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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, Latin Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1999.

Events

February 24 — The 41st Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.:^[1]
- Vuelve by Ricky Martin wins the award for Best Latin Pop Performance.
- Contra la Corriente by Marc Anthony wins the award for Best Tropical Latin Performance.
- Los Super Seven's self-titled album wins the award for Best Mexican-American Music Performance
- Sueños Líquidos by Maná wins the award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance.
- Said and Done by Flaco Jiménez wins the award for Best Tejano Music Performance.
- Hot House by Arturo Sandoval wins the award for Best Latin Jazz Performance.
May 6 — The 11th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Puerto Rican American singer Elvis Crespo is the most awarded artist with five wins.^[2]
April 20 to April 22 — Billboard holds its 10th Annual Latin Music Conference at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida.^[3]
- In the same week, Billboard holds its 6th Annual Latin Music Awards on April 22. Puerto Rican American singer Elvis Crespo is the most awarded artist with four wins. Spanish singer Rocío Dúrcal is inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame.
November 20 — The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences announces that the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards would held in 2001. The new music awards would encompass music Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the United States. It would later be pushed forward to September 2000.^[4]
December 26 — The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reports a 12% growth on the Latin music market in the United States compared to 1998. This gives Latin music a 4.9% share of the total music market. The report does not include sales of albums done by English-speaking Latino artists as the RIAA only considers an album to be "Latin" if 51% or more of its content is recorded in Spanish.^[5]

Bands formed

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Bands on hiatus

Number-ones albums and singles by country

Awards

1999 Premio Lo Nuestro
1999 Billboard Latin Music Awards
1999 Tejano Music Awards

Albums released

First quarter

January

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
12	Nuestro Amor	Los Tri-O		BMG U.S. Latin, Ariola
12	Vengo Naciendo	Pablo Milanés	Nueva Trova	Universal Music
16	Tres Jeans	Jeans	Eurodance	Virgin Mex
26	Trozos de Mi Alma	Marco Antonio Solís	Ballad, Bolero	FonoVisa
	Fundamental	Puya	Jazz-Rock, Progressive Metal, Salsa, Latin Jazz, Fusion, Nu Metal	MCA Records, Surco
	Imagínate	Charlie Cruz	Salsa	Sir George Records

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	Con ustedes	Eddie Gonzalez	Tejano		Sony
9	Por el Amor de Siempre	Pepe Aguilar	Ranchera, Mariachi		Musart
	Amar Es Un Juego	Millie			EMI Latin
	Dónde Estás Corazón	Pablo Montero	Mariachi, Ballad		BMG U.S. Latin, RCA
	Sinceridad	Rabito	Ballad, Religious		FonoVisa
16	Noelia	Noelia			Fonovisa
	Alegrías y Penas	Tito Rojas	Salsa	"Te Quiero Para Mi" "Por Mujeres Como Tú"	Musical Productions
	Rey del Jaripeo	Joan Sebastian
	Lullabies of Latin America	Maria del Rey			Music For Little People
	Muchacho Solitario	Servando & Florentino	Soundtrack, Salsa, Ballad	"Muchacho Solitario" "Mal De Amor" "Te Regalo La Luna"	WEA Latina, Inc.
23	A Todas las Que Amé	Ezequiel Peña	Ranchera		FonoVisa
	Un Poco Más	Menudo	Europop, Ballad		Sony Latin
	Volando en una Nave Triste	Los Acosta	Conjunto	"En Algún Lugar" "Amor Imposible"	EMI Latin
	Para Toda La Vida	Rocío Dúrcal	Bolero, Ballad		Ariola
	Gran Homenaje: Recuerdos Del Amor...	Industria del Amor	Cumbia		FonoVisa

March

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
9	Tumbao Para Los Congueros Di	Al McKibbon	Afro-Cuban Jazz, Latin Jazz		Blue Lady Records
9	10 Aniversario	Emilio Navaira	Tejano		EMI Latin
16	Desamor	Luis Vargas	Bachata		J&N Records
23	Amor, Familia y Respeto	A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings		"Reggae Kumbia" "Azúcar" "Se Fue Mi Amor" "Fuiste Mata" "U Don't Love Me"	EMI Latin
	Corazón	Ednita Nazario	Vocal		EMI Latin
	El Cazador	Bobby Pulido, Roberto Pulido	Tejano	"Cantarle A Ella" "Mi Corazon Y Mi Mente"	EMI Latin
	En Vivo Desde el Carnegie Hall	Danny Rivera			BMG U.S. Latin
	Al Por Mayor	Los Tucanes de Tijuana	Ballad, Bolero, Charanga, Corrido, Cumbia, Norteno, Ranchera		EMI Latin, Cadena Musical
	Séptima Armonía	Limi-T 21
30	Romanticos y... Con Sombrero	Javier Torres
30	¡Y No Hay Problema!	Los Toros Band	Merengue, Salsa		Universal Music Latino

