The Most Popular Spanish Songs of 2020 for Learning Spanish
Are you fascinated by popular Spanish songs? Their rhythm, lyrics, and melodies are fantastic.
By reading this blog post, you’ll discover the most popular Spanish songs of 2020, what they’re about, essential vocabulary, and their lyrics. Let’s go!
10 Popular Spanish Songs
For starters, let’s make it clear that these popular Spanish songs are rated G, meaning they’re for general audiences. This is great because you’ll feel comfortable listening to them anytime and anyplace—whether alone or with friends, parents, children.
At the end of each song you’ll find a link to the song and a table of helpful vocabulary in Spanish. Off we go!
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1. Nada by Cali y El Dandee, Danna Paola
The first of our popular Spanish songs is about how a girl learned to forget her loved one. She gave him all she had, but he looked for love with someone else. Now, although she feels lonely, she’s stronger and doesn’t want to get back together with him.
It’s a song with a reggaeton beat, so you’ll definitely feel the Latin spice while listening to it!
Listen on YouTube.
Vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
| Nadando (nadar) | Swimming |
| Las lágrimas | Tears |
| Ahogué (ahogar) | I drowned |
| Olvidarte (olvidar) | Forget you |
| Comparte (compartir) | Share |
| La culpa | Fault |
2. Bebé by Camilo
This bachata song will make you want to dance immediately!
Camilo sings about how he only wants to be with his loved one, but for some reason she left. He asks “why? Tell me why you left baby, why don’t you miss me and call me?”
If you’re looking for popular Spanish songs to listen at the beach, in the car, or when you want to dance with someone and show them your moves, this is the one. Note that it has a bit of Spanish rap; this part is fast, but the rest of this great song is easy to understand.
Listen on YouTube.
Vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
| La’o (abbreviation for lado) | Side |
| Pa’ (abbreviation for para) | For |
| Fuiste | You left |
| Dímelo | Tell me |
| Me llamas | Call me |
| Me extrañas | Miss me |
| Demoro | Delay |
| ‘Toy (abbreviation for estoy) | I am |
3. Un beso en Madrid by Tini and Alejandro Sánz
This is one of my personal favorite songs of this list. Tini and Alejandro’s voices together are perfection. This is a slower song about a young love that wasn’t meant to be. They remember how they used to play, the letters they wrote, and how much they loved and adored each other.
However, the last thing they have of each other is their last kiss in Madrid. They still miss and love one another, but they decided to go on with their lives and just remember their love. It’s the perfect song to relax, remember good old times, and think about love.
Listen on YouTube.
Vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
| El recuerdo (recordar) | Remember |
| Contigo | With you |
| Leías (leer) | Read |
| La mente | Mind |
| La carta | Letter |
| Suficiente | Enough |
| Rota | Broken |
| Despedí (despedir) | I said goodbye |
| Adoré (adorar) | Adore |
| La historia | Story |
| La canción | Song |
| El beso | Kiss |
4. Vida de rico by Camilo
With over 437 million views on YouTube, this one’s the top of the most popular Spanish songs on this list. It’s about how he can’t give his loved one a rich life, but he promises her a life full of joy, love, and support. He says although he doesn’t have a lot, everything he has also belongs to her, and although he can’t give her lots of money, he can give her lots of kisses.
Fans love everything about this song: the video, lyrics, and the meaning behind it. It’s the kind of song you listen to in the car, while doing homework, while taking a shower, and pretty much anywhere.
Listen to the song on YouTube.
Vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
| Ofrecerte | Offer |
| Pa’ (abbreviation for para) | For |
| Insignificante | Insignificant |
| Pa’l (abbreviation for para el) | For |
| El abanico | Hand fan |
| Pegadito | Close to |
| El orgullo | Pride |
| Tuyo | Yours |
| La mentira | Lie |
| Acostumbraría (acostumbrar) | Would get used |
| La piscina | Pool |
| Diosito | God (diminutive) |
5. Cumbiana by Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives made us fall in love with this vallenato style song.
It’s about how he believes life with his loved one is real, how life with her means being alive. He asks her to look at him, love him, sit by his side, and tell him her dreams and sorrows. He loves her so much that’s willing to move mountains if it’s necessary.
