This is a list of notable events in
Latin music
Latin music (Portuguese language, Portuguese and ) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America, which encompasses Music of Latin America, Latin America, Music of Spain, Spain, Mu ...
(music from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2009.
Events
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April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
*599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in so ...
– The
16th ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards are held at the
BankUnited Center at the
University of Miami
The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private university, private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. , the university enrolled 19,852 students in two colleges and ten schools across over ...
in
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida and is located southwest of Greater Downtown Miami, Downtown Miami. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ...
.
**Panamanian singer and songwriter
Flex wins the Billboard Latin Music Award for Hot Latin Song of the Year for "
Te Quiero".
**''
95/08'' by Spanish singer and songwriter
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican label Fonovisa where he released three Spanish albums ''Enrique Iglesias (album), Enrique ...
wins the Billboard Latin Music Award for Top Latin Album of the Year.
**Mexican-American musician
Carlos Santana
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the Rock music, rock band Santana (band), Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he r ...
receives a Lifetime achievement award.
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November 5
Events Pre-1600
*1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.
* 1499 РThe '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tr̩guier, is published; this is the first B ...
– The
10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held at the
Mandalay Bay Events Center
The Michelob Ultra Arena, formerly the Mandalay Bay Events Center, is a 12,000-seat multi-purpose indoor arena at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts Int ...
in
Las Vegas
Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ...
,
Nevada
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.
**Puerto Rican band
Calle 13 and Mexican group
Café Tacuba
Café Tacuba (), stylized as Café Tacvba, is a band from Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico. The group gained popularity in the early 1990s. They were founded in 1989, before they had the current lineup of Rubén Albarrán, Rubén Isaac Albar ...
win the
Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the ...
for "
No Hay Nadie Como Tú".
**''
Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo'' by Calle 13 wins the
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the ...
.
**Argentine artist
Claudia Brant
Claudia Alejandra Menkarski (born July 21, 1966), known as Claudia Brant, is an Argentine composer, producer and singer , Puerto Rican musician
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso RodrÃguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for his soulful and dance oriented songs, most notably 2017's "Despacito".
Fonsi received his first Latin ...
and American artist Gen Rubin win the
Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence, creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the Uni ...
for "
Aquà Estoy Yo".
**
Alexander Acha
Raúl Alexander Acha Johnson-Alemán (born January 25, 1985) is a Mexican singer-songwriter.
Life
He is the son of Mexican pop singer Emmanuel and Mercedes Aleman, who taught Alexander piano and other instruments. Acha is also a pianist and a ...
wins
Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960 (except in 1967) "for a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that ar ...
.
Number-ones albums and singles by country
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List of number-one albums of 2009 (Mexico)
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List of number-one albums of 2009 (Spain)
Top 100 España is a record chart published weekly by Productores de Música de España, PROMUSICAE (Productores de Música de España), a non-profit organization composed by Spain and multinational Record label, record companies. This associatio ...
*
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List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2009
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List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Songs of 2009
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Awards
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2009 Premio Lo Nuestro
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2009 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards
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2009 Latin Grammy Awards
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2009 Tejano Music Awards
Albums released
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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
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''.
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
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January 13
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
* 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the ra ...
–
Pedro Aguilar
Pedro "Cuban Pete" Aguilar (June 14, 1927 – January 13, 2009) was named "the greatest Mambo dancer ever" by ''Life'' magazine and Tito Puente. Pedro Aguilar was nicknamed "Cuban Pete" and .
Aguilar was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He took ...
, 81, Puerto Rican mambo dancer and choreographer
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January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
*1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köylià ...
–
Ramón de Algeciras
Ramón Sánchez Gómez, better known by his stage name Ramón de Algeciras, (5 February 193820 January 2009) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and lyricist. He was the most prolific collaborator of Paco de LucÃa, his younger brother, ...
, 71, Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and lyricist
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February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire
*1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from BolesÅ‚aw I ...
–
Orlando "CachaÃto" López, 76, Cuban bassist (
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club was a musical ensemble primarily made up of Cuban musicians, formed in 1996. The project was organized by World Circuit (record label), World Circuit executive Nick Gold, produced by American guitarist Ry Cooder and dire ...