Second quarter

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	Naci Consuerte De Rey	Los Originales De San Juan		"Nací Con Suerte De Rey" "El Gato De Oaxaco"
13	Inolvidable, Vol. 2: Enamorado de Ti	José Luis Rodríguez
	Para el Bailador	La Makina	Merengue		J&N Records, Sony Discos
	Suena Flamenco	Miguel Poveda	Flamenco		Harmonia Mundi France
	Gotcha!	DLG	Latin, Bachata, Salsa	"Volveré" "Prisionero"	Sony Discos, Swing Factory, Sony Discos, Swing Factory
20	Clase Aparte	Tito Nieves	Salsa	"Le Gusta Que La Vean" "Permiteme Darte Un Beso"	RMM Records
27	Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor	Cristian Castro	Ballad		BMG U.S. Latin
	Caminando	Tony Tun Tun
	Soy como soy	Ana Gabriel	Vocal		Sony Discos
	Nadie Como Yo	David Lee Garza & Los Musicales	Tejano		Sony Discos
	A Forca Que Nunca Seca	Maria Bethânia	MPB, Samba		Ariola
	Siento	Yolandita Monge	Latin, Ballad		BMG U.S. Latin
	En Vivo Para Ti	Conjunto Primavera

May

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
4	Píntame	Elvis Crespo	Salsa, Merengue	Sony Latin
11	Mi Verdad	Alejandro Fernández	Tejano, Mariachi	Sony Discos
18	Innamorarae: Summer Flamenco	Ottmar Liebert
	De Vida o Muerte	Los Invasores de Nuevo León		EMI
	Songs From a Little Blue House	Juan-Carlos Formell	Cubano	Wicklow
	Resurrection	Chris Pérez Band		Hollywood Records
	Ellas cantan a cri cri	Various artists
25	Siempre Contigo	Jay Perez	Tejano	Sony Discos

June

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer	Ibrahim Ferrer	Son, Afro-Cuban, Bolero, Guaguanco, Cubano, Son Montuno, Guajira	"Mami Me Gustó" "Aquellos Ojos Verdes"	World Circuit, Nonesuch
	Briyumba Palo Congo	Chucho Valdés	Afro-Cuban Jazz, Latin Jazz		Blue Note
	Herido	José Alberto "El Canario"	Salsa		Ryko Latino
	Mexico Canta con el Mariachi Sol de Mexico	Mariachi Sol de Mexico
15	Néctar	Los Enanitos Verdes	Pop Rock		Universal Music Latino
15	Entrega	George Lamond	Salsa	"Que Te Vas" "Solo Palabras"	Sony Discos
22	MTV Unplugged	Maná	Pop Rock		WEA Latina, Inc.
29	Herencia de Familia	Los Tigres del Norte	Corrido, Norteno		Fonovisa
	Sublime Ilusión	Eliades Ochoa & Cuarteto Patria	Bolero, Tango, Son		Higher Octave World
	Lleno de Vida	Manny Manuel	Salsa, Pachanga, Merengue		Merengazo Records
	Mil Gracias	Banda Maguey	Cumbia, Ranchera		RCA, BMG Entertainment Mexico, S.A. De C.V.
	Un Pedazo de Luna	Guardianes del Amor	Ballad		BMG U.S. Latin

Third quarter

July

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	Nada Es Igual	Franco De Vita	Ballad, Bachata, Reggae		Sony Discos
6	Expresión	Gilberto Santa Rosa	Salsa, Ballad		Sony Discos
13	Tiempos	Rubén Blades	Salsa		Sony Discos, Sony Discos
13	Tierra de Nadie	Hevia	Folk Rock, Folk		Higher Octave World
20	Revés/Yo Soy	Café Tacuba	Alternative Rock		Warner Bros. Records
26	Juegos de Amor	Só Pra Contrariar	Ballad, Samba		BMG U.S. Latin, RCA
27	Bocanada	Gustavo Cerati	Alternative Rock, Downtempo	"Engaña" "Bocanada" "Puente" "Río Babel" "Paseo Inmoral"	Ariola, BMG U.S. Latin
	Que Lo Que Ta Pasando	9–11
	Contigo	Intocable	Tejano	"El Amigo Que Se Fue" "Fuerte No Say" "Sonador Eterno" "Ya Estoy Cansado"	EMI Latin

