2022_in_Latin_music

2022 in Latin music

2022 in Latin music

Overview of the events of 2022 in Latin music


The following is a list of events and new Spanish and Portuguese-language music that happened or are expected to happen in 2022 in the Latin music industry. Latin regions include Ibero-America, Spain, Portugal, and the United States.

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Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny was named Top Latin Artist of the Year in the United States by Billboard for the fourth consecutive time in a row.[1]

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Number-one albums and singles by country

Awards

Spanish- and Portuguese-language songs on the Billboard Global 200

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.[24]

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Spanish-language songs on the Billboard Hot 100

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.

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Albums released

The following is a list of notable Latin albums (music performed in Spanish or Portuguese)[upper-alpha 1] that have been released in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, or the United States in 2022.

First quarter

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July

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Year-End

Performance in the United States

Albums

The following is a list of the 10 best-performing Latin albums in the United States according to Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan, which compiles data from traditional sales and album-equivalent units.[140]

Songs

The following is a list of the 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States according to Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan, which compiles data from streaming activity, digital sales and radio airplay.[141]

Airplay in Latin America

Deaths


References

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  1. 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.[136][137] 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.[138][139] Note that Spain and Portugal are included under this definition of Ibero-America.

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