate the odd yodel here and there, real songwriting chops and some very truthful hips, Shakira is a real all-rounder.

Jalisco rockers Mana have been touring, performing and creating Latin pop-rock for almost thirty years, since two former Sombrero Verde band members placed a newspaper ad seeking a drummer way back in 1986. The rest is history - safe to say that three decades later, Mana are not only still going strong but have accrued a mammoth tally of hit singles and music awards too.

Los Angeles Azules brings the true sound of Cumbia music to cities across the US in their latest tour. Formed in Mexico in 1975 this family affair has been making music and touring together for the last 40 plus years. In 2001 they celebrated their 20th anniversary in true style with getting nominated at the Billboard Latin Music Awards.

One of Mexico's biggest international superstars around the turn of the new century, Alejandro Fernandez aka El Potrillo (The Colt) had first established himself in the early '90s as a champion of ranchera music before crossing over to the Latin pop mainstream in 1997 with the chart-topping album Me Estoy Enamorando. His hit song, Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti, was an instant success amongst soap opera fans and took a mere 17 days to be certified Platinum!

With the same moniker of the Greek god of love, Eros Ramazzotti has some large shoes to fill. Luckily his chiselled features and romantic way with words (he writes songs in Spanish AND Italian) have catapulted the Italian balladeer to international fame - he has performed and written duets with the likes of Tina Turner, Pavarotti, Ricky Martin and Cher!