The Billboard Top Latin albums chart, published in Billboard magazine, is a chart that features Latin music sales information. This data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores, internet sales (both physical and via digital downloads) and verifiable sales from concert venues in United States. [1]
There were twenty number-one albums on this chart in 2001, including the first Spanish language album by Christina Aguilera, which spent five weeks at the top in 2001 and 14 weeks in 2000 and won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. [2] Ricky Martin, [3] [4] Marco Antonio Solís, [5] Conjunto Primavera [6] and Los Tigres del Norte [7] hit the top spot for the second time on their careers, respectively. Singer-songwriter Marc Anthony with Libre achieved his third chart-topper on this list. Grupo Bryndis became the third act to release two number-one albums in the same year, after Tex-Mex performer Selena on 1995 and 1996 (see: Top Latin Albums of 1995 and Top Latin Albums of 1996) [8] [9] [10] [11] and Enrique Iglesias in 1999 (see: Top Latin Albums of 1999). [12] [13]
Vicente Fernández, Víctor Manuelle, Lupillo Rivera, A.B. Quintanilla and Kumbia Kings, El Original de la Sierra, Jaguares, Joan Sebastian, Ozomatli, Carlos Vives and Los Ángeles de Charly peaked at number one for the first time. Paulina by Mexican performer Paulina Rubio received three Latin Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year and ended the year as the best selling Latin album of 2001. [14] [15]
Issue Date | Album | Artist | Reference |
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January 6 | Mi Reflejo | Christina Aguilera | [16] |
January 13 | [17] | ||
January 20 | [18] | ||
January 27 | [19] | ||
February 3 | [20] | ||
February 10 | Historia de un Idolo, Vol. 1 | Vicente Fernández | [21] |
February 17 | Instinto y Deseo | Víctor Manuelle | [22] |
February 24 | Paulina | Paulina Rubio | [23] |
March 3 | [24] | ||
March 10 | Despreciado | Lupillo Rivera | [25] |
March 17 | La Historia | Ricky Martin | [26] |
March 24 | [27] | ||
March 31 | Shhh! | A.B. Quintanilla and Kumbia Kings | [28] |
April 7 | La Historia | Ricky Martin | [29] |
April 14 | Ansia de Amar | Conjunto Primavera | [30] |
April 21 | [31] | ||
April 28 | La Historia | Ricky Martin | [32] |
May 5 | [33] | ||
May 12 | Shhh! | A.B. Quintanilla and Kumbia Kings | [34] |
May 19 | [35] | ||
May 26 | Paulina | Paulina Rubio | [36] |
June 2 | Shhh! | A.B. Quintanilla and Kumbia Kings | [37] |
June 9 | [38] | ||
June 16 | Más de Mi Alma | Marco Antonio Solís | [39] |
June 23 | [40] | ||
June 30 | [41] | ||
July 7 | Homenaje a Chalino Sánchez | El Original de la Sierra | [42] |
July 14 | Más de Mi Alma | Marco Antonio Solís | [43] |
July 21 | Shhh! | A.B. Quintanilla and Kumbia Kings | [44] |
July 28 | Cuando la Sangre Galopa | Jaguares | [45] |
August 4 | Historia Musical Romántica | Grupo Bryndis | [46] |
August 11 | [47] | ||
August 18 | [48] | ||
August 25 | [49] | ||
September 1 | [50] | ||
September 8 | Uniendo Fronteras | Los Tigres del Norte | [51] |
September 15 | [52] | ||
September 22 | [53] | ||
September 29 | Embrace the Chaos | Ozomatli | [54] |
October 6 | Galería Caribe | Ricardo Arjona | [55] |
October 13 | En El Idioma del Amor | Grupo Bryndis | [56] |
October 20 | [57] | ||
October 27 | [58] | ||
November 3 | En Vivo: Desde la Plaza El Progreso en Guadalajara | Joan Sebastian | [59] |
November 10 | [60] | ||
November 17 | [61] | ||
November 24 | Te Voy a Enamorar | Los Ángeles de Charly | [62] |
December 1 | Déjame entrar | Carlos Vives | [63] |
December 8 | Libre | Marc Anthony | [64] |
December 15 | [65] | ||
December 22 | [66] | ||
December 29 | [67] | ||
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