The Billboard Top Latin albums chart, published in Billboard magazine, is a record 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 digital) and verifiable sales from concert venues in the United States. [1]
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There were 23 number-one albums in 2008; one of these, La Vida... Es un Ratico by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes, won five Latin Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. [2] One month after the death of their lead vocalist Sergio Gómez in late December 2007, [3] the Chicago-based group K-Paz de la Sierra returned to the top of the chart with Capaz de Todo Por Tí , which was number one for six consecutive weeks. Cómplices , the eighth number-one album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, the highest peak for the singer on that chart, with 32,000 album units sold. [4] This album also gave the singer the record for the most number-one albums on this chart for one month, until it was tied by fellow Mexican singer-songwriters Marco Antonio Solís and Los Temerarios. This record was broken on October 25, 2008, by Solís with the debut of his ninth number-one album No Molestar . [5]
Vicente Fernández's Para Siempre won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero Album; [6] it spent three non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. Primera Fila , a live album by Fernández, was the last number-one album of 2008. With 26,000 album units sold, Daddy Yankee debuted at number 13 on the Billboard 200 with Talento de Barrio , a soundtrack for the movie that starred the reggaeton performer, which also debuted at number one on this chart. [7] Wisin & Yandel returned to number one with Los Extraterrestres , an album that was awarded with the Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album. [6] and ended the year as the best selling Latin album of 2008. [8] On November 29, another Wisin & Yandel recording, a collaboration with DJ Nesty, titled La Mente Maestra debuted at number one. R.K.M & Ken-Y, Flex, Jenni Rivera and Los Pikadientes de Caborca peaked at number one for the first time in their careers. Luis Fonsi's Palabras del Silencio , earned his best sales week ever with 30,000 album copies sold and the second-largest sales week of the year for a Latin performer; only Luis Miguel's Cómplices sold more (32,000 albums in May). This album became the second number-one album on this chart for Fonsi. [9]
