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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

Bands reformed

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Bands disbanded

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Bands on hiatus

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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

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 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 [es], 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 [es], 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 [es], 77, Mexican singer and composer, former member of Los Panchos
• August 26 – Lorenzo Morales [es], 97, Colombian vallenato composer
• August 28 – Fidel Gamboa [es], 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 [es], 87, Colombian songwriter
  • Chucho Ferrer [es], 82, Mexican music arranger
• December 12 – Pupi Campo, 91, Cuban pianist and bandleader
• December 13 – Juan “El Gallo” Calderón [es], 75, Spanish Mexican music journalist, radio, and TV host
• December 17 – Cesária Évora, 70, Cape Verdean singer, heart failure.

References

1. "Top Latin Artists - Year-End: 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
2. Cobo, Leila (January 8, 2011). "Wide Angle View" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 1. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
3. "Latin Grammys 2011: Complete nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. November 10, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
4. "Year End 2011: Top Latin Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
5. "Year End 2011: Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
6. "Guitarist 'Tavo' Kupinski dies in tragic traffic accident". Buenos Aires Herald. Archived from the original on January 9, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
7. Murió María Elena Walsh, Clarín, 10 January 2011 (in Spanish)
8. "Eugenio Arango, Cuban-Born Musician Known as Totico, Dies at 76". New York Times. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
9. Coppola, Sarah. "Tony 'Ham' Guerrero, trumpeter from Grammy-nominated Tortilla Factory, dies". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
10. "El Universal - - Muere el compositor Manuel Esperón". archivo.eluniversal.com.mx.
11. Archived 2011-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
12. «Murió Mario Clavell» Primicias YA.com, 10 de marzo de 2011. Consultado el 10 de marzo de 2011.
13. (Portuguese)
14. "Antonio 'Tony' Ambriz Garza". Wilson County News. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
15. "Composer Daniel Catan dies unexpectedly at 62". April 11, 2011.
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17. "Murió Humberto Navarro, ex miembro de Los Caminantes". www.jornada.com.mx (in Mexican Spanish). 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
18. "Manuel Galban: Guitarist whose work with Ry Cooder brought him fame". The Independent. July 18, 2011.
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21. "Colombian music legend Joe Arroyo dies at 55 - Colombia news | Colombia Reports". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
22. "Fallece el músico Jorge Neri". El Economista. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
23. "Muere Cornelio Reyna Jr. de un paro respiratorio". El Informador (in Mexican Spanish). 8 May 2011.
24. (Spanish)
25. "Muere Enrique Cáceres, el vocalista del trío 'Los Panchos'". vanitatis.elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
26. "Falleció Lorenzo Morales". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 9 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
27. "Confirman muerte de músico Fidel Gamboa, vocalista de Malpaís". La Nación (in Spanish). 28 August 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
28. "Edmundo Ros dies aged 100". The Independent. October 22, 2011.
29. "Página/12 :: espectaculos". Pagina12.com.ar. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
30. Cullingford, Martin (November 23, 2011). "Montserrat Figueras has died". Gramophone.
31. El Heraldo. "Falleció el autor de 'La pollera colorá'". Retrieved 7 December 2011.
32. "Fallece el compositor Chucho Ferrer". Quién (in Spanish). 7 December 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
33. "Pupi Campo, Cuban Bandleader and 'the Rumba Maestro,' Dies at 91", December 24, 2011 The New York Times
34. Milenio (13 December 2011). "Muere Juan "El Gallo" Calderón" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
35. "Singer Cesaria Evora dies at the age of 70". BBC News. 2011-12-17.

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