Vocalist Rosalia earned the Alt.Latino critics' top spot in 2018. Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
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Stream all 50 of NPR Music's Best Albums Of 2018 on Spotify. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Childish Gambino (left) performs onstage during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival. Rosalía speaks onstage during the 19th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards. Janelle Monae performs in Los Angeles in June and Kacey Musgraves performs at the 2018 Stagecoach Festival in April. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia; David Becker/Getty Images for LARAS; Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Stagecoach hide caption
This month's Heavy Rotation features music by Calvin Arsenia. Jenny Wheat/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
This week's Alt.Latino playlist features music by Rene Lopez. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Get cooking to songs by Sly & the Family Stone, Jill Scott, Sam & Dve and India.Arie. DNY59/Getty Images hide caption
Beyoncé performs onstage during Coachella on April 14, 2018. Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Coachella hide caption
Héctor Buitrago and Andrea Echeverri of the band Aterciopelados in costume for the music video of the song, "Dúo." Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Catalán flamenco singer Rosalía in the music video for her song "Di Mi Nombre," from the same album that includes "Maldición." Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
U2's eighth studio album, Zooropa, was released on July 5, 1993 on Island Records. Courtesy of Island Records hide caption