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This is a list of notable events in Latin music (i.e. Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking music from Latin America, Latin Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2006.

Events

• November 3 — The 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
  • Shakira is the biggest winner receiving four awards including Album of the Year for Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 and Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "La Tortura" featuring Alejandro Sanz.
  • Calle 13 wins Best New Artist.

Number-ones albums and singles by country

• List of number-one singles of 2006 (Spain)
• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2006
• List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Songs of 2006

Awards

• 2006 Premio Lo Nuestro
• 2006 Billboard Latin Music Awards
• 2006 Latin Grammy Awards
• 2006 Tejano Music Awards

Albums released

First quarter

January

February

March

Second quarter

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June

Third quarter

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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 2006, according to Billboard.

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2006, according to Billboard.

Deaths

• February 1 – Horacio Buscaglia [es], 62, Uruguayan singer and composer
• February 17 – Ray Barretto, 76, American-born Latin jazz percussionist and bandleader, heart failure.
• March 23 – Pío Leyva, 88, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club), heart attack.
• March 25 – Rocío Dúrcal, 61, Spanish singer and actress, uterine cancer.
• May 10 – Soraya, 37, Colombian-American songwriter, guitarist, arranger, record producer, and singer, breast cancer.
• June 1 – Rocío Jurado, 61, Spanish singer and actress, pancreatic cancer.
• June 6 – Hilton Ruiz, 54, American jazz pianist, injuries from a fall.
• July 1 – Israel Kantor, 56, Cuban singer
• July 11 – Oscar Moro, 58, Argentine drummer
• July 13 – Jesús Caunedo "La Gruya", Cuban alto sax musician
• August 6:
  • Miguel "Angá" Díaz, 45, Cuban conga player, heart attack.
  • Moacir Santos, 80, Brazilian composer and arranger.

• October 14 – Freddy Fender, 69, American singer ("Before the Next Teardrop Falls"), lung cancer.
• November 6 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, Mexican singer and actor known as "the king of the falsetto", bronchitis.
• November 25 – Valentín Elizalde, 27, Mexican banda singer, shot.
• November 26 – Raúl Velasco, 73, Mexican television presenter (Siempre en Domingo), hepatitis C.
• December 14 – Sivuca, 76, Brazilian accordionist and composer, cancer.

References

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2. "Year End 2006: Top Latin Albums". Billboard. 2006. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
3. "Year End 2006: Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. 2006. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
4. "Falleció Horacio "Corto" Buscaglia". EL PAIS. 1 February 2006.
5. Chinen, Nate (18 February 2006). "Ray Barretto, a Master of the Conga Drum, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
6. Cartwright, Garth (27 March 2006). "Pio Leyva: Cuban music star who outlasted the Buena Vista Social Club". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
7. "Fallece en Madrid la cantante Rocío Dúrcal". Terra (in Spanish). 25 March 2006. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
8. "Murió la cantante colombiana Soraya". El Mercurio. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
9. Eaude, Michael (2 June 2006). "Rocío Jurado: Flamboyant Spanish singer, she lived her life in the public eye". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
10. Keepnews, Peter (7 June 2006). "Hilton Ruiz, 54, Pianist Fluent in Jazz and Latin Rhythms, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
11. "Obituaries in the news: Israel Kantor". www.tribliveoffers.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
12. "Se fue el baterista que tocó con todos". Página/12.
13. "Fallece en Puerto Rico el músico Jesús Caunedo". www.cubaencuentro.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
14. Ratliff, Ben (17 August 2006). "Miguel Díaz, 45, Conga Player, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
15. Ratliff, Ben (14 August 2006). "Moacir Santos, 80, a Composer Revered in Brazil's Jazz History, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
16. "Moacir Santos". Variety. 8 August 2006. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
17. "Tex-Mex Singer Freddy Fender Dies At 69". Billboard. 15 October 2006. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
18. Cruz, Arturo Barcenas (7 November 2006). "Murió ayer Miguel Aceves Mejía, máximo exponente del falsete". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
19. "The Week in Mexico: Autopsy video". SignOn San Diego. 10 December 2006. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
20. "Raúl Velasco, 73, Mexican TV Personality, Dies". The New York Times. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
21. Kees (15 December 2006). "In memory of SIVUCA (1930 - 2006)". Kees's Multiply Site. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
22. "Severino Dias de Oliveira, el compositor que se dedicó a la música por ser albino" [Severino Dias de Oliveira, the composer who dedicated himself to music for being an albino]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

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