2013 in Latin music

This is a list of notable events in Latin music from Ibero-America, Spain, Portugal, and the United States that took place in 2013.

Events

General

• November - The Latin Grammy Awards of 2013 are held in Las Vegas.
  • Marc Anthony and Draco Rosa win Record and Album of the year. Echa Pa'lla (Manos Pa'rriba) by Pitbull wins "Best Urban song".
  • Guatemala's Gaby Moreno is best new artist.
  • Dominican Republic's Michel Camilo wins Best Jazz Album with "What's Up?".
  • Puerto Rico's Draco Rosa wins Album of the Year for his duet album Vida.
  • Venezuelan alternative independent band La Vida Bohème win best rock album.
• December
  • The RIAA announces the creation of the Latin Digital Singles award for Latin singles while also lowering the threshold for Latin albums.

Mexico

• Rock band Maná still ride high with their 2012 "Best of" Platinum album Exiliados en la Bahía: Lo Mejor de Maná but also release En Toda Libertad.
• Alejandro Fernandez and Christina Aguilera's cover of "Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti" reaches number-one on the Monitor Latino charts.

Brazil

Maurício Manieri's version of "I Just Wanna Stop" is featured in the Rede Record TV series Pecado Mortal.

Cuba

• Exiled Cuban jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval gets the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Latin Grammy.

Dominican Republic

• Dominican Juan Luis Guerra has sold over 20 million records and adds to it with his Live album Asondeguerra Tour ( started to promote 2010 studio album A Son de Guerra), which is a Latin Billboard #1, he promotes both albums in his A Son de Guerra World Tour .^[1]

Puerto Rico

• Daddy Yankee's reggaeton single Limbo tops the Hot Latin Songs charts for 15 weeks, Marc Anthony's Vivir Mi Vida, a cover of Algerian raï singer Khaled's "C'est la vie" is #1 even for 16 weeks and wins Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

Colombia

• In January 2013 Juanes wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album with 2012 live album MTV Unplugged.
• Carlos Vives reaches double Diamond status with Corazón Profundo, it wins Best Tropical Fusion Album at the Latin Grammies. All four singles from the album reach number-one in Colombia. "Volví a Nacer" later is awarded the Latin Grammy Song of the Year.^[2] *Andrés Cepeda also wins an award, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album with Lo Mejor Que Hay En Mi Vida.

Spain

• Julio Iglesias is acknowledged by the Guinness World Records as the bestselling Latin artist of all-time.^[3]

New albums

• Fidel Nadal - Llegó el momento
• Ednita Nazario - El Corazón Decide^[4]
• Hermeto Pascoal - Hermeto Pascoal: The Monash Sessions
• Julieta Venegas - Los Momentos^[5]

Deaths

• July 7 - MC Daleste, Brazilian rapper (b. 1992)

References

1. ↑ Asondeguerra Tour
2. ↑ Redlinkradio
3. ↑ "Guinness Honors Julio Iglesias as Top-Selling Latin Artist". Fox News. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2015. 
4. ↑ Ednita Nazario regresa como “La más fuerte” - Vocero.com
5. ↑ "Julieta Venegas nuevo album "Los Momentos"" (in Spanish). Sony Music Mexico. Retrieved 30 November 2013. 

External links

• latingrammies 2013
• Colombia National-Report
• Dominican Republic Monitor Latino current #1 single
• Mexico Top 20 (albums)
• Mexico Monitor Latino (singles)
• US Billboard Latin Albums Charts
• US Billboard Latin Songs Charts
• Venezuela Record Report