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 of Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2009.
Events
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April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
– The
16th ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards are held at the
BankUnited Center
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at the
University of Miami
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in
Coral Gables, Florida
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Coral Gables is known globally as home to the ...
.
**Panamanian singer and songwriter
Flex
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wins the Billboard Latin Music Award for Hot Latin Song of the Year for "
Te Quiero".
**''
95/08'' by Spanish singer and songwriter
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...
wins the Billboard Latin Music Award for Top Latin Album of the Year.
**Mexican-American musician
Carlos Santana
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured ...
receives a Lifetime achievement award.
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November 5
Events Pre-1600
* 1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.
* 1499 – The '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Br ...
– The
10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
The 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the second time the show took place in Las Vegas. Juan Gabriel was honored as the Latin Recording Academ ...
are held at the
Mandalay Bay Events Center
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in
Las Vegas
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,
Nevada
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.
**Puerto Rican band
Calle 13 and Mexican group
Café Tacuba
Café Tacvba (Pronounced ''kaˈfe taˈkuβa'') is a band from Ciudad Satélite, Mexico. The group gained popularity in the early 1990s. They were founded in 1989, before they had the current lineup of Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega (lead vocals, ...
win the
Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the ...
for "
No Hay Nadie Como Tú
"No Hay Nadie Como Tú" ( en, There's No One Like You) is the first single by alternative-rap band Calle 13 (band), Calle 13 taken from their third studio album ''Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo'', released on October 7, 2008 by Sony BMG. It features ...
".
**''
Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo
''Los de atrás vienen conmigo'' ( en, The Ones Behind Are Coming with Me) is the third studio album by Puerto Rican alternative hip hop band Calle 13 and was released on October 21, 2008 by Sony Music Latin. This album is a bit more colorful t ...
'' by Calle 13 wins the
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the U ...
.
**Argentine artist
Claudia Brant
Claudia Alejandra Menkarski (born July 21, 1966), known as Claudia Brant, is an Argentine composer, producer and singer , Puerto Rican musician
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
Fonsi received his first ...
and American artist Gen Rubin win the
Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence, creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the Uni ...
for "
Aquí Estoy Yo
"Aquí Estoy Yo" (English: ''Here I Am'') is a song written by Luis Fonsi, Claudia Brant and Gen Rubin; it was produced by Luis Fonsi and Sebastián Krys for Fonsi's seventh studio album '' Palabras del Silencio'' (2008), and it is performed by ...
".
**
Alexander Acha
Raúl Alexander Acha Alemán (born January 25, 1985) is a Mexican singer-songwriter.
Life
The son of Mexican pop singer Emmanuel, Alexander Acha is also a pianist and a Berklee College of Music alum and born to a american mother Madison Anne J ...
wins
Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for records released in the previous year. The award was not presented in 1967. The official guidelines are as ...
.
Number-ones albums and singles by country
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List of number-one albums of 2009 (Mexico)
The highest-selling compact discs and music downloads in Mexico are ranked in the Top 100 Mexico record chart published weekly by AMPROFON (Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas), a non-profit organization made up of M ...
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List of number-one albums of 2009 (Spain)
Top 100 España is a record chart published weekly by PROMUSICAE (Productores de Música de España), a non-profit organization composed by Spain and multinational record companies. This association tracks record sales (physical and digital) in ...
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List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2009
The ''Billboard'' Top Latin albums chart, published in ''Billboard'' magazine, is a record chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given ...
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List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Songs of 2009
Awards
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2009 Premio Lo Nuestro
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2009 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards
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2009 Latin Grammy Awards
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2009 Tejano Music Awards
Albums released
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Dates unknown
Best-selling records
Best-selling albums
The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2009, according to ''
Billboard
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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 2009, according to ''Billboard''.
Deaths
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January 13
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
* 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
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Pedro Aguilar
Pedro "Cuban Pete" Aguilar (June 14, 1927 – January 13, 2009) was named "the greatest Mambo dancer ever" by ''Life'' magazine and Tito Puente. Pedro Aguilar was nicknamed "Cuban Pete" and .
Aguilar was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He took ...
, Puerto Rican mambo dancer and choreographer, 81
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January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 1156 &ndas ...
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Ramón de Algeciras
Ramón Sánchez Gómez, better known by his stage name Ramón de Algeciras, (5 February 193820 January 2009) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and lyricist. He was the most prolific collaborator of Paco de Lucía, his younger brother, r ...
, Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and lyricist, 71
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February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
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Joe Cuba
Joe Cuba (April 22, 1931 – February 15, 2009), was an American conga drummer of Puerto Rican descent widely regarded as the "Father of Latin Boogaloo".
Early years
Joe Cuba (birth name: Gilberto Miguel Calderón) was born in Harlem, New York ...
, American conga drummer, "Father of Latin Boogaloo", 77
[Sanchez, Laura N. Perez]
"NYC salsa band leader Joe Cuba dies at 78"
USA Today, February 15, 2009
References
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Latin music by year