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Overview of the events of 2025 in Latin music
Overview of the events of 2025 in Latin music
List of years in Latin music
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The following is a list of events and new Spanish and Portuguese-language music that happened or are expected to happen in 2025 in Ibero-America . Ibero-America encompasses Latin America , Spain , Portugal , and the Latino population in Canada and the United States .[ 1]
February 1 – "Esa diva ", written by Alberto Fuentes Lorite and Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez, and performed by Melody , wins the fourth edition of the Benidorm Fest , and will represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 , held in Basel , Switzerland .[ 2]
February 2 – The 67th Annual Grammy Awards take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles .[ 3]
February 8 – At the 39th Goya Awards , held at the Granada Conference & Exhibition Centre in Granada, Spain to recognize the best in Spanish cinema, Alberto Iglesias wins Best Original Score for The Room Next Door , while Antón Álvarez (C. Tangana) and Yerai Cortés win Best Original Song for the song "Los Almendros" from the film The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés . The film, which chronicles the career of Cortés, also won Best Documentary .[ 4]
February 20 – The 37th Lo Nuestro Awards take place at Kaseya Center in Miami , United States.
February 23 – The 64th edition of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival takes place until 1 March. Performers include Myriam Hernández , Kidd Voodoo, Carín León , Eladio Carrión , Duki , Ha*Ash , and Marc Anthony , among others.[ 5]
March 8 – "Deslocado ", written by André Santos, Diogo Góis, Francisco Sousa, João Guilherme Gomes, João Lourenço Gomes, and João Rodrigues, and performed by Napa , wins the 57th edition of the Festival da Canção , and will represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 , held in Basel , Switzerland .
March 17 – At the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards , held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles , Bad Bunny , Feid , Kapo , Grupo Frontera , Carín León , Peso Pluma , Shakira , and Xavi , all win awards in the Latin categories.
March 29 – At the Billboard Women in Music , Ángela Aguilar receives the Breakthrough Artist award.[ 6]
April 13 to April 20 – The Marías , Gustavo Dudamel , Los Mirlos , El Malilla , Judeline , Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso , Rawayana , Arca , Iván Cornejo , Alok , and Vintage Culture , all are set to perform at Coachella 2025 .
Spanish- and Portuguese-language songs on the Billboard Global 200 [ edit ]
The Billboard Global 200 is a weekly record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the top songs globally based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide.
An asterisk (*) represents that a single is charting for the current week.[ 7]
Spanish-language songs on the Billboard Hot 100 [ edit ]
The Billboard Hot 100 ranks the most-played songs in the United States based on sales (physical and digital ), radio play , and online streaming . Also included are certifications awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) based on digital downloads and on-demand audio and/or video song streams: gold certification is awarded for sales of 500,000 copies, platinum for one million units, and multi-platinum for two million units, and following in increments of one million thereafter. The RIAA also awards Spanish-language songs under the Latin certification : Disco de Oro (Gold) is awarded for sales 30,000 certification copies, Disco de Platino (Platinum) for 60,000 units, and Disco de Multi-Platino (Multi-Platinum) for 120,000 units, and following in increments of 60,000 thereafter.
The following is a list of notable Latin albums (music performed in Spanish or Portuguese)[ A] that have been released in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, or the United States in 2025.
Day
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
Singles
Label
7
Dolce Vita
Amaral
Latin pop
"Rompehielos" "Ahí Estás" "Libre" "Los Demonios del Fuego"
Gatorama Music, Sony Music Spain
Fotografías
Rubén Blades featuring Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
Salsa
Ruben Blades Productions
Natti Natasha en Amargue
Natti Natasha
Bachata
"Quiéreme Menos" "Tu Loca" "Escasez de Besos" "Desde Hoy"
Pina, Sony Music Latin
16
Baile à la Baiana
Seu Jorge
MPB
Altafonte
21
Lento Ternura
Zahara
Latin alternative
"Yo Sólo Quería Escribir una Canción de Amor" "Tus Michis" "Quién Dijo" "Demasiadas Canciones"
G.O.Z.Z. Records
Day
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
Singles
Label
6
Satirología
Kidd Voodoo
Reggaeton
"Satirología"
Kidd Voodoo
7
Astropical
Astropical (Bomba Estéreo & Rawayana )
Latin alternative
"Me Pasa (Piscis)" "Corazón Adentro (Escorpio)" "Noche en Caracas (Tauro)"
Sony Music Latin
13
Manual Prático Do Novo Samba Tradicional, Vol. 3: LUIZA
Marcelo D2
Samba
Pupila Dilatada, Elemes, Altafonte
14
El Cuerpo Después de Todo
Valeria Castro
Singer-Songwriter
"La Soledad" "Sentimentalmente" "Debe Ser" "Tiene Que Ser Más Fácil"
Warner Music Spain
21
Jesucrista Superstar
Rigoberta Bandini
Latin pop , Latin rock
"Si Muriera Mañana" "Pamela Anderson" "Kaiman" "Aprenderás" "Busco un Centro de Gravedad Permanente"
Rigoberta Bandini
27
Novela
Fito Páez
Pop rock
"Cuando el Circo Llega al Pueblo" "Superextraño"
Sony Music Latin
28
Traumatismo Kraneoencefálico II
Yung Beef & Goa
Emo rap
La Vendicion Records
31
Coisas Naturais
Marina Sena
Latin pop
"Numa Ilha" "Ouro de Tolo"
Sony Music Brasil
Day
Title
Artist
Genre(s)
Singles
Label
24
Cancionera
Natalia Lafourcade
Folk
"Amor Clandestino" "Cancionera" "Como Quisiera Quererte"
Sony Music Latin
^ In the United States, Billboard and the RIAA recognizes an album as "Latin" if 51% or more of its content is sung in the Spanish language.[ 42] [ 43] The Latin Recording Academy extends this definition of "Latin music" to include Portuguese-language records as well as other languages and dialects of Ibero-America such as Catalan, Nahuatl, Quechua, Galician, Valencia, and Mayan. The Latin Recording Academy also includes Latin instrumental recordings performed by Ibero-American musicians.[ 44] [ 45] Note that Spain and Portugal are included under this definition of Ibero-America.
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