List of Billboard Latin Pop Airplay number ones of 1998

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Ricky Martin achieved his first chart-topper with "Vuelve" which was named the best-performing song of the year. Ricky Martin in performance (2011).jpg
Ricky Martin achieved his first chart-topper with "Vuelve" which was named the best-performing song of the year.

Latin Pop Airplay is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the top-performing songs (regardless of genre or language) on Latin pop radio stations in the United States, based on weekly airplay data compiled by Nielsen's Broadcast Data Systems (BDS). [1] It is a subchart of Hot Latin Songs, which lists the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country. [2] In 1998, 15 songs topped the chart, in 50 issues of the magazine. Due to damage to the BDS monitors in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Georges, the Latin Pop Airplay chart, along with the other Latin song charts, was not published in the issues dated October 10 and October 17. [3] 1998 was named "The Year of the Romantic Songs" by El Nuevo Herald due to the popularity of ballads. [4]

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The first number one of the year was "En El Jardín" by Alejandro Fernández and Gloria Estefan, which had been in the top spot since the chart dated December 13, 1997. [5] It remained in the top position for five more weeks until it was displaced by Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", the theme song from the 1997 film Titanic . [6] "My Heart Will Go On" is the second English-language song to top the chart after "I Could Fall in Love" by Selena in 1995. [7] [8] "No Sé Olvidar" by Fernández held this position for eight weeks and tied with Carlos Ponce's debut single "Rezo" for the longest run at number one. [9] Ponce had established himself as a soap opera actor before becoming a musical artist. [10]

Ricky Martin obtained his first chart-topper with his ballad "Vuelve" which was named the best-performing song of the year despite the track only having spent three weeks at number one. [11] Martin was the first artist in the chart's history to replace himself at number one when "Perdido Sin Ti" succeeded "Vuelve". [12] Fernández, Ponce, Martin, and Estefan were the only acts to have more than one chart-topper in 1998, with the latter being the only female artist to achieve this. Alejandro Sanz also gained his first number one with "Amiga Mía" while "Te Quiero Tanto, Tanto" by OV7, which was recorded as the theme song for the Mexican telenovela Mi pequeña traviesa (1997), [13] remains the group's only chart-topper. [14] Chayanne had the final number one of the year with "Dejaría Todo".

Chart history

Alejandro Fernandez spent a total of 13 weeks at number one in 1998 with two songs. Alejandro Fernandez..jpg
Alejandro Fernández spent a total of 13 weeks at number one in 1998 with two songs.
Carlos Ponce's debut single "Rezo" tied with "No Se Olvidar" by Fernandez as the longest-running number one song of 1998. Carlos Ponce en 2019.jpg
Carlos Ponce's debut single "Rezo" tied with "No Sé Olvidar" by Fernández as the longest-running number one song of 1998.
Gloria Estefan was the only female artist to have more than one song reach number one in 1998. Gloria Estefan 2009 White House.jpg
Gloria Estefan was the only female artist to have more than one song reach number one in 1998.
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†Indicates number 1 on Billboard's year-end Latin pop chart [11]
Chart history
Issue dateTitleArtist(s)Ref.
January 3"En El Jardín" Alejandro Fernández featuring Gloria Estefan [15]
January 10 [16]
January 17 [17]
January 24 [18]
January 31 [19]
February 7"My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion [20]
February 14 [21]
February 21 [22]
February 28"Vuelve" † Ricky Martin [23]
March 7 [24]
March 14"My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion [25]
March 21"No Sé Olvidar" Alejandro Fernández [26]
March 28"Cómo Dueles en los Labios" Maná [27]
April 4"No Sé Olvidar" Alejandro Fernández [28]
April 11 [29]
April 18 [30]
April 25 [31]
May 2 [32]
May 9 [33]
May 16 [34]
May 23"Huele a Peligro" Myriam Hernández [35]
May 30 [36]
June 6"Amiga Mía" Alejandro Sanz [37]
June 13 [38]
June 20"Corazón Prohibido" Gloria Estefan [39]
June 27"Rezo" Carlos Ponce [40]
July 4 [41]
July 11 [42]
July 18 [43]
July 25 [44]
August 1 [45]
August 8 [46]
August 15 [47]
August 22"Te Quiero Tanto, Tanto" OV7 [48]
August 29 [49]
September 5"Vuelve" † Ricky Martin [50]
September 12"Perdido Sin Ti" [51]
September 19 [52]
September 26"Decir Adiós" Carlos Ponce [53]
October 3 [54]
October 10 [3]
October 17
October 24"Esperanza" Enrique Iglesias [55]
October 31 [56]
November 7 [57]
November 14 [58]
November 21"Ciega, Sordomuda" Shakira [59]
November 28 [60]
December 5 [61]
December 12"Dejaría Todo" Chayanne [62]
December 19 [63]
December 26 [64]

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