Bachata may refer to:
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Bachata (music)
Bachata is a genre of music that originated in the Dominican Republic in the 20th century. It is a fusion of southwestern European influences, mainly Spanish guitar music, with indigenous Taino and Sub Saharan African musical elements, represe ...
, a genre of Latin American music
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Traditional bachata
Traditional bachata is a subgenre of Bachata (music), Bachata music genre. It refers to the acoustic style of bachata that was popular in the Dominican Republic from the 1960s until about 1990. For most of that period, bachata was performed with tw ...
, a subgenre of bachata music
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Bachata (dance)
Bachata is a style of social dance from the Dominican Republic which is now danced all over the world. It is connected with bachata music.
Description
In partnering, the lead can decide whether to perform in open, semi-closed or closed pos ...
, a dance style from the Dominican Republic
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Bachatón
Bachatón (also known as bachateo) is a fusion genre of reggaeton from Puerto Rico and bachata from the Dominican Republic. Bachaton combines bachata melodies and reggaeton style beats, lyrics, rapping, and disc jockeying. The word "bachatón" is ...
, a hybrid bachata/reggaeton music style
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"Bachata" (song), a song by Lou Bega
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La Bachata
"La Bachata" is a single by Colombian singer Manuel Turizo. Written by Turizo, Edgar Barrera, Andrés Jael Correa Rios, Miguel Andrés Martinez and Turizo's manager Juan Diego Medina, the song was released in May 2022 and reached number one in Ar ...
", a song by Manuel Turizo
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Bachata Rosa
''Bachata Rosa'' (English: ''Rose Bachata'') is the fifth studio album by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his group 4.40. It was released on 11 December 1990, by Karen Records. It brought bachata music into the mainstream in ...
'', the fifth studio album by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his group 4.40
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Bachata en Fukuoka", single released by Juan Luis Guerra for his album ''A Son de Guerra''
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Bachata Number 1's (disambiguation), a number of compilation albums with the title
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