The following is a list of events and new Spanish and Portuguese-language music that happened in 2022 in theLatin music industry. Latin regions includeIbero-America, Spain, Portugal, and the United States.

• January 13 – The lineup for the returning edition ofCoachella includesAnitta,Banda MS,Chicano Batman,Ed Maverick,Karol G,Natanael Cano,Nathy Peluso,Nicki Nicole,Omar Apollo,Pabllo Vittar, andThe Marías.^[2]
• January 24 – Edén Muñoz announces departure fromCalibre 50 to launch a solo career.^[3]
• January 29 – "SloMo" byChanel wins the first edition of theBenidorm Fest and will representSpain in the66th edition of theEurovision Song Contest.^[4]
• February 4 –Clamor byMaria Arnal i Marcel Bagès is named the best album in Spain of 2021 by winning thePremio Ruido.
• February 8 – "Ay mamá" byRigoberta Bandini becomes the first song that failed to represent Spain in Eurovision to top the country's chart since "Lo Malo" byAitana andAna Guerra in 2018.^[5]
• February 12 – "Te Espera el Mar" byMaría José Llergo, fromMediterraneo: The Law of the Sea, wins theGoya Award for Best Original Song.^[6]
• February 16 –José Manuel Pérez Tornero, president ofRTVE, announcesHispavisión, theIberoamerican adaptation of theEurovision Song Contest after the cancellation of theOTI Festival in 2000.^[7]
• February 24 – The34th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards are held at theFTX Arena in Miami, Florida.^[8]
  • El Último Tour del Mundo wins Album of the Year.
  • "Bichota" byKarol G wins Song of the Year.
  • Bad Bunny wins Artist of the Year.
  • El Alfa wins Best New Male Artist.
  • Ángela Aguilar wins Best New Female Artist.
• March 2 –Karol G is awarded the Rule Breaker award atBillboard'sWomen in Music, marking the second time a Spanish-singing artist is awarded by the institution sinceRosalía in 2019.^[9]
• March 15 – The3rd Annual Premios Odeón take place in Madrid.
  • El Madrileño byC. Tangana wins Album of the Year.
  • "Tiroteo" by Marc Seguí,Pol Granch andRauw Alejandro wins Song of the Year.
  • "Tiroteo" by Marc Seguí, Pol Granch and Rauw Alejandro wins Video of the Year.
  • Belén Aguilera wins Best New Artist.
• March 18 –Maná's concert residency atLA Forum begins.^[10]
• March 19 – With 16.3 million worldwide streams,Motomami byRosalía becomes the most-streamed female Spanish-language album in a single day as well as the best performing album by a Spanish artist on Spotify Spain.
• March 21 –Daddy Yankee announces retirement from music after 32 years plus a finale album,Legendaddy, and a farewell tour visiting the Americas in 2022.
• March 22 – The10th iHeartRadio Music Awards take place at theShrine Auditorium inLos Angeles.
  • "Pepas" byFarruko wins Latin Pop/Reggaeton Song of the Year
  • Bad Bunny wins Best Latin Artist
  • Grupo Firme wins Best New Latin Artist
  • "La Casita" byBanda MS wins Regional Mexican Song of the Year
  • Calibre 50 wins Regional Mexican Artist of the Year

• April 3 – The64th Annual Grammy Awards take place atMGM Grand Garden Arena inLas Vegas.^[11]
  • Mendó byAlex Cuba winsBest Latin Pop Album.
  • Orígen byJuanes winsBest Latin Rock or Alternative Album.
  • A Mis 80's byVicente Fernández winsBest Regional Mexican Music Album.
  • El Último Tour Del Mundo byBad Bunny winsBest Música Urbana Album
  • Salswing! byRubén Blades andRoberto Delgado & Orquesta winsBest Tropical Latin Album.
  • Mirror Mirror byEliane Elias withChick Corea &Chucho Valdés winsBest Latin Jazz Album.
• April 21 – TheLatin American Music Awards of 2022 take place atMichelob Ultra Arena inLas Vegas.^[12]
  • KG0516 byKarol G wins Album of the Year
  • "Dakiti" byBad Bunny andJhay Cortez wins Song of the Year
  • Karol G wins Artist of the Year
  • María Becerra wins New Artist of the Year
• April 27 – The 14th Premios MIN take place at theNavarra Arena inPamplona to celebrate the best in Spanishindependent music.^[13]
  • Puta byZahara wins Album of the Year.
  • Rigoberta Bandini wins Artist of the Year.
  • Tanxugueiras win Best New Artist.
• April 28 – The virtual version ofLatin Alternative Music Conference takes place.^[14]
• May 14 –Spain'sChanel ends third at the66th edition of theEurovision Song Contest with "SloMo", becoming the country's best placing since1995.
• May 15 –Un Verano Sin Ti byBad Bunny debuts atop theBillboard 200, becoming the second Spanish-language studio album to do so sinceEl Último Tour del Mundo (2020).

