Latin Pop Airplay (also referred to as Latin Pop Songs) is a

record chart A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include ...

published on ''Billboard'' magazine and a subchart of the Latin Airplay chart. The chart focuses on

Latin pop Latin pop (in Spanish and in Portuguese: Pop latino) is a pop music subgenre that is a fusion of US–style music production with Latin music genres from anywhere in Latin America and Spain. Originating in Spanish-speaking musicians, Latin ...

music, namely Spanish-language pop music. It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994 as a subchart of the

Hot Latin Songs The ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs (formerly Hot Latin Tracks and Hot Latin 50) is a record chart in the United States for Latin songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Since October 2012, chart rankings are based on digital sales, ra ...

chart until October 2012 when the Hot Latin Songs changed its methodology. The first number-one song on the chart was Mañana by

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. This chart features only singles or tracks and like most ''Billboard'' charts, is based on

airplay Airplay is how frequently a song is being played through broadcasting on radio stations. A song which is being played several times every day (spins) would have a significant amount of airplay. Music which became very popular on jukeboxes, in n ...

; the radio charts are compiled using information tracked by from

Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems Broadcast Data Systems (also known as BDS or Luminate BDS), is a service that tracks radio, television and internet airplay of songs. The service, which is a unit of MRC Data, is a contributing factor to North American charts published by co-owned ...

(BDS), which electronically monitors radio stations in more than 140 markets across the United States. The audience charts cross-reference BDS data with listener information compiled by the

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ratings system to determine the approximate number of audience impressions made for plays in each daypart. With the issue dated August 15, 2020, ''Billboard'' revamped the chart to reflect overall airplay of Latin pop music on Latin radio stations. Instead of ranking songs being played on Latin-pop stations, rankings will be determined by the amount of airplay Latin-pop songs receive on stations that play Latin music regardless of genre. The current number one song is " Provenza" by Karol G.

Records

Nobel Peace Price Concert 2009 Luis Fonsi3

Artists with the most number-one hits

Artists with the most top-ten hits

Artists with the most entries

Top-ten songs of all-time (1994–2017)

In 2017, ''Billboard'' magazine compiled a ranking of the 20 best-performing songs on the chart since its inception in 1994. The chart is based on the most weeks the song spent on top of the chart. For songs with the same number of weeks at number one, they are ranked by the most weeks in the top ten, followed by most total weeks on the chart.

Songs with the most weeks at number one

Number-one debuts

Number-one song of the year

Decade-end charts

*2000s: "No Me Doy por Vencido" by Luis Fonsi

References

External links

Current Billboard Latin Pop Airplay
{{Billboard Latin charts Billboard charts Latin pop