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	Rancheras de oro	Banda Machos
3	Por Eso Te Amo	Los Palominos	Tejano		Sony Discos
10	Si Estuvieras Conmigo	Liberación	Ballad, Cumbia, Ranchera		Disa, Disa
10	Back to the Future	Willie Rosario	Salsa		HMS Records, Sony Discos
17	The Heart of a Legend	Chico O'Farrill	Afro-Cuban Jazz	"Momentumi" "Sing Your Blues Away (For Neca)" "Te Quiero Dijiste" "Manteca"	Milestone
24	La Marcha del Golazo Solitario	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	Ska		BMG U.S. Latin, Ariola
	La Formula Original	Oscar D'León	Salsa		RMM Records
	Inner Voyage	Gonzalo Rubalcaba	Contemporary Jazz, Latin Jazz	"Here's That Rainy Day" "Caravan"	Blue Note
	Leche	Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas	Alternative Rock, Salsa, Electro, Pop Rap	"Latin Geisha" "Coolo" "Jennifer del Estero"	Universal, Interdisc
	La Reina del Pueblo con Banda	Graciela Beltrán	Ranchera, Ballad, Banda		EMI
31	Llegar A Ti	Jaci Velasquez	Vocal, Ballad		Sony Discos, Sony Discos
	Con la London Metropolitan Orchestra	Ricardo Montaner	Ranchera		WEA
	Llegó Van Van	Los Van Van	Timba		Atlantic

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
7	Momentos	La Mafia	Tejano, Conjunto	"Momentos" "Mi Amor Sin" "Soy Tan Felíz"	Sony Discos
7	Si Me Conocieras	Nydia Rojas	Mariachi		Hollywood Records
14	Amarte Es Un Placer	Luis Miguel	Bachata, Ballad		WEA
	Apocalypshit	Molotov	Alternative Rock, Funk Metal, Hardcore		Universal, Surco
	Latin Jazz Suite	Lalo Schifrin	Big Band, Latin Jazz	"Montuño" "Fiesta"	Aleph Records
	Rompiendo el Milenio	Los Sabrosos del Merengue	Merengue		Caiman Records
	Algo Natural	Alejandra Guzmán	Pop Rock		BMG U.S. Latin
21	Todo lo Que Soy	Carlos Ponce		"Escuchame"	EMI Latin
	El Amor de Mi Tierra	Carlos Vives	Cumbia, Rumba		EMI Latin
	Mambo Birdland	Tito Puente	Salsa, Mambo, Cha-Cha, Guaguanco		RMM Records & Video Corp., RMM Records
	Sola	La India	Salsa	"Hielo" "Sola"	RMM Records
	Quien Mato A Hector Lavoe?	Domingo Quiñones	Salsa		RMM Records
28	Inconfundible	Víctor Manuelle	Salsa, Vocal, Bolero	"Si la Ves" "Pero Dile" "Como Quisiera Decirte" "Como Duele"	Sony Discos, Sony Discos
	Los Más Grandes Exitos de Los Dandy's	Vicente Fernández	Ranchera		Sony Discos, Sony Discos
	En Vivo-En Concierto	Grupo Límite			Universal, Rodven
	La Leyenda Continua...	Cornelio Reyna Jr. featuring Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte
	Tropicana Nights	Paquito D'Rivera	Latin Jazz, Mambo, Danzon, Bolero	"Tropicana Nights" "A Mi Que / El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor)"	Chesky Records
	Vo Imbola	Zeca Baleiro	MPB	"Semba" "Tem Que Ancontecer" "Samba Do Approach"	MZA Music, Universal

