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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)	Singles	Label
4	Nuestro Amor	Los Tri-O	Bolero
12	Vengo Naciendo	Pablo Milanés
12	Só no Forevis	Raimundos
26	Trozos de Mi Alma	Marco Antonio Solís	Latin pop	"Si Te Pudiera Mentir" "El Peor de Mis Fracasos" "Si No Te Hubieras Ido" "Inventame"	Fonovisa
	Fundamental	Puya
	Imagínate	Charlie Cruz	Salsa	"Bombón de Azucar"	WEA Latina

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	Con ustedes	Eddie Gonzalez
9	Por el Amor de Siempre	Pepe Aguilar
	Amar Es Un Juego	Millie	Latin pop	"De Hoy en Adelante" "Una Voz en el Alma"
	Dónde Estás Corazón	Pablo Montero	Ranchera	"Dónde Estás Corazón" "Cuando Ya No Me Quieras	BMG U.S. Latin
	Sinceridad	Rabito
16	Noelia	Noelia	Latin pop		Fonovisa
	Alegrías y Penas	Tito Rojas	Salsa	"Por Mujeres Como Tú"	Musical Productions
	Arráncame a Puños	Yesenia Flores
	El Rey del Jaripeo	Joan Sebastian
	Lullabies of Latin America: canciones de cuna de Latinoamérica	Maria del Rey
	Muchacho Solitario	Servando & Florentino
23	A Todas las Que Amé	Ezequiel Peña
	Un Poco Más	MDO
	Volando en una Nave Triste	Los Acosta
	Para Toda La Vida	Rocío Dúrcal
	Gran Homenaje: Recuerdos Del Amor...	Industria del Amor

March

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
9	Tumbao Para los Congueros de Mi Vida	Al McKibbon
	10 Aniversario	Emilio Navaira
	Contrabando en los Huevos	Grupo Exterminador
16	Desamor	Luis Vargas	Bachata
23	Amor, Familia y Respeto	A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings	Cumbia	EMI Latin
	Corazón	Ednita Nazario	Latin pop	EMI Latin
	El Cazador	Bobby Pulido
	En Vivo Desde el Carnegie Hall	Danny Rivera
30	Romanticos y... Con Sombrero	Javier Torres Y Su Grupo
30	¡Y No Hay Problema!	Los Toros Band	Merengue, bachata

Second quarter

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	Naci Con Suerte De Rey	Los Originales De San Juan
8	Os amores libres	Carlos Núñez Muñoz
13	Gotcha!	Dark Latin Groove	Salsa	"Volveré" "A Veces Me Pregunto"
	Inolvidable, Vol. 2: Enamorado de Ti	José Luis Rodríguez
	Para el Bailador	La Makina	Merengue	"No Me Digas Que No"	Sony Discos
	Suena Flamenco	Miguel Poveda
20	Clase Aparte	Tito Nieves	Salsa	"Le Gusta Que lo Vean"	RMM
27	Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor	Cristian Castro	Latin pop	"Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor" "Alguna Vez" "Volver a Amar" "Por Amarte Así	BMG U.S. Latin
	Caminando	Tony Tun Tun	Merengue	"Cuando Se Acaba el Placer" "Cuando la Brisa Llega"	Caíman
	Soy como soy	Ana Gabriel
	Nadie Como Yo	David Lee Garza & Los Musicales
	A Forca Que Nunca Seca	Maria Bethânia
	Siento	Yolandita Monge
	En Vivo Para Ti	Conjunto Primavera

May

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
4	Píntame	Elvis Crespo	Merengue	"Píntame" "Tiemblo" "Por el Caminito"	Sony Discos
11	Mi Verdad	Alejandro Fernández	ranchera, mariachi	"Loco" "Si He Sabido Amor" "Mi Verdad"	Sony Discos
18	Innamorarae: Summer Flamenco	Ottmar Liebert
	De Vida o Muerte	Los Invasores de Nuevo León
	Songs From a Little Blue House	Juan Carlos Formell
	Resurrection	Chris Pérez Band
	Ellas cantan a cri cri	Various artists
25	Siempre Contigo	Jay Perez
31	Tempo	Leonardo

