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This is a list of notable events in Latin music (i.e. music from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1998.

Events

February 25 – The 40th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. This is the first award ceremony where members of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (LARAS) are eligible to vote in the Latin field of the Grammy Award categories. In addition, a new category for Latin rock and alternative music was established.^[1]^[2]
- Luis Miguel wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance for his album Romances .
- Ry Cooder wins the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Performance for his production of Buena Vista Social Club .
- La Mafia wins the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance for their album En Tus Besos .
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs wins the Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance for their album Fabulosos Calavera .
- Roy Hargrove's band Crisol wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance for their album Habana .
April 5 — The 9th Annual Billboard Latin Music Conference is held at the Biscayne Bay Marriott hotel.^[3]
- The 5th Billboard Latin Music Awards are also held in the same week. Marc Anthony is the only artist with multiple wins with two awards. Mexican singer Vicente Fernández is inducted into the Billboard Latin Music of Fame.
May 14 — The 10th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Alejandro Fernández is the biggest winner with five awards.^[4]

October 10–17 –Due to damage to the Broadcast Data Systems monitors in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Georges, no charts for the Hot Latin Songs are published by Billboard.^[5]

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
1	Libertinaje	Bersuit Vergarabat	Rock
13	Celebrando 25 Años de Juan Gabriel: En Concierto en el Palacio de Bellas Artes	Juan Gabriel	Latin pop	"Así Fué"
13	Contact!	Ray Barretto and New World Spirit
27	Como Te Recuerdo	Los Temerarios	Regional Mexican	"Por Que Te Conocí"	Fonovisa
	Tracción Acústica	Enanitos Verdes
	Hasta la Eternidad	Los Acosta

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	Sol	Los Tiranos del Norte
	Prefiero el Futbol	El Morro
	Toda Mi Vida	Jay Perez
10	Vuelve	Ricky Martin	Latin pop	"Vuelve" "La Copa de la Vida" "La Bomba" "Perdido Sin Ti" "Por Arriba, Por Abajo" "Casi un Bolero" "Corazonado"	Sony Discos
10	Los Primera	Servando & Florentino
24	Cerca de ti	Lucero	Ranchera
24	Hoy Quiero Cantanrte	Tony Vega	Salsa	"Si Tú Supieras"	RMM

March

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	Nek	Nek	Latin pop	"Laura no está" "Tu nombre"
10	Desde el Corazon de Texas	La Tropa F
17	Aires de Mi Norte	Los Huracanes del Norte
24	Ana José Nacho	Mecano
	Instantes	Patricia Navidad
	The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera	Los Amigos Invisibles
	Dale Cara a la Vida	Tito Nieves	Salsa	"Como un Niño Celoso"	RMM
	Estos Si Son Corridazos	Los Originales de San Juan
31	Confesiones de Amor	Los Ángeles Azules
	Róbame un Beso	Graciela Beltrán
	A Gozar Con Sabrosura	Fito Olivares
	A Pasito Lento!	Los Toros Band

Second quarter

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
10	Como Pez en el Agua	Grupo Mojado
14	Suavemente	Elvis Crespo	Merengue	"Suavemente" "Tu Sonrisa" "Luna Llena" "Nuestra Canción"	Sony Discos
	Vida Loca	Francisco Céspedes
	Entrega Total	OV7
	Te Seguire	Los Palominos
	¿Por Qué Dismular?	Jeans
21	Todo el Amor	Myriam Hernández	Latin pop	"Huele a Peligro"	WEA
22	Libres y Locos	El Gran Silencio
28	Es Mi Tiempo	Manny Manuel	Merengue	"Cómo Duele"
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May

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
4	Arena en los Bolsillos	Manolo García
5	Necesito Decirte	Conjunto Primavera	Conjunto	"Necesito Decirte"
10	Ironias	Víctor Manuelle	Salsa	"Se Me Rompe el Alma" "Que Habria Sido de Mi" "Que Te Han Dicho" "Al Igual Que Yo"
10	Todo o Nada	Lucía Méndez
19	Carlos Ponce	Carlos Ponce	"Rezo" "Decir Adios"	EMI Latin
	Juntos	Sergio Vargas and Gisselle	"Corazón Encadenado"
	Hot House	Arturo Sandoval
	Obsesión	David Sánchez
	No Mas Contigo	Ezequiel Peña
25	Enemigos íntimos	Fito Páez and Joaquín Sabina
26	Un Segundo Sentimiento	Charlie Zaa
28	15 Años Después...	El Reencuentro
28	Um sonhador	Leandro e Leonardo
29	Sin Daños a Terceros	Ricardo Arjona	Latin pop	"Dime Que No" "Mentiroso" "Ella Y El / Historia de Taxi"	Sony Discos

