This is a list of notable events in Latin music (i.e. Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking music from Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2015.

Events

*May 7 – Argentine singer-songwriter

Teresa Parodi Teresa Adelina Sellarés, best known as Teresa Parodi, (born December 30, 1947) is an Argentine singer and songwriter. She held the inaugural post of Minister of Culture of Argentina from May 6, 2014, to December 9, 2015. She was a deputy to the ...

is appointed her country's first Minister of Culture following the president's decision to promote the Culture Secretariat to a cabinet-level ministry. *July 30 Telemundo announces that it has acquired the rights to produce a Spanish-language version of the American Music Awards from the

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. The inaugural awards show is planned to air in fall 2015. *October 29 — " Bailando" by

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 ...

, Gente de Zona, and Descemer Bueno breaks the record for the longest-running song at number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart, surpassing " La Tortura" by Shakira and

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 ...

. *November 19 — Joan Manuel Serrat is honored by the

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as the

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. *November 20 **

14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards The 14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on Thursday, November 21, 2013, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. This was the sixth time that Latin Grammys has been held at this location. The main telecast was broadcast on Univision a ...

***"Bailando" by Enrique Iglesias, Gente de Zona, and Descemer Bueno wins

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 ...

. ***"Universos Paralelos" by

Jorge Drexler Jorge Abner Drexler Prada (born September 21, 1964) is a Uruguayan musician, actor and doctor specializing in otolaryngology. In 2004, Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan to win an Academy Award, which he won for compos ...

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Ana Tijoux Anamaría Tijoux Merino (; born 12 June 1977), commonly known by her stage name Ana Tijoux or Anita Tijoux, is a Chilean-French singer and musician. She became famous in Latin America as the MC of Hip hop music, hip-hop group Makiza during the l ...

wins Record of the Year. *** Paco de Lucía posthumously wins

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 '' Canción Andaluza''. *** Mariana Vega wins Best New Artist.

Number-ones albums and singles by country

* List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2014 (Brazil) * List of number-one songs of 2014 (Colombia) * List of number-one albums of 2014 (Mexico) * List of number-one albums of 2014 (Portugal) *

List of number-one albums of 2014 (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 S ...

List of number-one singles of 2014 (Spain) This lists the singles that reached number one on the Spanish Promusicae sales and airplay charts in 2014. Total sales correspond to the data sent by regular contributors to sales volumes and by digital distributors. Chart history References< ...

List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2010s The ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart, published by ''Billboard'' magazine, is a record chart that ranks the performance of Latin music albums in the United States. The data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music ...

List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Songs of 2014 The ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay are charts that rank the best-performing Latin songs in the United States and are both published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. The Hot Latin Songs ranks the best-performing Spanish-language ...

* List of number-one singles of 2014 (Venezuela)

Awards

* 2014 Premio Lo Nuestro * 2014 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards * 2014 Latin Grammy Awards * 2014 Tejano Music Awards

Albums released

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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 2014, 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 2014, according to ''Billboard''.

Deaths

*January 6 —

Nelson Ned Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto (2 March 1947 – 5 January 2014) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He built a solid career as a singer and composer of sentimental, suffering songs, rising to popularity in Brazil and Latin America in 1969 and becoming ...

, 66, Brazilian singer, pneumonia. *January 21 —

Tony Pabón Tony Pabón (March 6, 1939 in San Juan – January 21, 2014) was a Puerto Rican-born, New York raised, singer, trumpeter and bandleader influential in the development of boogaloo Boogaloo or bugalú (also: shing-a-ling, Latin boogaloo, Latin R ...

, 74, American singer, trumpeter and bandleader. *January 26 — Juanita Garica, 84, tejano music

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inductee, natural causes. *February 12 —

Santiago Feliú Santiago Vicente Feliú Sierra (March 29, 1962 – February 12, 2014) was a Cuban singer and songwriter. Born in Havana, he became part of the musical movement known as nueva trova, which was the Cuban manifestation of the nueva canción movemen ...

, 51, Cuban singer-songwriter, heart attack. *February 19 —

Simón Díaz Simón Narciso Díaz Márquez (August 8, 1928 – February 19, 2014) was a Venezuelan singer and Grammy Award-winning composer of Venezuelan music. Career Díaz endeavored to recover the folklore and musical traditions of the '' llanos'', the Ve ...

, 85, Venezuelan singer and composer. *February 25 — Paco de Lucía, 66, Spanish flamenco guitarist, heart attack. *March 14 –

Paulo Schroeber Paulo Schroeber (August 18, 1973 – March 24, 2014) was a Brazilian guitarist, most known for his work with Almah. He was also in the bands Astafix, Hammer 67, Burning in Hell and Fear Ritual. Early years Paulo was born in Caxias do Sul, Bra ...