), complications from prostate surgery.
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February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...
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Joe Cuba, 77, American conga drummer, "Father of Latin Boogaloo"
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March 10
Events Pre-1600
* 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
* 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes ...
– *
Ralph Mercado, 67, American music promoter (
RMM Records & Video
RMM Records, also known as RMM Records & Video Corp, was an independent Latin music (genre), Latin music record label established in 1987 and based in New York City. The label was most active during the late 1980s and early 1990s and produced pri ...
), cancer.
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March 12
Events Pre-1600
* 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
* 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of th ...
– , Uruguayan-Spanish singer and songwriter
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March 23
Events Pre-1600
* 1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official.
* 1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the las ...
:
** Josep Solà , 78, Spanish composer
** Roberto Villa, 24, Mexican drummer (
Conjunto Atardecer)
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March 25
Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions (in the Julian calendar).
Events Pre-1600
* 410 – The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending th ...
–
Manny Oquendo, 78, American percussionist (
Tito Puente
Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. He was also k ...
,
Tito RodrÃguez
Pablo RodrÃguez Lozada (January 4, 1923 – February 28, 1973), better known as Tito RodrÃguez, was a Puerto Rican singer and bandleader. He started his career singing under the tutelage of his brother, Johnny RodrÃguez. In the 1940s, both m ...
), heart attack.
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April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
* 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
– Pedro Infante, Jr., 59, Mexican singer
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April 2
Events Pre-1600
* 1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St ...
– , 82, Spanish trumpet player and singer
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April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
–
Chano Lobato
Chano Lobato (December 1927 in Cadiz – 5 April 2009 in Seville) was a Spanish flamenco singer.
Born in the Santa MarÃa neighborhood of Cadiz, he began performing at nightclubs in his hometown and later moved to Madrid, where he joined Alej ...
, Spanish singer
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April 6
Events Pre–1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.
* 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
* ...
–
Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.
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May 12
Events Pre-1600
* 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.
* 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the ...
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Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (
Nacha Pop), pneumonia.
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May 13
Events Pre-1600
* 1344 – A Latin Christian fleet defeats a Turkish fleet in the battle of Pallene during the Smyrniote crusades.
*1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, v ...
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Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador.
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May 18
Events Pre-1600
* 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
* 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47 ...
– , Mexican singer
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May 22
Events Pre-1600
* 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
* 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
...
–
Zé Rodrix, 61, Brazilian musician.
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June 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
* 1298 – Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.
* 1495 – A monk, John Cor, rec ...
–
Silvio Barbato
Silvio Sergio Bonaccorsi Barbato (11 May 19591 June 2009) was an Italy, Italian-Brazilian opera conducting, conductor and composer. He died on board Air France Flight 447.
Life and career
Maestro Barbato was born in Italy, the son of Daniele ...
, 50, Italian-born Brazilian conductor and composer.
*July (unknown date) – Fransico Escamilla Chávez, guitarist and member of Los Dandys
*
August 1
Events Pre-1600
* 30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
*AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt u ...
– Jesús Alberto Rey, Colombian composer
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August 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
* 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the H ...
– Carlos Ocaranza, Mexican singer
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August 20
Events Pre-1600
*AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile.
* 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arabs, Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take c ...
– Manolo Torrente, Cuban singer
*
September 11
Events Pre-1600
* 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hu ...
–
Julio Bovea, 75, Colombian singer and songwriter
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October 4
Events Pre-1600
*AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
* 1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
* 1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes ...
–
Mercedes Sosa
Haydée Mercedes "La Negra" Sosa (; 9 July 1935
at BrainyHistory.com , 74, Argentinian folk singer, liver failure.
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November 7
Events Pre-1600
* 335 – Athanasius, 20th pope of Alexandria, is banished to Trier on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.
* 680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople. ...
– , Mexican singer and songwriter
*
December 25
Events Pre-1600
* 36 – Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China.
* 274 – A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian. ...
– Norma Niurka, 67, Cuban journalist
References
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