Original sentence: Salsa romántica arose at a time when classic, big-band salsa, of the kind popularized by Fania Records in the 1970s, was taking a severe beating on the Latin record charts, owing to the merengue boom and the rise of Latin pop.and Puerto Rico, emphasis was taken away from the hard-hitting orchestrations of the 60s, 70s and early 80s, and focused mainly on the romantic, softer aspects of salsa, creating a mixture of earlier salsa brava and the ballad style
Edited sentence: Salsa romántica arose at a time when classic, big-band salsa, of the kind popularized by Fania Records in the late 1970s and early 80s, was taking a severe beating on the Latin record charts, owing to the merengue boom and the rise of Latin pop.and Puerto Rico, emphasis was taken away from the hard-hitting orchestrations of the 60s, 70s and 80s, and focused mainly on the romantic, softer aspects of salsa, creating a mixture of earlier salsa brava and the ballad style