This is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions of Latin America, Latin Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2017.
Events January–March January 5Gerardo Ortiz breaks the record for most number ones by a solo artist on the Billboard Regional Mexican Songs chart. The singer placed his eight number one "Regresa Hermosa" on the January 14-dated chart, breaking the tie with Vicente Fernandez. January 6In their annual report, Nielsen Soundscan found that overall sales of Latin albums and digitally purchased songs decreased compared to their previous report despite a strong increase in music streaming. With the continuing pattern of increased music streams, Latin music as a whole increased by 13.6% compared to 2015, thus making Latin music the third major genre in year-over-year growth following R&B and holiday music. The report also notes the discrepancy in musical styles between the bestselling Latin albums and singles of the year. January 12Billboard updates the methodology for the Tropical Airplay chart to track airplay of tropical from Spanish-language radio stations Previously, the Tropical Airplay ranked the most-played songs on tropical radio stations of any genre. January 24Alejandro Fernández's management team files a lawsuit against fellow Mexican singer Luis Miguel in breach of a contract and not paying back the money given to Miguel for the canceled tour that was set to launch last year. January 31Beginning with the February 11-dated chart, Billboards Top Latin Albums, Latin Pop Albums, Regional Mexican Albums, and its Tropical Albums charts allowed catalog entry into their respective genre-specific charts; a ban the company held for over a decade. February 23The 29th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. Major winners include CNCO, Carlos Vives, Shakira and J Balvin. March 15The 25th Annual ASCAP Latin Awards are held at the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. "Duele el Corazón" by Enrique Iglesias featuring Wisin is named Song of the Year while Joss Favela is recognized as Composer of the Year and Daddy Yankee receives the Composer/Artist of the Year award. Puerto Rican salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico receives the Latin Heritage Award and Puerto Rican-American rapper Vico C receives the Vanguard Award. March 22The 24th BMI Latin Awards are held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hill California. "Ginza" by J Balvin is named Contemporary Latin Song of the Year while Gocho and Motiff are recognized as Contemporary Latin Songwriters of the Year. Mexican-American group Los Lobos receives the Icon Award.
April–June April 24The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reports growth in revenue in the Latin music industry in the United States for the first time since 2005. The growth is attributed to the rise of streaming audio. April 27The Billboard Latin Music Awards of 2017 take place at the Ritz Carlton in Miami, Florida. Reggaeton musician Nicky Jam is the biggest winner, with six awards. May 2Mexican singer Luis Miguel is arrested by US marshals for not paying his former manager William Brockhaus over one million dollars following a court order in July 2016. May 5For the first time since George W. Bush initiated the annual Cinco de Mayo event in 2001, no musician attends the event in Washington D.C. President Donald Trump does not attend the event, becoming the first president to not host the event. The event is instead hosted by Vice President Mike Pence. May 13Portugal wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 – the country's first win since it began participating in 1964. It is the first winning song performed in a country's native language since 's "Molitva" in , and the first ever in Portuguese. May 15"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee becomes the first mostly Spanish-language song to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States since "Macarena" by Los del Río" in 1996. The success of the song is propelled by Justin Bieber's remix of the song. The song's commercial success renews interest in the Latin music market from recording labels in the United States.
July–December
July 9Daddy Yankee becomes the most listened-to artist worldwide on streaming service Spotify, being the first Latin artist to do so.
July 31Spanish writer Daniela Bose, writes on the disparity of women in Spanish music on Spain's music charts. Her report found that consumers replaced Latin pop and Spanish music with reggaeton and trap music; genres that belittle women with lyrics that speak of adulterous acts. September 19 The Latin Recording Academy postpones the announcement of the nominations for the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards due to the earthquake in Mexico which occurred a day before nominations were to be revealed as well as other natural disasters affecting Spanish-speaking communities. November 16 The 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee wins the Latin Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Salsa Big Band by Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta wins the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Vicente García wins Best New Artist.
