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This is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1990.

Events

January 10 – EMI Latin bought Bob Grever's Cara Records, beginning the golden age of Tejano music.^[1]
February 21 – The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.^[2]
- José Feliciano wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance for his rendition of "Cielito Lindo"
- Ray Barretto and Celia Cruz wins the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Performance for their album Ritmo en el Corazón
- Los Lobos wins the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance for their album La Pistola y El Corazón .
February 10 –"Lambada" by French-Brazilian group Kaoma becomes the first non Spanish-language song to top the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart. The song is performed entirely in Portuguese.^[3]^[4]
May 23 – Billboard commences its first ever Latin Music Conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Miami, Florida.^[5]
May 24 – The 3rd Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Nicaraguan singer Luis Enrique is the most awarded artist with three wins.^[6]

Bands formed

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Bands on hiatus

Number-ones albums and singles by country

Awards

Albums released

First quarter

January

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
4	Con El Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan	José Luis Rodríguez
15	Goza Mi Timbal	Tito Puente

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
26	Nouveau Flamenco	Ottmar Liebert

March

Day	Title	Artist
7	Invasion de la Privacidad	Eddie Santiago
13	Sexsacional...!	Lalo Rodríguez
20	Veneno en la Piel	Radio Futura
27	Autobiografia	Duncan Dhu

Second quarter

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles
13	Si Estuvieras Conmigo	Álvaro Torres	Latin pop	"Si Estuvieras Conmigo" "Ni Tú, Ni Ella"
13	Ese Hombres Es...	Angela Carrasco
24	Dedicado al Amor	Nelson Ned
24	Magos, espadas y rosas	Rata Blanca	Heavy metal

May

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	Viti at Work	Viti Ruiz
11	Lo Mío Es Amor	Tony Vega	Salsa	"Lo Mío Es Amor" "Ella"	RMM
14	El Primero	Juan Manuel Lebrón
18	20 Años	Luis Miguel	Latin pop	"Tengo Todo Excepto a Ti" "Entrégate" "Será Que No Me Amas" "Oro de Ley"	WEA Latina
22	La Tropicalisima	La Sonora Dinamita

June

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
5	Garibaldi	Garibaldi
17	Color Americano	Willie Colón	20	Peligroso Amor	Max Torres

Third quarter

July

May

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	Aguita de Melon	Fito Olivares
12	Bandido	Azúcar Moreno	Latin pop	"Bandido" "Ven, Devórame Otra Vez"

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
10	Punto de Vista	Gilberto Santa Rosa	Salsa	"Vivir Sin Ella" "Perdóname" "Impacencia"	Sony Discos

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Para Adoloridos	Los Tigres del Norte
8	Corazones	Los Prisioneros	Synth-pop
19	El Mismo Romantico	Paquito Guzman
25	Abriendo Puertas	Jerry Rivera	Salsa	"Esa Niña" "Dime" "Nada Sin Ti" "Más Que Tu"	CBS Discos

Fourth quarter

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Unknown	Mujer contra mujer	Sandra Mihanovich and Celeste Carballo	Pop rock		RCA Records
1	Entre Lineas	Alejandro Lerner
1	Éxitos de Gloria Estefan	Gloria Estefan	Latin pop	"Renacer"	CBS Discos
5	Poets & Angels: Music 4 the Holidays	Ottmar Liebert
15	Salsa Caliente Del Japón	Orquesta de la Luz	Salsa
15	Imágenes	Lourdes Robles
12	En Vivo	Ana Gabriel
18	Siempre Wilfrido	Wilfrido Vargas
17	Pajaro Herido	Roberto Carlos

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	Para Nuestra Gente	Mazz
7	Luces del Alma	Luis Enrique	Salsa	"Date un Chance" "Amiga"	CBS Discos
9	Filosofía Barata y Zapatos de Goma	Charly García
12	Ven Conmigo	Selena	Tejano, Latin pop, cumbia	"Aunque No Salga El Sol" "Baila Esta Cumbia" "Ya Ves" "La Tracalera"
28	Canción Animal	Soda Stereo	Alternative rock		Sony
30	Mientras Ustedes No Dejen De Aplaudir	Vicente Fernández

December

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	A Night at Kimball's East	Poncho Sanchez
11	Bachata Rosa	Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40	Merengue, bachata, salsa	"Como Abeja al Panal" "La Bilirrubina" "Burbujas de Amor" "A Pedir su Mano" "Estrellitas y Duendes" "Carta de Amor" "Bachata Rosa"	KAREN
18	En el Palacio de Bellas Artes	Juan Gabriel
20	Con Tanto Amor	La Mafia
20	Cielo de Tambores	Grupo Niche		“Una Aventura" “Sin Sentimiento " “Busca Por Dentro" “Se Parecio Tanto A Ti “Cali Ají"

