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This is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas from Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1991.

Events

February 20 – The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.^[1]
- José Feliciano wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance for his song "¿Por Qué Te Tengo Que Olvidar?"
- Tito Puente wins the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Performance for his song "Lambada Timbales"
- The Texas Tornados wins the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance for their song "Soy de San Luis".
May 23 – The 4th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Mexican singer Ana Gabriel and Dominican group Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40 are the most awarded artists with three wins.^[2]
November 19 – Luis Miguel releases Romance , a collection of boleros previously recorded by other artists. The album's success led to a resurgence of interest in the bolero genre in the 1990s.^[3]

Bands formed

Ricky Martin (Latin pop)
Shakira (Latin pop)
Grupo Mojado
Esmeralda
Lalo y Los Descalzos
Tecno Banda
Alex d'Castro
Antonio Cruz
Xavier

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Bands on hiatus

Number-ones albums and singles by country

Awards

Albums released

First quarter

January

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
28	Que Nada Nos Separe	Mijares	Latin pop	"Que Nada Nos Separe" "No Hace Falta"	EMI Latin

March

Second quarter

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	Con Amor Eterno...	Pandora
8	En Cada Lugar	Angel Javier
15	Barroco	Raúl di Blasio
23	Xuxa 2	Xuxa
30	Amada Más Que Nunca	Daniela Romo	Latin pop	"Todo, Todo, Todo"	EMI

May

Day	Title	Artist
14	Sopa de Caracol	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
15	Barroco	Raúl di Blasio
23	Xuxa 2	Xuxa
29	Tu Ángel de la Guarda	Gloria Trevi
30	Amada Más Que Nunca	Daniela Romo

June

Day	Title	Artist
1	Incansables	Los Tigres del Norte
	Caminando	Rubén Blades
	Cronica	Fito Páez
4	Borrasco	Ottmar Liebert
10	Magia	Shakira
24	Aidalai	Mecano

Third quarter

July

Day	Title	Artist
1	El Emigrado	Juan Valentín
1	Roñas del Alma	Los Hermanos Mattar
3	Cosas del Amor	Vikki Carr
12	Mambo	Azúcar Moreno
12	Mi México	Ana Gabriel
15	Hot	La Patrulla 15
19	Arriba el Norte y Arriba el Sur	Vicente Fernández and Ramón Ayala
19	Este Mundo	Gipsy Kings

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
16	Viviendo Deprisa	Alejandro Sanz	Latin pop	"Los Dos Cogidos de la Mano" "Pisando Fuerte"	WEA Latina
22	Muevelo Con El General	El General
22	Menealo	Fransheska
27	Soy El Mismo	Eddie Santiago

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
2	Estas Tocando Fuego	La Mafia
20	Os Grãos	Os Paralamas do Sucesso	Rock, ska	EMI
24	Romanticamente	Yndio

Fourth quarter

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Solo	Alex d'Castro
1	Pelusión of Milk	Luis Alberto Spinetta
15	Uno Mismo	Tony Vega
15	A Voluntad del Cielo	Camilo Sesto	Latin pop	"Amor Mío, ¿Qué Me Has Hecho?"
18	A Través de Tus Ojos	Los Bukis	Regional Mexican	"Mi Deseo"
	Perspectiva	Gilberto Santa Rosa	Salsa	"Conciencia" "Amor Mío, No Te Vayas" "A Quien...¿A Mi?	Sony Discos
	Mundo de Cristal	Thalía

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Unknown^[4]	Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora	Titãs	Rock, alternative rock		WEA
6	Ricky Martin	Ricky Martin	Latin pop	"Fuego Contra Fuego" "El Amor de Mi Vida" "Vuelo" "Dime Que Me Quieres" "Susana" "Juego de Ajedrez" "Ser Feliz"	Sony Discos
19	Romance	Luis Miguel	Bolero	"Inolvidabe" "No Sé Tú" "Contigo en la Distancia"	WEA Latina
	Nada Se Compara Contigo	Álvaro Torres	Latin pop	"Nada Compara Contigo" "Buenos Amigos" "He Vivido Esperando Por Ti"	EMI Latin
	Mas Canciones	Linda Ronstadt