• July 6 – TheLatin Alternative Music Conference takes place at the Stewart Hotel inNew York City.^[15]
• July 29 – With 3.708 million streams, "Despechá" byRosalía earns the biggest streaming debut for a solo Spanish-language song by a female artist in Spotify history. It also broke the all-time single day stream record for a song by a female artist on Spotify Spain.
• August 23 – The 24thPremios Gardel take place atMovistar Arena inBuenos Aires to celebrate the best in Argentinian music.
  • Oscuro Éxtasis byWos wins Album of the Year
  • "Miénteme" byTini andMaría Becerra wins Song of the Year
  • "Mafiosa" byNathy Peluso wins Record of the Year
  • Tiago PZK wins Best New Artist
• August 28 – "Envolver" byAnitta winsBest Latin at theMTV Video Music Awards, becoming the first ever Brazilian act to win a VMA.^[16] Other winners includeBad Bunny andRosalía.
• September 25 – Grupo Firme performs a free concert at theZócalo inMexico City to a crowd of 280,000, the largest concert in the country's history.^[17]
• September 26 – The 2022Billboard Latin Music Week starts its six-day run at Faena Forum inMiami Beach.^[18]
• September 30 – Reggaeton duoWisin & Yandel release their final album,La Última Misión.

• November 4 – The17th edition ofLOS40 Music Awards take place at theWiZink Center, inMadrid.
  • Dani Fernández winsBest Spanish Act.
  • Motomami byRosalía winsBest Spanish Album.
  • "Música Ligera" byAna Mena winsBest Spanish Song.
  • "360" by Marc Seguí winsBest Spanish Video.
• November 13 – The29th MTV Europe Music Awards air onMTV live fromDüsseldorf.
  • Anitta winsBest Latin.
  • Manu Gavassi winsBest Brazilian Act.
  • Kenia Os winsBest Latin America North Act.
  • Danny Ocean winsBest Latin America Central Act.
  • Tini winsBest Latin America South Act.
  • Bárbara Bandeira winsBest Portuguese Act.
  • Bad Gyal winsBest Spanish Act.
• November 15 – Following the announcement of the nominees for the65th Annual Grammy Awards in 2023,Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny is first the Spanish-language album to ever be nominatedAlbum of the Year^[19]
• November 17 – The23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held at theMichelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Uruguayan singer-songwriterJorge Drexler is the most awarded artists with six wins:^[20]
  • "Tocarte" byJorge Drexler andC. Tangana wins the Latin Grammy Awards forSong of the Year andRecord of the Year.
  • Motomami by Spanish singerRosalía wins theLatin Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making her the first female artist to achieve this accolade more than once.
  • For the first time in Latin Grammy history, theBest New Artist accolade is presented to more than one artists in a tie, withAngela Alvarez andSilvana Estrada, the former a 95 year-old woman making the oldest person to receive the accolade.
• December 1 – Un Verano Sin Ti tops theBillboard 200 year-end charts, making it the first Spanish-language album to do so. It also spent 13 weeks at number one on the chart.^[21]
• December 23 –Joan Manuel Serrat makes his final concert before retiring at age 79. It was held atPalau Sant Jordi, inBarcelona.^[22]
• December 31 –Wisin & Yandel end their farewell tourLa Última Misión World Tour atColiseo de Puerto Rico.^[23]

• List ofBillboard Argentina Hot 100 number-one singles of 2022
• List of number-one albums of 2022 (Portugal)
• List of number-one albums of 2022 (Spain)
• List of number-one singles of 2022 (Spain)
• List of number-oneBillboard Latin Albums from the 2020s
• List ofBillboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay number ones of 2022

TheBillboard Global 200 is a weekly record chart published byBillboard magazine that ranks the top songs globally based ondigital sales andonline streaming from over 200 territories worldwide.

An asterisk (*) represents that a single is charting for the current week.^[24]

TheBillboard Hot 100 ranks the most-played songs in the United States based on sales (physical anddigital),radio play, andonline streaming. Also included are certifications awarded by theRecording 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 theLatin 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 2022.

