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

The Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart, published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart 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] One album peaked at number one in the first year of publication: 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 album of the year

Contents
1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • → 1990s

Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
José José	Reflexiones	01985-06-29 29 June 1985	16
Iglesias, JulioJulio Iglesias	Libra	01985-10-19 19 October 1985	10
Miami Sound Machine	Primitive Love	01985-12-28 28 December 1985	2
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Miami Sound Machine	Primitive Love	01986-01-11 11 January 1986	4
José José	Promesas	01986-02-08 8 February 1986	12
Jurado, RocíoRocío Jurado	Paloma Brava	01986-05-03 3 May 1986	4
José José	Promesas	01986-05-31 31 May 1986	10
José José	Siempre Contigo	01986-11-15 15 November 1986	4
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
José José	Siempre Contigo	01987-01-10 10 January 1987	8
Emmanuel	Solo	01987-03-07 7 March 1987	2
José José	Siempre Contigo	01987-03-21 21 March 1987	2
Emmanuel	Solo	01987-04-04 4 April 1987	2
José José	Siempre Contigo	01987-03-21 21 March 1987	2
Braulio	Lo Bello y lo Prohibido	01987-05-07 7 May 1987	6
Iglesias, JulioJulio Iglesias	Un Hombre Solo	01987-06-13 13 June 1987	30
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
José José	Soy Así	01988-01-16 16 January 1988	18
Emmanuel	Entre Lunas	01988-05-21 21 May 1988	4
Rodríguez, José LuisJosé Luis Rodríguez	Señor Corazón	01988-06-18 18 June 1988	12
Sesto, CamiloCamilo Sesto	Amor Libre: 12 Grandes Exitos	01988-09-10 10 September 1988	4
Monge, YolanditaYolandita Monge	Vivencias	01988-10-08 8 October 1988	2
Sesto, CamiloCamilo Sesto	Amor Libre: 12 Grandes Exitos	01988-10-22 22 October 1988	2
Braulio	Con Todos Mis Sentidos	01988-11-05 5 November 1988	2
Monge, YolanditaYolandita Monge	Vivencias	01988-11-19 19 November 1988	2
Carrasco, AngelaAngela Carrasco	Boca Rosa	01988-12-03 3 December 1988	2
Pantoja, IsabelIsabel Pantoja	Desde Andalucía	01988-12-17 17 December 1988	4
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Pantoja, IsabelIsabel Pantoja	Desde Andalucía	01989-01-14 14 January 1989	12
Montaner, RicardoRicardo Montaner	Ricardo Montaner	01989-04-08 8 April 1989	2
Pantoja, IsabelIsabel Pantoja	Desde Andalucía	01989-04-22 22 April 1989	6
Carlos, RobertoRoberto Carlos	Roberto Carlos '88	01989-06-03 3 June 1989	2
Pantoja, IsabelIsabel Pantoja	Desde Andalucía	01989-06-17 17 June 1989	4
Iglesias, JulioJulio Iglesias	Raíces	01989-07-15 15 July 1989	18
Gabriel, AnaAna Gabriel	Tierra de Nadie	01989-11-18 18 November 1989	8

See also

• List of number-one Billboard Regional Mexican Albums from the 1980s
• List of number-one Billboard Tropical Albums from the 1980s

References

General

Specific

Billboard Latin Pop Albums 1980s 1990s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s