Dates unknown

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Amor Fasciname	Alejandra Ávalos	Latin pop	"Amor Fasciname" "Contigo o Sin Tí" "Casualidad"	Warner Music
Dos	Myriam Hernández	Latin pop	"Peligroso Amor" "Te Pareces Tanto a Él" "Herida"
Cuando Yo Amo	Rudy La Scala	Latin pop	"El Cariño Es Como Una Flor"
Xuxa 1	Xuxa	Latin pop
Niña	José Feliciano	Latin pop	"¿Por Qué Te Tengo Que Olvidar?"	EMI
Tiempo de Vals	Chayanne	Latin pop	"Completamente Enamorados" "Daria Cualquier Cosa" "Tiempo de Vals"	CBS Discos
Enter the Future	La Mafia
Mi Acordeon y Yo	Ramón Ayala
El Que Mas Te Ha Querido	David Lee Garza y los Musicales
On the Rise	La Fiebre
Las Clasicas de José Alfredo Jiménez	Vicente Fernández
El Cantinero	La Patrulla 15
Con la Musica por Dentro	Nino Segarra	Salsa	"Porque Te Amo"
Tito Puente Presents Millie P.	Tito Puente and Millie P.
Extranjero	Franco De Vita	Latin pop	"No Basta" "Ya Lo He Vivido"	Sony
Vida	Emmanuel	Latin pop	"Bella Señora" "No He Podido Verte"
Amigo	Bronco
Good Boys Wear White	La Sombra
Milagro	Rocky Hernández
Sensual	Tito Rojas	Salsa	"Siempre Seré" "Doble" "Ella Se Hizó Deseo" "Tormenta de Amor" "Sensual"	Musical Productions
Algo Nuevo	Anthony Cruz
Dejame Vivir	Tito Nieves
Nuevo Pequeño Catálogo de Seres y Estares	El Último de la Fila
Señales de Vida	Luis Angel
En las Buenas y las Malas	José José	"Amnesia" "Atrapado" "Hay un Camino"
Si Te Pudiera Mentir	Rocío Dúrcal
Homenaje	Lola Flores
Portfolio	Yolandita Monge
Canto a La Humanidad	Danny Rivera
Eternamente Bella	Alejandra Guzmán
Esta Vez	José Luis Rodríguez
Nadie Como Tu	Palomo San Basilio
Nuevos Caminos	Roberto Pulido	Tejano
Viva Rosario	Willie Rosario	Salsa
Misión La Cima	Vico C	Latin hip hop

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1990 in the United States in the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to Billboard .^[7]

Category	Rank	Album	Artist
Latin pop	1	Quiero Amanecer con Alguien	Daniela Romo
	2	Quién Como Tú	Ana Gabriel
	3	Sonrie	Roberto Carlos
	4	Tierra de Nadie	Ana Gabriel
	5	Con El Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan	José Luis Rodríguez
Regional Mexican	1	A Todo Galope	Bronco
	2	No Te Olvidaré	Mazz
	3	Mi Buena Suerte	Los Tigres del Norte
	4	Por Tu Maldito Amor	Vicente Fernandez
	5	A Tu Recuerdo	Los Yonic's
Tropical/Salsa	1	Mi Mundo	Luis Enrique
	2	Más Grande Que Nunca	Frankie Ruiz
	3	Ojalá Que Llueva Café	Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40
	4	El Primero	Juan Manuel Lebrón
	5	El Cantinero	La Patrulla 15

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1990, according to Billboard.^[8]

Rank	Single	Artist
1	"El Cariño Es Como Una Flor"	Rudy La Scala
2	"Tengo Todo Excepto a Tí"	Luis Miguel
3	"Cómo Fuí a Enamorarme de Tí"	Los Bukis
4	"Quiero Amanecer con Alguien"	Daniela Romo
5	"La Cima del Cielo"	Ricardo Montaner
6	"Quién Como Tú"	Ana Gabriel
7	"Lambada"	Kaoma
8	"Burbujas de Amor"	Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40
9	"Amnesia"	José José
10	"Me Va a Extrañar"	Ricardo Montaner

Births

January 5 – Darell, Puerto Rican rapper
January 30 – Eiza González, Mexican actress and singer
February 17 – María José Quintanilla, Chilean singer
March 17 – Alice Caymmi, Brazilian singer
March 29 – Justin Quiles, Colombian reggaeton singer
July 17 – Naëla, Colombian pop singer
August 11 – María José Castillo, Costa Rican pop singer
August 24 – Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentine pop singer and actor, former member of Teen Angels
September 25 – Edén Muñoz, Mexican performer of banda music
October 7 – Dalex, Argentine singer
October 20 – Melody, Spanish pop singer
November 29 – Diego Boneta, Mexican singer and actor
December 28 – Yago Muñoz [ es ], Mexican singer and actress

Deaths

May 16–Eduardo Mateo, Uruguayan singer, songwriter, guitarist and arranger
July 7–Cazuza, Brazilian singer and songwriter, former member of Barão Vermelho
October 27–Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader
October 28–Gervasio, Uruguayan new wave singer
December 14–Francisco Gabilondo Soler, Mexican singer and creator of Cri-Cri

References

↑ Burr, Ramiro (1999). The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music . Billboard Books.
↑ "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ Lannert, John (28 November 1998). "Charting a Decade". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 48. Nielsen Business Media. p. LMQ-16. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 24 July 2019.
↑ "Latin Music: Top Latin Songs - Week of February 10, 1990". Billboard. 10 February 1990. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
↑ Agudelo, Carlos (June 9, 1990). "Industry Leaders Meet at 1st Latin Music Seminar". Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 23. p. 5. ISSN 0006-2510.
↑ "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
↑ "The Year in Music: 1990". Billboard. December 22, 1990. p. YE-50–. ISSN 0006-2510.
↑ "Topping The Charts Year By Year". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 48. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 28, 1998. p. LMQ3. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

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[1] Burr, Ramiro (1999). The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music . Billboard Books.

[GrammyWINNERS-2] "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved July 21, 2015.

[3] Lannert, John (28 November 1998). "Charting a Decade". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 48. Nielsen Business Media. p. LMQ-16. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[4] "Latin Music: Top Latin Songs - Week of February 10, 1990". Billboard. 10 February 1990. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[5] Agudelo, Carlos (June 9, 1990). "Industry Leaders Meet at 1st Latin Music Seminar". Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 23. p. 5. ISSN 0006-2510.

[Winners-archive-6] "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.

[7] "The Year in Music: 1990". Billboard. December 22, 1990. p. YE-50–. ISSN 0006-2510.

[billboardmag-8] "Topping The Charts Year By Year". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 48. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 28, 1998. p. LMQ3. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

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