The following is a list of the 10 best-performing Latin albums in the United States according toBillboard andNielsen SoundScan, which compiles data from traditional sales andalbum-equivalent units.^[140]

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

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• January 2 –Ana Bejerano [es], Spanish singer (Mocedades), 60^[142]
• January 10 –Jordi Sabatés, 73, Spanish pianist.^[143]
• January 11 –Martín Carrizo [es], 50, drummer forA.N.I.M.A.L.^[144]
• January 18 –Tito Matos, 53, Puerto Ricanrequinto player, heart attack.^[145]
• January 24 –Osvaldo Peredo, 91, Argentine tango singer.^[146]
• January 26 –Ludmila Ferber, Brazilian Christian singer-songwriter and writer, 56^[147]
• January 20 –Elza Soares, Brazilian samba singer, 91^[148]
• January 26 –Ludmila Ferber, 56, Brazilian Christian singer-songwriter and writer.^[149]
• January 27 –Diego Verdaguer, Argentine singer-songwriter, 70^[150]
• February 3 –Renée Pietrafesa Bonnet, 83, Uruguayan composer and pianist.^[151]
• February 5 –Rubén Fuentes, Mexican violinist and composer, 95^[152]
• February 10 –Steve Salas, 69, American singer, bass player, percussionist^[153]
• February 16:
  • Juan Carlos Moguel, Mexican producer, composer and sound engineer^[154]
  • Chelique Sarabia, 81, Venezuelan musician and songwriter.^[155]
  • Ramón Stagnaro, 67, Peruvian guitarist.^[156]
• February 19 –Álvaro Manzano, 66, Ecuadorian conductor.^[157]
• February 23 –Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Brazilian classical and jazz guitarist, 77^[158]
• March 5 –Patricio Renán, Chilean New Wave and ballad singer, 77^[159]
• March 6 –Pau Riba i Romeva, Spanish andMallorquín musician, 73^[160]
• March 11 –Guayo Cedeño, Honduran jazz and samba musician, 48 (respiratory failure)^[161]
• March 13 –Teresa Berganza, 89, Spanish mezzo-soprano.^[162]
• March 18 –Bernabé Martí, 93, Spanish tenor.^[163]
• March 20 –Ismael Rivera Jr., 67, Puerto Rican salsa singer, son ofIsmael Rivera^[164]
• March 30 – Francisco González, 68, co-founder ofLos Lobos^[165]
• April 18:
  • José Luis "El Tosco" Cortés, 70, Cuban musician and founder of NG La Banda^[166]
  • María Inés Naveillán [es], 68, Chilean singer^[167]
• May 2 –María José Cantilo, 68, Argentine singer-songwriter.^[168]
• May 27 –Juan José Mosalini, 78, Argentinebandoneon player.^[169]
• June 2:
  • Paulo Diniz, 82, Brazilian singer.^[170]
  • Gracia Montes, 86, Spanishcopla singer.^[171]
• June 3 –Willie Sotelo, 61, Puerto Rican pianist, musical director^[172]
• July 17:
  • César Pedroso, 75, Cuban pianist (Los Van Van,Pupy y Los que Son, Son).^[173]
  • Héctor Tricoche, 66, Puerto Rican salsa singer-songwriter.^[174]
• July 22 –Henrique Morelenbaum [pt], 90, Brazilian conductor^[175]
• July 26 –Darío Gómez, 71, Colombian singer.^[176]
• July 29 –Ulises Eyherabide [es], 55, Argentine Christian rock singer, co-founder ofRescate^[177]
• August 1 –Rosa de Castilla, 90, Mexican singer and actress (The Unknown Mariachi,Yo... el aventurero,Héroe a la fuerza).^[178]
• August 7 –Ernesto Cavour, 82, Bolivian singer (Los Jairas).^[179] 1
• August 24 –Tomás Muñoz, 88, Spanish record label executive^[180]
• August 27 –Manolo Sanlúcar, 78, Spanishflamenco composer and guitarist.^[181]
• September 5:Ralph Irizarry, 67, American percussionist and bandleader, multiple organ failure.^[182]
• September 8:Marciano Cantero, 62, Argentine singer (Enanitos Verdes).^[183]
• September 10 –Paulino Bernal, 83, American accordionist and Christian evangelist.^[184]
• September 12 –Aquiles Báez [es], 58, Venezuelan musician, arranger, and producer^[185]
• October 2 –Adrían "Bin" Valencia, 61, Argentine percussionist (Almafuerte)^[186]
• October 10 –Leon Schidlowsky, 91, Chilean-Israeli composer.^[187]
• November 22:
  • Erasmo Carlos, 81, Brazilian singer-songwriter ("Sentado à Beira do Caminho"), kidney disease.^[188]
  • Pablo Milanés, 79, Cuban singer-songwriter.^[189]
• December 6 –Edino Krieger, 94, Brazilian composer and conductor.^[190]
• December 7 –Carmen Jara [es], 85, Spanish copla singer and actress^[191]
• December 8 –Djalma Corrêa, 80, Brazilian percussionist and composer, pancreatic cancer.^[192]
• December 13 –Lalo Rodríguez, 64, Puerto Rican salsa singer ("Ven, Devórame Otra Vez").^[193]
• December 19 –Claudisabel, 46, Portuguese singer, traffic collision.^[194]
• December 28 –Linda de Suza, 74, Portuguese singer, COVID-19.^[195]