2013 in Latin music

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This is a list of notable events in Latin music (i.e. Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking music from Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2013.

Events

• April 2 – Spanish singer Julio Iglesias is acknowledged by the Guinness World Records as the bestselling Latin artist of all-time. ^[2]
• May 13: – Tejano music singer Oscar De La Rosa (frontman of La Mafia) was physically assaulted by a fan after the singer refused to take a photo with him while attending a gay bar in Houston. ^[3]
• November 20 – Cuban musician Arturo Sandoval is among sixteen people who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ^[4]
• November 21 — The 14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held in Las Vegas.
  • "Vivir Mi Vida" by Marc Anthony wins Record of the Year.
  • "Volví a Nacer" by Andrés Castro and Carlos Vives wins Song of the Year.
  • Gaby Moreno wins Best New Artist.
  • Vida by Draco Rosa wins Album of the Year.
  • Miguel Bosé is recognized as the Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy.
• December 20 — The Recording Industry Association of America announces the creation of the Latin Digital Singles award for Latin digital singles and also lowers the threshold for Latin album certifications. ^[5]

Number-ones albums and singles by country

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2013 (Brazil)
• List of number-one songs of 2013 (Colombia)
• List of number-one albums of 2013 (Mexico)
• List of number-one albums of 2013 (Portugal)
• List of number-one albums of 2013 (Spain)
• List of number-one singles of 2013 (Spain)
• List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2010s
• List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Songs of 2013

Awards

• 2013 Premio Lo Nuestro
• 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards
• 2013 Latin Grammy Awards
• 2013 Tejano Music Awards

Albums released

First quarter

January

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
15	Boogaflow	Palmacoco
18	Amarle	Vocal Song
24	Vambora Lá Dançar	Elba Ramalho
29	Pasión	Andrea Bocelli
	La Estructura	Noel Torres
	Muchas Gracias	La Adictiva Banda de San José Mesillas

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
5	La Original y Sus Boleros de Amor	La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga
11	My World 2	Dyland & Lenny
	Eggun	Omar Sosa
17	La Compensa	Calibre 50
18	Latin Jazz – Jazz Latin	Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quartet
19	Tierra	Vicente Amigo
19	#AC	Ana Carolina

March

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Sacode!	Nevilton
5	Entre Venas	Rigú
	Presente	Bajofondo
	99%	Ska-P
	Las Vueltas de La Vida	Banda Carnaval
12	Tu Amigo Nada Más	Julión Álvarez y Su Norteño Banda
	Totalmente Juan Gabriel	Aida Cuevas
18	Vida	Draco Rosa	Latin pop	"Más y Más"
19	Los Momentos	Julieta Venegas
25	Sold Out – En Vivo Desde El Nokia Theatre La Live	Gerardo Ortíz
	Encontré su amor	Mónica
26	Repeat After Me	Los Amigos Invisibles
	13 Celebrando El 13	Joan Sebastian
	Raridade	Anderson Freire

Second quarter

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	En Primera Fila – Dia 1	Cristian Castro	Latin pop	"Enamorados" "Así Era Ella" "Es Mejor Así"	Sony Music Latin
2	En Peligro de Extinción	Intocable
	El Free	Banda Los Recoditos
	Edu Lobo & Metropole Orkest	Edu Lobo
9	Animal Nacional	Vespas Mandarinas
	Amor Favor Gracia	Lilly Goodman
	Más Que Amor	Il Volo
10	Tango Nostalgias	Julio Botti
12	Déjame Así	Maite Hontelé
16	Dora Vergueiro	Dora Vergueiro
22	Just Friends	David Lee Garza
23	Corazón Profundo	Carlos Vives	Vallenato, champeta, cumbia, rock	"Volví a Nacer" "Como Le Gusta A Tu Cuerpo" "Bailar Contigo" "La Foto de los Dos"	Sony Music Latin
	Hoy y Siempre	Los Canarios De Michoacán
	Trio	Paquito D'Rivera and Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad
	Vida Que Segue	Zeca Pagodinho
27	Ojo Por Ojo	El Tri
	Destinología	Tan Biónica
30	Treinta Días	La Santa Cecilia

