External links
- Current Top Latin Albums on Billboard (subscription required)
- Current Top Latin albums on Telemundo
Top Latin Albums (formerly Latin 50) is a record chart published by Billboard magazine since 1993. It is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish-language, full-length albums in the American music market. To rank, an album must have 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish. [1]
Like all Billboard album charts, it is based on sales. Nielsen SoundScan compiles the sales data from merchants representing more than 90 % 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. [2] 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 was Mi Tierra by Cuban singer Gloria Estefan. [4] The longest-reigning number-one album is YHLQMDLG by Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny, which spent 70 weeks at the top. He has the most number-one weeks with 273, the most number-one debuting albums with 9, and the most number-one end-year albums with 7. Mexican singer Marco Antonio Solís has the most number-one albums 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. [5] [6] Selena's Dreaming of You (1995–97) and Bad Bunny's YHLQMDLG (2020-22) and Un Verano Sin Ti (2022-24) are the only albums to peak at number one in three different calendar years.
The current number-one album on the chart is Debí Tirar Más Fotos by Bad Bunny. [7]
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]
In 2018, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 20 best albums on the chart since its inception in 1993. The ranking 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. [12]
| Rank | Album | Artist(s) | Peak year | Peak and duration | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mi Tierra (2003) | Gloria Estefan | 1993 | #1 for 58 weeks | [12] |
| 2 | Odisea (2017) | Ozuna | 2017 | #1 for 46 weeks | |
| 3 | Dreaming of You (1995) | Selena | 1995 | #1 for 25 weeks | |
| 4 | Segundo Romance (1994) | Luis Miguel | 1994 | #1 for 29 weeks | |
| 5 | Vuelve (1998) | Ricky Martin | 1998 | #1 for 26 weeks | |
| 6 | Barrio Fino (2004) | Daddy Yankee | 2004 | #1 for 24 weeks | |
| 7 | The Last (2009) | Aventura | 2009 | #1 for 23 weeks | |
| 8 | Amor Prohibido (1994) | Selena | 1994 | #1 for 20 weeks | |
| 9 | Los Dúo, Vol. 2 (2015) | Juan Gabriel | 2016 | #1 for 20 weeks | |
| 10 | Mi Reflejo (2000) | Christina Aguilera | 2000 | #1 for 19 weeks |
In 2025, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 100 best albums on the chart through the first quarter of the 21st century, from the start of 2000 to the end of 2024. The ranking is based on the weekly performance on the chart. [13]
| Rank | Album | Artist(s) | Peak year | Peak and duration | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YHLQMDLG (2020) | Bad Bunny | 2020 | #1 for 70 weeks | [13] |
| 2 | Fórmula, Vol. 2 (2014) | Romeo Santos | 2014 | #1 for 11 weeks | |
| 3 | X 100pre (2019) | Bad Bunny | 2019 | #1 for 46 weeks | |
| 4 | Ones (2002) | Selena | 2017 | #2 for 1 week | |
| 5 | Odisea (2017) | Ozuna | 2017 | #1 for 46 weeks | |
| 6 | Un Verano Sin Ti (2022) | Daddy Yankee | 2022 | #1 for 60 weeks | |
| 7 | Todavía Me Amas: Lo Mejor de Aventura (2016) | Aventura | 2019 | #4 for 1 week | |
| 8 | Un Día Normal (2002) | Juanes | 2003 | #1 for 4 weeks | |
| 9 | Barrio Fino (2004) | Daddy Yankee | 2004 | #1 for 24 weeks | |
| 10 | El Último Tour Del Mundo (2020) | Bad Bunny | 2020 | #1 for 27 weeks |
The following list contains the top artists per number of albums at number one on the Top Latin Album chart:
The following list contains the top artists per number of weeks at number one on the Top Latin Album chart:
| Weeks | Artist(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 276 | Bad Bunny | [17] |
| 80 | Enrique Iglesias | [19] |
| 77 | Selena | [27] |
| 66 | Ozuna | [35] |
| 63 | Luis Miguel | [18] |
| 53 | Marc Anthony | [22] |
| 51 | Daddy Yankee | [24] |
| 49 | Shakira | [28] |
| 41 | Ricky Martin | [29] |
| 36 | Romeo Santos | [37] |
| 32 | Los Temerarios | [20] |
| Juan Gabriel | [33] | |
| 31 | Marco Antonio Solís | [15] |
| 25 | Maná | [21] |
| 23 | Alejandro Fernández | [23] |
| 22 | Jenni Rivera | [25] |
| Los Tigres del Norte | [26] | |
| 21 | Don Omar | [32] |
| 17 | Wisin & Yandel | [38] |
| Vicente Fernández | [30] | |
| 15 | Juanes | [34] |
| Prince Royce | [36] | |
| 14 | J Balvin | [41] |
| 9 | Karol G | [42] |
| 8 | Luis Fonsi | [43] |
| Thalía | [44] | |
| 7 | Chayanne | [31] |
| 6 | Anuel AA | [40] |
| 5 | Alejandro Sanz | [39] |
The following list contains the longest-leading albums per number of weeks at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart:
| Weeks | Album | Artist(s) | Year(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | YHLQMDLG | Bad Bunny | 2020–22 | [17] |
| 60 | Un Verano Sin Ti | 2022–24 | ||
| 58 | Mi Tierra | Gloria Estefan | 1993–94 | [45] |
| 53 | Debí Tirar Más Fotos | Bad Bunny | 2025–26 | [17] |
| 46 | X 100pre | 2019–20 | ||
| Odisea | Ozuna | 2017–18 | [35] | |
| 44 | Dreaming of You | Selena | 1995–97 | [27] |
| 29 | Segundo Romance | Luis Miguel | 1994–95 | [18] |
| 28 | Génesis | Peso Pluma | 2023–24 | [46] |
| 27 | El Último Tour Del Mundo | Bad Bunny | 2020–21 | [17] |
| 26 | Vuelve | Ricky Martin | 1998–99 | [29] |
| 24 | Barrio Fino | Daddy Yankee | 2004–05 | [24] |
| 23 | The Last | Aventura | 2009–10 | [47] |
| 20 | Amor Prohibido | Selena | 1994–95 | [27] |
| Los Dúo, Vol. 2 | Juan Gabriel | 2016–17 | [48] | |
| 19 | Mi Reflejo | Christina Aguilera | 2000–01 | [49] |
| 17 | Fijación Oral Vol. 1 | Shakira | 2005 | [28] |
| Formula, Vol. 1 | Romeo Santos | 2011–12 | [37] | |
| Aura | Ozuna | 2018 | [35] | |
| 16 | Sex and Love | Enrique Iglesias | 2014 | [19] |
| 15 | Vivir | 1997 |
The following list contains the number-one albums as determined by the year-end chart of the Top Latin Albums chart:
