Genre Lens

What is Reggaetón?

Built on the "dembow" rhythm — a distinctive syncopated boom-ch-boom-chick pattern that never lets up — with Spanish-language vocals.

Latin88–100 BPM typical
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Listen for
  • dembow drum pattern
  • Spanish vocals
  • deep synth bass
  • party-oriented hook
Reference artists
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Anchors rather than an exhaustive canon — if your track sits near these, this is probably the right label.

Usual tempo 88–100 BPM. Sitting outside that range does not disqualify a track; it just makes the tells matter more.

Easy to confuse with

The nearest neighbours in Latin, by tempo. If Reggaetón does not quite fit, one of these usually does.

  • Latin Pop95–130 BPM

    Pop structure and production with Latin rhythmic and instrumental colour, usually sung in Spanish or Portuguese.

  • Salsa / Tropical150–250 BPM

    Live Afro-Cuban dance music — clave-driven percussion, piano montuno patterns, horn sections and call-and-response vocals.