List of number-one hits of 1966 (Mexico)

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This is a list of the songs that reached number one in Mexico in 1966, according to Billboard magazine with data provided by Audiomusica. [1]

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Popular singer Javier Solís died on April 19. He posthumously earned his eleventh and twelfth number-one hits Una limosna and Amigo organillero.

Chart history

Issue DateSongArtist(s)Ref.
January 1"Es Lupe" Los Johnny Jets [2]
January 8 [3]
January 15
January 22 [4]
January 29 [5]
February 5 [6]
February 12
February 19 [7]
February 26"Por las calles de México" Sonora Santanera [8]
March 5"Es Lupe"Los Johnny Jets [9]
March 12"Mazatlán" Mike Laure [10]
March 19"Es Lupe"Los Johnny Jets [11]
March 26"La banda borracha"Mike Laure
April 2"Senza fine" The Brass Ring [12]
April 9"La banda borracha"Mike Laure [13]
April 16 [14]
April 30 [15]
May 7
May 14 [16]
May 21 [17]
May 28"Una limosna" Javier Solís [18]
June 4
June 11 [19]
June 18 [20]
June 25"Amigo organillero"
July 2 [21]
July 9 [22]
July 16 [23]
July 23 [24]
July 30"El despertar" Marco Antonio Muñiz
August 6 [25]
August 13 [26]
August 20 [27]
August 27 [28]
September 3"Mi razón"Sonora Santanera [29]
September 10 [30]
September 17
October 1 [31]
October 8"Senza fine"The Brass Ring
October 15"La banda borracha"Mike Laure [32]
October 22
October 29"Mi razón"Sonora Santanera [33]
November 5"Brasilia" Tony Mottola
November 19"Fuiste a Acapulco" Los Apson [34]
November 26
December 10"Brasilia"Tony Mottola [35]
December 17"El botones"Sonora Santanera
December 24"Senza fine"The Brass Ring [36]
December 31"Fuiste a Acapulco" Los Apson [37]

By country of origin

Number-one artists:

Country of originNumber of artistsArtists
Mexico7Los Johnny Jets
Sonora Santanera
Mike Laure
Los Rockin' Devils
Javier Solís
Marco Antonio Muñiz
Los Apson
United States 2The Brass Ring
Tony Mottola

Number-one compositions (it denotes the country of origin of the song's composer[s]; in case the song is a cover of another one, the name of the original composition is provided in parentheses):

Country of originNumber of compositionsCompositions
Mexico8"Por las calles de México"
"Mazatlán"
"Una limosna"
"Amigo organillero"
"El despertar"
"Mi razón"
"Fuiste a Acapulco"
"El botones"
United States2"Es Lupe" ("Hang On Sloopy")
"Brasilia"
Colombia 1"La banda borracha"
Italy 1"Senza fine"

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