The Billboard Top Latin albums chart, published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart that features Latin music sales information. This data are 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.

There were thirteen number-one albums on this chart in 2006. The best-selling Latin album was Barrio Fino en Directo by Daddy Yankee. This album debuted at number 24 in the Billboard 200 in the last week of 2005; it spent 13 weeks at the top of the chart, more than any other number-one albums in the chart. Now Latino also peaked at number one, spending seven non-consecutive weeks at this position; this compilation album includes music by Aventura, Don Omar, Juanes, La 5ª Estación, Kumbia Kings, Chayanne, Wisin & Yandel, Bebe, Ricardo Arjona, Luis Fonsi, Thalía, Alexis & Fido, Zion & Lennox, Angel & Khriz, Cristian Castro, Reik, Sin Bandera and Alejandro Fernández.

MTV Unplugged by Ricky Martin spent one week at the top of the chart on November 22, 2006, and won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album; this album was replaced at number one by Navidades by Luis Miguel, an album that received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Vocal Album. With the highest charting debut by a reggaeton artist, Don Omar's King of Kings entered at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 68,000 units sold. This album also peaked at number one for 11 weeks on this chart.

Mexican rock band Maná, with his first studio album since 2002, Amar Es Combatir, entered the Billboard 200 at number four, making it the highest-charting debut for a Spanish-language album for a duo or group. With 30,000 units sold in its first week, Paulina Rubio debuted at number 25 in the Billboard 200 and achieved her third number-one album on this chart with Ananda, after her albums Paulina and Pau-Latina accomplished it in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Luny Tunes and Tainy with Mas Flow: Los Benjamins and Héctor el Father with Los Rompe Discotekas peaked at number one for the first time in their careers. With Trozos de Mi Alma, Vol. 2, singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís peaked at number one for the sixth time in his career.

Chart date	Album	Artist	Reference
January 7	Barrio Fino en Directo	Daddy Yankee
January 14
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 4
March 11
March 18
March 25
April 1
April 8	Now Latino	Various artists
April 15
April 22
April 29
May 6
May 13
May 20	Borrón y Cuenta Nueva	Grupo Montéz de Durango
May 27	Now Latino	Various artists
June 3	Borrón y Cuenta Nueva	Grupo Montéz de Durango
June 10	King of Kings	Don Omar
June 17
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15	Los Rompe Discotekas	Héctor el Father
July 22
July 29	King of Kings	Don Omar
August 5
August 12
August 19
August 26
September 2
September 9	Amar es Combatir	Maná
September 16
September 23
September 30
October 7	Ananda	Paulina Rubio
October 14	Mas Flow: Los Benjamins	Luny Tunes & Tainy
October 21	Trozos de Mi Alma, Vol. 2	Marco Antonio Solís
October 28
November 4
November 11	Crossroads: Cruce de Caminos	Intocable
November 18
November 25	MTV Unplugged	Ricky Martin
December 2	Navidades	Luis Miguel
December 9	Celestial	RBD
December 16
December 23
December 30