Dance music is forever mining the past to inform the present, and this year was no different.
Throughout 2022, a wide swathe of DJs and producers reached back to the sounds of '90s and early 2000s rave, Eurodance and hard dance to give their sets a jolt..
Latine pop music continued to thrive and evolve in unexpected ways in 2022.
Remezcla is looking back at 10 of our favorite songs of the year in pop and dance music.
The lines of what constitutes Latine pop music continued to be blurred as different genres blended.
Spending 15 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — the most for any song ever by a U.K. act — “As It Was” set the tone for what a pop song can and should be in 2022, as its combination of immediate accessibility and evolving depth make the 100th listen as rewarding as the first. — M.N.
The Colombian superstar dabbled in Afrobeats for her feel-good anthem “Provenza.” The music video was the most viewed of 2022 on VEVO, and it helped position her as the most-watched artist on the platform.
Bad Bunny similarly experimented with dance music in the dreamy “Neverita” from his blockbuster album Un Verano Sin Ti.
Karol G stepped away from reggaeton momentarily to deliver one of the biggest songs of the year.
The Colombian superstar dabbled in Afrobeats for her feel-good anthem “Provenza.” The music video was the most viewed of 2022 on VEVO, and it helped position her as the most-watched artist on the platform.
