Billboard Regional Mexican Albums Year-end Chart, 1990s

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The Year-End charts for the Regional Mexican Albums chart in the 1990s are published in the last issue of Billboard magazine every year. The chart was based on information provided by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, [1] which collected a survey from music retail shops and one-stop sales in the United States until May 1991 when the methodology was changed to include point-of-sale data compiled from Nielsen SoundScan. [2] The Year-End charts represent aggregated numbers from the weekly charts that were compiled for each artist, album and record company. [3]

Mexican group Bronco had the best-selling album of 1990 with A Todo Galope. Beginning in 1992, Tejano music musicians dominated the year-end chart for five consecutive years; with La Mafia having the best-selling album of the year with their critically acclaimed recording Estas Tocando Fuego. Selena had the best-selling album of the year from 1993 to 1996 with Entre a Mi Mundo and Amor Prohibido (1994–96). The former became the only recording in the 1990s to have been named the best-selling Regional Mexican Album of the year for three consecutive times. The singer became the only female musician to have a year-end best-seller in the 1990s. Selena continued her streak of best-selling year-end albums with Anthology (1998) and All My Hits/Todos Mis Exitos (1999) following her death in March 1995. Other female singers to have appeared on the year-end chart includes Mexican singer Ana Gabriel whose album Mi Mexico was the second best-seller of 1992, while Gabriel's Con Un Mismo Corazon ranked fifth in 1998. Linda Ronstadt's double diamond certified album Canciones de Mi Padre ranked eighth and third on the year-end charts in 1993 and 1994, respectively. [4] Grupo Límite's previous work, Por Puro Amor peaked at number one on the Regional Mexican Albums chart in 1996, [5] it was replaced from the top with their album Partiendome el Alma; [6] which became the best-selling album of 1997.

In 1995, Tejano musicians dominated the year-end chart with eight best-selling albums in the top ten; most of these were Selena. Seven different Tejano singers ranked within the top ten of the best-selling albums of 1996. Following this, the only performers of Tejano music that appeared in the top ten were Selena and Intocable; whose albums IV (1998) and Contigo (1999) ranked tenth in their respective years. Los Tigres del Norte placed a total of eight albums within the top ten including Jefe de Jefes , which is one of the best-selling Latin albums in the United States.

Regional Mexican Albums of the Year

Contents
1990   1991   1992   1993   1994   1995   1996   1997   1998   1999

          represents the best-performing single of the year.

YearRankAlbumPerformer
19901A Todo Galope Grupo Bronco
19902No Te Olvidare Mazz
19903Mi Buena Suerte Los Tigres del Norte
19904Por Tu Maldito Amor Vicente Fernández
19905A Tu Recuerdo Los Yonic's
19906Enter the Future La Mafia
19907Tristes Recuerdos Ramon Ayala
19908Mi Acordeon y Yo Ramon Ayala
19909El Que Más Te Ha Querido David Lee Garza
199010No Cantan Mal Las Rancheras Los Caminantes
19921Estas Tocando Fuego La Mafia
19922Mi Mexico Ana Gabriel
19923Salvaje y Tierno Bronco
19924LiveUna Noche Juntos Mazz
19925Mi Vida Eres Tu Los Temerarios
19926 Entre a Mi Mundo Selena
19927Mas Canciones Linda Ronstadt
19928La Hielera Los Acuario
19929Romanticamente Yndio
199210Alejandro Fernández Alejandro Fernández
19931 Entre a Mi Mundo Selena
19932Ahora y Siempre La Mafia
19933 Live! Selena
19934Con Sangre De Indio Banda Machos
19935Lo Hare Por Ti Mazz
19936Por El Mundo Bronco
19937Casimira Banda Machos
19938Canciones de mi Padre Linda Ronstadt
19939Mas Canciones Linda Ronstadt
199310Que De Raro Tiene Vicente Fernández
19941 Amor Prohibido Selena
19942Pura Sangre Grupo Bronco
19943Canciones de mi Padre Linda Ronstadt
19944Que Esperabas Mazz
19945 Live! Selena
19946Tu Ultima Cancion Los Temerarios
19947Southern Exposure Emilio Navaira
19948Los Dos Plebes Los Tigres del Norte
19949En Grande Fama
199410Los Machos Tambien Lloran Banda Machos
19951 Amor Prohibido Selena
19952 12 Super Exitos Selena
19953 Live! Selena
19954 Entre a Mi Mundo Selena
19955 Las Reinas del Pueblo Selena and Graciela Beltrán
19956Exitos en Vivo La Mafia
19957El Ejemplo Los Tigres del Norte
19958La Diferenzia La Diferenzia
19959Rompiendo Barreras Bronco
199510Soundlife Emilio Navaira
19961 Amor Prohibido Selena
19962Unidos Para Siempre Los Tigres del Norte
19963Un Millon de Rosas La Mafia
19964Como Te Extrano Pete Astudillo
19965Por Puro Amor Grupo Límite
19966Pedro Fernández Pedro Fernández
19967 Dulzura Jennifer Peña
19968En Concierto Michael Salgado
19969Llevame Contigo Intocable
199610Solo Para Ti Mazz
19971Partiendome el Alma Grupo Límite
19972 Siempre Selena Selena
19973Jefe de Jefes Los Tigres del Norte
19974Tucanos de Oro Los Tucanes de Tijuana
19975Deseos y Delirios Pedro Fernández
19976Juntos Otra Vez Juan Gabriel and Rocío Dúrcal
19977Muy Dentro De Mi Corazon Alejandro Fernández
19978Tucanos de Plata Los Tucanes de Tijuana
19979La Última Huella Bronco
199710Por Puro Amor Grupo Límite
19981 Anthology Selena
19982Sentimientos Grupo Límite
19983Como Te Recuerdo Los Temerarios
19984De Fiesta Con... Los Tucanes de Tijuana
19985Con Un Mismo Corazon Ana Gabriel
19986Asi Como Tu Los Tigres del Norte
19987Amor Platonico Los Tucanes De Tijuana
19988Partiendome el Alma Grupo Límite
19989Entre El Amor y Yo Vicente Fernández
199810IV Intocable
19991 All My Hits/Todos Mis Exitos Selena
19992Nuestro Amor Los Tri-o
19993Herencia de Familia Los Tigres del Norte
19994Entre el Amor y Yo Vicente Fernández
1999515 Exitos Para Siempre Los Temerarios
19996Mi Verdad Alejandro Fernández
19997Con Mariachi Pepe Aguilar
19998Necesito Decirte Conjunto Primavera
19999Juan Gabriel Con Banda...El Recodo Juan Gabriel and Banda el Recodo
199910Contigo Intocable

Sources: 1990, [7] 1992, [8] 1993, [9] 1994, [10] 1995, [11] 1996, [12] 1997, [13] 1998, [14] 1999, [15]

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