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 1989.
May 31 – The inaugural Lo Nuestro Awards is presented by American television network Univision. It is the first Spanish-language music award show to not reveal the winners before the broadcast.[2] Mexican band Los Bukis and Puerto Rican singer Lalo Rodríguez tie for the most awards with three wins.[3]
The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1990 in the United States divided into the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to Billboard.[4]