2026 in Latin music

The following is a list of events and new Spanish- and Portuguese-language music that happened or are expected to happen in 2026 in Ibero-America. Ibero-America encompasses Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Latin population in Canada and the United States. ^[1]

Events

January–March

• January 29 — The Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour by Shakira breaks the Guinness World Record for the highest-grossing tour by a Latin artist. ^[2]
• February 1 — The 68th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California ^[3] :
  • Debí Tirar Más Fotos by Bad Bunny becomes the first Spanish-language album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. ^[4] Bad Bunny also wins the Grammy Award for Best Música Urbana Album for Debí Tirar Más Fotos and Best Global Music Performance for "Eoo".
  • Cancionera by Natalia Lafourcade wins Best Latin Pop Album.
  • Papota by Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso wins Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.
  • Palabra de To's (Seca) by Carín León wins Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano).
  • Raíces by Gloria Estefan wins Best Tropical Latin Album.
  • A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole by Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro wins Best Latin Jazz Album.
  • Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo by Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia wins Best Global Music Album.

Spanish- and Portuguese-language songs on the Billboard Global 200

The Billboard Global 200 is a weekly record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the top songs globally based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide.

An asterisk (*) represents that a single is charting for the current week. ^[5]

Song	Performer(s)	Entry	Peak	Weeks	Ref.
2020 entries
"Feliz Navidad"	José Feliciano	November 28, 2020	5	38	[6]
2022 entries
"La Canción"	J Balvin & Bad Bunny	February 12, 2022	97	37*	[7]
2023 entries
"Danza Kuduro"	Don Omar & Lucenzo	June 3, 2023	140	36	[8]
2024 entries
"Gata Only"	FloyyMenor X Cris Mj	February 24, 2024	4	100	[9]
"Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido"	Karol G	July 6, 2024	5	82	[10]
"Qué Pasaría..."	Rauw Alejandro & Bad Bunny	November 30, 2024	20	48	[11]
2025 entries
"Nuevayol"	Bad Bunny	January 18, 2025	5	55*	[12]
"Baile Inolvidable"			4	55*
"DTMF"			1	55*
"Voy a Llevarte Pa' PR"			8	42*
"Eoo"			10	54*
"Veldá"	Bad Bunny, Omar Courtz & Dei V		9	38*
"La Plena (W Sound 05)"	W Sound, Beéle & Ovy on the Drums	March 15, 2025	11	47*	[13]
"Marlboro Rojo"	Fuerza Regida	May 24, 2025	33	37*	[14]
"Tu Sancho"	Fuerza Regida	May 31, 2025	19	35*	[14]
"No Tiene Sentido"	Beéle	June 7, 2025	27	30*	[13]
"P do Pecado (Puro Suco do Brasil)"	Menos É Mais & Simone Mendes	August 9, 2025	57	22	[15]
"Tú Vas Sin (Fav)"	Rels B		58	22	[9]
"Yogurcito"	Blessd	September 13, 2025	92	19	[9]
"Posso Até Não Te Dar Flores"	DJ Japa NK, MC Jacaré, MC Meno K, MC Ryan SP & DJ Davi DogDog	November 1, 2025	36	14*	[13]
"Cuando No Era Cantante"	El Bogueto x Yung Beef	November 8, 2025	5	13*	[13]
"La Perla"	Rosalía & Yahritza y su Esencia	November 22, 2025	12	11*	[13]
"No Batidão"	ZXKAI & sluxghter		41	11*	[13]
"Intro"	Peso Pluma & Tito Double P	December 6, 2025	125	2	[16]
"Ya Borracho"	Herencia de Grandes		75	9*	[13]
2026 entries
"Dopamina"	Peso Pluma & Tito Double P	January 10, 2026	20	4*	[16]
"Bckpckbyz"			58	2
"Daño"			47	4*
"Ni Pedo"			74	3
"7-3"			53	4*
"Eu Me Apaixonei"	Vitinho Imperador		128	1	[15]
"Putielegante"	Peso Pluma & Tito Double P		146	1	[16]
"Pvta Luna"	Netón Vega		122	4*	[13]
"Jetski"	Pedro Sampaio, MC Meno K & Melody		97	4*	[13]
"Pela Última Vez (O Puro Suco do Brasil)"	Grupo Menos É Mais & Nattan		192	1	[15]
"Cuando No Era Cantante (Remix)"	El Bogueto, Fuerza Regida, Anuel AA & Yung Beef	January 17, 2026	38	3*	[14]
"La Villa"	Ryan Castro, Kapo & Gangsta		71	3*	[13]
"IIII x IIII"	Omar Camacho x Víctor Mendivil x Ángel Almaguer x $HUPE	January 31, 2026	198	1*	[13]