June

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer	Ibrahim Ferrer	Tropical
	Briyumba Palo Congo – Religion of the Congo	Chucho Valdés
	Herido	José Alberto "El Canario"	Salsa
15	Néctar	Enanitos Verdes
15	Entrega	George Lamond
22	MTV Unplugged	Maná	Rock en español	"Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez" "Te Solte La Rienda" "Cachito"	WEA Latina
29	Herencia de Familia	Los Tigres del Norte	Norteño
	Te Quiero, Te Amo, Te Extraño	Banda Los Largos
	Sublime Ilusión	Eliades Ochoa
	Lleno de Vida	Manny Manuel
	Mil Gracias	Banda Maguey
	Un Pedazo de Luna	Guardianes del Amor
30	Amor Platónico	Los Tucanes de Tijuana

Third quarter

July

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	Nada Es Igual	Franco De Vita	Latin pop	"Te Veo Venir Soledad" "Traigo una Pena" "Si Tú No Estás"	Sony Discos
8	Expresión	Gilberto Santa Rosa	Salsa	"Dejate Querer" "Que Alguien Me Diga" "Almas Gemalas"	Sony Discos
13	Tiempos	Rubén Blades
13	Tierra de Nadie	Hevia
19	La Magia del Amor	Los Ángeles de Charly
20	Revés/Yo Soy	Café Tacuba
20	Zezé di Camargo & Luciano	Zezé di Camargo & Luciano
27	Juegos de Amor	Só Pra Contrariar
27	Que Lo Que Ta Pasando	9-11
29	Bocanada	Gustavo Cerati

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	Rancheros de oro	Banda Machos
3	Por Eso Te Amo	Los Palominos
10	Si Estuvieras Conmigo	Liberación
10	Back to the Future	Willie Rosario
17	The Heart of a Legend	Chico O'Farrill
23	Al Por Mayor	Los Tucanes de Tijuana
23	Séptima Harmonía	Limi-T 21
24	La Marcha del Golazo Solitario	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
	Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio	Jaguares
	La Formula Original	Oscar D'León
	Inner Voyage	Gonzalo Rubalcaba
	Leche	Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
	La Reina del Pueblo con Banda	Graciela Beltrán
27	Contigo	Intocable	Norteño
30	Llegar A Ti	Jaci Velasquez	Latin pop, Christian music	"Llegar a Ti" "Solo Tu"	Sony Discos
31	Con la London Metropolitan Orchestra	Ricardo Montaner	Latin pop	"El Poder de Tu Amor" "Ojos Negros" "Castillo Azul"	WEA Latina
	Llegó...Los Van Van	Los Van Van
	Corazón de Cristal	Priscila y sus Balas de Plata
	Ivete Sangalo	Ivete Sangalo

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
7	Momentos	La Mafia
	Si Me Conocieras	Nydia Rojas
	Quinteto Real Nuevo	Quinteto Real Nuevo
	Tangos de terciopelo	Quinteto Argentino de Cuerdas
13	Amarte Es un Placer	Luis Miguel	Latin pop	"Sol, Arena y Mar" "O Tú o Ninguna" "Dormir Contigo" "Amarte Es un Placer"	WEA Latina
14	Apocalypshit	Molotov
	Latin Jazz Suite	Lalo Schifrin
	Rompiendo el Milenio	Los Sabrosos del Merengue
	Algo Natural	Alejandra Guzmán
21	Todo lo Que Soy	Carlos Ponce	Latin pop	"Escuchame"	EMI Latin
	El Amor de Mi Tierra	Carlos Vives	Vallenato, Tropipop	"Fruta Fresca" "19 de Noviembre" "El Amor de Mi Tierra"	EMI Latin
	Mambo Birdland	Tito Puente
	Sola	La India	Salsa	"Hielo" "Sola" ""Lo Siento Mi Amor"	RMM
	Quien Mato A Hector Lavoe?	Domingo Quiñones
27	Na Pressão	Lenine
28	Inconfundible	Víctor Manuelle	Salsa	"Pero Dile" "Si la Ves" "Como Duele"	Sony Discos
	Los Más Grandes Exitos de Los Dandy's	Vicente Fernández
	En Vivo-En Concierto	Grupo Límite
	Consentida	Antonio Aguilar
	La Leyenda Continua...	Cornelio Reyna Jr. featuring Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte
	Tropicana Nights	Paquito D'Rivera
	Vo Imbola	Zeca Baleiro
29	Bien de arriba	Nestor Marconi
29	Claridade	Alcione

