2015 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 2015.

Events

• January 7 — The Nielsen Media Research releases the 2014 United States music report, showing that Latin music contributed 2.6% of total music sales. ^[2]
• January 9 — PROMUSICAE introduces a new chart which combines streaming, downloads, and physical sales. ^[3]
• February 3 — Puerto Rican singer Ivy Queen releases four albums, something "that nobody in the industry ever did before," according to Fox News Latino. ^[4]
• February 19 — Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias and American singer-songwriter Romeo Santos became the most awarded performers on the 27th Lo Nuestro Awards with both earning six awards each. Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona is awarded the Excellence Award while Italian singer Laura Pausini received an award for her musical trajectory. ^[5]
• April 30 — Romeo Santos is the biggest winner at the 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards with a total of ten awards. Brazilian singer Roberto is given the Lifetime Achievement Award and Mexican-American musician Carlos Santana receives the Spirit of Hope. ^[6]
• May 13 — Sirope by Alejandro Sanz becomes the best-selling album in Spain on its release week since 2006. ^[7]
• August 28 — Donald Trump's comments about Mexican illegal immigrants result in a backlash from several Latin artists such as Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, and Paulina Rubio. ^[8]
• September 1 — "El Perdón" by Nicky Jam and Enrique Iglesias surpasses "La Tortura" by Shakira and Alejandro Sanz as the second-longest number one song on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. ^[9]
• September 9 — Puerto Rican singer Víctor Manuelle becomes the artist with the most number-one songs on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart with 26 songs. ^[10]
• September 11 — Abraham Quintanilla, Jr., father of Tejano singer Selena, released a previously unreleased song after 20 years of the singer's death. ^[11]
• September 15 — Sony Music announces its deal with Cuban record label EGREM to distribute recordings internationally which date back to the 1960s. ^[12]
• September 17 — Emilio Estefan, Myriam Hernandez, Gustavo Santaolalla, Alvaro Torres, Hector Ochoa Cardenas, and Diego Torres are inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. ^[13]
• September 24 — Mexican singer-songwriter Carla Morrison becomes the first female soloist in 22 weeks to enter the top 10 of Billboard Latin Digital Songs chart. ^[14]
• September 27
  • Mexican singer and reality star Larry Hernandez is arrested in Ontario, Canada, on suspicion of kidnapping, assault and assault and battery causing injury. ^[15]
  • Colombian singer Shakira performed "Imagine" for Pope Francis at the United Nations. ^[16] In her role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, she also urged UNICEF to devote greater efforts toward early child development. ^[17]
• September 28 — Tejano singer Arnold Martinez sues Freddie Records for $3,000 of unpaid royalties in a Houston courtroom. ^[18]
• October 8  –The inaugural Latin American Music Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Enrique Iglesias is the most awarded artist with five wins including Artist of the Year. ^[19]
• October 26 — Colombian singer J Balvin became the first artist to receive the Latin Digital Diamond award from the Recording Industry Association of America denoting digital sales of 600,000 units for his songs "6 AM" and "Ay Vamos". ^[20]
• November 9 — After eight years since they separated, Noel Schajris and Leonel Garcia announced they will reunite as Sin Bandera and release one more album together. ^[21]
• November 18 — Roberto Carlos is honored by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences as the Person of the Year. ^[22]
• November 19
  • 16th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
    • "Hasta la Raíz" by Natalia Lafourcade wins Song of the Year and Record of the Year. ^[22]
    • Todo Tiene Su Hora performed by Juan Luis Guerra wins Album of the Year. ^[23]
    • Monsieur Periné wins Best New Artist.
• December 9 — Romeo Santos is named Top Latin Artist of the year by Billboard magazine. ^[24]
• December 12 — Reggaeton singer Yandel becomes the first Latin artist to live stream a concert on the music service Tidal. ^[25]

Bands formed

• Cidade Dormitório (Brazil)
• CNCO (Latin pop)
• Ezetaerre (Spain)
• Joana Marte (Brazil)

Number-ones albums and singles by country

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2015 (Brazil)
• List of number-one songs of 2015 (Colombia)
• List of number-one albums of 2015 (Mexico)
• List of number-one albums of 2015 (Portugal)
• List of number-one albums of 2015 (Spain)
• List of number-one singles of 2015 (Spain)
• List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2010s
• List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Songs of 2015
• List of number-one singles of 2015 (Venezuela)

Awards

• 2015 Premio Lo Nuestro
• 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards
• 2015 Latin American Music Awards
• 2015 Latin Grammy Awards
• 2015 Tejano Music Awards

