The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2018 in Latin music. The list covers events and releases from Latin regions including Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the United States.

Events

January–March

January 28 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession o ...

Despacito "Despacito" (; "Slowly") is a song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi featuring Puerto Rican rapper and singer Daddy Yankee as the lead single from Fonsi's 2019 studio album ''Vida''. Released on January 12, 2017, the song was written by Fonsi, ...

" by

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 Daddy Yankee featuring

Justin Bieber Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Bieber is recognized for his genre-melding musicianship and has played an influential role in modern-day popular music. He was discovered by American record executive Scooter ...

becomes the first Latin song to receive a

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certification by the

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(RIAA). The RIAA measured data from the original version by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee and the remix with Justin Bieber for the award. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee become the 12th and 13th Latin artists to perform at the

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. *

February 12 Events Pre-1600 *1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. *1429 – English forces under ...

"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, and Justin Bieber breaks the record for the longest-running number-one song on the ''

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Hot Latin Songs The ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs (formerly Hot Latin Tracks and Hot Latin 50) is a record chart in the United States for Latin songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Since October 2012, chart rankings are based on digital sales, rad ...

chart. The previous record was held by " 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 with 41 weeks. *

February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdina ...

The 30th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. Nominations are absent due to being a commemorative edition. Special awards are given instead. **Cuban producer Emilio Estefan and Cuban singer

Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan (; born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a seven-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been ...

receive the Lo Nuestro Award to Excellence. **Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández receives the Trajectory Award. **Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañón and Puerto Rican duo Wisin & Yandel receive a special award. * March 6The 26th Annual

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Latin Awards are held at the

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in New York City, New York. **"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber wins Song of the Year. Only ASCAP members

Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd Jason Paul Douglas Boyd, better known by his stage name Poo Bear, is an American songwriter, singer, and music producer. He is best known for being one of Justin Bieber's main collaborators, having co-written many of Bieber's hits (including " ...

, and Daddy Yankee receive the award. **Joss Favela is recognized as Songwriter of the Year. * March 20The 25th Annual BMI Latin Awards are held at the

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in Beverly Hills, California. **"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber wins Contemporary Latin Song of the Year. Only BMI members Luis Fonsi and

Marty James Marty James Garton Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Chico, California. He has released albums and singles as the front man and producer of Scapegoat Wax and One Block Radius.Birchmeier, Jason (2011)One Block Radius ...

receive the award. ** J Balvin is recognized as Contemporary Latin Songwriter of the Year.

April–June

April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...

The music video of "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee becomes the first YouTube video to reach five billion views on the site. *

April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 1407 ...

"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber reaches an unprecedented 50th week at number one on ''Billboard''s Hot Latin Songs chart. *

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 Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reports that revenue for the Latin music market in the United States rose 37% in 2017, totaling in $243 million amounting to 2.8 percent of the market in the country.

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was noted as the primary factor for the rise in revenue for the Latin music market. * April 24 The

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a non-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland and founded in Italy in 19 ...

(IFPI) reports that revenue for the Latin music market in Latin America increased 17.7% in 2017, denoting online streaming as the primary factor for its rise. Physical albums revenue declined 41.5%. **"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber is the second best-selling digital single of 2017 in the world, with 24.3 million sales plus track-equivalent streams. * April 26The 25th Annual Billboard Latin Music Awards are held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. **Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee is the biggest winner with eight awards. **Puerto Rican singer Ozuna wins Artist of the Year. **"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber wins Hot Latin Song of the Year. **'' Fénix'' by Nicky Jam wins Top Latin Album of the Year. * April 28Mexican group Calibre 50 and Colombian singer J Balvin receive an award by streaming service

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for being the first artists to surpass a billion streams each in that platform.

July–September

* July 2Colombian singer J Balvin and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny achieve their first number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 through " I Like It" with American rapper

Cardi B Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar Cephus (, ; born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper and songwriter. She first gained popularity as an influencer on Vine and Instagram. From 2015 to early 2017, she appeared as ...

. They become the first Latin artists to top the chart since Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee in 2017. *

July 10 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. * 645 – Isshi Incident: Prin ...

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publishes the Latin mid-year chart for the United States and reports that streaming activity has increased in comparison to the first half of 2017, while album and digital single sales decreased. **''

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'' by Puerto Rican singer Ozuna is the best-performing album, with 313,000 sales plus track- and stream-equivalent units. **'' CNCO'' by CNCO is the best-selling album, with 17,000 copies sold. **"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber is the best-selling single, with 246,000 downloads sold; the most-streamed song, with 308,980,000 audio and video streams combined; the most-streamed audio, with 119,802,000 streams; and the most-streamed video, with 189,178,000 streams. * July 15 American singer Nicky Jam performs " X" and " Live It Up", the latter together with American rapper

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and Kosovo Albanian singer Era Istrefi, during the FIFA World Cup closing ceremony.

