1996 in Latin music

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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 1996.

Events

February 28 – The 38th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.^[1]
- Jon Secada wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance for his album Amor.
- Gloria Estefan wins the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Performance for her album Abriendo Puertas.
- Flaco Jiménez wins the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American/Tejano Performance for his album Flaco Jiménez.
- Antônio Carlos Jobim posthumously wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for his album Antonio Brasileiro.
March 2 – A Learjet 25 carrying members of Brazilian comedy rock band Mamonas Assassinas crashes into the Cantareira mountain range killing everyone on board.^[2]
April 29-May 1: The seventh annual Billboard Latin Music conference took place.
- The third annual Billboard Latin Music Awards are also held on May. Selena becomes the most awarded artist of the award ceremony, receiving four award posthumously including Hot Latin Tracks Artist of the Year. Mexican singer Juan Gabriel is inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame.^[3]
May 9 – The 8th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan is the biggest winner with four awards.^[4]

Bands formed

Luis Damón
Dark Latin Groove
Grupo Límite
Letty Guval (Tejano)
La Makina
Matanza
Noemy (Tejano)
Nydia Rojas (Tejano)
Fey

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Bands on hiatus

Number-ones albums and singles by country

Awards

Albums released

First quarter

January

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
9	Hora de Bailar	Sandy & Papo	Merengue		Parcha
19	Victor Manuelle	Víctor Manuelle	Salsa	"Hay Que Poner el Alma" "Pensamineto y Palabra" "Volverás" "Como una Estrella"	Sony Discos
23	El Deseo de Oír Tu Voz	Cristian Castro	Latin pop	"Amor" "Amarte a Tí" "No Puedo Arrancarte de Mi" "Esperándote" "Una y Mil Veces"	Fonovisa
30	Un Millón de Rosas	La Mafia
	El Sonero del Mundo	Oscar D'León
	Mi Meta	Domingo Quiñones	Salsa	"Tú Cómo Estás" "Si Tú Te Vas"	RMM

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	The Heart Speaks	Terence Blanchard and Ivan Lins
6	En Esta Noche	Soraya	Latin pop	"De Repente"
27	Fue Mucho Mas Que Amor	La Diferenzia
27	Tropical Tribute to the Beatles	Various artists	Salsa, tropical		RMM
28	El Poder de New York	Raul Acosta y Oro Solido

March

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
5	Un Tipo Común	Tito Nieves	Salsa	"Un Tipo Común" "No Me Queda Más"	RMM
12	Opium	Ottmar Liebert

Second quarter

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
16	Nuevos Senderos	Olga Tañón	Latin pop	"¡Basta Ya!" "Mi Eterno Amor Secreto" "Me Subes, Me Bajas, Me Subes"	WEA Latina
	Dark Latin Groove	Dark Latin Groove	Salsa	"No Morirá" "Todo Mi Corazón" "Me Va a Extrañar"	Sony Discos
	My Summertime	Ray Barretto
23	Vida	Marcos Llunas	Latin pop	"Vida"
30	Dulzura	Jennifer y los Jetz
	Llévame Contigo	Intocable
	Tony Vega	Tony Vega	Salsa	"Esperaré a Que Te Decidas"	RMM
	En Busca Del Amor	Álvaro Torres

May

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles
10	Arráncame el Corazón	Ramón Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte
	Vicente Fernández y sus Canciones	Vicente Fernández
	Yo vengo aquí	Compay Segundo
14	Portraits of Cuba	Paquito D'Rivera
17	En Vivo... Puro Party Live!	Jaime y los Chamacos
21	Donde Hay Música	Eros Ramazzotti	Pop rock	"La Cosa Mas Bella" "Estrella Gemala" "La Aurora" "Donde Hay Música"
21	Tranquilo	Frankie Ruiz	Salsa	"Ironía"
22	Alfagamabetizado	Carlinhos Brown	MPB

June

Day	Title	Artist
11	And Then Some!	Steve Berrios and Son Bacheche
18	Vagabundo	Draco Rosa
25	Esclava De Tu Piel	Azúcar Moreno
26	Ay Amor	Ana Bárbara

Third quarter

July

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
2	Jazzin'	Tito Puente and La India
5	O Samba Poconé	Skank
9	La Makina...A Mil	La Makina	Merengue	"Mi Reina"
11	Voces Unidas	Various artists		"Puedes Llegar"
16	La Rosa de los Vientos	Rubén Blades
18	Macarena Non Stop	Los del Río
23	Unidos Para Siempre	Los Tigres del Norte
23	Fuera de Este Mundo	Franco De Vita	Latin pop
24	En Pleno Vuelo	Marco Antonio Solís	Regional Mexican	"Que Pena Me Das" "Recuerdos, Tristezas y Soledad" "Así Como Te Conocí"	Fonovisa

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	Mazz Mariachi Y Tradicion	Mazz
16	Si El Norte Fuera El Sur	Ricardo Arjona	Latin pop	"Si El Norte Fuera El Sur" "Tu Reputación" "Me Enseñaste" "Ella Y El"	Sony Discos
20	Nada Es Igual...	Luis Miguel	Latin pop	"Dame" "Cómo Es Posible Que a Mi Lado" "Que Tú Te Vas"	WEA Latina
	Fresco	Jerry Rivera	Salsa	"Suave" "Loco de Amor" "Una y Mil Veces" "Lloraré" "Te Recordaré"	Sony Discos
	Ámame una Vez Más	Amanda Miguel	Latin pop	"Ámame una Vez Más (La Última Luna)"
26	Afrociberdelia	Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
Unknown date	Cidades e Lendas	Zé Ramalho	Música popular brasileira, forró		BMG, RCA