June

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	Lagrimas de Sangre	Banda Maguey
11	Superfantástico	Tatiana
16	Ozomatli	Ozomatli			Almo Sounds
	Intocable	Intocable
	Un Regalo de Amor	Liberación
	Hey Na Na	Os Paralamas do Sucesso
	Antes de Partir	La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
30	Amor Platónico	Los Tucanes de Tijuana
	Entre el Amor y Yo	Vicente Fernández
	Viento a Favor	Sentidos Opuestos
	No Lo Voy a Olvidar	Brenda K. Starr	Salsa	"Senor Amante" "Si me Preguntan por Ti" "Creo en Ti"
	Aquamosh	Plastilina Mosh
	Bele Bele En La Habana	Chucho Valdés
	Caribe Atómico	Aterciopelados
	Lo Mas Romantico de Ayer Con Los...	Guardianes del Amor
	Distancia	José José	Latin pop	"Ojala Que Te Mueras"
	Frente a Mi	Edith Márquez

Third quarter

July

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
20	Todo Por Ti	Priscila y Sus Balas de Plata
21	Esperanto	Kabah	Latin pop	"Esperanto (Na, Na, Na)" "Mai Mai" "Una Ilusión" "Me HasRoto El Corazón" "Violento Tu Amor"	Polygram
28	Por Mujeres Como Tu	Pepe Aguilar
28	A Caballo	Kinito Méndez

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Pollomania	Ivonne Avilez
6	Casas de Madera	Ramon Ayala
10	Dance with Me: Music from the Motion Picture	Various artists	Latin pop, tropical		Sony Discos
11	Dancemania '99: Live at Birdland	Tito Puente
18	Exclusivo	Toño Rosario	Merengue
19	Nacimiento y Recuerdo	Frankie Ruiz	Salsa	"Vuelvo a Nacer"	PolyGram Latino
20	El Privilegio de Amar	Manuel Mijares
25	Señor Bolero	José Feliciano	Bolero	"Me Has Echado al Olvido" "Que Tristeza" "Cuando Te Toque a Llorar"	Universal Music Latino
	El Rumbero del Piano	Eddie Palmieri
	Un Juego de Amor	Grupo Bryndis
	Por Amor	Plácido Domingo
27	Esperanto	Kabah

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	...En la Plaza de Toros México	Ana Gabriel
	Vive	Milly Quezada
	Euforia	La Mafia
8	Central Avenue	Danilo Pérez
	Amor del Bueno	Banda Arkángel R-15
	En Vivo: Desde Monterrey Mexico	Bobby Pulido
	Tengo Una Ilusion	Banda el Recodo
10	Colgado de un Arbol	Los Terribles del Norte
15	Desde Mexico	Raúl di Blasio
	Comenzaré	Luis Fonsi	Latin pop	"Díme Cómo" "Me Iré "Si Tu Quisieras" "Perdóname"	Universal Music Latino
	Lo Mejor de la Vida	Compay Segundo
	Los Super Seven	Los Super Seven
	Reencarnacion	¡Cubanismo!
	Sombras de la China	Joan Manuel Serrat
18	Tu Ya Lo Conoces	Julio Preciado y su Banda del Pacifico
22	Cosas del Amor	Enrique Iglesias	Latin pop	"Esperanza" "Nunca Te Olvidaré"	Fonovisa
	Mi Vida Es Cantar	Celia Cruz	Salsa, Latin pop	"La Vida Es Un Carnaval" "Mi Vida Es Cantar"	RMM
	Fin de Siglo	El Tri
	Cuantas Veces	Mazz
	Ven a Mi Mundo	Los Mismos
29	Dónde Están los Ladrones?	Shakira	Rock en Español, Latin pop	"Ciega, Sordomuda" "¿Donde están los ladrones?" "Tú" "Inevitable" "No Creo" "Ojos Así" "Moscas en la Casa"	Columbia
	No Me Compares	Frankie Negrón	Salsa	"Agua Pasasa" "Princesa"	Fonovisa
	Afro-Cuban Fantasy	Poncho Sanchez
	Atado a Tu Amor	Chayanne	Latin pop	"Dejaría Todo" "Salomé "Atado a Tu Amor"	Sony Discos

Fourth quarter

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	Bloque	Bloque
6	Clandestino	Manu Chao	Reggae Rock	Clandestino, Desaparecido	Virgin
9	Volume Dois	Titãs	Rock, acoustic rock, música popular brasileira	"É Preciso Saber Viver"	WEA
13	Yo Voy Por Ti	Karis	Merengue	"Tus Ojos Son"
15	Mi respuesta	Laura Pausini	Latin pop	"Emergencia de amor" "En ausencia de ti"
20	De Corazón a Corazón	Grupo Límite
27	Te Acordarás de Mí	Olga Tañón	Latin pop	"Hielo y Fuego" "Escondidos"	WEA Latina
	En la Mira	Ilegales
	The Album II	Alabina
	Exitos en Vivo	Banda Maguey
	Vengo Naciendo	Pablo Milanés
30	Big Band Ríos	Miguel Ríos

