1991 in Latin music

This is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas from Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1991.

Events

February 20 – The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.^[1]
- José Feliciano wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance for his song "¿Por Qué Te Tengo Que Olvidar?"
- Tito Puente wins the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Performance for his song "Lambada Timbales"
- The Texas Tornados wins the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance for their song "Soy de San Luis".
May 23 – The 4th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Mexican singer Ana Gabriel and Dominican group Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40 are the most awarded artists with three wins.^[2]
November 19 – Luis Miguel releases Romance, a collection of boleros previously recorded by other artists. The album's success led to a resurgence of interest in the bolero genre in the 1990s.^[3]

Bands formed

Grupo Mojado
Esmeralda
Lalo y Los Descalzos
Tecno Banda
Alex d'Castro
Antonio Cruz
Xavier

Number-one albums and singles by country

Awards

Albums released

First-quarter

January

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	Viva Rosario	Willie Rosario	Guaguanco, Merengue, Latin Jazz, Salsa		Bronco

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
28	Que Nada Nos Separe	Mijares	Ballad		Capitol/EMI Latin

March

Second-quarter

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	En Cada Lugar	Angel Javier	Salsa		EMI, Capitol/EMI Latin
30	Amada Más Que Nunca	Daniela Romo			Capitol/EMI Latin

May

June

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
4	Borrasco	Ottmar Liebert
10	Magia	Shakira	Latin Pop	Columbia
Unknown Date	Aidalai	Mecano	Latin, Synth-Pop, Ballad	Ariola

Third-quarter

July

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
1	1986	La Mafia		Discos CBS International
	Live	La Mafia		CBS
	Enter the Future	La Mafia	Tejano	Capitol/EMI Latin
	On the Rise	La Fiebre	Tejano	Capitol/EMI Latin
	El Emigrado	Juan Valentín
	Roñas del Alma	Los Hermanos Mattar
	Sopa de Caracol	Banda Blanca	Merengue	Red Bullet
15	Salvaje '88	Cano Estremera	Guaguanco, Merengue, Salsa	CEG Records, CEG Records
15	Hot	La Patrulla 15	Merengue	Top Ten Hits
19	Dos	Myriam Hernández	Ballad, Vocal	Capitol Records, Capitol Records
19	Arriba el Norte y Arriba el Sur	Vicente Fernández and Ramón Ayala
30	Sin Comparación	Willie González	Salsa	Sonotone, Sonotone
Unknown Date	Este Mundo	Gipsy Kings	Flamenco, Rumba	Elektra Musician

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
22	Menealo	Fransheska			Ariola

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
10	Merengue Con Un Toque De Clase	Chantelle	Merengue	WEA Latina
15	Tu Ángel de la Guarda	Gloria Trevi	Alternative Rock	Ariola
20	Os Grãos	Os Paralamas do Sucesso	Pop rock	EMI

Fourth-quarter

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Label
1	Solo	Alex d'Castro	Salsa	TH-Rodven
1	Pelusión of Milk	Luis Alberto Spinetta
18	Oscar '86	Oscar D'León	Salsa	Top Hits, Top Hits
	A Través de Tus Ojos	Los Bukis	Ballad	Fonovisa
	Mundo de Cristal	Thalía	Ballad, Pop rock	Melody

November

December

Unknown date

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Yo Me Quedo	Tony Vega	Salsa		RMM Records, Sony Discos
Corazones	Los Prisioneros	Synth-Pop		Capitol/EMI Latin
Poets & Angels: Music 4 the Holidays	Ottmar Liebert	Flamenco	"Deck the Halls"	Higher Octave Music
Con Amor Eterno...	Pandora	Vocal, Ballad		Capitol/EMI Latin
Barroco	Raúl di Blasio	Easy Listening	"Aguas de Invierno" "Otoñal" "Barroco"	BMG International U.S. Latin
Xuxa 2	Xuxa	Vocal		Globo Records
Sopa de Caracol	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	Ska		Epic, Epic
Incansables	Los Tigres del Norte	Norteno		Fonovisa, Fonovisa
Caminando	Rubén Blades	Salsa, Pop rock		Discos International
Cosas del Amor	Vikki Carr			Sony, Discos International
Mambo	Azúcar Moreno	Flamenco		Sony Latin
Mi México	Ana Gabriel	Mariachi		Sony Discos, Sony
Viviendo Deprisa	Alejandro Sanz	Acoustic, Soft Rock, Latin, Pop rock	"Los dos Cogidos de la Mano" "Pisando Fuerte" "Lo Que Fui Es Lo Que Soy"	WEA Latina
Muevelo Con El General	El General	Afro-Cuban, Pop Rap, Ragga HipHop, Reggae-Pop		RCA
Estas Tocando Fuego	La Mafia	Tejano, Cumbia		Sony Discos
Romanticamente	Yndio			Capitol Records
Uno Mismo	Tony Vega	Salsa		RMM Records, Sony Discos Inc.
A Voluntad del Cielo	Camilo Sesto	Vocal, Ballad	"Amor Mío, ¿Qué Me Has Hecho?"	Ariola, BMG International U.S. Latin
Perspectiva	Gilberto Santa Rosa	Salsa, Guaguanco, Son	"Conciencia" "Algo Especial"	Discos International
El circo	Maldita Vecindad	Alternative Rock, Ska, Punk		BMG International U.S. Latin, Ariola
Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora	Titãs	New Wave, Pop rock		WEA
Ricky Martin (1991)	Ricky Martin	Latin, Synth-Pop, Dance-Pop, Ballad		Sony, Sony Discos
Romance	Luis Miguel	Bolero		WEA Latina
Nada Se Compara Contigo	Álvaro Torres	Ballad		Capitol/EMI Latin
Por Fin Juntos	Paloma San Basilio and Plácido Domingo	Vocal, Classical		Hispavox
Salvaje y Tierno	Bronco	Cumbia, Norteno, Ballad		Fonovisa
A Mi Viejo	Rocío Banquells			Capitol/EMI Latin
V	Legião Urbana	Pop rock, Alternative Rock, Folk Rock		EMI, EMI
Amor Sin Dueño	Alejandra Ávalos	Ballad		WEA
Brasil Nordeste	Zé Ramalho	Forró, MPB		Columbia
En el Último Lugar del Mundo	Ricardo Montaner	Ballad		TH-Rodven
Una Historia Diferente	Luis Enrique	Salsa		Sony Discos
Entre la Espada y la Pared	Nino Segarra	Salsa		Musical Productions, Musical Productions
Los Reyes De La Punta	Los Roland's

