
The Year's Music in Review: Late 2021
Finishing with Part 4 of notable music in 2021, this chart covers songs which interested me in the last few months of the year. (Part 1 is Early 2021; Part 2 is Spring 2021, Part 3 is Summer 2021). Salsa is my focus, but other genres are included. Listed here are 150 tracks --not the usual 140, since I added 10 bonus salsa songs released in 2021.

Lists 1 to 8 are about salsa, with ten songs each. The other lists have five songs. For information about how lists were organized, see the project description and the notes at the bottom of this page.
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The tracks in these lists start on Spotify/Music as #31 (Lists 1-8) or as #16 (Lists 9-18).
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Categories
Salsa | Other Latin | Other Genres | Mixes

Salsa
1. CONTEMPORARY SALSA - New
Released in late 2021
Tracks 31-40

Tracks 41-50 (Bonus)

Still Hot from 2020
Special Pick: "Lo Bueno Está Aquí"

2. CONTEMPORARY SALSA - Recent
Still Hot from 2020
Tracks 31-40

Winners from the 2010s
Special Pick: "El Son Guaguancó"

3. CONTEMPORARY SALSA - Anthems
(Winners From the 2010s)
Tracks 31-40

The Millenial Era
Special Pick: "Yo Tengo Lo Mio"

4. Contemporary SALSA - nostalgic
(The Millennial Era)
Tracks 31-40

(Tracks 21-30)
The Golden Era
Special Pick: "Por Que Adoré"

5. CLASSIC SALSA
(The Golden Era)
Tracks 31-40

Songs for my Father
Special Pick: "Caña y Coco"

6. THE ROOTS OF SALSA
Songs for my Father
Tracks 31-40

Missed Gems Discovered in 2021
Special Pick: "Mi Amigo Licor"

7. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
(Missed Gems Discovered in 2021)
Tracks 31-40

Exclusively Cuban Artists
Special Pick: "Tú No Suenas"

8. SPOTLIGHT: Cuba
Exclusively Cuban Artists
Tracks 31-40

Other Latin Music
Spotlight: Japan
Special Pick: "Descarga Con Vibes"

9. SPOTLIGHT: Japan
Exclusively Japanese Artists
Tracks 16-20

Full Circle
Special Pick: "Guajira Ven"

10. SPOTLIGHT: Africa
Full Circle
Tracks 16-20

New & Recent Bachata
Special Pick: "La Bachata"

11. Spotlight: Bachata
New & Recent