Albums released

First quarter

January

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	Da Eternidade	Fernanda Brum
	Con la Rienda Suelta	Sigue la Tradicion Ramones de Nuevo Leon
20	Privilegio	Alfredo Olivas
	Necesito un Bolero	Gilberto Santa Rosa
23	Brazilian Nights	Kenny G
27	xx 20 Aniversario (En Vivo)	Intocable
	De Camino Pa' la Cima	J Alvarez
	Mi Estilo de Vida	Saul "El Jaguar" Alarcon
	Live: Desde Monterrey, Vol. 2	Grupo Bronco
	El Día Que Vuelva	Jorge Villamizar
	Ruperto Chapí: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2	Cuarteto Latinoamericano
30	Por Siempre	Américo

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	El Que Sabe, Sabe	Tego Calderón
	Legacy: De Líder a Leyenda Tour	Yandel
	Ojos en Blanco	La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
	Vendetta	Ivy Queen	Salsa, bachata, hip hop, urban	"Soy Libre" "Vamos A Guerrear" "Nací Para Amarte" "Vendetta"	Siente Music
	ConSentido	María Toledo
	Jazzeando	Eddie Fernández
	Alma Brasileira	Débora Halász, Franz Halász and Radamés Gnattali
5	Tributo Al Mas Grande Chalino Sanchez, Vol. 2	Los Buitres de Culiacan Sinaloa
9	Ayer y Hoy	Ivan "Melón" Lewis
10	A Quien Quiera Escuchar	Ricky Martin	Latin pop	"Adiós" "Disparo al Corazón" "La Mordidita" "Perdóname"	Sony Music Latin
	Los Dúo	Juan Gabriel
	Ínedito	Emmanuel
	Yazaira	Yazaira
17	Zapateando	Los Cojolites
22	Posso Tudo Nele	Jane Gomes
26	De la Cuna a la Jungla	Rockcito

March

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	500 Noches para una Crisis	Joaquín Sabina
3	Sentimientos	Solido
	Otro Golpe	Javier Rosas y Su Artilleria Pesada
	Tatuaje	Elvis Crespo
	Moctezuma	Porter
4	Amame Como Soy	Niña Pastori
	Suite Caminos	Gonzalo Rubalcaba
6	Como En El Cielo: En Vivo Desde La Arena Ciudad de Mexico	Miel San Marcos
10	A Ver Que Opinan	Traviezoz de la Zierra
	Vivir Es Hoy	Soledad
14	Homenaje a Astor Piazzolla	La Orquesta del Tango de Buenos Aires
15	Made in Brazil	Eliane Elias
16	Amizade Sincera II	Renato Teixeira and Sérgio Reis
	Os Anjos Cantam	Jorge & Mateus
	Serviço ocasional – Os azeitonas ao vivo no coliseu do porto	Os Azeitonas
17	Creo en Mi	Natalia Jiménez	Latin pop	"Creo en Mi" "Quedate Con Ella"	Sony Music Latin
	Los Reyes del Rap	Ñengo Flow
	Hasta la Raíz	Natalia Lafourcade	Latin rock, alternative pop, folk	"Hasta la Raíz" "Nunca Es Suficiente" "Lo Que Construimos" "Mi Lugar Favorito"	Sony Music Latin, RCA
	B	Diamante Eléctrico
	Corazones	Mikel Erentxun
	Sonetos Y Poemas Para La Libertad	Miguel Poveda
19	Este Instante	Marta Gómez
21	La Venganza de Cucamonga	Cuca
23	Aferrado	Julión Álvarez
	Corridos y Canciones de Mi Tierra	Los Rieleros del Norte
	Shaila Dúrcal	Shaila Dúrcal
	Historias Tattooadas	Macaco
	Presente Continuo	Guaco
	Espelho	Diogo Piçarra
24	Balas y Chocolate	Lila Downs
	Corridos de Caballos Pura Sangre	Los Herederos de Nuevo Leon
	América, Brazil	Ivan Lins
	Deus no Esconderijo do Verso	Padre Fabio De Melo
25	Lost and Found	Buena Vista Social Club
26	El Ídolo de Tejas	Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution
28	Biber: Baroque Splendor	Jordi Savalln
30	Y/O	Charliepapa
31	Healer	Alex Cuba
	Músicas Para Churrasco Vol. 2	Seu Jorge

