2009 in Latin music

Number-one albums and singles by country

• List of number-one albums of 2009 (Mexico)
• List of number-one albums of 2009 (Spain)
• List of number-one singles of 2009 (Spain)
• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2009
• List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Songs of 2009

Awards

• 2009 Premio Lo Nuestro
• 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards
• 2009 Latin Grammy Awards
• 2009 Tejano Music Awards

Albums released

First quarter

January

February

March

Second quarter

April

May

June

Third quarter

July

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September

Fourth quarter

October

November

December

Dates unknown

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2009, according to Billboard.

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2009, according to Billboard.

Deaths

• January 13 – Pedro Aguilar, 81, Puerto Rican mambo dancer and choreographer
• January 20 – Ramón de Algeciras, 71, Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and lyricist
• February 9 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López, 76, Cuban bassist (Buena Vista Social Club), complications from prostate surgery.
• February 15 – Joe Cuba, 77, American conga drummer, "Father of Latin Boogaloo"
• March 10 – *Ralph Mercado, 67, American music promoter (RMM Records & Video), cancer.
• March 12 – , Uruguayan-Spanish singer and songwriter
• March 23:
• Josep Solà, 78, Spanish composer
• Roberto Villa, 24, Mexican drummer (Conjunto Atardecer)
• March 25 – Manny Oquendo, 78, American percussionist (Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez), heart attack.
• April 1 – Pedro Infante, Jr., 59, Mexican singer
• April 2 – , 82, Spanish trumpet player and singer
• April 5 – Chano Lobato, Spanish singer
• April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.
• May 12 – Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.
• May 13 – Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador.
• May 18 – , Mexican singer
• May 22 – Zé Rodrix, 61, Brazilian musician.
• June 1 – Silvio Barbato, 50, Italian-born Brazilian conductor and composer.
• July (unknown date) – Fransico Escamilla Chávez, guitarist and member of Los Dandys
• August 1 – Jesús Alberto Rey, Colombian composer
• August 16 – Carlos Ocaranza, Mexican singer
• August 20 – Manolo Torrente, Cuban singer
• September 11 – Julio Bovea, 75, Colombian singer and songwriter
• October 4 – Mercedes Sosa, 74, Argentinian folk singer, liver failure.
• November 7 – , Mexican singer and songwriter
• December 25 – Norma Niurka, 67, Cuban journalist

References