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Top 16 Latin Music Christmas Albums

by Tijana Ilich

Whether you're in the mood for traditional Christmas carols or something with a little more Latin flair, there's something for every taste in this list of Christmas albums. Flamenco? Brasilian? Tejano? Salsa? They're all available to put the spirit of Latin Christmas in your holiday.

1. Navidad Luis Miguel

Newly released, Luis Miguel gives us an album of Christmas music that is a compilation of standard Christmas fare, but sung in Spanish.

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2. Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano

Jose Feliciano first recorded this popular Christmas album in 1973 and you can still get the original, although the CD was remastered in 2002 and is also available. The album contains Feliciano's classic version of "Feliz Navidad".

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3. Navidad A Mi Estilo - Victor Manuelle

Victor Manuelle does Christmas his way in this new seasonal album. Release date: 11/13/07.

4. Una Fiesta Navidena - Jon Secada

Jon Secada's new Christmas album contains standard Christmas fare. If you'd rather have your Christmas music in English, he's also released a companion album titled A Christmas Fiesta. You can hear samples from both, and decide the worth of one (or both) of these CDs.

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5. Feliz Navidad - Hector Lavoe, Yomo Toro, Daniel Santos

If you're a Fania fan, here's a remastered gem that was released in October, 2006, featuring Hector Lavoe, "El Cantante". Even if it didn't have such great early salsa Christmas tunes, it would be worth it for the album cover.

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6. Asalto Navideno 2 - Willie Colon

Here's another newly remastered Fania album, this one featuring Willie Colon and friends. I wish we could all be having as much fun as these fellows sound like they're having.

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7. Asi Es Nuestra Navidad - Gilberto Santa Rosa & El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

For salsa fans, it's tough to come up with a better album than this pairing of El Gran Combo and Gilberto Santa Rosa. In fact, the album is so good that I play it all year around.

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8. Tejano Christmas Party

If you're a tejano music fan, this 1998 album is a sure fire winner. It features artist like La Mafia, Jay Perez, Los Palaminos, Fama and more making the season bright with Tex-Mex at its best.

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9. Navidad Duranguense

There are many types of Mexican music, but that sounds that come from the Mexican province of Durango seem to be gaining in popularity at a meteoric pace. Here's an album for fans of this musical meteor.

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10. Mi Navidad Flamenca - Isabel Pantoja

Let Isabel Pantoja brings a little of Andalusia to Christmas with her 2004 album of Christmas melodies. Don't forget to take out your castanets.

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