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Spanish house music DJ Juan Magán has an active international following and also a successful career as a producer of club hits such as "Bora Bora," "Verano Azul," and "Mariah." Based in Barcelona, he began his production career in tandem with fellow producers César del Rio and his brother Victor Magán, and also released occasional solo productions. His early success came in tandem with Marcos Rodriguez. Billing themselves as Magán & Rodriguez, the production duo released the 2008 full-length album Suave, which spawned the club smashes "Suck My," a Top Five hit on the Spanish singles chart, and "Bora Bora," a Top 20 hit on the same chart. Following his collaboration with Rodriguez, Magán had a Top Five hit the next year with "Verano Azul." A second solo production, "Mariah," was released as a single in 2009 on the We Love Asere! label and also hit the Spanish singles chart.

Magán released a slew of singles over the next couple of years, including the Pitbull-featuring "Bailando por el Mundo," which reached the top spot on the Billboard Latin Singles chart. Arriving in 2012, Magán's debut album, The King of Dance, saw him nominated for a Latin Grammy, while the album propelled him to the number five spot in the Spanish album chart. That same year also saw a huge number of singles, including tracks with the late American Tejano artist Selena (a remix of her song "Is It the Beat?") and Puerto Rican singer and actor Don Omar. By 2015, Magán had worked with the likes of VASSY and Enrique Iglesias and become a regular on the South American charts, while also releasing his sophomore album, The King Is Back: #LatinIBIZAte. Magán continued to DJ and perform throughout 2016 as well as releasing an EP (Quiero Que Sepas) and a handful of singles including "Love Me," a collaboration with Mexican pop act Urband5 and British singer/songwriter Tara MacDonald. "Rápido, Brusco, Violento," a collaboration with BnK, was released in 2017. Over a half-dozen singles followed into 2018, including Spanish Top Ten singles "Dejate Llevar," "Usted," and "Ni la Hora." ~ Jason Birchmeier & Rich Wilson

Guaynaa is a Puerto Rican reggaetonero, rapper, singer, and songwriter best known for the 2019 smash single and viral video "Rebota," a conscious (yet innovative) throwback to the Afro-Latino roots of 1990s reggaeton, complete with hard, spiky, dembow beats, and perreo dancing. He also inspired the #RebotaChallenge, a social media phenomenon that had fans of the song posting their own video takes on perreo. (Even Karol G participated.) Guaynaa (whose given name is Jean Carlos Santiago Pérez), is not a revivalist, he sees the reggaeton lineage as a fertile ground for innovation in urban Latin Music and much Latin pop.

The artist was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, not in Guaynabo as many think, given his stage name. Though he had been singing and rapping for most of his life, the music bug bit hard after he graduated from high school and was attending college. He began posting covers and originals on his Twitter account and YouTube, including his debut, 2015's "La Pista Esta Fea" b/w "Mothafoca" under the moniker Janko El Guayna. He went back to writing and studio work to hone his craft. In July of 2018, he released the video single "Pirateando," which racked up a respected two million views. In the fall, as a response to Hurricane Maria, he dropped the inspiring "Huracán María Freestyle" after the tragic storm that devastated the island. It became a staple on the nation's radio stations and circulated widely across the Caribbean, resulting in his signing to Sony. Deeply influenced by the writing of Calle 13's Residente and the business acumen and performance style of Daddy Yankee, Guaynaa got right back to work, and by December had dropped the video for "Rebota," which clocked nearly 200 million views during its first three months. It became a constant on PR radio, spreading his reputation to the rest of the United States and Latin America. Later that month he enlisted Samuel Del Valle and Joselito Hernandez to assist him on the holiday single "Navidad en Puertorri." In January, he issued the #RebotaChallenge, a video and social media trend that began to spread as far away as Europe and Asia. Guaynaa became a fixture not only on radio, but television as well. In February he dropped the single "La Stripper" and guested with Karly & Yoe on their track "Parties de Escuelas." He collaborated with Ñejo on the hit "Mi Leona" that dropped in March, and guested on "Machuqueo" for Paulino Rey, along with Brray and Chris Wandell. In April, he was invited to join Bad Bunny on-stage for a thunderous version of "Rebota." Soon after, KRZ and Guaynaa collaborated on the single "Bugalú." ~ Thom Jurek