1992 in Latin music explained

This is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas from Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1992.

Events

• February 25 – The 34th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.^[1]
  • Vikki Carr wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album for her album Cosas del Amor.
  • Juan Luis Guerra wins the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album for his album Bachata Rosa
  • Little Joe wins the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Album for his album 16 de Septiembre.
• May 14 – The 4th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Mexican singer Ana Gabriel is the most awarded artist with four wins.^[2]

Bands formed

• Cristian Castro (Latin pop singer)
• Paulina Rubio (Latin pop singer)
• Jon Secada
• Bachata Magic
• Alejandro Fernández
• Banda Vallarta Show
• Rey Ruiz
• Caña Brava
• Olga Tañón
• Zona Roja

Number-ones albums and singles by country

• List of number-one albums of 1992 (Spain)
• List of number-one singles of 1992 (Spain)
• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 1992
• List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1992

Awards

• 1992 Premio Lo Nuestro
• 1992 Tejano Music Awards

Albums released

First quarter

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
15	Imaginame	María Conchita Alonso
25	Piel Canela	Angela Carrasco	Tropical	"Tu Amor Es una Rueda"

March

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
10	Piel de Hombre	José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"		"Torrero"
	Quiéreme	Los Bukis		"Mi Mayor Necesidad"
20	Condename	Tito Rojas	Salsa	"Condename a Tu Amor" "Porque Este Amor" "Nadie Es Eterno" "Señora"	Musical Productions
24	De Vuelta en la Trampa	Lalo Rodríguez	Salsa
	Solo Para Ti	Ottmar Liebert

Second quarter

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
7	Ilegal	Pandora		"Desde el Día Que Te Fuiste"
20	I Love My Freedom, I Love Texas	Mingo Saldivary y sus Tremendos
28	Con Sentimiento y Sabor	Los Tigres del Norte

May

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
5	Jon Secada	Jon Secada
6	Calor	Julio Iglesias
	Entre a Mi Mundo	Selena	Tejano, ranchera	"La Carcacha" "Como la Flor" "¿Qué Creias?" "Amame"	EMI Latin
12	Sola	Olga Tañón	Merengue	"Me Cambió Por Ella"	WEA Latina
	Ave Fénix	Raphael
18	Alejandro Fernández	Alejandro Fernández
19	María Bonita	Mijares
26	Cuenta Conmigo	Jerry Rivera	Salsa music	"Amores Como el Nuestro" "Casí un Hechizo" "Cuenta Conmigo" "Me Estoy Enamorando"	Sony Discos

June

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	Diego Torres	Diego Torres
16	Que de Raro Tiene	Vicente Fernández
23	La Roka	Rokabanda
30	Agua Nueva	Cristian Castro	Latin pop	"No Podrás" "Solo Dame una Noche" "Agua Nueva" "Diez Mil Lagrimas"	Fonovisa

Third quarter

July

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
5	Silueta	Ana Gabriel		"Evidencias"
14	De Otro Planeta	H2O
	El Rey de los Soneros	Oscar D'León
15	Partners	Flaco Jiménez
28	Provócame	Chayanne	Latin pop	"Provócame" "El Centro de Mi Corazón"	Sony Discos
	Me Siento Tan Sola	Gloria Trevi

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
10	Duro a la Baila	Tropicalísimo Apache
25	Frenesí	Linda Ronstadt

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
1	Fisica y Quimica	Joaquín Sabina
8	Llegó La India Via Eddie Palmieri	La India
11	Amor y Control	Rubén Blades
15	Live	Gipsy Kings
23	El León	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
25	América & En Vivo	Luis Miguel	Latin pop, bolero	"América, América"	WEA Latina

Fourth quarter

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
6	Otro Día Más Sin Verte	Jon Secada	Latin pop	"Otro Día Más Sin Verte" "Angel" "Cree En Nuestro Amor" "Sentir" "Tiempo Al Tiempo"
7	Love	Thalía	pop	"Sangre" "María Mercedes" "Love" "La Vie En Rose"
13	Regalame Esta Noche	Alex d'Castro
16	A Dos Tiempos de un Tiempo	Gilberto Santa Rosa
20	La Chica Dorada	Paulina Rubio	Dance-pop	"Mío" "Amor de Mujer" "Abriendo las Puertas al Amor" "Sabor a Miel"	Capitol Latin
27	No Me Faltes Nunca	Caña Brava

