Tropical fusion is a broad category of Latin music styles based on tropical music, which was used once as a genre for the 2012 Latin Grammy Awards as " Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album." The various musical genres comprising tropical fusion include Salsa, contemporary tropical, traditional tropical, cumbia, and vallenato.{{cite web, title=The Latin Recording Academy Nominees , url=http://www.latingrammy.com/en/winners/6-tropical , work=The Latin Grammy.com , accessdate=15 August 2012 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402063810/http://www.latingrammy.com/en/winners/6-tropical , archivedate=April 2, 2012 These musical genres have had a significant influence on tropical fusion.

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Music of Latin America Caribbean music Spanish-language music 2010s in Latin music