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	De Otra Manera	Jerry Rivera	Salsa, bolero	"Ese" "De Que Vale Ser un Rey" "Si Tú Me Faltas"	Sony Discos
	El Color de los Sueños	Fey	Latin pop	"Ni tú ni nadie" "Canela"
	Puro Pueblo	Michael Salgado
	Ayer, Hoy Y Siempre...Con Amor	Los Trios
	Mariposa	Jennifer y Los Jetz
10	Atada	Gisselle	Merengue, bachata		Sony Discos
	The Dynasty	Grupo Manía	Merengue	"Como Baila" "Niña Bonita" ""Magia"	Sony Discos
	Al Despertar	Mercedes Sosa
	Livro	Caetano Veloso
	All Star	Los Rabanes
12	El Diario de Daniela	Daniela Luján
12	Aventurero	Pedro Fernández
17	Con los Pies Sobre la Tierra	Melina León	Merengue
	Los Más Buscados	Los Tucanes de Tijuana
	Luna nueva	Rosana

December

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Aquel Que Había Muerto	Vico C
1	Pasaporte Musical	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico	Salsa	"Que Me lo Den en Vida"
8	Con la Banda...El Recodo	Juan Gabriel and Banda el Recodo
15	Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual	Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40	Merengue, bachata	"Mi PC" "Palomita Blanca" "El Niágara en Bicicleta" "La Hormiguita"	KAREN
	Vuela Más Alto	OV7
	The Original Rude Girl	Ivy Queen	Hip hop, reggaeton	"In The Zone" "Ritmo Latino"	Sony Discos

Unknown

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
Arráncame a Puños	Yesenia Flores
A Quien Pueda Interesar	Fiel a la Vega
Cuidadito	Michael Salgado
A mi gente	Soledad Pastorutti
Depende	Jarabe de Palo
Prenda Minha Ao Vivo	Caetano Veloso
Só Love	Claudinho & Buchecha
Acústico MTV	Rita Lee
As Cidades	Chico Buarque
Eu Sou Todos Nós	Zé Ramalho
Mais do Mesmo	Legião Urbana	Rock, Post-punk	EMI-Odeon
Na Aba Do Meu Chápeu	Chitãozinho & Xororó
Reencuentro	Joe Veras	Bachata
Carnaval na Obra	Mundo Livre S/A
Ni un Pelo de Inocente	Adrenalina [ es ]	Rock

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 1998, according to Billboard .^[6]

Rank	Album	Artist
1	Me Estoy Enamorando	Alejandro Fernández
2	Vuelve	Ricky Martin
3	Buena Vista Social Club	Buena Vista Social Club
4	Contra la Corriente	Marc Anthony
5	Sueños Líquidos	Maná
6	Romances	Luis Miguel
7	Dance with Me: Music from the Motion Picture	Various artists
8	Suavemente	Elvis Crespo
9	Sentimientos	Charlie Zaa
10	Más	Alejandro Sanz

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1998, according to Billboard.^[6]

Rank	Single	Artist
1	"Así Fue"	Juan Gabriel
2	"Si Tú Supieras"	Alejandro Fernández
3	"A Pesar de Todos"	Ana Gabriel
4	"Vuelve"	Ricky Martin
5	"Por Mujeres Como Tú"	Pepe Aguilar
6	"No Sé Olvidar"	Alejandro Fernández
7	"Yo Nací Para Amarte"	Alejandro Fernández
8	"En El Jardín"	Alejandro Fernández featuring Gloria Estefan
9	"Por Qué Te Conocí"	Los Temerarios
10	"Suavemente"	Elvis Crespo

Births

January 2 – Christell, Chilean singer
April 12 – Paulo Londra, Argentine trap singer
May 29 – Lucía Gil, Spanish singer and actress
July 18 – Luísa Sonza, Brazilian pop singer
August 25 – Abraham Mateo, Spanish pop singer

Deaths

March 15 – Tim Maia, Brazilian MPB singer
April 18 – Nelson Gonçalves, Brazilian samba singer and songwriter
June 23 – Leandro, Brazilian sertanejo singer of sibling duo Leandro e Leonardo
August 4 – Carmen Delia Dipini, Puerto Rican bolero singer
August 9 – Frankie Ruiz, Puerto Rican salsa singer

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References

↑ Lannert, John (August 29, 1998). "Mauricio Abaroa". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 35. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. LMQ-4. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved October 15, 2016.
↑ "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ Lannert, John (1998-04-11). "Latin Music Award Winners, Include First-Timers, Familiar Faces". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. LM-66. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
↑ "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
↑ Lannert, John (October 24, 1998). "Latin Notas". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 43. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510.
1 2 "1998: The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. 26 December 1998. p. YE-70. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

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[1] Lannert, John (August 29, 1998). "Mauricio Abaroa". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 35. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. LMQ-4. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved October 15, 2016.

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

[3] Lannert, John (1998-04-11). "Latin Music Award Winners, Include First-Timers, Familiar Faces". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. LM-66. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

[Winners-archive-4] "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.

[5] Lannert, John (October 24, 1998). "Latin Notas". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 43. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510.

[yearend1998-6] 1 2 "1998: The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. 26 December 1998. p. YE-70. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

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