Top Latin Albums (formerly Latin 50) is a record chart published by Billboard magazine since 1993. It is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish-language, full-length albums in the American music market. To rank, an album must have 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish.
Like all Billboard album charts, it is based on sales. Nielsen SoundScan compiles the sales data from merchants representing more than 90% of the U.S. music retail market. The sample includes sales at music stores, the music departments of electronics and department stores, direct-to-consumer transactions, and Internet sales of physical albums or digital downloads. A limited array of verifiable sales from concert venues is also tabulated. As of January 26, 2017, a multi-metric methodology to compile the Top Latin Albums chart was adopted by Billboard, which also incorporates track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units.
The first number-one album was Mi Tierra by Gloria Estefan. The longest-reigning number-one album is Debí Tirar Más Fotos by Bad Bunny, having spent 77 weeks at the top of the chart. Selena's Dreaming of You (1995–97) and Bad Bunny's YHLQMDLG (2020–22) and Un Verano Sin Ti (2022–24) are the only albums to peak at number one in three different calendar years.
Bad Bunny has the most number-one weeks for albums with 300, the most number-one debuting albums with 9, and the most number-one end-year albums with 7. Marco Antonio Solís has the most number-one albums with 12. Los Temerarios is the group with the most chart-toppers, eight. Jenni Rivera, Shakira, and Selena are the female artists with the most number-one albums with 7 each.
The current number-one album on the chart is No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto by Karol G.
History On July 10, 1993, Billboard premiered the revamped Latin 50 chart, which lists the best-selling Latin albums in the overall American music market.
Before this, the first chart regarding Latin music albums in the magazine (Billboard Hot Latin LPs in Los Angeles) was published on the issue dated December 9, 1972. Y Volveré, by Chilean band Los Ángeles Negros, was the first album to appear at number-one. 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. The Latin Pop Albums chart features music only from the pop genre, while the Regional Mexican Albums chart includes information from different genres like duranguense, norteño, banda and mariachi, and the Tropical Albums includes different genres particularly salsa, merengue, bachata, and cumbia. In May 2005, another chart, Latin Rhythm Albums, was introduced in response to growing sales of reggaeton records.
On the week ending January 26, 2017, Billboard updated the methodology to compile the Top Latin Albums chart into a multi-metric methodology to include track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent albums units.
All-time achievements Top 10 albums of all-time (1993–2018) In 2018, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 20 best albums on the chart since its inception in 1993. The ranking is based on the most number of weeks the albums spent on top of the chart. For albums with the same number of weeks at number one, they are ranked by the most total weeks on the chart. RankAlbumArtist(s)Peak yearPeak and duration 1Mi Tierra (1993)Gloria Estefan1993#1 for 58 weeks 2Odisea (2017)Ozuna2017#1 for 46 weeks 3Dreaming of You (1995)Selena1995#1 for 25 weeks 4Segundo Romance (1994)Luis Miguel1994#1 for 29 weeks 5Vuelve (1998)Ricky Martin1998#1 for 26 weeks 6Barrio Fino (2004)Daddy Yankee2004#1 for 24 weeks 7The Last (2009)Aventura2009#1 for 23 weeks 8 Amor Prohibido (1994)Selena1994#1 for 20 weeks 9Los Dúo, Vol. 2 (2015)Juan Gabriel2016#1 for 20 weeks 10Mi Reflejo (2000)Christina Aguilera2000#1 for 19 weeks
Top 10 albums of the 21st century (2000–2024) In 2025, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 100 best albums on the chart through the first quarter of the 21st century, from the start of 2000 to the end of 2024. The ranking is based on weekly performance on the chart. RankAlbumArtist(s)Peak yearPeak and duration 1YHLQMDLG (2020)Bad Bunny2020#1 for 70 weeks 2Fórmula, Vol. 2 (2014)Romeo Santos2014#1 for 11 weeks 3X 100pre (2019)Bad Bunny2019#1 for 46 weeks 4Ones (2002)Selena2017#2 for 1 week 5Odisea (2017)Ozuna2017#1 for 46 weeks 6Un Verano Sin Ti (2022)Bad Bunny2022#1 for 60 weeks 7Todavía Me Amas: Lo Mejor de Aventura (2016)Aventura2019#4 for 1 week 8Un Día Normal (2002)Juanes2003#1 for 4 weeks 9Barrio Fino (2004) Daddy Yankee2004#1 for 24 weeks 10El Último Tour Del Mundo (2020)Bad Bunny2020#1 for 27 weeks