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1991 in the United States in the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to Billboard.^[4]

Category	Rank	Album	Artist
Latin pop	1	En Vivo	Ana Gabriel
	2	Dos	Myriam Hernández
	3	En el Palacio de Bellas Artes	Juan Gabriel
	4	Tiempo de Vals	Chayanne
	5	Amada Más Que Nunca	Daniela Romo
Regional Mexican	1	Amigo	Bronco
	2	Para Nuestra Gente	Mazz
	3	Mexico Voz y Sentimiento	Various artists
	4	Ven Conmigo	Selena y los Dinos
	5	De Lo Nuevo De Lo Mejor	Los Temerarios
Tropical/Salsa	1	Bachata Rosa	Juan Luis Guerra y la 4.40
	2	Luces del Alma	Luis Enrique
	3	Abriendo Puertas	Jerry Rivera
	4	Baile Punta	Banda Blanca
	5	En Cada Lugar	Angel Javier

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1991, according to Billboard.^[5]

Rank	Single	Artist
1	"Es Demasiado Tarde"	Ana Gabriel
2	"Todo, Todo, Todo"	Daniela Romo
3	"Mi Deseo"	Los Bukis
4	"Cosas del Amor"	Vikki Carr and Ana Gabriel
5	"Sopa de Caracol"	Banda Blanca
6	"Te Pareces Tanto a Él"	Myriam Hernández
7	"Déjame Llorar"	Ricardo Montaner
8	"No Basta"	Franco De Vita
9	"Ahora"	Ana Gabriel
10	"No He Podido Verte"	Emmanuel

Births

February 1 – Martha Heredia, Dominican singer^[6]
February 14 – Karol G, Colombian reggaeton singer^[7]
February 17 – Raymix, Mexican cumbia singer
March 13 – Luan Santana, Brazilian sertanejo singer
March 22 – Sophia Abrahão, Brazilian actress and singer
April 4 – Lucas Lucco, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and actor
May 2 – Farruko, Puerto Rican reggaeton singer
July 3 – Rolf Sanchez, Dutch salsa singer
July 31 – Filipa Azevedo, Portuguese singer^[8]
September 9 – Amanda Magalhães, Brazilian actress and singer
October 10 – Lali Espósito, Argentine pop singer

Deaths

April 29 – Gonzaguinha, Brazilian MPB singer, 45 (car accident)^[9]
August 17 – Sola, Mexican singer
September 22 – Tino Casal, Spanish rock singer, 41 (car accident)^[10]

References

^ "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
^ "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
^ Holston, Mark (1 September 1995). "Ageless Romance with Bolero". Américas. Organization of American States. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
^ "The Year in Music: 1991". Billboard. December 25, 1991. p. YE-56. 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.
^ "Martha Heredia". Booking Agent Info. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
^ "Rising reggaeton star Karol G visits latin nightlife hot spot Embassy". LasVegasWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
^ "Diario do Festival". Festival da Cancao 10 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 January 2026.
^ "Mortes trágicas: relembre os acidentes envolvendo cantores e músicos". Jornal de Beltrao (in Spanish). June 26, 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
^ "El cantante Tino Casal muere en un accidente de tráfico". La Revista Musical (in Spanish). 23 September 1991. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

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

[Winners-archive-2] "Lo Nuestro – Historia". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2014.

[3] Holston, Mark (1 September 1995). "Ageless Romance with Bolero". Américas. Organization of American States. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

[4] "The Year in Music: 1991". Billboard. December 25, 1991. p. YE-56. 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.

[6] "Martha Heredia". Booking Agent Info. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

[7] "Rising reggaeton star Karol G visits latin nightlife hot spot Embassy". LasVegasWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.

[8] "Diario do Festival". Festival da Cancao 10 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 January 2026.

[9] "Mortes trágicas: relembre os acidentes envolvendo cantores e músicos". Jornal de Beltrao (in Spanish). June 26, 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

[10] "El cantante Tino Casal muere en un accidente de tráfico". La Revista Musical (in Spanish). 23 September 1991. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

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