Fourth quarter

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
5	100 Años de Mariachi	Plácido Domingo
5	Lado B Lado A	O Rappa	Brazilian rock
12	Asomate a Mi Alma	Los Tiranos del Norte
13	Todo Está Bien	Juan Gabriel
	Toma Ketama!	Ketama
	Sérgio Reis e Convidados	Sérgio Reis
14	Decimo Aniversario	Los Terribles del Norte
14	Otra Vez a la Cantina	Michael Salgado
19	Por Una Mujer Bonita	Pepe Aguilar
19	Los grandes éxitos en español	Cypress Hill
26	Vivo	Ricardo Arjona	Latin pop	"Desnuda"	Sony Discos
	Mi Gloria Eres Tu	Los Tri-O
	La Magia de Cuco	Toño Rosario	Merengue		KAREN
	Profundamente	El Coyote y Su Banda Tierra Santa
	Latin Soul	Poncho Sanchez
	Distinto Diferente	Afro-Cuban All Stars
	Regalo de Amor y Paz	Danny Rivera
	Lo Que Llevo Por Dentro	Frankie Negrón	Salsa	"Remolino"	WEA Latina
29	Ana Carolina	Ana Carolina

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	Mexicano Hasta la Madre	Los Originales de San Juan
	Bomba 2000	Los Hermanos Rosario
	Calle Salud	Compay Segundo
9	Esperando un Angel	Banda Arkángel R-15
	Acústico MTV	Legião Urbana
	Los Hermanos	Los Hermanos
	Generation Next	Aventura	Bachata	"Cuando Volverás"
	Christmas	Raúl di Blasio
15	La Dolores	Plácido Domingo
16	Olga Viva, Viva Olga	Olga Tañón	Merengue
	Acústico MTV	Os Paralamas do Sucesso
	Un Sonido Bestial	Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz
22	Pacantó	Totó la Momposina
23	Masters of the Stage	Grupo Manía	Merengue	"Bajo la Lluvia"	Sony Discos
	El Padrino	Fulanito
	Crooner	Milton Nascimento
30	Cumbias Sin Control	Grupo Control
	Tres	Fiel a la Vega
	Una Lluvia de Flores	Los Ángeles Azules
Unknown	Titãs & Paralamas Juntos Ao Vivo	Titãs, Os Paralamas do Sucesso	Rock, ska		Sempre Livre Mix

December

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
2	Nocheros	Los Nocheros
7	Navidad con Tito Rojas	Tito Rojas
14	Celebracion: Epic Duets	Eddie Santiago
22	Uno	La Ley	rock en español
28	De la zambra al duende... un homenaje	Juan Habichuela

Unknown

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Alma	Conjunto Alma Norteña
Jaime y los Chamascos	Jaime y los Chamascos
Latin Jazz Explosion	Bobby Rodríguez
Norteño 2000	Los Huracanes del Norte
Tu Decisión	Ana Bárbara
Misa Criolla	Mercedes Sosa
Postales del Alma	Lito Vitale and Juan Carlos Baglietto
Eterno Buenos Aires	Rodolfo Mederos
Paris 1987	Camarón de la Isla and Tomatito
Com Vocé... Meu Mundo Ficaria Completo	Cássia Eller
Zeca Pagodinho ao Vivo	Zeca Pagodinho
Tudo Azul	Velha Guarda da Portela
Voce Vai Ver o Que é Bom	Dominguinhos
Carlos Malta e Pife Muderno	Carlos Malta e Pife Muderno
Primavera	Eliana
João Gilberto Voz e Violão	João Gilberto
EYA 1998	Elida Y Avante
In Your Face	Dream Team
Reflexiones	Grupo Mojado
As Dez Mais	Titãs	Rock, pop rock	"Pelados em Santos", "Aluga-se"	WEA

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".

Related Research Articles

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↑ "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. 111 (17): LM-3. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
↑ "Billboard Spotlights Spain & Portugal". Billboard . Nielsen N.V. 111 (47): 91. 1999-11-20. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 2015-09-03.
↑ Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa (December 26, 1999). "The Loud and Quiet Explosions". Los Angeles Times. tronc . Retrieved March 20, 2017.
1 2 "1999 the year in music: Hot Latin Tracks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 111 (52): YE-76. 1999-12-25. 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. 111 (17): LM-3. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

[4] "Billboard Spotlights Spain & Portugal". Billboard . Nielsen N.V. 111 (47): 91. 1999-11-20. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 2015-09-03.

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

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