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Billboard Top Latin Albums

Record chart

Record chart

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. To rank on this chart, an album must have 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish. 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.

The first album to appear at number-one on this chart was Mi Tierra by Gloria Estefan on July 10, 1993. 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, Shakira, and Selena are the female artists with the most number-one albums with 7 each. 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 Debí Tirar Más Fotos by Bad Bunny.

History

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

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. 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. 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.

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.

Chart achievements

Artist with the most number-ones

  • Marco Antonio Solís (12)
  • Bad Bunny (9)
  • Luis Miguel (9)
  • Enrique Iglesias (8)
  • Los Temerarios (8)
  • Daddy Yankee (7)
  • Alejandro Fernández (7)
  • Jenni Rivera (7)
  • Los Tigres del Norte (7)
  • Maná (7)
  • Marc Anthony (7)
  • Selena (7)
  • Shakira (7)
  • Ricky Martin (6)
  • Wisin & Yandel (6)
  • Romeo Santos (5)
  • Don Omar (5)
  • Juanes (5)
  • Anuel AA (4)
  • Karol G (4)
  • Ozuna (4)
  • Thalía (4)

Top 20 Albums with most weeks at Number-One

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

WeeksArtistAlbumYear(s)
70Bad BunnyYHLQMDLG2020–22
60Bad BunnyUn Verano Sin Ti2022–24
58Gloria EstefanMi Tierra1993–94
49Bad BunnyDebí Tirar Más Fotos2025–26
46Bad BunnyX 100pre2019–20
46OzunaOdisea2017–18
44SelenaDreaming of You1995–97
29Luis MiguelSegundo Romance1994–95
27Bad BunnyEl Último Tour Del Mundo2020–21
26Ricky MartinVuelve1998–99
24Daddy YankeeBarrio Fino2004–05
23AventuraThe Last2009–10
20SelenaAmor Prohibido1994–95
20Juan GabrielLos Dúo, Vol. 22016–17
19Christina AguileraMi Reflejo2000–01
17ShakiraFijación Oral Vol. 12005
17Romeo SantosFormula, Vol. 12011–12
17OzunaAura2018
16Enrique IglesiasSex and Love2014
15Enrique IglesiasVivir1997
15Peso PlumaGénesis2023–24

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Top 10 Albums of All-Time (1993–2018)

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.

RankAlbumArtist(s)Peak yearPeak and durationRef.
1.Mi TierraGloria Estefan1993#1 for 58 weeks
2.OdiseaOzuna2017#1 for 46 weeks
3.Dreaming of YouSelena1995#1 for 25 weeks
4.Segundo RomanceLuis Miguel1994#1 for 29 weeks
5.VuelveRicky Martin1998#1 for 26 weeks
6.Barrio FinoDaddy Yankee2004#1 for 24 weeks
7.The LastAventura2009#1 for 23 weeks
8.Amor ProhibidoSelena1994#1 for 20 weeks
9.Los Dúo, Vol. 2Juan Gabriel2016#1 for 20 weeks
10.Mi ReflejoChristina Aguilera2000#1 for 19 weeks

Number-one debuts

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

Year-end best selling albums

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. 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). In the following table, the certification shown is either the standard or Latin certification depending on whichever one results in a higher value.

YearArtistAlbumlabel(s)RIAA certification
1994Gloria EstefanMi TierraEpic16× Platinum (Latin)
1995SelenaDreaming of YouEMI Latin59× Platinum (Latin)
1996
1997Julio IglesiasTangoColumbia6× Platinum (Latin)
1998Alejandro FernándezMe Estoy EnamorandoSony DiscosPlatinum
1999Ricky MartinVuelveSony DiscosPlatinum
2000Marc AnthonyDesde Un Principio: From the BeginningRMM/Sony DiscosGold
2001Paulina RubioPaulinaUniversal Music Latino8× Platinum (Latin)
2002Marc AnthonyLibreSony DiscosGold
2003JuanesUn Día NormalSurco/Universal Latino6× Platinum (Latin)
2004Marco Antonio SolísLa Historia Continúa...Fonovisa5× Platinum (Latin)
2005Daddy YankeeBarrio FinoEl Cartel/V.I.PlatinumPlatinum
2006Daddy YankeeBarrio Fino en DirectoEl Cartel/InterscopeGold
2007RBDCelestialEMI Televisa/Virgin
2008Wisin & YandelLos ExtraterrestresMachete3× Platinum (Latin)
2009AventuraThe LastStrichcode/Premium Latin4× Platinum (Latin)
2010
2011Prince RoycePrince RoyceTop Stop Music3× Platinum (Latin)
2012Romeo SantosFormula, Vol. 1Sony Music Latin3× Platinum (Latin)
2013Jenni RiveraLa Misma Gran SeñoraFonovisa Records2× Platinum (Latin)
2014Romeo SantosFormula, Vol. 2Sony Music Latin11× Platinum (Latin)
2015Juan GabrielLos DúoUniversal Music LatinoPlatinum (Latin)
2016Los Dúo, Vol. 2
2017Nicky JamFénixSony Music Latin11× Platinum (Latin)
2018OzunaOdiseaDimelo Vi16× Platinum (Latin)
2019Bad BunnyX100preRimas Entertainmentregion=United Statesartist=Bad Bunnytype=album}}
2020YHLQMDLG24× Platinum (Latin)
2021El Último Tour del Mundo6× Platinum (Latin)
date=2013-01-02title=Top Latin Albumsurl=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/top-latin-albums/access-date=2023-05-24magazine=Billboardlanguage=en-US}}Un Verano Sin Ti
2023
2024Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana
2025Debí Tirar Más Fotos

Year-end charts

  • Year-end chart of 2008
  • Year-end chart of 2009

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