This is a list of notable events in

Latin music Latin music (Portuguese language, Portuguese and es, música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America (including Music of Spain, Spain and Portuguese music, Portugal) ...

(music from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas from Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1991.

Events

February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...

– The

33rd Annual Grammy Awards The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 20, 1991. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Quincy Jones was the night's biggest winner winning a total of six awards including Album of the Year. Performers ...

are held at the

Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and Theater (structure), theater at 1260 Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplac ...

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

. **

José Feliciano José Montserrate Feliciano García (born September 10, 1945) () is a Puerto Rican musician, singer and composer. He recorded many international hits, including his rendition of the Doors' "Light My Fire" and his self-penned Christmas song " ...

wins the

Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the Latin pop genre. Honors i ...

for his song " ¿Por Qué Te Tengo Que Olvidar?" **

Tito Puente Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz c ...

wins the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Performance for his song "Lambada Timbales" **The

Texas Tornados Texas Tornados is a Tejano supergroup, composed of some of country music's biggest artists who modernized the Tex-Mex style including Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, and Freddy Fender. Its music is a fusion of conjunto (German and Norte ...

wins the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance for their song "

Soy de San Luis "Soy de San Luis" is a song written by Santiago Jiménez, Jr. and Louis Ortega. The song came to prominence in 1990 when American supergroup Texas Tornados recorded it on their album ''Texas Tornados (album), Texas Tornados'', earning a Grammy Awa ...

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May 23 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction. * 1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. *1533 – The marriage of King Henry VI ...

– The 4th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the

James L. Knight Center The James L. Knight Center is a contemporary entertainment and convention complex located in Downtown Miami, Florida. Located within the Miami Central Business District, the venue opened in 1982. The complex is named after famed newspaper publi ...

in Miami, Florida. Mexican singer

Ana Gabriel María Guadalupe Araujo Yong (born December 10, 1955), better known as Ana Gabriel, is a Mexican singer and songwriter from Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. S ...

and Dominican group Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40 are the most awarded artists with three wins. *

November 19 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...

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Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...

releases ''

Romance Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, ...

'', a collection of

bolero Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has ...

s previously recorded by other artists. The album's success led to a resurgence of interest in the bolero genre in the 1990s.

Bands formed

Ricky Martin Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography spanning ...

(Latin pop) *

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music" and is ...

(Latin pop) *Grupo Mojado *Esmeralda *Lalo y Los Descalzos *Tecno Banda *Alex d'Castro *Antonio Cruz *Xavier

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Bands on hiatus

Number-ones albums and singles by country

List of number-one albums of 1991 (Spain) The List of number-one albums of 1991 in Spain is derived from the ''Top 100 España'' record chart published weekly by PROMUSICAE (Productores de Música de España), a non-profit organization composed by Spain and multinational record companies ...

List of number-one singles of 1991 (Spain) This is a list of the Spanish PROMUSICAE Top 20 Singles number-ones of 1991. Chart history See also *1991 in music *List of number-one hits (Spain) References {{Spanish number-one hits 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwis ...

* List of number-one ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums of 1991 *List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1991

Awards

*Premio Lo Nuestro 1991, 1991 Premio Lo Nuestro *1991 Tejano Music Awards

Albums released

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Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1991 in the United States in the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard''.

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1991, according to ''Billboard''.

Births

*February 1 – Martha Heredia, Dominican Republic, Dominican singer *February 14 – Karol G, Colombian reggaeton singer *February 17Raymix, Mexican cumbia singer *March 13 – Luan Santana, Brazilian sertanejo singer *March 22 – Sophia Abrahão, Brazilian actress and singer * April 4 – Lucas Lucco, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and actor *May 2Farruko, Puerto Rican reggaeton singer *July 3 – Rolf Sanchez, Dutch salsa singer *September 9 - Amanda Magalhães, Brazilian actress and singer *October 10 – Lali Espósito, Argentine pop singer

Deaths

*April 29 – Gonzaguinha, Brazilian MPB singer *August 17 – Sola, Mexican singer *September 22 – Tino Casal, Spanish rock singer

References

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