May

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Gualberto + C4	Gualberto Ibarreto and C4 Trío
5	¡Fantástico!	Lucky Díaz y La Familia Música
6	Sambabook Martinho da Vila 2	Various artists
7	Hoy	Vicente Fernández
	Libre Por Naturaleza	Duelo
	Amor Total	Toby Love	Bachata	"Lejos" "Todo Mí Amor Eres Tú" "Hey"
13	Ultraleve	Ultraleve
14	Asondeguerra Tour	Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40	"Frio, Frio"	Bachata, salsa, merengue	Capitol Latin
	Será	La Vida Bohème
	La Velocidad de la Luz	Los Bunkers
16	Una Mujer Que Canta	Albita
17	El Show Máximo Nivel	Daniel Calderón y Los Gigantes
21	Suerte	Tecupae
	What's Up?	Michel Camilo
	Sunset	Michel Teló
26	25 Años, 25 Éxitos, 25 Artistas	Orquesta Guayacán
	Herói	Ministério Adoração e Vida
27	Versiones	Gian Marco
	Carnaval En Piano Charango	Chuchito Valdés and Eddy Navia
28	Faith, Hope y Amor	Frankie J
	El Amor Manda	América Sierra
	Un Siglo De Pasión	Arturo Sandoval
	Romance de la Luna Tucumana	Diego El Cigala
30	Sueños Clandestinos	Yordano

June

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	Song for Maura	Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente
3	Caymmi	Nana, Dori and Danilo
4	La Noche Más Larga	Buika
	Huellas	Charlie Cruz	Salsa	"Déjame Cambiarte la Vida" "Labios de Purpura" "Quiero Saber de Ti"
11	Amsterdam Meets New Tango	Pablo Ziegler and Metropole Orkest
13	La 9a Batalla	Silvestre Dangond and Rolando Ochoa
14	Aor	Ed Motta
18	Fruta	Caloncho
	Aquelarre	Sig Ragga
21	The Monash Sessions	Hermeto Pascoal
	A Mi Manera	Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea
23	Soy Flamenco	Tomatito
25	Llegó el momento	Fidel Nadal
	Sergio George Presents: Salsa Giants	Various artists	Salsa	"Para Celebrar"	Top Stop Music
	Natalie Cole en Español	Natalie Cole
	Leslie Grace	Leslie Grace	Bachata	"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" "Day 1" "Odio No Odiarte"
	Me Llamaré Tuyo	Víctor Manuelle	Salsa	"Me Llamaré Tuyo"
29	XSPB 12	Xuxa

Third quarter

July

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	Border-Free	Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers
9	Romeo y Su Nieta	Paquita la del Barrio
19	Mais Amor	Diogo Nogueira
23	3.0	Marc Anthony	Salsa, bolero	"Vivir Mi Vida" "Cambio de Piel" "Flor Pálida" "Volver a Comenzar"	Sony Music Latin, Columbia Records
30	Una Mujer	Olga Tañón	Merengue	"Todo lo Que Sube Baja"

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	Gracias Por Creer	La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
	The Vigil	Chick Corea
12	Alchemya	Juan Carmona
13	¿Quien Dice Que No?	Oscar Cruz
	Grandes Canciones	Cristina
15	Nunca Tem Fim...	O Rappa
20	Los Psychos Del Corrido Los Psicópatas	Los Inquietos Del Norte
	Irremplazable	El Trono de México
	Los Sucesores	J King & Maximan
23	Solo Pa' Los Jóvenes... de Corazón	Pijuan and Los Baby Boomer Boys
26	Salsa Roja	Berta Rojas
27	Confidencias	Alejandro Fernández	Latin pop	"Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti" "Me Olvidé de Vivir"	Universal Music Latino
	Especialista	Regulo Caro
	Yo	Roberto Fonseca
	Verdi	Plácido Domingo
28	Bohemio	Andrés Calamaro

