2011 in Latin music



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 2011.

Bands formed

 * Pablo Alborán
 * Max Capote
 * 3Ball MTY
 * Natalia Jiménez
 * Dulce María
 * El Bebeto y su Banda Patria Chica
 * Monchy & Nathalia
 * Loisaidas
 * Henry Santos

Events

 * January 8 — Billboard revamps the methodology for the Latin Rhythm Airplay chart to only track Latin rhythm songs from Spanish-language radio stations in the United States. Previously, the Latin Rhythm Airplay chart ranked the most-played songs on Latin rhythm radio stations regardless of genre.
 * November 10 — The 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
 * Calle 13 breaks the record for the most awarded artist in a single ceremony with nine wins including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Latinoamérica" and Album of the Year for Entren Los Que Quieran.
 * Sie7e wins Best New Artist.
 * Colombian singer Shakira was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year

Number-ones albums and singles by country

 * List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2011 (Brazil)
 * List of number-one albums of 2011 (Mexico)
 * List of number-one albums of 2011 (Portugal)
 * List of number-one albums of 2011 (Spain)
 * List of number-one singles of 2011 (Spain)
 * List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2010s
 * List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs of 2011

Awards

 * 2011 Premio Lo Nuestro
 * 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards
 * 2011 Latin Grammy Awards
 * 2011 Tejano Music Awards

Best-selling albums
The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2011, according to Billboard.

Best-performing songs
The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2011, according to Billboard.

Deaths

 * January 4 – Gustavo Kupinski, 36, Argentine guitarist (Los Piojos), car crash.
 * January 10 – María Elena Walsh, 80, Argentine musician, playwright, writer, and composer
 * January 21 – Eugenio "Totico" Arango, 76, Cuban percussionist and singer
 * January 24 – Francisco Mata, 78, Venezuelan folk singer and composer.
 * January 29 – Tony "Ham" Guerrero" American trumpeter and founder of Tortilla Factory
 * February 7 – Helenita Vargas, 79, Colombian singer
 * February 8 – Eugenio Toussaint, 56, Mexican jazz pianist, and composer
 * February 13 – Manuel Esperón, 99, Mexican composer
 * February 25 – Eneas Perdomo, 80, Venezuelan folk singer.
 * March 10 – Mario Clavell, 88, Argentine singer and songwriter
 * March 11 – Rita Guerrero, 47, Mexican performer and found of Santa Sabina
 * March 26 – Lula Côrtes, 61, Brazilian musician (Paêbirú), throat cancer
 * March 27 – Antonio Ambriz Garza, 73, American Tejano music manager
 * April 8 – Daniel Catán, 62, Mexican composer.
 * May 7 – Johnny Albino, 93, Puerto Rican bolero singer, heart attack.
 * June 6 – Humberto "El Pecas" Navarro, Mexican drummer for Los Caminantes
 * July 7 – Manuel Galbán, 80, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club), heart attack.
 * July 9 – Facundo Cabral, 74, Argentine singer and songwriter, shot.
 * July 14 – Antonio Prieto, 85, Chilean singer and actor, cardiac arrest.
 * July 26 – Joe Arroyo, 55, Colombian salsa/tropical singer.
 * August 3 – Jorge Neri, Mexican composer, arranger, and producer
 * August 5 – Cornelio Reyna Jr., 50, Mexican singer
 * August 10 – Moraíto Chico II, 54, Spanish musician, cancer.
 * August 22 – Enrique Cáceres Méndez, 77, Mexican singer and composer, former member of Los Panchos
 * August 26 – Lorenzo Morales, 97, Colombian vallenato composer
 * August 28 – Fidel Gamboa, 50, Costa Rican singer (Malpaís)
 * October 21 – Edmundo Ros, 100, Trinidadian-born Venezuelan British bandleader of Latin American music.
 * November 22 – Horacio Villafañe, 48, Argentine guitarist and founder of Todos Tus Muertos
 * November 23 – Montserrat Figueras, 69, Spanish soprano
 * December 6:
 * Wilson Choperena, 87, Colombian songwriter
 * Chucho Ferrer, 82, Mexican music arranger
 * December 12 – Pupi Campo, 91, Cuban pianist and bandleader
 * December 13 – Juan “El Gallo” Calderón, 75, Spanish Mexican music journalist, radio, and TV host
 * December 17 – Cesária Évora, 70, Cape Verdean singer, heart failure.