Billboard Top Latin Albums

Top Latin Albums (formerly Latin 50) is a record chart published by Billboard magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all Billboard album charts, the chart is based on sales. Nielsen SoundScan compiles the sales data from merchants representing more than 90 percent of the U.S. music retail market. The sample includes sales at music stores, the music departments of electronics and department stores, direct-to-consumer transactions, and Internet sales of physical albums or digital downloads. A limited array of verifiable sales from concert venues is also tabulated.[1] To rank on this chart, an album must have 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish.[2] Listings of Top Latin Albums are also shown on Telemundo's music page through a partnership between the two companies. As of January 26, 2017, a multi-metric methodology to compile the Top Latin Albums chart was adopted by Billboard, which also incorporates track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units.[3]

The first album to appear at number-one on this chart was Mi Tierra by Gloria Estefan on July 10, 1993.[4] This album spent 58 non-consecutive weeks at the top of this chart. Mexican singers Marco Antonio Solís holds the record for the most number-one albums by an artist overall with 12. Fellow Mexican performers Los Temerarios is the group with the most chart-toppers, eight. Jenni Rivera and Selena are the female artists with the most number-one albums with 7 each.[5][6] Selena's album Dreaming of You was, until 2022, the only album to peak at number one during three different calendar years (1995–97). YHLQMDLG, by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, also achieved the feat by charting at #1 during four consecutive calendar years (2020–2023). The current number-one album on the chart is Incómodo by Tito Double P.[7]

History

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On July 10, 1993, Billboard premiered the revamped Latin 50 chart, which lists the best-selling Latin albums in the overall American music market.[8]

Before this, the first chart regarding Latin music albums in the magazine (Billboard Hot Latin LPs in Los Angeles) was published on the issue dated December 9, 1972. Y Volveré, by Chilean band Los Ángeles Negros, was the first album to appear at number-one.[9] Then, all Latin music information was featured on the first incarnation of the Top Latin Albums chart, which began on June 29, 1985, and divided Latin records on three different genre subcharts: Pop, Regional Mexican and Tropical, all of them now published in addition to the overall chart.[8] The Latin Pop Albums chart features music only from the pop genre, while the Regional Mexican Albums chart includes information from different genres like duranguense, norteño, banda and mariachi, and the Tropical Albums includes different genres particularly salsa, merengue, bachata, and cumbia. In May 2005, another chart, Latin Rhythm Albums, was introduced in response to growing sales of reggaeton records.[10]

On the week ending January 26, 2017, Billboard updated the methodology to compile the Top Latin Albums chart into a multi-metric methodology to include track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent albums units.[11]

Chart achievements

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Artist with the most number-ones

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Top 20 Albums with Most Weeks at Number-One

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The following are the top 20 longest-leading albums on the Top Latin Albums chart.[12]

Weeks Artist Album Year
70 Bad Bunny YHLQMDLG 2020–22
60 Bad Bunny Un Verano Sin Ti 2022–24
58 Gloria Estefan Mi Tierra 1993–94
46 Bad Bunny X 100pre 2019–20
46 Ozuna Odisea 2017–18
44 Selena Dreaming of You 1995–97
29 Luis Miguel Segundo Romance 1994–95
27 Bad Bunny El Último Tour Del Mundo 2020–21
26 Ricky Martin Vuelve 1998–99
24 Daddy Yankee Barrio Fino 2004–05
23 Aventura The Last 2009–10
20 Selena Amor Prohibido 1994–95
20 Juan Gabriel Los Dúo, Vol. 2 2016–17
19 Christina Aguilera Mi Reflejo 2000–01
17 Shakira Fijación Oral Vol. 1 2005
17 Romeo Santos Formula, Vol. 1 2011–12
17 Ozuna Aura 2018
16 Enrique Iglesias Sex and Love 2014
15 Enrique Iglesias Vivir 1997
15 Peso Pluma Génesis 2023–24

Top 10 Albums of All-Time (1993–2018)

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In 2018, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 20 best albums on the chart since its inception in 1993. The chart is based on the most number of weeks the albums spent on top of the chart. For albums with the same number of weeks at number one, they are ranked by the most total weeks on the chart.[13]

