1990 in Latin music

This is a list of notable events in Latin music that took place in 1990.

Events

January 10 – EMI Latin bought Bob Grever's Cara Records, beginning the golden age of Tejano music.
February 21 – The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
*José Feliciano wins the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance for his rendition of "Cielito Lindo"
*Ray Barretto and Celia Cruz wins the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Performance for their album Ritmo en el Corazón
*Los Lobos wins the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance for their album La Pistola y El Corazón.
February 10 – "Lambada" by French-Brazilian group Kaoma becomes the first non-Spanish-language song to top the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart. The song is performed entirely in Portuguese.
May 23 – Billboard commences its first ever Latin Music Conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Miami, Florida.
May 24 – The 3rd Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Nicaraguan singer Luis Enrique is the most awarded artist with three wins.

The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1990 in the United States in the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to Billboard.

Category	Rank	Album	Artist
Latin pop	1	Quiero Amanecer con Alguien	Daniela Romo
Latin pop	2	Quién como tú	Ana Gabriel
Latin pop	3	Sonrie	Roberto Carlos
Latin pop	4	Tierra de Nadie	Ana Gabriel
Latin pop	5	Con El Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan	José Luis Rodríguez
Regional Mexican	1	A Todo Galope	Bronco
Regional Mexican	2	No Te Olvidaré	Mazz
Regional Mexican	3	Mi Buena Suerte	Los Tigres del Norte
Regional Mexican	4	Por Tu Maldito Amor	Vicente Fernandez
Regional Mexican	5	A Tu Recuerdo	Los Yonic's
Tropical/Salsa	1	Mi Mundo	Luis Enrique
Tropical/Salsa	2	Más Grande Que Nunca	Frankie Ruiz
Tropical/Salsa	3	Ojalá Que Llueva Café	Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40
Tropical/Salsa	4	El Primero	Juan Manuel Lebrón
Tropical/Salsa	5	El Cantinero	La Patrulla 15

The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1990, according to Billboard.

January 5 – Darell, Puerto Rican rapper
January 30 – Eiza González, Mexican actress and singer
February 17 – María José Quintanilla, Chilean singer
March 17 – Alice Caymmi, Brazilian singer
March 29 – Justin Quiles, Colombian reggaeton singer
July 17 – Naëla, Colombian pop singer
August 11 – María José Castillo, Costa Rican pop singer
August 24 – Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentine pop singer and actor, former member of Teen Angels
September 25 – Edén Muñoz, Mexican performer of banda music
October 7 – Dalex, Argentine singer
October 20 – Melody, Spanish pop singer
November 29 – Diego Boneta, Mexican singer and actor
December 28 –, Mexican singer and actress