2006 in Latin music

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2006, according to Billboard.^[3]

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2006, according to Billboard.^[4]

• February 1 – Horacio Buscaglia [es], 62, Uruguayan singer and composer^[5]
• February 17 – Ray Barretto, 76, American-born Latin jazz percussionist and bandleader, heart failure.^[6]
• March 23 – Pío Leyva, 88, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club), heart attack.^[7]
• March 25 – Rocío Dúrcal, 61, Spanish singer and actress, uterine cancer.^[8]
• May 10 – Soraya, 37, Colombian-American songwriter, guitarist, arranger, record producer, and singer, breast cancer.^[9]
• June 1 – Rocío Jurado, 61, Spanish singer and actress, pancreatic cancer.^[10]
• June 6 – Hilton Ruiz, 54, American jazz pianist, injuries from a fall.^[11]
• July 1 – Israel Kantor, 56, Cuban singer^[12]
• July 11 – Oscar Moro, 58, Argentine drummer^[13]
• July 13 – Jesús Caunedo "La Gruya", Cuban alto sax musician^[14]
• August 6:
  • Miguel "Angá" Díaz, 45, Cuban conga player, heart attack.^[15]
  • Moacir Santos, 80, Brazilian composer and arranger.^[16][17]

• October 14 – Freddy Fender, 69, American singer ("Before the Next Teardrop Falls"), lung cancer.^[18]
• November 6 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, Mexican singer and actor known as "the king of the falsetto", bronchitis.^[19]
• November 25 – Valentín Elizalde, 27, Mexican banda singer, shot.^[20]
• November 26 – Raúl Velasco, 73, Mexican television presenter (Siempre en Domingo), hepatitis C.^[21]
• December 14 – Sivuca, 76, Brazilian accordionist and composer, cancer.^[22][23]