Rank Album Artist(s) Peak year Peak and duration Ref.
1. Mi Tierra Gloria Estefan 1993 #1 for 58 weeks [13]
2. Odisea Ozuna 2017 #1 for 46 weeks
3. Dreaming of You Selena 1995 #1 for 25 weeks
4. Segundo Romance Luis Miguel 1994 #1 for 29 weeks
5. Vuelve Ricky Martin 1998 #1 for 26 weeks
6. Barrio Fino Daddy Yankee 2004 #1 for 24 weeks
7. The Last Aventura 2009 #1 for 23 weeks
8. Amor Prohibido Selena 1994 #1 for 20 weeks
9. Los Dúo, Vol. 2 Juan Gabriel 2016 #1 for 20 weeks
10. Mi Reflejo Christina Aguilera 2000 #1 for 19 weeks

Number-one debuts

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Main article: List of number-one debuts on Billboard Top Latin Albums

Year-end best selling albums

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According to the RIAA certification, regular gold certification is awarded for shipping of 500,000 copies, platinum for one million units, and multi-platinum for two million unites, and following in increments of one million thereafter.[14] In addition, albums containing more than 50% Spanish language content may be awarded with Latin certification award, gold, (Disco de Oro) for shipments of 30,000 units, platinum (Disco de Platino) for 60,000 and multi-platinum (Multi-Platino) for 120,000 and following in increments of 60,000 thereafter (previously, Spanish-language albums were certified gold and platinum for 50,000 and 100,000 units shipped respectively before December 2013).[15] In the following table, the certification shown is either the standard or Latin certification depending on whichever one results in a higher value.

Year Artist Album Label RIAA certification
1994[16] Gloria Estefan Mi Tierra Epic 16× Platinum (Latin)[17]
1995[18] Selena Dreaming of You EMI Latin 59× Platinum (Latin)[19]
1996
1997[20] Julio Iglesias Tango Columbia 6× Platinum (Latin)[21]
1998[22] Alejandro Fernández Me Estoy Enamorando Sony Discos Platinum[23]
1999[24] Ricky Martin Vuelve Sony Discos Platinum[25]
2000[26] Marc Anthony Desde Un Principio: From the Beginning RMM/Sony Discos Gold[27]
2001 Paulina Rubio Paulina Universal Music Latino 8× Platinum (Latin)[28]
2002 Marc Anthony Libre Sony Discos Gold [29]
2003 Juanes Un Día Normal Surco/Universal Latino 6× Platinum (Latin)[30]
2004 Marco Antonio Solís La Historia Continúa... Fonovisa 5× Platinum (Latin)[31]
2005 Daddy Yankee Barrio Fino El Cartel/V.I. Platinum[32]
2006[33] Daddy Yankee Barrio Fino en Directo El Cartel/Interscope Gold[34]
2007[35] RBD Celestial EMI Televisa/Virgin —
2008[36] Wisin & Yandel Los Extraterrestres Machete 3× Platinum (Latin)[37]
2009[38] Aventura The Last Strichcode/Premium Latin 4× Platinum (Latin)[39]
2010[40]
2011[41] Prince Royce Prince Royce Top Stop Music 3× Platinum (Latin)[42]
2012[43] Romeo Santos Formula, Vol. 1 Sony Music Latin 3× Platinum (Latin)[44]
2013[45] Jenni Rivera La Misma Gran Señora Fonovisa Records 2× Platinum (Latin)[46]
2014[47] Romeo Santos Formula, Vol. 2 Sony Music Latin 11× Platinum (Latin)[48]
2015[49] Juan Gabriel Los Dúo Universal Music Latino Platinum (Latin)[50]
2016[51] Los Dúo, Vol. 2 —
2017[52] Nicky Jam Fénix Sony Music Latin 11× Platinum (Latin)[53]
2018[54] Ozuna Odisea Dimelo Vi 16× Platinum (Latin)[55]
2019[56] Bad Bunny X100pre Rimas Entertainment 10× Platinum (Latin)[57]
2020[58] YHLQMDLG 24× Platinum (Latin)[57]
2021[59] El Último Tour del Mundo 6× Platinum (Latin)[57]
2022[60] Un Verano Sin Ti
2023[60]

Year-end charts

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See also

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