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Take It Easy My Brother Jorge	Adryana Ribeiro
2	El Caballo de Oro	Reynaldo Armas
15	La Carta Perfecta – En Vivo	Danilo Montero
17	Con La Frente en Auto	Luis Coronel
	Lástima que sean ajenas	Pepe Aguilar
	Renacimiento	Pablo Milanés
	Questão De Tempo	Sérgio Reis
20	Romantisísmico	Babasónicos
	Nuevo	Lenny Salcedo
24	Party & Dance	Limi-T 21	Merengue	"Solo Busco Amor" "Con los Manos Arriba"
	Por Ti	Pesado
28	ABC Fiesta	Mister G
30	Viva Por Mim	Victor & Leo

Fourth quarter

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Wolverines	Vega
7	The Pedrito Martinez Group	Pedrito Martinez Group	Afro-Cuban		Motéma Music
8	Métete en el Viaje	Dubán Bayona & Jimmy Zambrano
	Soy el Mismo	Prince Royce	Bachata	"Darte un Beso" "Te Robaré" "Soy el Mismo" "Solita"	Sony Music Latin
	Forever Mazz	Jimmy González & Grupo Mazz
	La Familia 013	Charlie Brown Jr.
14	Fatum	Rosario La Tremendita
15	Medea	Manuel Barrueco and the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife
16	Celedón Sin Fronteras 1	Jorge Celedón and various artists
	La Voz del Ídolo	Alejandro Palacio
18	De Graça	Jeneci
19	Libertad	Airbag
22	El Corazón Decide	Ednita Nazario
	Gracias Por Estar Aquí	Marco Antonio Solís	Latin pop	"Tres Semanas" "De Mil Amores"	Universal Music Latino
	50 Anniversario	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
	25 Años de Música	Los Cafres
	Multishow Ao Vivo – Um Ser Amor	Paula Fernandes
29	La Familia	J Balvin
	Haciendo Historia	Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
	King Daddy	Daddy Yankee	Reggaeton	"La Nueva y la Ex"
	Palosanto	Bunbury
	Coloreando: Traditional Songs For Children In Spanish	Marta Gómez and Friends
30	Calle	Mónica Navarro

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Salve Gonzagão 100 Anos	Various artists
2	Geração De Jesus	Jotta A
5	De Líder a Leyenda	Yandel	Reggaeton, electropop, Latin pop	"Hablé de Ti" "Hasta Abajo" "Moviendo Caderas" "Plakito"	Sony Music Latin
	Amor en Portofino	Andrea Bocelli
	Orígenes: El Bolero Volumen 2	Café Quijano
	Céu Na Terra	Soraya Moraes
	Funky Funky Boom Boom	Jota Quest
7	Sigo Esperándote	Marcos Vidal
12	Vuelve en Primera Fila	Franco de Vita	Latin pop	"Te Pienso Sin Querer" "Y Tú Te Vas"	Sony Music Latin
19	Sentimiento, Elegancia & Maldad	Arcángel
	20 – Grandes Éxitos	Laura Pausini	Latin pop	"Limpio" "Víveme" "Se fue" "Donde quedo sólo yo" "Sino a ti"
	Mis Mejores Recuerdos	Tito Nieves
	8 Lunas	Rosana
	Bésame Mucho España	Olivia Gorra
	Fin De Semana	La Original Banda El Limón De Salvador Lizárraga
	Graça	Aline Barros
23	De Mi Corazón	Shelly Lares
25	Behind the Machine (Detrás de la Máquina)	ChocQuibTown
27	Opus IV	Viento de Agua
28	Sei, Como Foi Em BH	Nando Reis e Os Infernais

December

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 1	Jenni Rivera
	La Guzmán: Primera Fila	Alejandra Guzmán	Latin pop	"Mi Peor Error"	Sony Music Mexico
9	Cantándole a Mi Valle	Juan Piña
	O Samba É Do Bem	Paula Lima
10	One Flag	Elvis Crespo	Merengue	"Pegaito Suavecito" "Sopa de Caracol"
12	Bom De Dança Vol. 2	Rick & Renner
16	La Vida del Artista	Diomedes Díaz and Álvaro López
17	Mujeres Divinas	Juan Montalvo
	Anthology Back In The Day	Jay Perez

Unknown

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Poderoso	Grupo Manía	Merengue	"No Tengo el Valor" "Conmigo Te Vas"