Second quarter

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	I Make You Want to Move	José Valentino Ruiz and the Latin Jazz Ensemble featuring Giovanni Hidalgo
6	Andando	Joselito Acedo
	Não Vou Desistir	Wilian Nascimento
7	É	Duda Brack	Alternative rock		Independent
	La Melodia de La Calle, 3rd Season	Tony Dize		"Prometo Olvidarte"
	Segurito Segurito	La Septima Banda
14	Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson	Tony Succar
	¡Uno, Dos, Tres Con Andrés! En Español Y En Inglés	123 Andrés
17	Dancê	Tulipa Ruiz
21	Cama Incendiada	Maná	Latin rock	"Mi Verdad" "La Prisión" "Ironia"	Warner Music Mexico
	Que Suenen los Tambores	Víctor Manuelle	Salsa	"Que Suenen los Tambores" "Agua Bendita" "No Quería Engañarte"	Sony Music Latin
	Ser Humano	Zeca Pagodinho
28	Esto es Jesus Culture	Jesus Culture
	Mil y una noches	Gemeliers
	Acaríciame El Corazón	Pedro Fernández
	Tributo al Amor y Dolor	Alazzan
	Blam! Blam!	Jonas Sá
	Carbono	Lenine
30	Y Lo Dejamos Venir	Andrea Álvarez

May

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
4	Sirope	Alejandro Sanz
	Infinito presente	Camané
6	El Mismo	ChocQuibTown
9	Por Cielo Y Tierra	Michael Salgado
12	Perfecto	Eros Ramazzotti
	Hola Mundo	Tan Biónica
9	Mil Cuidades	Andrés Cepeda
12	Negroni Piano +9	José Negroni
15	Historia Del Tango – History Of Tango	Berta Rojas and Camerata Bariloche
	Chino & Nacho for Babies	Chino & Nacho		"Me Voy Enamorando"
	Impromptu	Rodriguez Brothers
18	Hoy Más Fuerte	Gerardo Ortíz
	Buen Camino	Lucas Arnau
	Guelã	Maria Gadú
	Ritual	Fernando Otero
19	Bogotá – Buenos Aires	Quinteto Leopoldo Federico
21	Esperanza mía	Lali Espósito
	Son de Panamá	Rubén Blades with Roberto Delgado and Orquesta
25	Irmãos	Victor & Leo
26	Vete Acostumbrando	Larry Hernandez
	#	Los Huracanes del Norte
	Astrid Asher	Astrid Asher
	Tributo a Los Compadres – No Quiero Llanto	José Alberto "El Canario" and Septeto Santiaguero
	Mujer Frente a la Cruz	Son by Four
28	Derroche de Amor	Alex Campos

June

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Tema	Antonio Adolfo
2	Ahora	Chiquis Rivera
	Una Nueva Historia	Charlie Aponte
	Uma Questão de Princípio	D.A.M.A.
	Veneno	Duelo
	Amanecer	Bomba Estéreo
	Geminis	Karlos Rosé	Bachata	"Infiel" "Niña de Mi Corazón" "Mi Lugar es Contigo"
4	#Libre	Gian Marco
8	Notícias Dum Brasil 4	Eduardo Gudin
9	Lo que aletea en nuestras cabezas	Robe
16	The Last Don 2	Don Omar	Reggaeton, latin pop	"Guaya Guaya" "Soledad" "Perdido En Tus Ojos" "Te Recordaré Bailando"	Machete Music
	Protegiendo el Penacho	Kinto Sol
	Caja de Musica	Monsieur Periné
	Soy	Ulises Bueno
23	Reuniendo Corazones	La Reunion Nortena
	Radio Universo	Chino & Nacho
	Nada Es Demasiado	Mojito Lite
	Lloviendo Estrellas	Leslie Grace	Bachata, R&B	"Como Duele El Silencio"	Sony Music
	El Alma del Son – Tributo a Matamoros	Alain Pérez
	Pa' Que Sientas Lo Que Siento	Aida Cuevas
	Los Animales	Mister G
	Despierta	Arianna Puello
25	Dois Amigos, Um Século de Música	Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil
	Dr. Ed Calle Presents Mamblue	Ed Calle and Mamblue
26	Locos Por el Son	Sonlokos
30	Mi Vicio Más Grande	Banda el Recodo
	Ya No Vives en Mi	Banda Clave Nueva De Max Peraza
	Adelante	Lucky Díaz and the Family Jam Band

