This is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America, Latin Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1988.
Events
Bands disbanded
Bands on hiatus
Number-ones albums and singles by country
Awards
Albums released
First quarter
January
February
March
Second quarter
April
May
June
Third quarter
July
August
September
Fourth quarter
October
November
December
Dates unknown
| Title
|
Artist
|
Genre(s)
|
Singles
|
Label
|
| Con Tambora
|
Joan Sebastian
|
Ranchera, Banda
|
|
Musart Premier, Musart
|
| Aire
|
Yuri
|
Ballad
|
|
EMI Mexico
|
| Si Me Recuerdas
|
Los Bukis
|
Ballad
|
|
Sono-Rodven
|
| La Luna Será La Luna
|
Beatriz Adriana
|
Ballad, Ranchera
|
|
Profono Internacional, Inc.
|
| Desde Andalucía
|
Isabel Pantoja
|
Ballad
|
|
RCA International
|
| Las apariencias engañan
|
Raphael
|
Ballad
|
|
Discos CBS International
|
| Antecedente
|
Rubén Blades
|
Salsa, Bolero, Cha-Cha, Rumba
|
|
Elektra, Elektra
|
| Isla del Sol
|
Yuri
|
Italo-Disco, Latin, Synth-Pop
|
|
Discos CBS International
|
| Como Tu Mujer
|
Rocío Dúrcal
|
Ballad
|
"Como Tu Mujer"
|
Ariola
|
| Tierra de Nadie
|
Ana Gabriel
|
Vocal, Romantic, Ballad
|
|
Discos CBS International
|
| Chayanne (1988)
|
Chayanne
|
Afro-Cuban, Ballad
|
|
Discos CBS International
|
| Busca una Mujer
|
Luis Miguel
|
Pop Rock, Ballad
|
|
WEA
|
| Al Norte del Sur
|
Franco De Vita
|
Ballad
|
|
Columbia, Sonografica
|
| Musica Criolla Todo el Ano
|
José Nogueras
|
|
|
|
| La Espera
|
José Luis Perales
|
Ballad
|
|
CBS
|
| Apasianado
|
Glenn Monroig
|
|
|
|
| De Corazón a Corazón
|
Eydie Gormé
|
Bolero, Latin Pop
|
|
Discos CBS International
|
| El Hombre Que Yo Amo
|
Caridad Canelón
|
Ballad
|
|
Sonotone Latin Records
|
| Non Stop
|
Julio Iglesias
|
Vocal, Ballad
|
|
Columbia, Columbia
|
| Debo Hacerlo
|
Juan Gabriel
|
Ballad, Bolero, Mariachi, Ranchera
|
|
Ariola
|
| Con Todos Los Sentidos
|
Braulio
|
Vocal, Ballad
|
|
Discos CBS International
|
| Ni Por Mil Punados De Oro
|
Xelencia
|
|
|
Cara
|
| Straight From the Heart
|
La Mafia
|
|
|
|
| Un Golpe Más
|
Bronco
|
Cumbia, Norteno, Ballad
|
|
FonoVisa
|
| Los Ídolos del Pueblo
|
Los Caminantes
|
Conjunto
|
|
Luna International
|
| La Guerra de las Sonoras
|
Sonora Santanera and La Sonora Dinamita
|
|
|
|
| The Party is Here
|
Fandango USA
|
|
|
|
| Un Puño de Tierra
|
Ramón Ayala & Bravos del Norte
|
Norteno, Ranchera
|
|
Freddie Records
|
| Que Tristeza
|
Los Humildes
|
Ranchera, Cumbia, Ballad
|
|
Fonovisa
|
| Esclavo y Rey
|
Grupo Vennus
|
Ballad, Conjunto
|
|
Tesoro Records
|
| El Caballo...una Leyenda
|
Johnny Ventura
|
Merengue
|
|
Discos CBS International, Discos CBS International
|
| Ritmo en el Corazón
|
Celia Cruz and Ray Barretto
|
Salsa, Cha-Cha, Guaracha, Guaguanco, Latin Jazz
|
|
Fania Records
|
| De Amor y Salsa
|
Gilberto Santa Rosa
|
Salsa, Guaguanco
|
|
Combo Records, Combo Records
|
| Con Más Empuje
|
Willie Berrios
|
Merengue
|
|
Sonotone
|
| Toco Madera
|
Orquesta La Mulenze
|
|
|
|
| Bobby Valentín
|
Bobby Valentín
|
Salsa, Guaguanco
|
|
Bronco
|
| Orgullo de Puerto Rico
|
Costa Brava
|
Salsa
|
|
Hitt Makers
|
| Más Que Atrevido
|
Conjunto Chaney
|
Salsa
|
|
Hitt Makers
|
| No es Suficiente
|
José Medina y Su Orquesta
|
|
|
|
| Ricardo Montaner, Vol. 2
|
Ricardo Montaner
|
|
|
|
| Alma Gemela
|
Flans
|
Ballad, Chanson, Europop
|
|
Melody Platino Especial, Melody Platino Especial
|
| Mister E
|
Pete Escovedo
|
Afro-Cuban, Fusion, Salsa
|
|
Crossover Records
|
| Flaco's Amigos
|
Flaco Jiménez
|
Tejano
|
"La Tumba Sera el Final"
"Lucerito"
"Jennette"
|
Arhoolie Records
|
| Ídolos del Pueblo
|
Los Tigres del Norte
|
Corrido, Ranchera, Cumbia
|
|
Fonovisa Records
|
| Vida Nueva
|
Los Freddy's
|
|
|
EMI Pope
|
| Debo Hacerlo
|
Juan Gabriel
|
Ballad, Bolero, Mariachi, Ranchera
|
|
Ariola
|
| Mascarada
|
Joan Sebastian
|
Ballad
|
|
Internacional, Codiscos
|
| Romántico y Sabroso
|
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
|
Salsa
|
|
Combo Records
|
| El Jeque
|
Tommy Olivencia
|
Guaguanco, Salsa
|
|
TH-Rodven, TH-Rodven
|
| No Me Olvidarás
|
José Javier Solís
|
Ballad
|
|
Profono Internacional, Inc.
|
| Porque Estás Enamorada
|
Los Bríos
|
Ballad
|
|
Musivisa
|
| Más Que Atrevido
|
¡Conjunto Chaney!
|
Salsa
|
|
Hitt Makers
|
| Psicoacústica
|
Ira!
|
Pop Rock
|
|
WEA, WEA, WEA
|
Best-selling records
Best-selling albums
The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1988 in the United States divided into the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to Billboard.[2]
The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1988, according to Billboard.[3]
Births
Deaths
References