List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums from the 1980s

Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published in Billboard magazine that features Latin music sales information. The Latin Pop Chart was the first of the Latin charts along with, Regional Mexican Albums and Tropical Albums, to be released from Billboard.[1] 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.[2] The data for this chart was published every two weeks, unlike most Billboard charts.[1]

During the 1980s, there were 19 number-one albums in this chart, which was first published on June 29, 1985.[3] The first album to peak at number one in the first year of publication was Reflexiones, by Mexican singer José José. The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album[4] and received a platinum certification in Mexico for sales of 250,000 units,[5] Reflexiones spent 8 weeks at number one in 1985. Three other albums by José José: Promesas, Siempre Contigo, and Soy Así also reached number-one on the chart.[6][7][8] Un hombre solo by Spanish singer Julio Iglesias holds the record for having the most consecutive weeks at number-one. It won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 1988, defeating albums from veteran pop such as singers José José, Danny Rivera, Yolandita Monge, and Emmanuel;[9] the latter had two albums which peaked at number one on March 1987 with his albums Solo and Entre Lunas in May 1988.[10][11] In addition, a compilation album related to the artist reached number-one in 1986.[12]

Primitive Love by the Miami Sound Machine peaked number-one on October 4, 1986 for six weeks and twenty-three on the Billboard 200.[13] The eponymous album by Roberto Carlos, released in 1988, spent two weeks at the top of the chart and won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album.[10][14] One compilation album related to Spanish singer-songwriter Camilo Sesto spent six non-consecutive weeks as number-one .[10] Another performer of Spanish descent, Isabel Pantoja, reached number-one with her album, Desde Andalucía. The album spent 24 weeks on top making it the longest consecutive number-one album on the chart by a female artist.[15] Tierra de nadie by Ana Gabriel was her first number-one album and the last album to chart in the 1980s.[16]

Number-one albums
Key

    – Best-selling Latin pop album of the year

Contents
Artist Album Reached number one Weeks at
number one
José José Reflexiones 29 June 1985 16
Julio Iglesias Libra 19 October 1985 10
Miami Sound Machine Primitive Love 28 December 1985 6
José José Promesas (1986) 8 February 1986 12
Rocío Jurado Paloma Brava 3 May 1986 4
José José Promesas (1986) 31 May 1986 20
Emmanuel Toda la Vida y Otros Grandes Exitos 1 November 1986 2
José José Siempre Contigo (1987) 15 November 1986 12
Emmanuel Solo 7 March 1987 2
José José Siempre Contigo (1987) 21 March 1987 2
Emmanuel Solo 4 April 1987 2
José José Siempre Contigo (1987) 21 March 1987 2
Braulio Lo Bello y lo Prohibido 7 May 1987 6
Julio Iglesias Un Hombre Solo 13 June 1987 30
José José Soy Así 16 January 1988 18
Emmanuel Entre Lunas 21 May 1988 4
José Luis Rodríguez Señor Corazón 18 June 1988 12
Camilo Sesto Amor Libre: 12 Grandes Exitos 10 September 1988 4
Yolandita Monge Vivencias 8 October 1988 2
Camilo Sesto Amor Libre: 12 Grandes Exitos 22 October 1988 2
Braulio Con Todos Mis Sentidos 5 November 1988 2
Yolandita Monge Vivencias 19 November 1988 2
Angela Carrasco Boca Rosa 3 December 1988 2
Isabel Pantoja Desde Andalucía 17 December 1988 16
Ricardo Montaner Ricardo Montaner 8 April 1989 2
Isabel Pantoja Desde Andalucía 22 April 1989 6
Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos '88 3 June 1989 2
Isabel Pantoja Desde Andalucía 17 June 1989 4
Julio Iglesias Raíces 15 July 1989 18
Ana Gabriel Tierra de Nadie 18 November 1989 8

See also

References
General
  • "Latin Pop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2020. For information about each week of this chart, follow this link; select a date to view the top albums for that particular week}}
    • Week of August 23, 1986: "Top Latin Albums". Billboard. United States: Nielsen Business Media. 98 (34): 49. 1986-08-23. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
    • Week of September 6, 1986: "Top Latin Albums". Billboard. United States: Nielsen Business Media. 98 (36): 34. 1986-09-06. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
    • Week of September 20, 1986: "Top Latin Albums". Billboard. United States: Nielsen Business Media. 98 (38): 32. 1986-09-20. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
    • Week of October 4, 1986: "Top Latin Albums". Billboard. United States: Nielsen Business Media. 98 (40): 70. 1986-10-04. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
    • Week of October 18, 1986: "Top Latin Albums". Billboard. United States: Nielsen Business Media. 98 (42): 82. 1986-10-18. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
    • Week of November 1, 1986: "Top Latin Albums". Billboard. United States: Nielsen Business Media. 98 (44): 40. 1986-11-01. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
Specific
  1. "Ask Billboard: Battle Of The Rock Bands, Part 2". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  2. "Billboard Methodology". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  3. "Latin Pop Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1985-06-29. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  4. "1986 Grammy Awards". Metro Lyrics. MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  5. "José José - Biography". José José.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  6. "Promesas - José José". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1986-11-15. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  7. "Siempre Contigo - José José". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1986-11-15. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  8. "Soy Así - José José". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1988-01-16. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  9. "1988 Grammy Awards". Biography Base. 1988-03-02. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
  10. "Solo - Emmanuel". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1987-03-07. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  11. "Entre Lunas - Emmanuel". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1988-05-21. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  12. Fernandez, Enrique (November 1, 1986). "Latin Notas - Top Latin Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: LM-40. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  13. "Primitive Love — Miami Sound Machine". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  14. "1989 Grammy Awards". Metro Lyrics. MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  15. "Desde Andalucía - Isabel Pantoja". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1988-12-17. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  16. "Latin Pop Albums: Week of November 11, 1989". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1989-11-18. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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