Fourth quarter

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
5	100 Años de Mariachi	Plácido Domingo	Mariachi	EMI Latin
12	Asomate a Mi Alma	Los Tiranos del Norte
15	Sérgio Reis e Convidados	Sérgio Reis
19	Por Una Mujer Bonita	Pepe Aguilar		Musart
19	Los Grandes Exitos En Espanol	Cypress Hill	Gangsta	Ruffhouse Records
26	Todo Está Bien	Juan Gabriel	Ballad, Latin Pop	Ariola
	Ricardo Arjona Vivo	Ricardo Arjona	Ballad	Sony Discos
	Mi Gloria Eres Tu	Los Tri-O		BMG
	La Magia de Cuco	Toño Rosario	Merengue	WEA Latina, Inc.
	Profundamente	El Coyote y Su Banda Tierra Santa	Ranchera, Norteno	EMI Latin
	Latin Soul	Poncho Sanchez	Latin Jazz	Concord Picante
	Regalo de Amor y Paz	Danny Rivera
	Lo Que Llevo Por Dentro	Frankie Negrón	Salsa	WEACaribe

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	Mexicano Hasta la Madre	Los Originales de San Juan
	Bomba 2000	Los Hermanos Rosario	Merengue		Karen Records
	Calle Salud	Compay Segundo	Afro-Cuban, Bolero, Cha-Cha, Merengue, Son	"Saludo a Changó" "Viejos Sones de Santiago Potpourri"	Nonesuch
9	Esperando un Angel	Banda Arkángel R-15
	Los Hermanos	Los Hermanos	Alternative Rock, Hardcore, Pop Rock		Abril Music
	Generation Next	Aventura	Bachata		Premium Latin Music
	Christmas	Raúl di Blasio	Easy Listening, Holiday	"White Christmas" "Carol of the Bells"	BMG U.S. Latin
15	La Dolores	Plácido Domingo	Zarzuela, Opera		Decca
16	Olga Viva, Viva Olga	Olga Tañón	Bachata, Merengue, Boogaloo	"Es Mentiroso" "Me Subes, Me Bajas, Me Subes"	WEA Latina
16	Acústico MTV	Os Paralamas do Sucesso	Acoustic, Pop Rock		EMI, EMI, MTV Music Television, MTV Music Television
23	Masters of the Stage	Grupo Manía	Merengue		Sony Discos
	El Padrino	Fulanito	Cumbia, Merengue		Cutting Records
	Crooner	Milton Nascimento	MPB	"Mas Que Nada"	Warner Bros. Records
30	Cumbias Sin Control	Control	Cumbia		EMI Latin
	Tres	Fiel a la Vega			EMI Latin
	Una Lluvia de Rosas	Los Ángeles Azules	Cumbia		Disa
Unknown	Titãs & Paralamas Juntos Ao Vivo	Titãs, Os Paralamas do Sucesso			Not On Label

December

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
2	Nocheros	Los Nocheros	Ballad, Folk, Vocal	EMI, EMI
7	Navidad con Tito Rojas	Tito Rojas	Salsa	Musical Productions, Sony Discos
14	Celebracion: Epic Duets	Eddie Santiago	Salsa, Sonero	Sony Discos
28	De La Zambra Al Duende	Juan Habichuela	Flamenco	Mercury

Unknown

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Só no Forevis	Raimundos	Alternative Rock, Hardcore, Punk		WEA Music
Arrancame a Puntos	Yesenia Flores	Mariachi		FonoVisa
Contrabando en los Huevos	Grupo Exterminador	Corrido, Norteno		Fonovisa
Tempo	Leonardo	Country		RCA
La Magia del Amor	Los Ángeles de Charly	Ballad		FonoVisa
Zezé di Camargo & Luciano (1999)	Zezé di Camargo & Luciano	Sertanejo		Columbia
Corazón de Cristal	Priscila y sus Balas de Plata	Tejano, Cumbia		FonoVisa
Ivete Sangalo	Ivete Sangalo	Axe, MPB	"Canibal" "100 O Seu Amor" "Eternamente" "Sá Marina"	Universal Music, Mercury
Na Pressão	Lenine	MPB		BMG Brasil
Claridade	Alcione	Samba		Globo Universal
Otra Vez a la Cantina	Michael Salgado	Tejano		Discos Joey
Distinto Diferente	Afro-Cuban All Stars	Afro-Cuban, Bolero, Danzon, Mambo	"Tumba Palo Cocuyé" "Huellas del Pasado"	World Circuit, Nonesuch
Ana Carolina	Ana Carolina	MPB		Ariola
Un Sonido Bestial	Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz	Salsa	"Agúzate" "Sonido Bestial" "A Mi Manera" "Richie's Jala Jala"	Universal, Rodven
Alma	Conjunto Alma Norteña
Latin Jazz Explosion	Bobby Rodríguez
Norteño 2000	Los Huracanes del Norte
Tu Decisión	Ana Bárbara		"Engañada"	FonoVisa
Misa Criolla	Mercedes Sosa	Religious, Folk, Holiday		Mercury
Paris 1987	Camarón de la Isla and Tomatito	Flamenco		Mercury
Com Vocé... Meu Mundo Ficaria Completo	Cássia Eller	Pop Rock, MPB		Universal Music, Mercury
Ao Vivo	Zeca Pagodinho	Samba	"Vivo Isolado Do Mundo" "Rugas" "Saudade Louca"	Mercury, Polygram Video
EYA 1998	Elida Y Avante	Tejano		Tejas Records
In Your Face	Dream Team
Reflexion	Grupo Mojado
Wild Teen-Punk From Peru 1965	Los Saicos	Garage Rock		Electro Harmonix
2000 Cuarteto Caracteristico	Rodrigo			Magenta, Magenta
Aerolineas Makiza	Makiza	Conscious		Columbia
Sal y Mileto	Sal y Mileto			Not On Label

