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Hey, listeners, got a special episode for you today. It's from our friends over at the NPR podcast. It's been a minute with Sam Sanders.

For the last month, the team over there has been working on a series about crossover and pop music across three different decades.

Today, we bring you one part of that series.

One, because I'm an enormous Sam Sanders fan.

And two, because we thought it might be something you all would be interested in.

A look at the so-called Latin explosion of the late 1990s.

Who was this Latin explosion actually for?

And what were the business considerations behind it?

And what does Livin La Vida Loca have to do with all of it?

Find out in this episode.

Without further ado, here's Sam Sanders.

Let's go back to February 24th, 1999.

I can recall this night in detail because that was the night the Grammys were broadcast that

year.

And in terms of award shows, those 41st annual Grammy Awards had everything.

This was the night Lauren Hill won five Grammys, including album of the year for the

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