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Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full-length albums and like all album charts on Billboard , is based on sales.
Alejandro Fernández, Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, and Luis Miguel, dubbed by the Los Angeles Times critic Ernesto Lechner as among "Latin Pop’s Golden Boys", [10] all topped the Latin Pop Albums chart in the 1990s. Luis Miguel had the most number one albums of the decade.
With estimated sales of 12 million copies worldwide, [15] Spanish singer Julio Iglesias's Momentos (1982) is highest-selling Latin album on the list. Mexican singer Luis Miguel currently has the highest number of albums on the list with 14, while Colombian songstress Shakira has the most by a female artist with four.
Then, all Latin music information was featured on the first incarnation of the Top Latin Albums chart, which began on June 29, 1985, and divided Latin records on three different genre subcharts: Pop, Regional Mexican and Tropical, all of them now published in addition to the overall chart. [8]
In celebration of Billboard's Greatest of All Time special package, our team of Latin experts has compiled a list of 50 seminal Spanish-language albums from the past 50 years.
Prior to the inception of the Top Latin Albums chart, sales of Latin albums were reported by Latin music retailers and distributors and divided into three subcategories: Latin Pop, Tropical/Salsa, and Regional Mexican. [1] Sales certifications for US album sales are presented by the RIAA, [12] who began awarding certifications in 1958. [13]
Latin Pop Albums, published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart that features Latin music sales information in regard to Latin pop music. The data is 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.
Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published in Billboard magazine that features Latin music sales information regarding Latin pop music. The data is 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.