Billboard Latin Music Week returns to Miami Beach with big Q&As and 150-song playlist
Pitbull, Becky G, Maluma and Rubén Blades will take questions on stage at Billboard Latin Music Week. The four-day gathering runs Oct. 19-22 at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach. It is built around talks, question-and-answer sessions and live discussion.
This is the 37th edition of the event, according to Billboard. The week will close with the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards. That awards show will air Oct. 22 on Telemundo and Peacock.
The Superstars and Icons Q&As are on-stage conversations with leading acts. This year they will feature Pitbull, Fuerza Regida, Anuel AA, Becky G, Kany García, Maluma and Rubén Blades. A Q&A means the artist discusses career and current work in front of an audience.
Other sessions focus on particular scenes and sounds. The New Urban Movement panel will feature Quevedo, Trueno and Kidd Voodoo. The three artists represent different corners of Latin urban music, the broad term for hip-hop, reggaetón and trap influences in Spanish.
A separate panel is titled Reparto: Cuba's Modern-Day Soundscape. It will feature Bebeshito, DJ Conds, Rey Tony, Helabusador and Wow Popy. The session puts the spotlight on Cuban street music and its producers and vocalists.
The Love and Music panel will feature two couples who record and perform. Jay Wheeler will appear with Zhamira, and Jessi Uribe will appear with Paola Jara. The programme also lists The Women's Panel and The New Mexican Music Generation, which centres on the Mexican country-rooted style now charting in the United States.
Billboard has also published a companion playlist featuring this year's confirmed talent. The list runs for more than eight hours and includes more than 150 songs. It is intended as a way to hear everyone booked for the week in one place.
Three of the songs on that list led a Billboard chart in 2026. They are "Marlboro Rojo" by Fuerza Regida, "Inglés en Miami" by Rawayana and Manuel Turizo, and "Chévere (premium_remix)" by Aria Vega and Ryan Castro. A No. 1 on a Billboard chart means the track topped that week's ranking for sales, streams or radio play.
Registration for the Oct. 19-22 week is open. For fans following from home, this means eight hours of listening before a note is played in Miami Beach.
