Glamorous cumbia (also known as 90's Cumbia) is a genre of Argentine cumbia that is not necessarily identified with the lower social classes. The sobriquet of "glamorous" was given to it by the musician Hernán Vizia, of the band Gauchos Pesados. The formation emerged in Buenos Aires in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. Cumbia is a Colombian folk dance and dance music. ... Social class describes the relationships between people in hierarchical societies or cultures. ... Buenos Aires (Good Airs in Spanish, originally meaning Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U.S. presidential election, 2000 September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ...

The themes explored in the "glamorous" song lyrics are mostly romantic, the message is positive, and the attitude is glamorous and theatrical. The bands wear 19th century epoque outfits and jewelry, sometimes becoming close to an image that can be described like a Liberace style. The music, brilliant for nature and very identified with the 1980s and dance instruments, differs significantly from the other styles of cumbia, with synthesizers and keyboards as main instruments, electronic sounds and percussion, and a musical score very charged with vocal harmonies, bells, and trumpets (sometimes electronically synthesized as well). Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jewel can refer to Jewel, American singer. ... Liberace shows off his rings (circa 1980). ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... A classic FM synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7. ... Roland EXR-3 Keyboard Three-year-old girl playing with a keyboard The musical keyboard, also known as the piano keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers on a musical instrument which produce notes. ... An electronic musical instrument is a musical instrument that produces its sounds using electronics. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... Harmony is the use and study of pitch simultaneity and chords, actual or implied, in music. ... The bells of St Savas A bell is a simple sound-making device. ... Trumpeter performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the tuba, euphonium, trombone, sousaphone, and french horn. ...

The most representative bands and singers of the 1990s' glamorous cumbia are Ráfaga, Chakales Amar Azul, Potencia, La Rosa, Gilda, Antonio Ríos, Los Charros, Media Naranja, and Gauchos Pesados. Some traditional cumbia bands like Los Palmeras, Cali and Trulalá also made some songs in this style. Ráfaga is one of the most important bands of Argentine glamorous cumbia. ...

Around the beginning of the 2000s, probably influenced by the Argentine economic crisis, glamorous cumbia drifted slowly away from the spotlight, while the more aggressive cumbia villera ("shantytown cumbia") gained popularity (though mostly restricted to the urban lower classes). The Argentine economic crisis was part of the situation that affected Argentinas economy during the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Cumbia villera (shantytown cumbia, ) is a typically Argentine form of cumbia music born in the villas miseria (shantytowns) around Buenos Aires and then popularized in the villas of other large urban settlements. ...