Third quarter

July

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
7	Detrás del Miedo	El Komander
	Intercambio	Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quarter
	Roberto Carlos em Las Vegas	Roberto Carlos
	Mucho Mas Que Amor	Ram Herrera
	Fados do Fado	Marco Rodrigues
	Deseo Tu Gloria	Emir Sensini
10	Intensamente con Canciones de Juan Gabriel	La India	Salsa	"Ahora Que Te Vas" "Dímelo" "Me Voy a Acostumbrar"
	La Historia De La Musica Tejana	The Legends
	Troco Likes	Tiago Iorc
17	Dale	Pitbull
	Tradición, Arte y Passión	Mariachi Los Camperos De Nati Cano
19	Biblia Ovni	Massacre
21	8	Caramelos de Cianuro
24	Cuando Llora la Milonga	Nicolás Ledezma y su Orquesta
	En La Sala Con El Joe	Toño Restrepo
29	El Viaje	Antonio José
31	La Barra	Se Baila Se Canta
	Graça Quase Acústico {rs}	Paulo César Baruk
	Johnny Sky	Johnny Sky	Bachata	"With or Without You" "Quiereme"

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	Estaciones	Rey Ruiz	Salsa
7	Más + Corazón Profundo Tour: En Vivo Desde la Bahía de Santa Marta	Carlos Vives
	En Esto Creo	Hillsong en Español
	Tu Mano	Luciano Pereyra
	Sobre Crianças, Quadris, Pesadelos e Lições de Casa...	Emicida
	Like Nice	Celso Fonseca
11	Imaginário	John Finbury
	Dilúvio	Dani Black
13	Alex Sampedro	Alex Sampedro
14	Algo Sucede	Julieta Venegas
	Trulaynadamas	Tru-la-lá
	Éter	Scalene
21	El Amor	Gloria Trevi
	Los Cotizados	Baby Rasta & Gringo
	En Vivo	Kabah and OV7
	Mon Laferte Vol.1	Mon Laferte
	Cuba: The Conversation Continues	Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
22	Imparables	El Gran Martín Elías and Rolando Ochoa
28	En Vivo: Guadalajara – Monterrey	Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga
	#Hashtag Y Lo Más Trending	La Tierra Cali
	Locura Total	Fito Páez and Moska
	Nheengatu ao Vivo	Titãs
	Caótica Belleza	Esteman
	En Dos Idiomas	Tito Nieves	Salsa	"Si Me Tenías"
31	Leve Embora	Thiago Ramil
	El Mundo y Los Amantes Inocentes	Pablo López

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
4	Los Vaqueros: La Trilogía	Wisin		"Nota de Amor"
	El Rompecabezas	La Energia Nortena
	Eterno: Live	Christine D'Clario
11	Quién me ha visto...	Rozalén
	A + No Poder	Alejandra Guzmán	Latin rock	"Adiós" "Que Ironía"	Sony Music Latin, RCA
	Jobim Jazz (Ao Vivo)	Mario Adnet
	Leo Brouwer: Music For Two Guitars	Leo Brouwer
12	Esa Morena	Daiquiri
25	Ya Dime Adios	La Maquinaria Norteña
	México	Julio Iglesias
	Matando la Liga	Jory Boy
	Grande Amore	Il Volo
	Nuevo Orden Mundial	Malón
24	Reaprender	Adelso Freire
25	Justo Ahora y Siempre	Dvicio
30	Mondongo	La Cuneta Son Machin

Fourth quarter

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	La Vida del Rey	Enigma Norteno
	Conexión	Fonseca	Vallenato	"Entre Mi Vida y la Tuya"
	Homenaje (A La Música De Diomedes Díaz)	Fonseca
	Rumba a los desconocidos	Estopa
	35 Aniversario	Grupo Niche
	Todo Caminho É Sorte	Roberta Campos
	A Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo	Elza Soares
3	Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy	Maluma
	1,2,3 Llega Navidad	ClaraLuna
9	Cambio de Piel	Bebe
	Mundo	Mariza
	Muriendo de Amor	Vicente Fernández
	Hombre de Trabajo	Banda Carnaval
	El Concierto	Fiel a la Vega
	Buena Vida	Diego Torres
	Delírio	Roberta Sá
10	El Hilo Invisible (Cantos Sefaradíes)	Cuarteto Latinoamericano
13	Derivacivilização	Ian Ramil
15	Impredecible	Bareto
16	Tomen Nota	Adriel Favela
	Roses & Wine	Randy "Nota Loka"
	Futuro Eu	David Fonseca
	Vivir Sin Miedo	Buika
	Merengue y Sentimiento	Héctor Acosta "el Torito"
	Tem Mineira No Samba	Corina Magalhães
	Amanhecer	Paula Fernandes
19	Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac	Chucho Valdés
23	Visionary	Farruko
	Por Amor a Morelia Michoacán	Marco Antonio Solís
	Cinema: Edicion En Espanol	Andrea Bocelli
	Renacer	Christian Daniel	Latin pop	"Me Vuelvo un Cobarde"
	Directo	Vanesa Martin
	Entre 20 Aguas A La Música De Paco de Lucía	Various artists
	Dá-me um segundo	D.A.M.A.
27	Pa' Tío Simón	Rafael Pollo Brito
30	Sin Presumir	Los Invasores de Nuevo León
	8.11.14	Zoé
	Paradojas	Las Pastillas del Abuelo
	Bailar el viento	Manuel Carrasco
	Manuel Madrano	Manuel Madrano
	... Tangamente	Omar Mollo
	Manual	Boogarins
	Na Veia	Rogê & Arlindo Cruz
	Prender el Alma	Nicola Cruz  [ es ]
Unknown date	Project Black Pantera [26]	Black Pantera	Crossover thrash		Independent

