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In the music industry, "Latin music" has a broad definition due to music journalists, musicologists, and other music sources having different views of what makes an artist or a recording "Latin". For the purpose of simplicity and from past discussions, the Latin Recording Academy's definition of "Latin music" is used as the basis for the project's scope while Billboard and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)'s definitions are used as supplements. Therefore, the Latin music project scope mainly focuses on the following:
Instrumental Latin music genres and compositions by Ibero-American musicians.
Criteria for inclusion
Biographies
A biography that has met the notability requirements outlined at WP:BIO may be included within this project if it meets one of the following criteria.
For vocal artist and bands:
Records in Spanish, Portuguese or any dialect or language of any out of the countries of Ibero-American.
For instrumental musicians, the project covers any of the following:
Predominantly performs Ibero-American rhythmical elements, instrumentations, and genres, possibly including a variety of musical styles, and arrangements.
Musicians of Latin heritage or a composer of Ibero-American heritage may also be included so long as they do not lend themselves to confusion (for example, they perform music that has Greek elements and are thus not included in the project scope because the nature of the work does not correspond to any Latin genre).
For reference on which types of music is covered by the project, refer to the Category Definitions page at the Latin Grammy website which includes the categories that allows instrumental music.
Composers, songwriters, producers, and any other music executives or personnel involved with the Latin music industry falls under the project scope as well.
Recordings
A recording that has met the notability requirements outlined at WP:NMUSIC may be included within this project if it meets one of the following criteria.
For vocal recordings:
51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish, Portuguese or in languages or dialects in Ibero-America or any combination of these languages.
Spanish or Portuguese-language versions of a song originally recorded in another language may be included in the project scope if said version meets WP:NSONGS.
Spanish- or Portuguese-language cover versions of a song recorded in another language may also also included in the project if the cover version meets the standards at WP:SONGCOVER.
For instrumental music, any recording containing works by Ibero American authors and composers (no matter who plays) or it is interpreted by Ibero American artists, even though the work is authored by someone other than an Ibero American, can be entered provided it meets one of the following:
Have recognized Latin rhythms such as genres from Ibero-America.
Be performed by a musician of Latin heritage .
Or have been composed by someone of Ibero-American heritage and does not lend itself to confusion (for example, a song that has Greek elements but was composed/interpreted by a Latino may not be accepted, because the nature of the work does not correspond to any Latin genre).
In the case of classical music, due to the nature of the genre, works recorded in Latin, German, English, Italian, French or any other language may, at the discretion of either the article's main contributor(s) or consensus at the article's talk page be included provided that the composer is of Ibero-American origin.
For a more in-depth look on which types of instrumental recordings are covered by the project scope, refer to the Category Definitions page at the Latin Grammy website.
For titles of Spanish- and Portuguese-language recordings, when the appropriate naming under existing guidelines is unclear, the project's suggestion is to use capitalization found on most English-language reliable sources rather than the capitalization utilized by either language. If there are no English-language reliable sources available, then use the capitalization found on either Spanish or Portuguese-language reliable sources instead. See also: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization) § Works of art and Wikipedia:Article titles § Foreign names and anglicization
