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 2001.

Events

* August 20The Latin Recording Academy moves the upcoming Latin Grammy Awards from Miami to Los Angeles following protests by Cuban exiles over the Latin Recording Academy's decision to allow musicians from Cuba to perform on award ceremony. * September 11Following the

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in the United States, the

2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards The winners of the Second Annual Latin Grammy Awards were announced during a press conference on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 at the Conga Room in Los Angeles, California. The conference, which was broadcast live on the internet, was hosted by Jimmy ...

ceremony, which was planned to air later that day, is promptly canceled and the ceremony was not rescheduled due to logistical problems. The cancellation of the award ceremony cost the organizers an estimated two million dollars in losses. * October 30The 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held in a press conference at the

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in Los Angeles. **

Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. Sanz has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Awar ...

wins the Latin Grammy Awards for

Song of the Year Song of the Year may refer to: * Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year * Dove Award for Song of the Year * Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year * Grammis Song of the Year * Grammy Award for Song of the Year * Latin Grammy Awa ...

and Record of the Year for "El Alma al Aire" and

Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to: Awards * ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia * Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK * Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US * Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA * Lati ...

for the album of the same name. **

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wins the Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist. ** Julio Iglesias is honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. * December 9The ''Hispanos Unidos Por New York'' benefit concert is held at the

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featuring Latin acts such as

Marc Anthony Marco Antonio Muñiz Rivera (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. A three-time Grammy Award and six-time Latin Gra ...

Carlos Vives Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres ...

, Alejandro Fernández, Thalía, Juan Luis Guerra, and

José José José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer and actor. Born into a family of musicians, José began his musical career in his early teens playing guitar and sin ...

. The concert was held as a relief efforts to both the victims of the September 11 attacks as well as the crash of

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Bands formed

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Bands on hiatus

Number-ones albums and singles by country

List of number-one albums of 2001 (Spain) The List of number-one albums of 2001 in Spain is derived from the ''Top 100 España'' record chart published weekly by Productores de Música de España, PROMUSICAE (Productores de Música de España), a non-profit organization composed by Spain ...

List of number-one singles of 2001 (Spain) This is a list of the Spanish PROMUSICAE Top 20 Singles number-ones of 2001. Chart history See also *2001 in music *List of number-one hits (Spain) References {{Spanish number-one hits 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United ...

* List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2001 *

List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 2001 This is a list containing the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks number-ones of 2001. See also *Hot Latin Tracks The ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs (formerly Hot Latin Tracks and Hot Latin 50) is a record chart in the United States for Latin song ...

Awards

* 2001 Latin Grammy Awards * 2001 Premio Lo Nuestro * 2001 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards *

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Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2001, according to ''

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Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2001, according to ''Billboard''.