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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Billboard Tropical Airplay Number Ones Of 1996
Tropical Airplay is a chart that ranks the top-performing songs (regardless of genre or language) on tropical radio stations in the United States, published by Billboard magazine based on weekly airplay data compiled by Nielsen's Broadcast Data Systems. It is a subchart of Hot Latin Songs, which lists the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country. In 1996, 20 songs topped the chart, in 52 issues of the magazine.

The first number one of the year was "Nadie Como Ella" by Marc Anthony, which had been in the top spot since the issue dated December 23, 1995, and spent a total of three weeks at this position. Marc Anthony was also the artist with most number ones in 1996 with five songs. Víctor Manuelle and Jerry Rivera achieved their first chart-toppers in 1996 and each had two number ones in the year. "Loco de Amor" by Rivera held this position for seven weeks and tied with Frankie Ruiz's song "Ironía" for the longest run at number one. The latter song was named the best-performing track of the year on the Tropical Airplay chart and won the Billboard Latin Music Award for "Tropical/Salsa Hot Latin Track of the Year" in 1997.

Dark Latin Groove, a salsa and hip hop fusion concept by American musician Sergio George, released their self-titled album in 1996. The album's first two singles, "No Morirá" and "Todo Mi Corazón", both reached number one on the Tropical Airplay chart. Gilberto Santa Rosa topped the chart for the first time in 1996 with "No Quiero Na' Regala'o", which was also the final number one of the year. Jessica Cristina (credited as Jessica), Domingo Quiñones, and Tony Vega obtained their first and only chart-toppers in the year. Cristina was the only female artist to have a number one on the Tropical Airplay chart in 1996.

Chart history

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"Loco de Amor" by Jerry Rivera (pictured) tied with "Ironía" by Frankie Ruiz as the longest-running number one song of 1996.
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Gilberto Santa Rosa had the final number one of the year with his first chart-topper.
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Tony Vega achieved his only number one in 1996 with "Esperaré a Que Te Decidas".
Chart history
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 6 "Nadie Como Ella" Marc Anthony
January 13 "Suave" Jerry Rivera
January 20
January 27 "Mi Forma de Sentir" Giro
February 3
February 10 "Te Amaré" Marc Anthony
February 17
February 24
March 2 "Hay Que Poner el Alma" Víctor Manuelle
March 9
March 16
March 23
March 30
April 6
April 13 "Tú Cómo Estás" Domingo Quiñones
April 20
April 27 "Llegaste a Mi" Marc Anthony
May 4
May 11 "No Morirá" Dark Latin Groove
May 18
May 25
June 1 "Esperaré a Que Te Decidas" Tony Vega
June 8
June 15
June 22 "Ironía" † Frankie Ruiz
June 29 "Todo Mi Corazón" Dark Latin Groove
July 6 "Ironía" † Frankie Ruiz
July 13
July 20
July 27
August 3
August 10
August 17 "Hasta Ayer" Marc Anthony
August 24
August 31
September 7 "Loco de Amor" Jerry Rivera
September 14
September 21
September 28
October 5
October 12
October 19 "Miénteme Otra Vez" Rey Ruiz
October 26 "Loco de Amor" Jerry Rivera
November 2 "Por Amar Se Da Todo" Marc Anthony
November 9 "Te Felicito" Jessica
November 16
November 23 "Y Sé Que Vas a Llorar" Manny Manuel
November 30 "Te Felicito" Jessica
December 7 "Volverás" Víctor Manuelle
December 14 "Una y Mil Veces" Jerry Rivera
December 21 "No Quiero Na' Regala'o" Gilberto Santa Rosa
December 28

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