It’s the kind of song you enjoy while eating, getting ready to go out, driving in the car, or hanging out with your friends and family.
Listen to the song on YouTube.
Vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
| Las bayas | Berries |
| El huerto | Orchard |
| Los zepelines | Zeppelins |
| El galán | Gallant |
| Cumbiana* | the name of Carlos Vives’ album |
| Sublime | Sublime |
| Las grosellas | Gooseberries |
| Los jureles | Horse mackerel |
| Susurrarte (susurrar) | Whisper to you |
| El mecedor | Rocking chair |
6. Los Consejos by Greeicy
Greeicy sings about how tough it is to love her special someone because he’s not there with her anymore. She had faith that they’d grow old together, but things changed for them. This is why she finally accepts the advice people gave her some time ago but explains that it hurts more than anything.
This is a calm (and kind of sad) song, you’d listen to it while being alone and trying to think about life and love. Personally, I love it because she expresses what many of us have felt, and I’m sure you may be able to identify, too.
Listen to the song on YouTube.
Vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
| El baúl | Trunk |
| Los recuerdos | Memories |
| Lejos | Far |
| Fe | Faith |
| Viejos | Old |
| Complejo | Complex |
| El espejo | Mirror |
| Los consejos | Advice |
| La velita (vela) | Candle |
| La risa | Laughter |
| El llanto | Crying |
7. Cartagena by Fonseca and Silvestre Dangond
In this song, these great artists ask for time to be with their loved ones. They want to take care of her, be able to spend time with her, and get back what they had in their relationship.
After this, they invite her to Cartagena, a city in Colombia to fall in love again. This song’s vallenato rhythm will hype you up; you’ll want to dance while listening to it. 100% recommended!
Listen to the song on YouTube.
Vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
| Absurdo | Absurd |
| Los antojos | Cravings |
| Curar | Cure |
| El tiempo | Time |
| Enamorarnos | We fall in love |
| Abrazaditos (diminutive of abrazados) | Hugging |
| Vamo’ (abbreviation of vamos) | Let’s go |
| La muralla | Wall |
8. Amén by Mau y Ricky, Ricardo, Camilo, and Evaluna Montaner
This one enters in the category of slow and popular Spanish songs. All the singers are family!
This song is about how they feel protected, loved, and supported by someone. They explain how nobody takes care of them and love them the way he does.
Because these singers are Christian (they don’t sing Christian songs, though), people believe this song is about God. However, you don’t need to be religious to enjoy it, you can just relate it to someone you love and care for. Honestly, I absolutely love this song, the way it makes you feel is out of this world. You must listen to this one!
Listen to the song on YouTube.
Vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
| El mundo | World |
| Al revés | Upside down |
| Los pies | Feet |
| Aquietar | Quiet |
| La inquietud | Restlessness |
| Juzgar | Judge |
| Reposo | Rest |
| El hueco | Hollow |
9. Pero te conocí by Reik
Were you waiting for a super romantic song? Well, this is it!
In this song, Reik (a band) sing about how they never believed in plans, but when they met “her” everything changed. She came to make things better, and without an explanation they fell deeply in love with her.
When you’re thinking about what a hopeless romantic you are, this is the song you should listen to! It will make you confirm that love exists and at the same time hope for it to come into your life (and if it’s already there, it’ll remind you of enjoying it).
Listen to the song on YouTube.
Vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
| Los planes | Plans |
| Roto | Broken |
| Curar | Cure |
| La estrella | Star |
| El mar | Sea |
| El corazón | Heart |
| Azar | Random |
10. Una y mil veces by MYA and Mau y Ricky
The last of our most popular Spanish songs, Una y mil veces is about how although this couple has a love/hate relationship, they choose to stay together a thousand times, because their love is something special that they choose to have every day.
In the end, they couldn’t live without each other. Probably the story of every couple’s lives, right? It’s also a song you listen to in traffic, while taking a shower, at work, or while having a meal with your family and friends.
Listen to the song on YouTube.
Vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
| Reclamas (reclamar) | Claims |
| Peleamos (pelear) | We fight |
| Las manías* | Hobbies |
| Juntos | Together |
| Brava* | Angry |
| El enojo | Anger |
| Los ratos | Times |
| Soportas (soportar) | To bear/stand it |
*Slang words
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