In June 1985,
Billboard magazine established
Latin Pop Albums , a
chart that ranks the best-selling
Latin pop albums in the United States. The chart was published on a fortnightly basis with its positions being compiled by sales data from
Latin music retailers and distributors. According to
Billboard , Latin pop includes "the music known as the
balada romántica or
música interacional " as well as "young pop sounds" and "the new
Spanish-language rock ". Latin pop emerged as the most commercially successful genre of Latin music throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the US, and the popularity of the
balada was propelled by artists such as
Julio Iglesias ,
Camilo Sesto , and
Gloria Estefan (lead singer of the
Miami Sound Machine at the time). During the 1980s, 22 albums topped the chart.
The first album to reach number one on the Latin Pop Album chart was Reflexiones (1984) by José José . José José was also the artist with the most number-one albums of the 1980s with Promesas (1985), Siempre Contigo (1986), and Soy Así (1987). The three records were the best-selling Latin pop albums of 1986–88, respectively. Promesas was the longest-running number one with 17 weeks. The Miami Sound Machine was the only band to reach number one in the 1980s with their album Primitive Love (1985). Primitive Love spawned the crossover single, "Conga ", which peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Iglesias and Emmanuel were the only other artists to have more than two chart-toppers. Iglesias, who has been recognized as the best-selling male Latin artist of all-time by the Guinness World Records , spent a total of 29 weeks at the apex of the chart with his albums Libra (1985), Un Hombre Solo (1987), and Raíces (1989). Five female acts reached number one on the chart during the 1980s: Ángela Carrasco , Ana Gabriel , Rocío Jurado , Yolandita Monge , and Isabel Pantoja . Pantoja had the best-selling Latin pop album of 1989 with Desde Andalucía (1988) and won the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year in the same year . Gabriel culminated the decade with Tierra de Nadie (1988). Recognized as her breakthrough album, it won the Pop Album of the Year award at the following Lo Nuestro Awards .
Chart history
Julio Iglesias (pictured in 2005 ) spent a total of 29 weeks at number one with three albums.
Isabel Pantoja (pictured in 2012 ) had the best-selling Latin pop album of 1989 with Desde Andalucía (1988).
Tierra de Nadie (1988) by Ana Gabriel (pictured in 2006 ) was the final number one album of the 1980s.
Key
†
Indicates best-selling Latin pop album of the year
See also
References
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^ "Latin Pop Albums: Week of April 8, 1989" . Billboard . Archived from the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2024 .
^ "Latin Pop Albums: Week of April 22, 1989" . Billboard . Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2024 .
^ "Latin Pop Albums: Week of May 6, 1989" . Billboard . Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2024 .
^ "Latin Pop Albums: Week of May 20, 1989" . Billboard . Archived from the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2024 .
^ "Latin Pop Albums: Week of June 3, 1989" . Billboard . Archived from the original on April 1, 2024. Retrieved April 1, 2024 .
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