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Industry | Music |
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Founded | 2003 |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, United States |
Key people | Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Juan Carlos Ortíz, Felix García, Antonio García |
Products | Music monitoring system |
Website | www |
Monitor Latino (stylised monitorLATINO) is a singles chart founded in 2003 which ranks songs on chart based on airplay across radio stations in Latin American countries and Hispanic radio stations in the United States using the Radio Tracking Data, LLC in real time. [1] [2]
Monitor Latino started monitoring radio stations in Mexico and the United States in 2003. The company later expanded into other Latin American markets, and currently it monitors radio stations and issues music charts for 18 countries.
In January 2012, Monitor Latino began surveying radio stations in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Guatemala, publishing singles chart which were only accessible to subscribers. [3] Since 2016, their complete charts are accessible to the general public, and an archive for their weekly charts after July 2014 is available on their website.
Monitor Latino hosts an annual award show which is held in Los Angeles, California. [4] The company has its offices in Los Angeles and in Guadalajara, Mexico.
In 2017, Monitor Latino introduced a general year-end chart for the 100 most-played songs in radio stations across Latin America. [5] The first year-end chart measured data from 15 countries, a figure that increased to 19 as of 2019. [5] [6]
Rank | Single | Artist(s) | Spins [7] |
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1 | "Despacito" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 580,450 |
2 | "Felices Los 4" | Maluma | 370,990 |
3 | "Mi Gente" | J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé | 338,240 |
4 | "El Amante" | Nicky Jam | 308,320 |
5 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 266,540 |
6 | "Súbeme La Radio" | Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno and Zion & Lennox | 261,980 |
7 | "Adiós Amor" | Christian Nodal | 254,750 |
8 | "Chantaje" | Shakira featuring Maluma | 252,250 |
9 | "Sigo Extrañándote" | J Balvin | 245,910 |
10 | "Escápate Conmigo" | Wisin featuring Ozuna | 245,130 |
Rank | Single | Artist(s) | Spins [8] |
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1 | "Dura" | Daddy Yankee | 389,830 |
2 | "X" | Nicky Jam and J Balvin | 372,090 |
3 | "Me Niego" | Reik featuring Ozuna and Wisin | 363,350 |
4 | "Échame la Culpa" | Luis Fonsi and Demi Lovato | 324,050 |
5 | "Bella" | Wolfine featuring Maluma | 303,300 |
6 | "Corazón" | Maluma featuring Nego do Borel | 285,420 |
7 | "No Es Justo" | J Balvin featuring Zion & Lennox | 230,010 |
8 | "Déjala Que Vuelva" | Piso 21 featuring Manuel Turizo | 218,030 |
9 | "Havana" | Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug | 214,780 |
10 | "Sin Pijama" | Becky G and Natti Natasha | 207,620 |
Rank | Single | Artist(s) | Spins [9] |
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1 | "Con Calma" | Daddy Yankee featuring Snow | 462,880 |
2 | "Calma" | Pedro Capó and Farruko | 435,260 |
3 | "Otro Trago" | Sech featuring Darell | 254,160 |
4 | "Un Año" | Sebastián Yatra featuring Reik | 242,210 |
5 | "Mía" | Bad Bunny featuring Drake | 235,300 |
6 | "Soltera" | Lunay featuring Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny | 234,200 |
7 | "A Través del Vaso" | Banda Los Sebastianes | 225,330 |
8 | "Taki Taki" | DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna, and Cardi B | 223,640 |
9 | "Te Vi" | Piso 21 featuring Micro TDH | 219,840 |
10 | "Con Altura" | Rosalía and J Balvin featuring El Guincho | 214,320 |
Monitor Latino provides a total of seventy-three Airplay charts, distributed in eighteen countries and one region and sixteen music genres.
"The Best Thing About Me Is You" is a song by the Puerto Rican recording artist Ricky Martin, taken from his ninth studio album, Música + Alma + Sexo (2011). It was digitally released as the lead single from the album on November 2, 2010. The song had earlier premiered on radio's Ryan Seacrest show. The original English version of the song features singer Joss Stone, while its Spanish version, "Lo Mejor de Mi Vida Eres Tú", replaces Stone's vocals with Natalia Jiménez. "The Best Thing About Me Is You" was later featured on three of Martin's compilations: Greatest Hits (2011), Playlist: The Very Best of Ricky Martin (2012) and Greatest Hits: Souvenir Edition (2013).
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