Byline: Gene Armstrong

Some listeners may need convincing, but there's more to the world of Latino pop music these days than "Livin' La Vida Loca," and these acts are here to prove it.

You'd have to be living under a rock to have missed actor-turned-singer Jennifer Lopez's No. 1 single "If You Had My Love" on the radio or on MTV.

Those who seek out Lopez's album, which already has sold a million copies, will find it a satisfying blend of modern r&b dance music, a bit of hip-hop and a touch of Latin flavor.

On it she works with such prestigious producers as Sean "Puffy" Combs, Rodney Jerkins and Emilio Estefan Jr.

"If You Had My Love" is, of course, irresistible. But so is the intoxicating Madonna-style disco...