October–December

* November 2 – The 13th LOS40 Music Awards take place at the WiZink Center in Madrid. ** ''

Prometo ''Prometo'' () is the fourth studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Pablo Alborán. The album was announced on 9 October 2017 and was released on 17 November 2017 through Warner Music Spain. In an interview with ''Billboard'', Alborán explai ...

'' by Pablo Alborán wins Best Spanish Album. ** "El Patio" by Pablo López wins Best Spanish Song. ** "Déjala Que Baile" by

Melendi Ramón Melendi Espina (born 21 January 1979), known as Melendi, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. His specialties are rock, flamenco, and rumba styles. Early life He was born in Oviedo, Asturias. He went to class with Formula One race car drive ...

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 ...

wins Best Spanish Video. ** Colombian band

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wins Best Latin Artist. *

November 4 Events Pre-1600 *1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. * 1493 – Christopher Columbus reaches Leeward Island and Puerto Rico. * 1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's ...

– The 25th MTV Europe Music Awards take place at the Bizkaia Arena in

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. ** Anitta wins Best Brazilian Act. ** Ha*Ash wins Best Latin America North Act. ** Sebastián Yatra wins Best Latin America Central Act. ** Lali wins Best Latin America South Act. **

Diogo Piçarra Diogo Piçarra (born 19 October 1990) is a Portuguese singer. He won the fifth season of the Portuguese version of ''Pop Idol'' in 2012. Biography Diogo Piçarra was born in Faro. As a 17-year-old, he formed the band "Fora da Bóia". While stud ...

wins Best Portuguese Act. ** Viva Suecia wins Best Spanish Act. *

November 15 Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. *1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...

The

19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards The 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on November 15, 2018 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Performers Winners and nominees The following is the list of nominees. General ;Record of the Year Jorge Drexler — "Telefonía" ...

are held at the

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in Las Vegas, Nevada: **"Telefonía" 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 ...

wins the Latin Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and

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. **''

¡México Por Siempre! ''¡México Por Siempre!'' ("Forever Mexico"), stylized as ''¡MÉXICO Por Siempre!'', is the 20th studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel. The album was released by Warner Music Mexico on 24 November 2017. The album won two Latin Grammy Awar ...

'' by

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 ...

wins the

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 ...

. ** Karol G wins the Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist **Mexican band

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is honored

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, becoming the first musical ensemble to do so.

Number-ones albums and singles by country

* List of number-one hits of 2018 (Argentina) *

List of number-one songs of 2018 (Bolivia) This is a list of the number-one songs of 2018 in Bolivia. The airplay charts are published by Monitor Latino Monitor Latino (stylised monitorLATINO) is a singles chart founded in 2003 which ranks songs on chart based on airplay across radio sta ...

* List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2018 (Brazil) * List of number-one songs of 2018 (Colombia) *

List of number-one songs of 2018 (Guatemala) This is a list of the number-one songs of 2018 in Guatemala. The airplay chart rankings are published by Monitor Latino, based on airplay across radio stations in Guatemala using the Radio Tracking Data, LLC in real time. Charts are compiled from M ...

List of number-one albums of 2018 (Mexico) Top 100 Mexico is a record chart published weekly by AMPROFON (Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas), a non-profit organization composed by Mexican and multinational record companies. This association tracks record sale ...

List of number-one songs of 2018 (Mexico) This is a list of the number-one songs of 2018 in Mexico. The airplay chart rankings are published by Monitor Latino, based on airplay across radio stations in Mexico using the Radio Tracking Data, LLC in real time. Charts are compiled from Monday ...

List of number-one albums of 2018 (Portugal) The Portuguese Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums in Portugal, as compiled by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. See also * List of number-one singles of 2018 (Portugal) References {{Portuguese charts Number one albums Po ...

List of number-one albums of 2018 (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 A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of ...

* List of number-one singles of 2018 (Spain) *

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 2018 * List of number-one Billboard Regional Mexican Songs of 2018 * List of number-one songs of 2018 (Venezuela)

Awards

* 2018 Premio Lo Nuestro * 2018 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards * 2018 Latin American Music Awards * 2018 Latin Grammy Awards * 2018 Heat Latin Music Awards *

2018 MTV Millennial Awards The 5th Annual MTV MIAW Awards were held on June 2, 2018 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, and was broadcast on June 3, 2018 through MTV Latin America. The awards celebrate the best of Latin music and the digital world of the Millenn ...

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The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums (including album-equivalent units) in the United States in 2018, 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 2018, according to ''Billboard''.

Deaths

* March 24 José Antonio Abreu, 78, Venezuelan conductor and founder of El Sistema and recipient of the

Latin Grammy Trustees Award The Latin Grammy Trustees Award is an award presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to individuals "who have made significant contributions, other than performance, to Latin ...

May 18 Events Pre-1600 * 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. * 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...