Artist achievements Artists with the most number-one albums The following list contains the top artists per number of albums at number one on the Top Latin Album chart:
AlbumsArtist(s) 12Marco Antonio Solís 9Bad Bunny Luis Miguel 8Enrique Iglesias Los Temerarios ManáMarc Anthony7Alejandro FernándezDaddy YankeeJenni RiveraLos Tigres del NorteSelena Shakira Ricky Martin 6Vicente Fernández5ChayanneDon OmarJuan GabrielJuanesOzunaPrince Royce Romeo SantosWisin & YandelKarol G
Artists with the most number-one weeks The following list contains the top artists per number of weeks at number one on the Top Latin Album chart:
WeeksArtist(s) 300Bad Bunny 80Enrique Iglesias 77Selena 66Ozuna 63Luis Miguel 53Marc Anthony 51Daddy Yankee 49Shakira 41Ricky Martin 36Romeo Santos32Los Temerarios Juan Gabriel 31Marco Antonio Solís 25Maná 23Alejandro Fernández22Jenni RiveraLos Tigres del Norte 21Don Omar17Wisin & YandelVicente Fernández
Album achievements Longest-reigning number-one albums The following list contains the longest-leading albums per number of weeks at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart: WeeksAlbumArtist(s)Year(s) 77Debí Tirar Más FotosBad Bunny2025–26 70YHLQMDLG2020–22 60Un Verano Sin Ti 2022–24 58Mi Tierra Gloria Estefan1993–9446X 100pre Bad Bunny2019–20Odisea Ozuna2017–18 44Dreaming of You Selena1995–97 29Segundo Romance Luis Miguel1994–95 28Génesis Peso Pluma2023–24 27El Último Tour Del Mundo Bad Bunny2020–21 26Vuelve Ricky Martin1998–99 24Barrio Fino Daddy Yankee2004–05 23The LastAventura2009–1020Amor Prohibido Selena1994–95Los Dúo, Vol. 2 Juan Gabriel2016–17 19Mi Reflejo Christina Aguilera2000–0117Fijación Oral Vol. 1 Shakira2005Formula, Vol. 1 Romeo Santos2011–12Aura Ozuna2018 16Sex and Love Enrique Iglesias2014 15Vivir 1997
Number-one debuting albums
Number-one year-end albums The following list contains the number-one albums as determined by the year-end chart of the Top Latin Albums chart: YearAlbumArtist(s)label(s)RIAA certification 1994Mi TierraGloria EstefanEpic16× Platinum (Latin) 1995Dreaming of YouSelenaEMI Latin62× Platinum (Latin) 1996 1997TangoJulio IglesiasColumbia6× Platinum (Latin) 1998Me Estoy EnamorandoAlejandro FernándezSony DiscosPlatinum 1999VuelveRicky MartinSony DiscosPlatinum 2000Desde Un Principio: From the BeginningMarc AnthonyRMM/Sony DiscosGold 2001PaulinaPaulina RubioUniversal Music Latino8× Platinum (Latin) 2002LibreMarc AnthonySony DiscosGold 2003Un Día NormalJuanesSurco/Universal Latino6× Platinum (Latin) 2004La Historia Continúa...Marco Antonio SolísFonovisai5× Platinum (Latin) 2005Barrio FinoDaddy YankeeEl Cartel/V.I.Platinum 2006Barrio Fino en DirectoEl Cartel/InterscopeGold 2007CelestialRBDEMI Televisa/Virgin 2008Los ExtraterrestresWisin & YandelMachete3× Platinum (Latin) 2009The LastAventuraStrichcode/Premium Latin4× Platinum (Latin) 2010 2011Prince RoycePrince RoyceTop Stop Music3× Platinum (Latin) 2012Formula, Vol. 1Romeo SantosSony Music Latin3× Platinum (Latin) 2013La Misma Gran SeñoraJenni RiveraFonovisa Records2× Platinum (Latin) 2014Formula, Vol. 2Romeo SantosSony Music Latin11× Platinum (Latin) 2015Los DúoJuan GabrielUniversal Music LatinoPlatinum (Latin) 2016Los Dúo, Vol. 2 2017FénixNicky JamSony Music Latin11× Platinum (Latin) 2018OdiseaOzunaDimelo Vi16× Platinum (Latin) 2019X100preBad BunnyRimas Entertainment10× Platinum (Latin) 2020YHLQMDLG24× Platinum (Latin) 2021El Último Tour del Mundo6× Platinum (Latin) 2022Un Verano Sin Ti rowspan="4" 2023 2024Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana 2025Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Year-end charts
Year-end chart of 2008 Year-end chart of 2009
See also
List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2020s Latin Pop Albums Regional Mexican Albums Tropical Albums Latin Rhythm Albums Hot Latin Songs
References
External links
Current Top Latin Albums on Billboard Current Top Latin albums on Telemundo