Spanish-language songs on the Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 ranks the most-played songs in the United States based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming. Also included are certifications awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) based on digital downloads and on-demand audio and/or video song streams: gold certification is awarded for sales of 500,000 copies, platinum for one million units, and multi-platinum for two million units, and following in increments of one million thereafter. The RIAA also awards Spanish-language songs under the Latin certification: Disco de Oro (Gold) is awarded for sales 30,000 certification copies, Disco de Platino (Platinum) for 60,000 units, and Disco de Multi-Platino (Multi-Platinum) for 120,000 units, and following in increments of 60,000 thereafter.

Song	Performer(s)	Entry	Peak	Weeks	RIAA certification	Ref.
2017 entries
"Feliz Navidad"	José Feliciano	January 7, 2017	6	43		[17]
2025 entries
"Voy a Llevarte Pa' PR"	Bad Bunny	January 18, 2025	17	15*		[18]
"Amor"	Emmanuell Cortés	November 8, 2025	90	4	19× Platinum (Latin)	[19] [20]
2026 entries
"Dopamina"	Peso Pluma & Tito Double P	January 10, 2026	52	2		[21]
"Daño"			75	2
"Ni Pedo"			76	1
"Bckpckbyz"			79	1

Albums released

The following is a list of notable Latin albums (music performed in Spanish or Portuguese) ^[A] that have been released in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, or the United States in 2026.

First-quarter

January

Day	Title	Artist(s)	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	La Bruja, La Niña y El Dragón	Lola Índigo			Universal Music Spain
	¿Dónde Es El After?	Rawayana			Brocoli Records, Rimas Entertainment
6	El Bárbardo del Reparto	Wow Popy			Plus Media
8	No vuelve a suceder (calentamiento pre álbum)	Clarent			Warner Latina
16	La 8va Maravilla	Arcángel			Rimas Entertainment
	Ghetto Vato 2: Siempre Ghetto	Baby Gas			Empire
	Para Caídas	Carlos Neda
	30 Años	Dani Flow			Virgin Music México
	Eterno	Juan Gabriel			Virgin Music
	Bandoleros	Mariachi El Bronx			ATO
23	El Plugg 3 Ova 2	Yung Beef			Empire
	Natural al Natural	Paulina Goto			Empire
	Infinito	Yandel	Reggaeton		Rimas Entertainment
30	Bohemio	Nicky Jam			Virgin Music
	Al Romper La Burbuja 2	Joaquina			UMG

Deaths

• 10 January – Yeison Jiménez, 34, Colombian singer ^[26]
• 14 January – Quemil Yambay, 87, Paraguayan musician and composer ^[27]
• 28 January – Nilton César, 86, Brazilian singer ^[28]

Notes

1. In the United States, Billboard and the RIAA recognizes an album as "Latin" if 51% or more of its content is sung in the Spanish language. ^{[22] [23]} The Latin Recording Academy extends this definition of "Latin music" to include Portuguese-language records as well as other languages and dialects of Ibero-America such as Catalan, Nahuatl, Quechua, Galician, Valencia, and Mayan. The Latin Recording Academy also includes Latin instrumental recordings performed by Ibero-American musicians. ^{[24] [25]} Note that Spain and Portugal are included under this definition of Ibero-America.

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