, 40, Brazilian guitarist (post-surgery complications) *April 5 — Óscar Avilés, 90, Peruvian guitarist and singer. *April 17 — Cheo Feliciano, 78, American Puerto Rican

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composer and singer, traffic collision. *April 19 —

Sonia Silvestre Sonia Silvestre (16 August 1952 – 19 April 2014) was a Dominican singer from San Pedro de Macorís. She was married to the broadcaster, producer and host Yaqui Núñez del Risco. After they divorced, Silvestre moved to Mexico, where she re ...

, 61, Dominican singer and announcer, stroke. *April 23 —

Benjamín Brea Benjamín Brea (18 September 1946 – 23 April 2014) was a Spanish-born Venezuelan musician, arranger and teacher, mostly associated with jazz, even though he had the advantage to play several music genres in various bands as a soloist as well a ...

, 67, Spanish-born Venezuelan musician, stomach cancer. *May 1 — Juan Formell, 71, Cuban Grammy Award-winning musician, composer and director ( Los Van Van). *May 8 —

Jair Rodrigues Jair Rodrigues de Oliveira (February 6, 1939 – May 8, 2014) was a Brazilian musician and singer. He is the father of Luciana Mello and Jair Oliveira, who also followed in his footsteps and became musicians. Biography Born in Igarapava, Rodri ...

, 75, Brazilian musician and singer, heart attack. *May 23 —

Uña Ramos Mariano Uña Ramos (27 May 1933 – 23 May 2014) was an Argentinian musician. Uña Ramos was born in Humahuaca, Argentina, near the border with Bolivia. He was a renowned Andean musician and composer, a virtuoso of the quena, the end blown b ...

, 80, Argentine musician. *May 29 —

Tito Torbellino Tomás Eduardo Tovar Rascón (May 24, 1981 – May 29, 2014), also known by his alias Tito Torbellino, was a Mexican-American singer known for his work with the regional Mexican music genre. He was from Phoenix, Arizona but performed throughou ...

, 31, American

banda Banda may refer to: People *Banda (surname) *Banda Prakash (born 1954), Indian politician *Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao (1907–1968), Indian actor *Banda Karthika Reddy (born 1977), Indian politician *Banda Singh Bahadur (1670–1716), Sikh warr ...

singer and musician, shot. *June 3 — Virginia Luque, 86, Argentine singer and actress. *June 7 — Helcio Milito, 83, Brazilian musician. *July 14 —

Vange Leonel Maria Evangelina Leonel Gandolfo (4 May 1963 – 14 July 2014), known as Vange Leonel, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist, journalist, blogger, chronicler, novelist, playwright, beer sommelier, and feminist and LGBT rights acti ...

, 51, Brazilian singer, writer, feminist and LGBT activist, ovarian cancer. *August 3 — Daladier Arismendi, 39, Colombian singer, stabbed. *August 4 —

Rafael Santa Cruz Rafael Santa Cruz (29 September 1960 – 4 August 2014) was a renowned Afro-Peruvian musician and author of the book ''El Cajón Afroperuano'' on the cajón, a Peruvian instrument created from wooden boxes by slave Slavery and ens ...

, 53, Peruvian cajon musician and actor, heart attack. *August 7 — Peret, 79, Spanish singer, guitarist and composer, lung cancer. *September 4 — Gustavo Cerati, 55, Argentine singer and musician ( Soda Stereo), respiratory arrest. *September 19 — Milton Cardona, 69, Puerto Rican jazz musician, heart failure. *September 30 —

Jadir Ambrósio Jadir Ambrósio (December 8, 1922 – September 30, 2014) was a List of Brazilian musicians, Brazilian musician. He took a course on piano, singing, and chorus at the Conservatório Mineiro de Música in Belo Horizonte. It was the Conservatory ...

, 91, Brazilian musician and composer. *October 3 — Nati Cano, 81, Mexican-born American

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musician ( Mariachi los Camperos), recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship (1990). *December 21 —

Horacio Ferrer Horacio Ferrer (June 2, 1933 – December 21, 2014) was a Uruguayan-Argentine poet, broadcaster, reciter and tango lyricist. He is particularly well known for having composed the lyrics for tangos by Astor Piazzolla, such as ''Balada para un loc ...

, 81, Uruguayan/Argentine poet and tango lyricist. *December 28 — Leopoldo Federico, 87, Argentine tango musician.Tango legend Leopoldo Federico dies at 87
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References

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