Number-one albums and singles by country List of number-one hits of 2017 (Argentina) List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2017 (Brazil) List of number-one songs of 2017 (Colombia) List of number-one albums of 2017 (Mexico) List of number-one songs of 2017 (Mexico) List of number-one albums of 2017 (Portugal) List of number-one albums of 2017 (Spain) List of number-one singles of 2017 (Spain) List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2010s List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Songs of 2017 List of number-one singles of 2017 (Venezuela)
Awards 2017 Premio Lo Nuestro 2017 Billboard Latin Music Awards 2017 Latin American Music Awards 2017 Latin Grammy Awards 2017 Heat Latin Music Awards 2017 MTV Millennial Awards
Albums released First quarter
January Day Title Artist Genre(s) Singles Label6 Gallo Fino Leonardo Aguilar Machín Records 13 Directo en El Círculo Flamenco de Madrid Tomasa La Macanita and Manuel Valencia20 Fénix Nicky Jam Reggaeton "El Perdón""Hasta el Amanecer""Por el Momento""El Amante""Si Tú la Ves" La Industria Inc. The Beginning Kevin Roldán Reggaeton Universal Music Latino27 Mr. EP - A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround Latin Jazz HighNote Records, Inc. Acenda A Sua Luz Aline Barros Gospel MK Music
February Day Title Artist Genre(s) Singles Label1 Mutante Daniel Cadena 3 Louder! Sofía Reyes "Muévelo""Conmigo (Rest of Your Life)""Solo Yo""Llegaste Tú" Warner Music Latina Gente Valiente Silvestre Dangond Vallenato, Reggaeton "Ya No Me Duele Más""Cásate Conmigo" Sony Music Latin Albita Albita Afro-Cuban Innercat Music Group Serio Lil Supa10Los ángeles Rosalía Flamenco "Catalina""Aunque es de noche" Universal Rompiendo Fronteras Alejandro Fernández "Quiero Que Vuelvas""Sé Que Te Duele" Universal Music Latino, Universal Music Latino Real G4 Life, Vol. 3 Ñengo Flow Reggaeton Real G4 Life, Inc. Típico Miguel Zenón Song X Jazz12 Pero No Llorando - Nocturna Majida Issa 14 Tsunami Is Back Jadiel Reggaeton Tsunami Records17 Ya Me Vi Contigo Grupo H-100 Rap Komunion Arianna Puello24 Five Prince RoyceBachata"Culpa al Corazón""La Carretera""Moneda""Deja Vu"Sony Music Latin Como No Queriendo Banda Carnaval Ranchera Disa, Andaluz Music, Universal Music Latin Entertainment Aún Estoy de Pie Mariachi Imperial Azteca El Paradise Los Amigos Invisibles Gozadera Records Memoria de Los Sentidos Vicente Amigo Flamenco Sony Music25 Bajo Mundo Oskar Cartaya Latin Jazz Bajo Mundo Music
March Day Title Artist Genre(s) Singles Label2 Flora y Faῦna Camila Luna3 To Beny Moré With Love Jon Secada featuring The Charlie Sepúlveda Big Band BMG, Peermusic Palabras Manuales Danay Suárez Latin, Dubstep Universal Music Group (...) Day & Lara Memórias Eli Soares Gospel Universal Music Christian Group Na Medida Do Impossível Ao Vivo No Inhotim Fernanda Takai MPB Deck Três no Samba André Mehmari, Eliane Faria and Gordinho do Surdo Samba Selo SESC SP6 Realidade ao vivo em Manaus Marília Mendonça Vidisco, Som Livre10 DM Dulce María Ballad "No Sé Llorar""Volvamos""Rompecorazones" Universal Music Group No Estás Tú José Manuel Figueroa Fonovisa Records Lo Niego Todo Joaquín Sabina Sony Music11 Aguas Mula 17 Isidro Infante Presenta: Cuba y Puerto Rico, Un Abrazo Musical Salsero Various artists 23 Tamborazo los Viejitos Marco Flores y La Jerez BandaMF24 50 Palos Jarabe de Palo Latin pop, rockTronco Dance of Time Eliane Elias Latin jazzConcord Jazz Primera Fila Bronco NorteñoSony Music Mexico27 DNA Musical Alexandre Pires MPBSom Livre 31 Residente Residente Alternative hip hop, urban, world"Somos Anormales""Desencuentro" FMG, Univision Communications, Sony Music Latin Confío Jaci Velasquez Latin Christian Integrity Music Clase de Historia Voz de Mando Regional Mexican Talento Lider Alma Bohemia Los Huracanes del Norte Norteño Garmex Obras Son Amores Antonio Carmona Universal Music Group Gran Ciudad Debi Nova Sony Music Latin
Second quarter
April Day Title Artist Genre(s) Singles Label5 Alta Gracia Nathalie Peña ComasClassicalRechord Sounds7 Hecho en México Javier Rosas y Su Artilleria PesadaRegional MexicanFonovisa Hybrido / From Rio To Wayne Shorter Antonio Adolfo Latin jazzAAM Music El Protagonista Andino Reggaeton "Cuando Se Prende""Pide Calle" MPB Records8 Queridos (En Vivo) Luis Pescetti Children'sLMP10 Solo Buenos Aires Fernando OteroTangoRycy Productions12 Joined Cesar Camargo Mariano featuring Rudiger Liebermann, Walter Seyfarth & Benoit FromangerClef, Pra Produções14 La Mejor Versión De Mí Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio LizarragaRegional MexicanLizos Music Lo Único Constante Alex CubaCaracol Momentos Alex CamposLatin Christian, Regional MexicanSony Music Mexico17 36 Aniversario Mariachi Oro de América Mariachi Oro de AméricaMariachiElith18 Bidimensional GuacoTropicalProducciones Guaqueros20 Zanna ZannaMPBZanna Agencia De Som Tanguedia Gabriela Bergallo21 Circo Soledad Ricardo Arjona Latin popMetamorfosis Enamorada con Banda Lucero Banda"Hasta Que Amanezca" Fonovisa Fuerte Miranda! Latin pop, rockSony Music Argentina Porrock Adriana Lucía Tropical fusionSony Music Argentina Dos Navegantes Edu Lobo, Romero Lubambo, Mauro Senise MPB Biscoito Fino Canta O Nordeste Trio Nordestino Brazilian roots Biscoito Fino28 Una Vida Ednita NazarioLatin popSony Music Latin El Eco de Tu Voz Hillsong En EspañolLatin ChristianHillsong Music La Trenza Mon Laferte Latin pop, Latin alternative "Amárrame""Mi buen amor""Primaveral" Universal Music, Discos Valiente Amar y Vivir (En Vivo Desde La Ciudad de México, 2017) La Santa Cecilia Latin pop Universal Music, Rebeleon29 Salsa Big Band Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & OrquestaSalsaRubén Blades Productions30 Cumbia Del Río Magdalena Juventino Ojito and Su Son Mocaná CumbiaFundación Cuarto Verde
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