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
4	Juntos Por la Cumbia	Los Angeles Azules y Grupo Cañaveral de Humberto Pabon
6	Dangerous	Yandel
	Hablemos	Ariel Camacho y los Plebes del Rancho
	Amor Supremo	Carla Morrison
	Mi Princesa	Remmy Valenzuela
	Tour Terral: Tres Noches En Las Ventas	Pablo Alborán
	Seguimos la Fiesta	Banda Tierra Sagrada
	Amor & Pasión	Il Divo
	Similares	Laura Pausini	Latin pop
	Tierra Nueva	Cielo Razzo
	Universos Paralelos	Jotdog
	Meteoros	Meteoros
	Todavía	Francisco Céspedes
	Ámame Como Soy (Nuevas Joyas)	Niña Pastori
	Sambas Para Mangueira	Various artists
	Vidas Pra Contar	Djavan
7	La Fantasia: Homenaje a Juan Formell	Formell Y Los Van Van
9	6	Yuridia
11	Primavera	Nahuel Pennisi
13	Mi Mejor Regalo	Charlie Zaa
	Cuba y Puerto Rico Son	Various artists
	Diferente	Roberto Tapia
16	Todo Comenzó Bailando	Marama
20	Historias de la Calle	Calibre 50
23	Directo En El Círculo Flamenco De Madrid	Antonio Reyes and Diego Del Morao
24	Mi Guitarra y Yo, Vol. 2	Regular Caro
27	MTV Unplugged: El Libro de Las Mutaciones	Bunbury
	Sirope Vivo	Alejandro Sanz
	Caos	Malú
	Adivinha	Lucas Lucco
	Baile Do Teló	Michel Teló

December

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	El Malquerido: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Jesús "Chino" Miranda
4	Un Besito Más	Jesse & Joy	Latin pop	"No Soy una de Esas"
	Desde el Azteca	Los Tigres del Norte
	Casi Justicia Social	Don Osvaldo
	Tengo Ganas de Ser Fiel	Banda Troyana
	Distante Em Algum Lugar	Versalle
11	Los Dúo, Vol. 2	Juan Gabriel
	Los Amigo	Luis Alberto Spinetta
	A Luneta E Tempo – Trilha Sonora Original De Alceu Valença	Alceu Valença
	Cordas, Gonzaga e Afins	Elba Ramalho
	AR	Almir Sater and Renato Teixeira
18	No Forró Do Seu Rosil	Lucy Alves and Clã Brasil

Unknown

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Un amor pendiente	Cardencheros de Sapioriz  [ es ]
Mala madre	Camila Moreno

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2015, according to Billboard . ^[27]

Rank	Album	Artist
1	Los Dúo	Juan Gabriel
2	Formula, Vol. 2	Romeo Santos
3	A Quien Quiera Escuchar	Ricky Martin
4	Cama Incendiada	Maná
5	Mis Número 1...40 Aniversario	Juan Gabriel
6	Hoy Más Fuerte	Gerardo Ortíz
7	Sex and Love	Enrique Iglesias
8	Las Bandas Romanticas de America 2015	Various artists
9	15 Inolvidables	Marco Antonio Solís
10	El Aferrado	Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2015, according to Billboard. ^[28]