Anthony Cruz, Puerto Rican-American salsa singer ("Dile a Él" and "No le Temas a Él"). * May 28

María Dolores Pradera María Dolores Fernández Pradera OAXS, MMT (29 August 1924 – 28 May 2018) was a Spanish melodic singer and actress, and one of the most famous voices in Spain and Latin America. She started her career as an actress and during the 1950s she ...

, 93, Spanish singer and actress, recipient of the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. * May 28, 64, Venezuelan singer-songwriter (

Adrenalina Caribe Adrenalina Caribe is a Venezuelan music group. Primarily performing Latin and Tropical music, they formed in 1979 in Caracas. At the peak of Adrenalina Caribe's popularity, the band released several albums under Venezuelan record label Sonográ ...

), shot. * May 31, 98, Dominican merengue singer, recipient of the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. *

June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...

Jimmy Gonzalez Mazz is a Tejano band originally from Brownsville, Texas. The band was known for their idiosyncratic and innovative form of Tejano cumbia which made them distinguishable among their counterparts. Mazz became one of the most popular Tejano music ba ...

, 67, American

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singer, fronted Grupo Mazz and a four-time

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winner. * June 19 **

Efrén Echeverría Efren Echeverria (4 March 1932 – 19 June 2018) was a Paraguayan musician guitarist, composer, and compiler. Childhood and Youth When Efren was nine years old, a neighbor, Eusebio Cantero, taught him the first chords on guitar. With hi ...

, 86, Paraguayan musician, composer, and record collector * June 24 ** Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga, 82, Ecuadorian Andean cumbia musician **

Xiomara Alfaro Xiomara Alfaro (May 11, 1930 – June 24, 2018) was a Cuban coloratura soprano. Her interpretation of Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona's "Siboney" was the composer's favorite. Early life Alfaro was born in Havana. She was a musical chi ...

, 88, Cuban opera singer * August 7 Carlos Almenar Otero, 92, Venezuelan singer and songwriter. *

September 7 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. * 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. *1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen. *1191 – Third Cru ...

Wilson Moreira Wilson Moreira (12 December 1936 – 6 September 2018) was a Brazilian '' sambista''. Biography Moreira was born in the neighborhood of Realengo, in Rio de Janeiro. As a teenager he was associated with the samba school Mocidade, where he won tw ...

, 81, Brazilian singer * September 9 Mr. Catra, 49, Brazilian musician (stomach cancer) * September 14 Carlos Rubira Infante, 96, Ecuadorian

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and

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singer-songwriter *

September 18 Events Pre-1600 * 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. * 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor a ...

Carmencita Lara, 91, Peruvian singer *

September 24 Events Pre-1600 *787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia. *1568 – Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near ...

**, 80, Argentine folk singer ** Vicente Bianchi, 98, Chilean conductor, composer and pianist * September 26

Tito Madi Chauki Maddi (18 July 1929 – 26 September 2018), better known by his stage name as Tito Madi, was a Brazilian singer and composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western class ...

, 89, Brazilian singer and composer *

September 30 Events Pre-1600 * 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. * 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their b ...

Ângela Maria Angela Maria (13 May 1929 – 29 September 2018), the stage name of Abelim Maria da Cunha, was a Brazilian singer and actress. She was elected "Queen of the Radio" in 1954 and was considered the most popular singer of that decade in Brazil. Dis ...

, 89, Brazilian singer * October 1

Jerry González Jerry González (June 5, 1949 – October 1, 2018) was an American bandleader, trumpeter The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the hig ...

, 69, American bandleader and trumpeter (heart attack) * November 13 **

Lucho Gatica Luis Enrique Gatica Silva (11 August 1928 – 13 November 2018),
''The New York Times''. Retriev ...

, 90, Chilean bolero singer and actor **

Arthur Maia Arthur Maia (9 April 1962 – 15 December 2018) was a Brazilian composer and musician. Maia played with musicians such as Djavan, Gilberto Gil, Marisa Monte, Lulu Santos and Ney Matogrosso. His compositions usually present a fusion of jazz, funk ...

, 56, Brazilian composer and musician (heart attack) *

December 16 Events Pre-1600 * 714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom. * 755 ...

Chiquetete Antonio José Cortés Pantoja, better known by his artistic name Chiquetete (26 July 1948 – 16 December 2018), was a Spanish flamenco singer, cousin of the tonadillera Isabel Pantoja. Born in Algeciras, in Andalusia, in a Romani family, althou ...

, 70, Spanish flamenco and ballad singer, heart attack ("Esta Cobardía", "Volveré"). *

December 24 Events Pre-1600 * 502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate. * 640 – Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death. * 759 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, whe ...

Jaime Torres, 80, Argentine

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player. * December 25, 61, Brazilian guitarist and songwriter ( Blitz). * December 27 Miúcha, 81, Brazilian singer and composerMorre no Rio a cantora Miúcha aos 81 anos

References

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