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	Espíritu Libre	Ednita Nazario
3	Planeta Paulina	Paulina Rubio
4	Homenaje a Los Grandes Grupos	Bronco
13	Vivencias	Ana Gabriel
17	10th Anniversary	Fandango USA
	Juntos Para Siempre	Los Mismos
	Las Cosas Que Vives	Laura Pausini	Pop, Latin pop	"Inolvidable" "Las cosas que vives" "Escucha a tu corazón" "Dos enamorados"	CGD East West
	Volver a Nacer	Chayanne	Latin pop	"Solamente Tu Amor" "Volver a Nacer"	Sony Discos
	Enséñame	Bobby Pulido
	El Equilibrio de los Jaguares	Jaguares
18	Sueño y Realidad	Grupo Mojado
20	A Tempestade, ou O Livro dos Dias	Legião Urbana	Rock, Post-punk		EMI-Odeon
24	Americano	José Feliciano
24	Amor Total	Emmanuel	Latin pop	"Amor Total"
25	Un Nuevo Amor	Daniela Romo

Fourth quarter

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Mi Corazón es Tuyo	Graciela Beltrán
	Dicen Que...	Albita Rodríguez
	Inolvidables	Los Ángeles Azules	Cumbia
8	Emociones	Vikki Carr
15	The Latin Side of John Coltrane	Conrad Herwig
	Quedate	Emilio Navaira
	Partiendome El Alma	Grupo Límite
22	Auténtico	Manny Manuel	Merengue	"Y Sé Que Vas a Llorar"	RMM
25	Viviendo del Futuro	Sentidos Opuestos
29	A Que Vuelve	Gisselle	Merengue	"A Que Vuelve"
	Destino	Lizza Lamb
	De Buenas Raices	Michael Salgado

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
5	Avalancha de Éxitos	Café Tacuba
6	Sentimientos	Charlie Zaa
19	Esencia	Gilberto Santa Rosa	Salsa	"No Quiero Na' Regal'o" "Yo No Te Pido"	Sony Discos
13	En Concierto, Vol. 1	Los Temerarios
19	Tango	Julio Iglesias
19	Humildemente	Tito Rojas

December

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	Mœnia	Mœnia
6	Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón	Alejandro Fernández	Ranchera	"Nube Viajera"	Sony Discos
10	Está de Moda	Grupo Manía	Merengue	"A Que Te Pego Mi Mania" "Linda Eh	Sony Discos
17	Luna Nueva	Diego Torres	Latin pop	"Sé Que Ya No Volverás"

Unknown date

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
9 Luas	Os Paralamas do Sucesso	Rock, ska	EMI
Nativa Geranio	Nativa Geranio [es]	Rock
Poncho al viento [es]	Soledad Pastorutti	Folk
El Fuego de la Noche	La Barranca	Rock
Mucho barato [es]	Control Machete	Mexican hip hop
Mil palabras con sus dientes	Bohemia Suburbana	Rock
Babel	Santa Sabina	Rock
¿Quién mató a Gaete?	Mauricio Redolés

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 1996, according to Billboard.^[5]

Rank	Album	Artist
1	Dreaming of You	Selena
2	Macarena Mix	Various artists
3	Enrique Iglesias	Enrique Iglesias
4	The Best of the Gipsy Kings	Gipsy Kings
5	Macarena Non Stop	Los del Río
6	Abriendo Puertas	Gloria Estefan
7	El Concierto	Luis Miguel
8	Nada Es Igual...	Luis Miguel
9	Amor Prohibido	Selena
10	Tierra Gitana	Gipsy Kings

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1996, according to Billboard.^[6]

Rank	Single	Artist
1	"Un Millón de Rosas"	La Mafia
2	"Amor"	Cristian Castro
3	"Por Amarte"	Enrique Iglesias
4	"Que Pena Me Das"	Marco Antonio Solís
5	"Como Te Extraño"	Pete Astudillo
6	"Si Tú Te Vas"	Enrique Iglesias
7	"No Te Vayas"	Intocable
8	"Amarte a Tí"	Cristian Castro
9	"No Llores Por Mí"	Enrique Iglesias
10	"Te Aprovechas"	Grupo Limite

Births

February 3 – Luis Coronel, Mexican-American banda singer
June 24 – Duki, Argentine rapper
June 25 – Lele Pons, Venezuelan-American pop singer

Deaths

February 13 – Rosamel Araya [es], Chilean bolero singer
March 24 – Lola Beltrán, Mexican ranchera singer and actress
September 7 – Gilda, Argentine cumbia singer
October 11 – Renato Russo, founder and former lead singer of Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana

References

^ "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
^ Piza, Paulo Toledo (2 March 2016). "Morte dos Mamonas Assassinas faz 20 anos: 'Não vou discutir com Deus'". Música em São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ Lannert, John (May 4, 1996). "¡Qué Viva La Música!". Billboard. 108 (18). Prometheus Global Media: L-3. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
^ "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
^ "The Year in Music". Billboard. 108 (52). Prometheus Global Media: YE-63. December 28, 1996. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
^ "Topping The Charts Year By Year". Billboard. 110 (48). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: LMQ3 November 28, 1998. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

[GrammyWINNERS-1] "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

[2] Piza, Paulo Toledo (2 March 2016). "Morte dos Mamonas Assassinas faz 20 anos: 'Não vou discutir com Deus'". Música em São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[3] Lannert, John (May 4, 1996). "¡Qué Viva La Música!". Billboard. 108 (18). Prometheus Global Media: L-3. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 23, 2014.

[Winners-archive-4] "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.

[Yearend-5] "The Year in Music". Billboard. 108 (52). Prometheus Global Media: YE-63. December 28, 1996. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

[billboardmag-6] "Topping The Charts Year By Year". Billboard. 110 (48). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: LMQ3 November 28, 1998. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

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