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This is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America, Latin Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1989.

Events[edit]

February 22 – The 31st Annual Grammy Awards are held at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles:^[1]
- Roberto Carlos wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance for his 1988 self-titled album.
- Linda Ronstadt wins the Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Performance for Canciones de Mi Padre.
- Rubén Blades wins the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Performance for Antecedente.
May 31 – The inaugural Lo Nuestro Awards is presented by American television network Univision. It is the first Spanish-language music award show to not reveal the winners before the broadcast.^[2] Mexican band Los Bukis and Puerto Rican singer Lalo Rodríguez tie for the most awards with three wins.^[3]

Number-ones albums and singles by country[edit]

Awards[edit]

Albums released[edit]

First quarter[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	Suspiros	Dyango	Latin pop		EMI
21	¿Qué Es el Amor?	José José	Latin pop	"Como Tú" "Él" "Piel de Azucar"	Ariola

March[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
21	El Conjunto del Amor	Conjunto Chaney	Salsa

Second quarter[edit]

April[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
25	Ojalá Que Llueva Café	Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40	Merengue	"Ojalá Que Llueva Café" "Visa Para un Sueño" "Woman del Callao"	Karen

May[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
13	Raíces	Julio Iglesias	Latin pop	"Bamboléo/Caballo Viejo"	CBS Discos
15	Esos Hombres	Vikki Carr	Latin pop	"Mala Suerte"	CBS Discos

June[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
27	Amame	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico	Salsa	"Amame" "Aguacero"	Combo

Third quarter[edit]

July[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
11	Y Para Siempre	Los Bukis	Latin pop	"Como Fui a Enamorarme de Ti" "A Dónde Vayas"	Fonovisa
20	Una Prueba de Amor	Suzy Gonzalez	Latin pop		WEA Latina
20	Palabras de Amor	Pupy Santiago	Salsa		CBS Discos

August[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
14	Más Grande Que Nunca	Frankie Ruiz	Salsa	"Para Darte Fuego" "Tu Eres" "Deseándote"	Rodven

September[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
13	A Todo Galope	Bronco	Grupera		Fonovisa
16	Selena	Selena	Tejano, Latin pop	"Contigo Quiero Estar" "Mentiras" "Sukiyaki"	EMI Latin
8	...Es De Verdad!	David Pabón	Salsa	"Aquel Viejo Motel"	Rodven

Fourth quarter[edit]

October[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	¿Qué Hago Aquí?	Gloria Trevi	Latin pop	"Dr. Psiquiatra"	Sony Music Ariola
16	Selena	Selena	Tejano, Latin pop	"Contigo Quiero Estar" "Mentiras" "Sukiyaki"	EMI Latin
26	Se Me Enamora el Alma	Isabel Pantoja	Latin pop	"Se Me Enamora el Alma"	EMI Latin
As Quatro Estações	Legião Urbana	Punk rock, acoustic rock, folk rock	"Há Tempos", "Pais e Filhos", "1965 (Duas Tribos)"	EMI

November[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Triunfo Solido	Los Tigres del Norte	Norteño		Fonovisa
	Night Gold	Johnny Ray and Ray Sepúlveda	Salsa		Polydor
21	Un Hombre Discreto	Mijares	Latin pop	"Para Amarnos Más"	EMI Latin

December[edit]

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
11	Worldbeat	Kaoma	Latin pop	"Lambada" "Dançando Lambada"	Epic
12	Quién como tú	Ana Gabriel	Latin pop	"Quién Como Tú" "Ni un Roce"	CBS Discos
12	Quiero Amanecer con Alguien	Daniela Romo		"Quiero Amanecer con Alguien"	EMI Latin
12	Un Toque de Misterio	Ricardo Montaner	Latin pop	"La Cima del Cielo" "Me Va an Extrañar"	Rodven
28	Maravilloso Corazon	Raphael	Latin pop	"Maravilloso Corazon, Maravilloso"	CBS Discos
28	Acuarela del Caribe	Willy Chirino	Salsa	"Pobre Diabla"	CBS Discos

Dates unknown[edit]