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2013, according to Billboard . ^[6]

Rank	Album	Artist
1	La Misma Gran Señora	Jenni Rivera
2	3.0	Marc Anthony
3	Joyas Prestadas: Pop	Jenni Rivera
4	Joyas Prestadas: Banda	Jenni Rivera
5	Confidencias	Alejandro Fernández
6	Pasión	Andrea Bocelli
7	Las Bandas Románticas de América 2013	Various artists
8	Exiliados en la Bahía: Lo Mejor de Maná	Maná
9	#1's	Prince Royce
10	La Música No Se Toca	Alejandro Sanz

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2013, according to Billboard. ^[7]

Rank	Single	Artist
1	"Vivir Mi Vida"	Marc Anthony
2	"Limbo"	Daddy Yankee
3	"Darte un Beso"	Prince Royce
4	"Zumba"	Don Omar
5	"Propuesta Indecente"	Romeo Santos
6	"Algo Me Gusta de Ti"	Wisin & Yandel featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain
7	"Llévame Contigo"	Romeo Santos
8	"La Pregunta"	J Alvarez
9	"Loco"	Enrique Iglesias featuring Romeo Santos
10	"El Ruido de Tus Zapatos"	La Arrolladora Banda el Limón de Rene Camacho

Deaths

• February 15 – Francisco Fellove, 89, Cuban singer and composer ^[8]
• March 1 – Rafael Puyana, 81, Colombian harpsichordist. ^[9]
• March 6 – Chorão, 42, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Charlie Brown Jr.), skateboarder and screenwriter, cocaine overdose. ^[10]
• March 14 – Daniel Ponce, 59, Cuban percussionist ^[11]
• March 20 – Emílio Santiago, 66, Brazilian singer, complications from a stroke. ^[12]
• March 22:
  • Gerardo Gandini, 76, Argentine pianist and composer
  • Bebo Valdés, 94, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, Alzheimer's disease. ^[13]
• April 8 – Sara Montiel, 85, Spanish singer and actress ^[14]
• April 22 – Pajarito Zaguri, 72, ^[15]
• May 4 – César Portillo de la Luz, 90, Cuban Filin composer and interpreter. ^[16]
• May 8 – Delia Rigal, 92, Argentine soprano ^[17]
• May 9 – Juan Tarodo  [ es ], 52, Spanish musician and producer
• May 12 – Marià Albero  [ es ], 63, Spanish singer and songwriter ^[18]
• May 15 – Manolo Galván, 66, Spanish/Argentine singer-songwriter ^[19]
• June 1 – Baltazar "Balta" Hinojosa, 31, Mexican American composer and producer ^[20]
• June 22 – Leandro Díaz, 90, Colombian composer ^[21]
• July 7 – MC Daleste, 20, Brazilian rapper
• July 18 – Horacio Avendaño, 52, Argentine saxophonist ^[22]
• July 23 – Dominguinhos, 72, Brazilian composer and singer, infection and cardiac complications. ^[23]
• July 25 – Steve Berrios, 68, American jazz drummer. ^[24]
• August 5 – Horacio Icasto  [ es ], 72, Argentine pianist and composer ^[25]
• August 7 – Betty Pino, 65, Ecuadorian radio host ^[26]
• August 9:
  • Eduardo Falú, 90, Argentine folk guitarist and composer ^[27]
  • Eddie Pérez, 77, Puerto Rican saxophonist for El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
• August 10 – Eydie Gormé, 84, American singer ^[28]
• September 18 – Johnny Laboriel, 71, Mexican rock 'n' roll singer, prostate cancer. ^[29]
• September 27 – Oscar Castro-Neves, 73, Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer ^[30]
• October 6 – Senén Suárez  [ es ], 91, Cuban guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and author ^[31] de nombre artístico Senén Suárez, ^[32]
• October 24 – Manolo Escobar, 82, Spanish actor and singer ^[33]
• November 30 – João Araújo  [ pt ], 78, Brazilian record label executive ^[34]
• December 9 – Roberto Maza, Colombian manager ^[35]
• December 22 – Diomedes Díaz, 56, Colombian vallenato singer and songwriter ^[36]

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