Rank	Single	Artist
1	"El Perdón"	Nicky Jam featuring Enrique Iglesias
2	"Propuesta Indecente"	Romeo Santos
3	"Hilito"	Romeo Santos
4	"Ay Vamos"	J Balvin
5	"Ginza"	J Balvin
6	"Te Metiste"	Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho
7	"La Gozadera"	Gente de Zona featuring Marc Anthony
8	"Fanatica Sensual"	Plan B
9	"Háblame de Ti"	Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga
10	"Bailando"	Enrique Iglesias featuring Gente De Zona and Descemer Bueno

Deaths

• January 4 – Sharon la Hechicera, 40, Ecuadorian technocumbia singer ^[29]
• January 13 – Lincoln Olivetti  [ pt ], 60, Brazilian musician, composer, and musical producer ^[30]
• January 20 – Canserbero, 26, Venezuelan rapper (murdered by stabbing) ^[31]
• February 5 – Celina Gonzalez, 85, Cuban singer ^[32]
• February 12 – Sergio Blanco, 66, Spanish singer (Sergio y Estíbaliz). ^[33]
• February 25 – Ariel Camacho, 22, Mexican singer (traffic collision) ^[34]
• March 8 – Inezita Barroso, 90, Brazilian folk singer ^[35]
• March 30 – Aniceto Molina, 75, Colombian cumbia musician ^[36]
• April 5 – Claudio Prieto, 80, Spanish composer ^[37]
• May 13 – Lucy Fabery, 84, Puerto Rican Latin jazz recording artist ^[38]
• May 19 – Manuel Molina, 67, Spanish flamenco singer ^[39]
• May 25 – Jorge Massias, 67, Mexican songwriter ^[40]
• May 30 – Jaime Almeida  [ es ], 65, Mexican journalist and musicologist ^[41]
• June 12 – Fernando Brant, 68, Brazilian poet, lyricist and journalist ^[42]
• June 6 – Jorge Galemire, 64, Uruguayan guitarist and composer ^[43]
• June 12 – José Messias, 86, Brazilian musical producer ^[44]
• June 14 – Hugo Blanco, 74, Venezuelan musician and composer ("Moliendo Café") ^[45]
• June 23 – Marujita Díaz, 83, Spanish singer and actress, complications from colon cancer. ^[46]
• June 24 – Cristiano Araújo, 29, Brazilian singer and songwriter (traffic collision) ^[47]
• July 5 – Jorge Álvarez, 83, Argentine producer ^[48]
• July 6 – Julio Ángel, 69,Puerto Rican trio, bolero, rock and pop singer ^[49]
• July 10 – Rob Fernández, American concert promoter ^[50]
• July 12 – Javier Krahe, 71, Spanish singer-songwriter, heart attack. ^[51]
• July 13 – Joan Sebastian, 64, Mexican singer and songwriter, bone cancer. ^[52]
• July 23:
  • Mexicano 777, 42, Puerto Rican rapper ^[53]
  • Cirilo Vila, 77, Chilean pianist and composer ^[54]
• July 26 – Pía Sebastiani, 90, Argentine pianist and composer
• August 5 – Raphy Leavitt, 66, Puerto Rican composer and orchestra leader, complications of surgery for artificial hip infection. ^[55]
• August 21 – Daniel Rabinovich, 71, Argentine musician and comedian (Les Luthiers). ^[56]
• August 28 – Steve Vibert Pouchie, American Latin jazz musician, arranger, and educator
• September 7 – Guillermo Rubalcaba, 88, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and orchestrator
• October 10 – Fernando Echavarría, 62, Dominican Republic singer and songwriter ^[57]
• October 11 – Jorge Garbett  [ es ], 60, Paraguayan singer and songwriter ^[58]
• October 23 – Aldo Sarabia, 50, Mexican trumpeter ^[59]
• October 22 – Gloria van Aerssen  [ es ], 83, Spanish composer and singer (Vainica Doble  [ es ] ^[60]
• October 25 – Gladys "Havana" Carbo, 80, Cuban jazz vocalist
• November 1 – Raul Rekow, 61, American drummer ^[61]
• November 5 – Benny Sadel  [ es ], 55, Dominican Republic merengue singer
• November 6 – José Ángel Espinoza, 96, Mexican singer, composer and actor. ^[62]
• December 1 – Leoni Franco, 73, Uruguayan musician, composer and guitarist. ^[63]
• December 19 – Selma Reis, 55, Brazilian actress and singer, brain cancer. ^[64]
• December 25 – Manuel Agujetas, 76, Spanish flamenco singer. ^[65]
• December 27 – Syko "El Terror", 33, Puerto Rican songwriter ^[66]

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