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Sonrie	Roberto Carlos	Latin pop	"Abre las Ventanas al Amor" "Si Me Vas a Olvidar"	CBS Discos
Punto de partida	Rocío Jurado			EMI
Rumbamania	Rumba Tres
Animation	Wilfrido Vargas	Merengue	"Mala Cabeza"
Marisela	Marisela	Latin pop	"Ya No"	EMI
No Te Olvidaré	Mazz	Tejano		EMI Latin
Canciones a Mi Pueblo	Juan Valentín	Ranchera		EMI Latin
La Rama Del Mezquite	Ramón Ayala	Norteño		Freddy
No Cantan Mal Las Rancheras	Los Caminantes	Grupera		Freddie
Ni Juana La Cubana	Rigo Dominguez Y Su Grupo Audaz	Regional Mexican		Dimsa
The Outlaw	Ram Herrera	Regional Mexican		EMI Latin
Emilio Navaira & The Rio Band	Emilio Navaira & The Rio Band	Tejano		EMI Latin
Tristes Recuerdos	Ramón Ayala	Norteño		Freddie
Por Tu Maldito Amor	Vicente Fernández	Ranchera	"Aunque Mal Paguen Ellas" "Por Tu Maldito Amor"	CBS Discos
La Negra Catalina	Fito Olivares y su Grupo	Cumbia		Fonovisa
Breaking The Rules	Latin Breed	Regional Mexican		CBS Discos
Arboles De La Barranca	Juan Valentín	Ranchera		CBS Discos
New Wave Salsa	Eddie Santiago	Salsa	"Me Hiciste Caer"	Rodven
Pochy y su Cocoband	Pochy y su Cocoband	Merengue	"La Flaca"	Kubaney
Yo Quiero Cantar	Tito Nieves	Salsa	"I'll Always Love You" "El Amor Más Bonito"	RMM
Fuera de Serie	Los Hermanos Rosario	Merengue		Karen
Celebrando Con La Sonora Matancera 65 Aniversario	Sonora Matancera	Tropical
Puerto Rico 2013	Frank Ferrer	Tropical
Mis Amores	José Alberto "El Canario"	Salsa	"Mis Amores"	RMM
Pensando en ti	Sergio Hernández	Merengue
Solo	Hansel	Salsa
Merengue Con Un Toque De Clase Original	Chantelle	Merengue	"Aprecio Y Afecto" "Queriendo y No"	WEA Latina
Banana	The Rebels
Mi Mundo	Luis Enrique	Salsa	"Lo Que Pasó Entre Tú y Yo...Pasó" "Mi Mundo"	CBS Discos
El Original de Puerto Rico	Orquesta La Solución	Salsa
Salsa Fever	Julio Gunda Merced	Salsa		CBS Discos
Top Secrets	Willie Colón	Salsa	"el gran varón"	Fania
Sueño	Eddie Palmieri	Salsa
Irresistible	Ray Barretto	Salsa		Fania
Amanecer	Peter Ruvalcaba	Regional Mexican
The Father of Tex-Mex Conjunto	Narciso Martínez	Regional Mexican
Fuerza De Gravedad	Ednita Nazario	Latin pop		Fonovisa
A Tu Recuerdo	Los Yonic's	Regional Mexican		Fonovisa
Oro Puro	Los Invasores de Nuevo León	Regional Mexican
Explosivo	La Mafia	Tejano
Salsa en Movimiento	Gilberto Santa Rosa	Salsa	"Tengo una Muñenca"	Combo
Tengo Derecho a Ser Feliz	José Luis Rodríguez	Latin pop	"Baila Mi Rumba"	CBS Discos
Adolescente y Bonita	Grupo Pegasso	Cumbia
Sin Comparación	Willie González	Salsa	"No Podrás Escapar de Mí"	MP
Aprenderé	Max Torres	Salsa	"Mala Suerte"	EMI
Yo Me Quedo	Tony Vega	Salsa	"Yo Me Quedo" "Tu Prenda Tendida"	RMM
Los Corridos Prohibidos	Los Tigres del Norte	Norteño		Fonovisa
MM	Marisa Monte	MPB
Õ Blésq Blom	Titãs	Brazilian rock

Best-selling records[edit]

Best-selling albums[edit]

The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1990 in the United States divided into the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to Billboard.^[4]

Category	Rank	Album	Artist
Latin pop	1	Desde Andalucía	Isabel Pantoja
	2	Roberto Carlos	Roberto Carlos
	3	Como Tu Mujer	Rocío Dúrcal
	4	Con Todos Mis Sentidos	Braulio
	5	Raíces	Julio Iglesias
Regional Mexican	1	Un Golpe Más	Bronco
	2	Siempre Te Amaré	Los Yonics
	3	Los Corridos Prohibidos	Los Tigres del Norte
	4	Incontenible... Romanticos..!	Los Caminantes
	5	Mascarada	Joan Sebastian
Tropical/Salsa	1	Invasión de la Privacidad	Eddie Santiago
	2	Amor y Alegría	Luis Enrique
	3	Un Nuevo Despertar	Lalo Rodríguez
	4	Amame	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
	5	Solo Que Se Fué en Marzo	La Patrulla 15

Best-performing songs[edit]

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1990, according to Billboard.^[5]

Rank	Single	Artist
1	"Como Tu Mujer"	Rocío Dúrcal
2	"Baila Mi Rumba"	José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"
3	"La Incondicional"	Luis Miguel
4	"Como Tú"	José José
5	"Así Fue"	Isabel Pantoja
6	"Simplemente Amigos"	Ana Gabriel
7	"Mala Suerte"	Vikki Carr
8	"Te Amo"	Franco De Vita
9	"Hombres al Borde de un Ataque de Celos"	Yuri
10	"A Donde Vayas"	Los Bukis

Births[edit]

May 11 – Prince Royce, American bachata singer
May 31 – Pablo Alborán, Spanish pop singer
September 3 – Gusttavo Lima, Brazilian sertanejo singer
October 5 – Gerardo Ortíz, Mexican banda singer

Deaths[edit]

References[edit]

^ "A Listing of Grammy Award Winners". The New York Times. 23 February 1989. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ Coto, Juan Carlos (28 May 1989). "Univision Launches Latin Music Awards". The Miami Herald. The McClatchy Company.
^ "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
^ "The Year in Music: 1989". Billboard. December 23, 1989. p. YE-56–59. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Topping The Charts Year By Year". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 48. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 28, 1998. p. LMQ3. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

[1] "A Listing of Grammy Award Winners". The New York Times. 23 February 1989. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[Nominees-1989-2] Coto, Juan Carlos (28 May 1989). "Univision Launches Latin Music Awards". The Miami Herald. The McClatchy Company.

[Winners-archive-3] "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

[4] "The Year in Music: 1989". Billboard. December 23, 1989. p. YE-56–59. ISSN 0006-2510.

[billboardmag-5] "Topping The Charts Year By Year". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 48. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 28, 1998. p. LMQ3. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

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