Annotations for People: Carrasco-angel

In the future you'll see a lot of crossover Latin artists getting more into the Anglo market and vice versa, and also the new breed of bilingual artists.

The record business for us, in the last five years, has been very profitable. We have grown a lot and we feel that Latin music now is getting recognition from other audiences. Europe, tropical music is very big, and then artists like Julio Iglesias and Gloria Estefan have helped us improve our image as far as [inaudible 0:22:30] is concerned. And that has opened up a lot different markets and different audiences that are buying our records.

The future is wonderful. I think in the future you'll see a lot of crossover Latin artists getting more into the Anglo market and vice versa. Also the new breed of bilingual artists, not only has Gloria made it big, but also [inaudible 00:23:53], who was also a local Cuban born guy, also produced by Emilio Estefan, has made it big. And I think the most important pop music for the Latin market is going to come out of the United States in the future.