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 1999, according to Billboard .^[6]

Rank	Album	Artist
1	Vuelve	Ricky Martin
2	Suavemente	Elvis Crespo
3	All My Hits/Todos Mis Exitos Vol. 1	Selena
4	Bailamos	Enrique Iglesias
5	Dónde Están los Ladrones?	Shakira
6	Buena Vista Social Club	Buena Vista Social Club
7	Cosas del Amor	Enrique Iglesias
8	Píntame	Elvis Crespo
9	MTV Unplugged	Maná
10	Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer	Ibrahim Ferrer

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1999, according to Billboard.^[6]

Rank	Single	Artist
1	"Necesito Decirte"	Conjunto Primavera
2	"Loco"	Alejandro Fernández
3	"No Me Ames"	Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
4	"Me Voy a Quitar de En Medio"	Vicente Fernández
5	"Livin' la Vida Loca"	Ricky Martin
6	"Si Te Pudiera Mentir"	Marco Antonio Solís
7	"Bailamos"	Enrique Iglesias
8	"Dejaría Todo"	Chayanne
9	"Me Estoy Acostumbrando a Tí"	Pepe Aguilar
10	"Creí"	Los Tiranos del Norte

Births

January 5 – Miguelito, Puerto Rican reggaeton singer
January 11 – Christian Nodal, Mexican ranchera singer
June 27 – Aitana, Spanish pop singer
August 7 – Mariah Angeliq, American reggaeton singer
August 13 – Giulia Be, Brazilian pop singer

Deaths

January 14 – Sabina Olmos, 85, Argentine tango singer and actress
February 17 – Tania, 105, Spanish-Argentine tango singer and actress
March 19 – Juanita Reina, 73, Spanish actress and singer of copla music
September 14 – Eddy Gaytán [ es ], 70, Argentine-Cuban musician
October 6 – Amália Rodrigues, 79, Portuguese singer known worldwide as the "Queen of Fado".

References

↑ "41st Grammy Awards – 1999". Rock On The Net. February 25, 1999. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
↑ "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
↑ Lannert, John (24 April 1999). "10th Annual Latin Music Conference". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 17. pp. LM-3. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
↑ "Billboard Spotlights Spain & Portugal". Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 47. Nielsen N.V. 1999-11-20. p. 91. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 2015-09-03.
↑ Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa (December 26, 1999). "The Loud and Quiet Explosions". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
1 2 "1999 the year in music: Hot Latin Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1999-12-25. p. YE-76. Retrieved 2010-03-10.

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[grammy-1] "41st Grammy Awards – 1999". Rock On The Net. February 25, 1999. Retrieved June 4, 2010.

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

[3] Lannert, John (24 April 1999). "10th Annual Latin Music Conference". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 17. pp. LM-3. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

[4] "Billboard Spotlights Spain & Portugal". Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 47. Nielsen N.V. 1999-11-20. p. 91. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 2015-09-03.

[5] Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa (December 26, 1999). "The Loud and Quiet Explosions". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 20, 2017.

[hlt99-6] 1 2 "1999 the year in music: Hot Latin Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1999-12-25. p. YE-76. Retrieved 2010-03-10.

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