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
3	Latin Street '92	José Feliciano
9	Ahora y Siempre	La Mafia
13	Mexicanismo	Gerardo Reyes
	¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños?	Maná	Latin rock	"Oye Mi Amor" "Vivir Sin Aire"	WEA
17	Hangin' on by a Thread	Texas Tornados
	Homenaje a Mexico	Álvaro Torres
24	El Arrollador	Pochy y su Cocoband

December

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
8	Adivina	Sergio Dalma
14	Los Hijos del Sol	Ricardo Montaner	Latin pop	"Castillo Azul" "Piel Adentro" "Al Fin de Arco Iris"	Rodven
15	Miami Band	Miami Band
22	Sino	Mercedes Sosa
30	Soy Dichoso	Ray Barretto
	Tribute a Ismael Miranda	Celia Cruz

Unknown date

Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Singles	Label
Frevoador	Zé Ramalho	Música popular brasileira, forró		Columbia Records (Sony Music)
Música P/ Acampamentos	Legião Urbana	Rock, Post-punk		EMI Odeon
O Canto da Cidade	Daniela Mercury
Areíto	Juan Luis Guerra	Merengue, tropical	"Frío, Frío" "El Costo de la Vida" "Señales de Humo" "Rompiendo Fuentes"	Karen
Mi Libertad	Frankie Ruiz	Salsa	"Mi Libertad" "Bailando"	Rodven
Rey Ruiz	Rey Ruiz	Salsa	"No Me Acostumbro" "Amiga" "Si Me Das un Beso"	Sony Discos

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1992 in the United States in the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to Billboard.^[3]

Category	Rank	Album	Artist
Latin pop	1	Romance	Luis Miguel
	2	Magneto	Magneto
	3	Con Amor Eterno...	Pandora
	4	Nada Se Compara Contigo	Álvaro Torres
	5	En el Último Lugar del Mundo	Ricardo Montaner
Regional Mexican	1	Estas Tocando Fuego	La Mafia
	2	Mi México	Ana Gabriel
	3	Salvaje y Tierno	Bronco
	4	Mazz Live-Una Noche Juntos	Mazz
	5	Mi Vida Eres Tú	Los Temerarios
Tropical/Salsa	1	Perspectiva	Gilberto Santa Rosa
	2	Soy el Mismo	Eddie Santiago
	3	Tito Rojas	Tito Rojas
	4	Cuenta Conmigo	Jerry Rivera
	5	Uno Mismo	Tony Vega

Best-performing songs

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1992, according to Billboard.^[4]

Rank	Single	Artist
1	"Evidencias"	Ana Gabriel
2	"No Sé Tú"	Luis Miguel
3	"Inolvidable"	Luis Miguel
4	"Otro Día Más Sin Verte"	Jon Secada
5	"Mi Mayor Necesidad"	Los Bukis
6	"Amor Mío, ¿Qué Me Has Hecho?"	Camilo Sesto
7	"Si Piensas, Si Quieres"	Roberto Carlos and Rocío Dúrcal
8	"El Centro de Mi Corazón"	Chayanne
9	"Angel"	Jon Secada
10	"Torero"	José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" and Julio Iglesias

Births

• February 26 – Danilo Mesquita, Brazilian actor, singer and composer
• March 13Ozuna, Puerto Rican reggaeton and trap singer
• July 8 – Ariel Camacho, Founder and lead singer of Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel Camacho (d. 2015)
• July 10Nego do Borel, Brazilian funk ostentação singer
• July 27 – El Dasa, Mexican banda singer
• August 19Feid Colombian urbano singer
• September 16Guaynaa, Puerto Rican reggaeton singer
• September 25Rosalía, Spanish pop singer
• October 30Greeicy, Colombian singer
• November 26Anuel AA, Puerto Rican trap artist

Deaths

• February 5 – Nicomedes Santa Cruz, Afro-Peruvian musician
• March 18 – Antonio Molina, Spanish flamenco singer
• May 16 - Chalino Sanchez, Mexican corrido singer
• May 23 – Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine trova singer
• May 31 – Iosu Expósito, Spanish rock musician
• June 11 – Rafael Orozco Maestre, Colombian vallenato singer
• July 2 – Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer
• July 4 – Ástor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer
• October 9 – Juanma Suárez, Spanish rock singer
• November 27 – Daniel Santos, Puerto Rican bolero singer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past Winners Search. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. July 21, 2015.
2. Web site: Lo Nuestro – Historia . es . . Univision Communications. March 8, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102925/http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf. June 26, 2015.
3. The Year in Music: 1992. December 25, 1993. Billboard. YE-56. 0006-2510.
4. November 28, 1998. Topping The Charts Year By Year. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 110. 48. LMQ3. March 3, 2010.