Hey Joseito "Mateo"
I am not going to give you the pleasure of staying out of this one, but there are two kinds of bachata. There is bachata fina and bachata popular. Bachata fina is what Juan Luis Guerra would do. People in the barrios would not get caught dead listening to that boring crap by 440. Bachata popular is the stuff that really sells and is all over the place. So I am only going to consider bachata popular. The other one is as dead as Balaguer.
Like it or not, Obsesion can't stay out of this. It is by far the most popular bachata song ever. Even after many, many months in radio play and record shops it continues to dominate the market like no other song.
Since I am not into bachata I don't know any better, but I am right on this one.
As to your friend Enrique Iglesias...I would rather listen to 24 hours of bachata and not one of his songs in Spanish. Enrique got lucky. He got a superb arrangement and fine engineering into one of his songs, and I actually like it. It is not his fault it is that good. The name of the song is "I don't know why I love to see you cry" in English. He ought to be thankful for technology and good writing.
TW
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