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This is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2010.

Events

• November 11 – The 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada:
  • Mexican pop group Camila wins the Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Mientes" while Mario Domm and Monica Velez won the Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the song.
  • A Son de Guerra by Dominican singer and songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his group 4.40 wins the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
  • Alex Cuba wins Best New Artist.
  • Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo is honored as the Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy.

Number-ones albums and singles by country

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

Awards

• 2010 Premio Lo Nuestro
• 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards
• 2010 Latin Grammy Awards
• 2010 Tejano Music Awards

Albums released

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Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2010, according to Billboard.

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2010, according to Billboard.

Deaths

• January 4 – Sandro de América, 64, Argentinian singer, complications from heart and lung transplant surgery.
• February 18 – Ariel Ramírez, 88, Argentine composer and pianist, pneumonia.
• February 28 – Jorge Villamil, 80, Colombian composer, complications from diabetes.
• March 4 – Johnny Alf, 80, Brazilian singer and composer, prostate cancer.
• March 9 – Tato Luzardo, 65, Spanish music executive
• April 7 – Graciela, 94, Cuban singer, renal and pulmonary failure.
• May 5 – Lucho Barrios, 76, Peruvian bolero singer.
• May 7 – Francisco Aguabella, 84, Cuban-born American jazz percussionist, cancer.
• May 17 – Héctor Meneses, 68, Mexican singer and songwriter
• June 8 – Armando Zabaleta, 83, Colombian songwriter
• July 12:
  • Olga Guillot, 87, Cuban singer, infarction.
  • Paulo Moura, 77, Brazilian saxophonist and clarinetist, lymphoma.
• August 7 – Roberto Cantoral, 75, Mexican composer, heart attack.
• August 13 – Steve Jordan, 71, American accordionist, complications from liver cancer.
• August 19 – José Antonio Labordeta, 75, Spanish songwriter, professor, writer, presenter and politician.
• August 21 – Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz, 86, Peruvian journalist, commentator and radio host, cardiac arrest.*November 14 – Tony Moreno, 66, Cuban promoter and record label executive (MP Records)
• September 28 – Romina Yan, 36, Argentine actress (Chiquititas), cardiac arrest.
• November 26 – Mario Pacheco, 60, Spanish music producer and photographer.
• December 13 – Enrique Morente, 67, Spanish flamenco singer.
• December 23 – Toninho Spessoto [pt], 52, Brazilian entertainment journalist
• December 28 – Zeferino Nandayapa, 79, Mexican classical marimbist, injuries from a fall.

References

1. "2010 Latin Grammy Awards: Mexican rock act Camila has a winning night". Los Angeles Times. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
2. "Year End 2010: Top Latin Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
3. "Year End 2010: Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
4. "'Argentina's Elvis' Sandro dies aged 64". BBC News.
5. Bernstein, Adam (21 February 2010). "Ariel Ramirez dies; Argentine composer wrote 'Misa Criolla'". The Washington Post.
6. "Murió el compositor Jorge Villamil Cordovez". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). 1 March 2010.
7. "Bossa Nova pioneer Johnny Alf dies at 80".
8. Llewellyn, Howell (9 March 2010). "Spanish Musician, Industry Veteran Tato Luzardo Dies". Billboard. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
9. Ratliff, Ben (9 April 2010). "Graciela Peréz-Gutierrez, Afro-Cuban Singer, Dies at 94". The New York Times.
10. "Peruvian Bolero Singer Luis "Lucho" Barrios Dead at 75". The Santiago Times. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
11. "Francisco Aguabella dies at 84; Afro-Cuban percussionist". Los Angeles Times. 9 May 2010.
12. "Muere el compositor mexicano Héctor Meneses". Quién (in Spanish). 17 May 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
13. "Murió Armando Zabaleta, compositor de la canción 'No vuelvo a patillal'". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 8 June 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
14. Olga Guillot, Cuban singer
15. Paulo Moura, at 77; virtuoso of Brazil's many forms of music
16. Camarena, Salvador (August 9, 2010). "Roberto Cantoral, impulsor de los derechos de autor en México". El Pais (in Spanish).
17. "Accordion legend Esteban Jordan dies". San Antonio Express-News. August 14, 2010.
18. "Miles de personas despiden a Labordeta en Zaragoza" [Thousands of people pay respects to Labordeta in Zaragoza]. El País (in Spanish). 19 September 2010. ISSN 1134-6582. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
19. "Murió Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz". La Nacion (in Spanish). August 21, 2010.
20. Cobo, Leila (15 November 2010). "Veteran Latin Record Exec Tony Moreno Dies". Billboard. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
21. "Falleció Romina Yan a los 36 años" [Romina Yan passed away at the age of 36]. La Nacion (in Spanish). 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
22. "Influential Producer Mario Pacheco Dies in Madrid at 60". World Music Central.org. November 27, 2010.
23. "Fallece Enrique Morente, el último poeta flamenco". El Mundo (in Spanish).
24. Guimarães, Eduardo (28 December 2010). "Morre o jornalista musical Toninho Spessoto". Território da Música. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
25. "La marimba pierde a uno de sus exponentes: Zeferino Nandayapa". El Informador (in Spanish).

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