December

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
3	Por Fin Juntos	Paloma San Basilio and Plácido Domingo
	Salvaje y Tierno	Bronco
	A Mi Viejo	Rocío Banquells
15	V	Legião Urbana	Rock, Post-punk	EMI-Odeon

Unknown date

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Amor Sin Dueño	Alejandra Ávalos	Latin pop	"Como Puedes Saber" "Aparentemente" "Para que Engañarnos"	Warner Music
Brasil Nordeste	Zé Ramalho	Música popular brasileira, forró		Columbia (Sony Music)
En el Último Lugar del Mundo	Ricardo Montaner	Latin pop	"Déjame Llorar" "Será" "En el Último Lugar del Mundo"	Rodven
Una Historia Diferente	Luis Enrique	Salsa	"El Amor Es Algo Más" "Lo Que Es Vivir"	Sony Discos
Entre la Espada y la Pared	Nino Segarra	Salsa	"Eres la Unica" "Entre la Espada y la Pared"	Musical Productions

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1991 in the United States in the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to Billboard .^[5]

Category	Rank	Album	Artist
Latin pop	1	En Vivo	Ana Gabriel
	2	Dos	Myriam Hernández
	3	En el Palacio de Bellas Artes	Juan Gabriel
	4	Tiempo de Vals	Chayanne
	5	Amada Más Que Nunca	Daniela Romo
Regional Mexican	1	Amigo	Bronco
	2	Para Nuestra Gente	Mazz
	3	Mexico Voz y Sentimiento	Various artists
	4	Ven Conmigo	Selena y los Dinos
	5	De Lo Nuevo De Lo Mejor	Los Temerarios
Tropical/Salsa	1	Bachata Rosa	Juan Luis Guerra y la 4.40
	2	Luces del Alma	Luis Enrique
	3	Abriendo Puertas	Jerry Rivera
	4	Baile Punta	Banda Blanca
	5	En Cada Lugar	Angel Javier

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1991, according to Billboard.^[6]

Rank	Single	Artist
1	"Es Demasiado Tarde"	Ana Gabriel
2	"Todo, Todo, Todo"	Daniela Romo
3	"Mi Deseo"	Los Bukis
4	"Cosas del Amor"	Vikki Carr and Ana Gabriel
5	"Sopa de Caracol"	Banda Blanca
6	"Te Pareces Tanto a Él"	Myriam Hernández
7	"Déjame Llorar"	Ricardo Montaner
8	"No Basta"	Franco De Vita
9	"Ahora"	Ana Gabriel
10	"No He Podido Verte"	Emmanuel

Births

February 1 – Martha Heredia, Dominican singer
February 14 – Karol G, Colombian reggaeton singer^[7]
February 17 – Raymix, Mexican cumbia singer
March 13 – Luan Santana, Brazilian sertanejo singer
March 22 – Sophia Abrahão, Brazilian actress and singer
April 4 – Lucas Lucco, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and actor
May 2 – Farruko, Puerto Rican reggaeton singer
July 3 – Rolf Sanchez, Dutch salsa singer
September 9 - Amanda Magalhães, Brazilian actress and singer
October 10 – Lali Espósito, Argentine pop singer

Deaths

April 29 – Gonzaguinha, Brazilian MPB singer
August 17 – Sola, Mexican singer
September 22 – Tino Casal, Spanish rock singer

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References

↑ "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
↑ Holston, Mark (1 September 1995). "Ageless Romance with Bolero". Américas. Organization of American States. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
↑ "Acervo Digital - Folha de S.Paulo".
↑ "The Year in Music: 1991". Billboard. December 25, 1991. p. YE-56. 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.
↑ "Rising reggaeton star Karol G visits latin nightlife hot spot Embassy". LasVegasWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.

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[GrammyWINNERS-1] "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved July 21, 2015.

[Winners-archive-2] "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.

[3] Holston, Mark (1 September 1995). "Ageless Romance with Bolero". Américas. Organization of American States. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

[4] "Acervo Digital - Folha de S.Paulo".

[5] "The Year in Music: 1991". Billboard. December 25, 1991. p. YE-56. ISSN 0006-2510.

[billboardmag-6] "Topping The Charts Year By Year". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 48. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 28, 1998. p. LMQ3. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

[7] "Rising reggaeton star Karol G visits latin nightlife hot spot Embassy". LasVegasWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.

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