2026 in Latin music

• January 29 — The Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour by Shakira breaks the Guinness World Record for the highest-grossing tour by a Latin artist.^[2]
• February 1 — The 68th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California^[3]:
  • Debí Tirar Más Fotos by Bad Bunny becomes the first Spanish-language album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.^[4] Bad Bunny also wins the Grammy Award for Best Música Urbana Album for Debí Tirar Más Fotos and Best Global Music Performance for "Eoo".
  • Cancionera by Natalia Lafourcade wins Best Latin Pop Album.
  • Papota by Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso wins Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.
  • Palabra de To's (Seca) by Carín León wins Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano).
  • Raíces by Gloria Estefan wins Best Tropical Latin Album.
  • A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole by Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro wins Best Latin Jazz Album.
  • Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo by Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia wins Best Global Music Album.
• February 8 — The Super Bowl LX halftime show is held in San Francisco, California. Bad Bunny became the first solo Latino act and to mainly perform in Spanish.^[5]

• April 28 — "DTMF by Bad Bunny breaks the record for the most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart with 57 weeks. The record was previously held by "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber.^[6]

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]

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 2026.